For the closing party of the festival, The Drop is teaming up with Pecha Kucha NY to host a night of 5 mini lectures:
The word “environment” has rapidly become an all encompassing term to reflect the world we live in and the world we create. Our speakers will give us their view and reflection of [...]

Art Education Program with Curator/Art Advisor Sharon Reaves, Reaves Collection
The Educated Collector, Setting Goals and Understanding the Value of Your Personal Collection.
 
Saturday, October 17:
12:00-1:00 pm, West Chelsea Building, 508 West 26th Street, NY.
1:30-2:30 PM, 511 West 25th Street, 4th Floor
 
RSVP to info@highlineopenstudios09.org

Please pardon the short notice:
Due to new building management we won’t be able to open the gallery on Sunday, October 11.
Regular opening times stay in place for the coming week.
Thank You

thanks so much again for you generous donations — they really helped us to make that party fly!
Here are the lucky winners:
 
A rare Ryuichi Sakamoto CD “Out Of Noise” goes to:

Rachel Lovett
Joel Tompkins
Zeynep Korur
James Healy
 
A print by Barnstormer Chris Mendoza will be signed by the artist for:

Richard Chang
 
Get ready for a 60 minute private yoga [...]

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Gallery hours:
Thu + Fri: 3pm – 8pm
Sat, Sun, Tue, Wed: 3pm – 6pm
Through Oct. 17, 2009
531 West 25th Street

The exhibit 2012+, the party under the High Line, the entire event would never have been possible and such a huge success without you — Thanks so much for all your time and sweat!

Agata Prochniewicz-Parrott
Joel Tompkins
Noah Shepard

Arianne Johnson
Joseph McClellan
Sarah Krokey

Britney Hart
Justin Capuco
Sean Parrott

Caine Budelman
Kate Feighery
Shannon Han

Can Bingol
Larry Shea
Sophia Moreno-Bunge

Cassandra Ruff
Leanne Wong
Stacy Han

Chris the wine pourer [...]

If you took photos of the event and would like to contribute to our Flickr group, please post them here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/thedrop/

Thank you for everyone who came out and supported THE DROP and Exhibition 2012+. It was a fantastic Chelsea opening – perhaps one of the best ever. Hundreds of people filled W25th street on Saturday despite early afternoon rain. The sun came out as the Party Under The High Line went underway with Truth and [...]

On Saturday Tuesday, October 6th, 6-9 pm High Line Open Studios is holding a preview of their event:
High Line Open Studios Chelsea 09 Preview
The Works of 50 Artists on Exhibit

6-7:00 pm Art Education Program with Curator/Gallery Owner Sharon Reaves
Collectors’ Education: The Educated Collector, Setting Goals and Understanding the Value of Your Personal Collection.

7-9:00 pm [...]

The following food truck vendors are confirmed for THE DROP.
UPDATE: the crepe escape is on too!
Calexico

 
The Bistro Truck

 
Jiannetto’s Pizza

 
Kyotofu

 
Rickshaw Dumplings

 
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Truck

Thanks to our good friend Stacy Han for organizing!

Big up! to Truth and Soul’s Jeff Dynamite and El Michels, and Halcyon, who will be providing the soundtrack to THE DROP.
 
Truth and Soul, a Brooklyn-based DJ and music collective, recently released “Enter the 37th Chamber” – full instrumental reinterpretations of classic tracks by the Wu-Tang Clan.
   
 
Halcyon, a music collective and record store based in [...]