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SEPTEMBER 2008: 

~ Eric Staller has posted a cool 2-minute online movie of his interactive artwork, "The HolyRoller," as it was on the beach as part of the Oerol Festival, Terschelling, The Netherlands; June 2008. http://www.ericstaller.com/urban%20UFOs/
HOLYROLLER/?page=6

~ Jonathan Feldschuh's new work based on the subatomic particle smashing of the Large Hadron Collider being built at CERN, as presented in his solo exhibition at Galerie Vernon and Vernon Projekt in Prague this past July, was covered in an article published in SCIENCE magazine, Vol.321, August 1, 2008. http://www.jonathanfeldschuh.com

~ Benoit Maubrey's "One Week in the Life of a Solar Ballerina" performances Sept.17-21, 2008 will be in Brooklyn at the old American Can Factory as part of the Canary Project's "Art & Ecology Series." http://www.canary-project.org/project_4073.html

~ Gail Wight's art is included in the exhibition, "Out of this World," that investigates the macro and micro cosmologies in the form of an interactive installation, video installations and photography; thru Sept.13, 2008; Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh. http://www.woodstreetgalleries.org/home.html

~ Bobbie Mastrangelo's archives have been accepted by The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

~ Sidney Cash showcased his new jewelry at the American Craft Council's San Francisco Craft Show at Fort Mason in August 2008. http://www.sydneycash.com

~ Ursula Freer is showing her fine art digital prints in the South Gallery at Johnsons Gallery; Madrid, New Mexico; Sept.6 - Oct.28, 2008; Opening Reception: Sept.6, 3-5pm; and at the Palace Green Teahouse, Santa Fe, New Mexico; September 2008. http://www.ursulafreer.com

~ Laura Splan's news includes:
* "Manuf®actured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects" group exhibition; Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon; thru Jan.4, 2009; Member Reception: Sept.17, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30pm.
* Lecture: Co-Curators Mara Holt Skov & Steven Skov Holt; Sept.18, 2008, University of Oregon, White Stag Building.
* "Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit," group exhibition curated by Rickie Solinger; Oct.16 - Dec.21, 2008; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
* Recent Article - Rhizome News: "Pretty on the Inside" by Tyler Coburn.
* New Catalog published for "Biological Imperative" exhibition 2008 by Emma Wilcox / Gallery Aferro. http://www.laurasplan.com

~ Ruth West's art-sci team presented their piece, "ATLAS in silico," at the Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland, Ohio; "ATLAS in silico" from July 24-27, 2008. http://www.atlasinsilico.net

~ C. Bangs' artwork was included in a group show, "Harmony of Elements," at the Noho Gallery, NYC in August 2008. http://www.cbangs.com

~ Roz Dimon's solo exhibition, INFORMATION WOMAN, spans 27-years of her artwork; The Grace Institute, 1233 Second Ave, NYC; thru Sept.26, 2008. The show's webpage also salutes other women artists/scientist/educators in the Age of Information, and the opening will be covered by NPR [National Public Radio] Long Island on Sept.8, 2008 at 9:15am/  http://www.infowoman.us

~ Robbin Oppenheimer is a full-time 3rd-year Ph.D. student at Simon Fraser University in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology. She just secured a part-time faculty position at the University of Washington's Bothell campus, where I'm designing a new undergraduate course in the fall on creative collaboration between the arts and sciences for the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program. She's also be presenting a paper on West Coast 1960's light shows on a panel about the 60s counterculture and the arts at the College Art Association conference in LA in February 2009. She recently presented a paper in Berlin at the Re:place conference about the collaborations between the artists and engineers in the historical "9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering" performances that will be published next year, and which is also the subject of her Ph.D. dissertation.

~ Joshua Fried will perform his RadioWonderland at:
* Sept.27, 2008 at 6pm: Le Petit Versailles, East Village, NYC; Sunset outdoor show with writer, artist and consummate authority on things avant, Richard Kostelanetz; Rain or Shine · FREE at a community garden.
* Oct.3, 2008 at 10pm as part of Pixilerations: a New Media Festival, Providence RI at Club Pixil @ Tazza Caffe, FREE.
http://radiowonderland.org/serendipity/

~ Michael Wright's artwork was recently included in these venues:
* "Omage: The Artists, Designers, and Writers of Otis College of Art and Design"; Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
* a one person exhibition on the LearningTimes Squirrel Island in the virtual world Second Life opening Aug 1 2008; Dome West 15,166,22 and Tail Gallery 169,213,28.
* "Digital Art.LA  International New Media Expo" at the Los Angeles Center For Digital Art in Downtown Los Angeles, CA; thru Sept.6, 2008.
* presentation at SIGGRAPH'08: EVOLVE at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Aug.15, 2008.

~ Eva Lee's interview, "Inquiry: Art and Neuroimaging, Eva Lee and Dr. James Coan" by Mark Lynch of WICN Public Radio in August 2008, was about the making of and inspiration for Lee's collaborative work: "Discrete Terrain: Windows on Five Emotions." This work is a multi-channel, digital video installation based on the data of a neuroscientific study on the brain basis of emotions. The piece was on view at the DeCordova Museum this summer/2008. http://wicn.org/audio/inquiry-0

~ Melissa Fleming had an interview published in Double Exposure about her work in August 2008 issue. http://www.doubleexposure.com/
FlemingInterview_Schaefer.shtml

~ Ellen Jantzen's "Biodegradable Vessel - Metamorphosis" is included in the 4th international juried exhibition of original contemporary funerary urns, vessels, reliquaries and personal memorial art; Sept.27 - Nov.30, 2008; Reception: Sept.26, 6-8pm; at Art Honors Life The Gallery at FUNERIA, 2860 Bowen Street #1, Graton, California. http://www.ellenjantzen.com

~ Julian Voss-Andreae's protien sculptures are featured on pages 14-17 in the August 2008 issue of the AWIS (Association for Women in Science) magazine that was devoted to Art and Science. The complete issue can be downloaded at: http://www.awis.org/
pubs/documents/AWIS_Spring08.pdf

~ Lindsay Obermeyer's current exhibitions and news:
* included in a panel discussion on the intersections of gender, race, and class within the DIY community; Aug.7, 2008 at Jane Adams Hull-House Museum, Chicago.
* "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet - see my public art piece "Adjust Your Thermostat" (aka Big Blue) at Crissy Field Promenade (part of Golden Gate State Park) in San Francisco August 5 - October 13.  Mini Big Blue is on exhibit at The Kennedy Center through the end of August.
* "Showing on the Green" - This new alternative gallery space at 7381 N. County Rd. O in Elkhorn, WI will be featuring two pieces from my Woman's Work series August 8-31, 2008.
* "ArtXposium" - If you missed it at Looptopia, here is another chance to participate in my community art performance piece The Attachment Project; Sept.19-21, 2008 at the former home of Grobe’s True Value, located at 103 W. Washington Street in West Chicago, IL 60185.  A catalog will be available.
* San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. San Jose, CA; "Beyond Knitting: Uncharted Stitches"; June 17 - Aug.24, 2008.
* Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL; "Lawn Nation", May 22 - Sept.7, 2008; her "Throne of Thyme" is at the front door of the museum.
* Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA - A Body of Work; May 5 - Aug.5 August 31, 2008.
* Her solo exhibition was extended until the end of the August 2008.  It featured work from her Chirurgi series including new embroidered and knitted works. 
* BOOK -"Knitting Art: 150 Innovative Works by 18 Contemporary Artists" by Karen Searle features a section on my work.  It is scheduled for release in October. Order your copy in advance and save money! http://www.lbostudio.com

~ Devorah Sperber's work can be seen at:
* "Through the Looking Glass: Image and Process Deconstructed," works by Chuck Close and Devorah Sperber; Sept.23 - November 2008; le Poisson Rouge Gallery, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC.
* "Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary;" Sept.27, 2008 - Feb.15, 2009; Museum of Arts and Design, 44 West 53rd Street, NYC.
http://madmuseum.org/SEE/upcoming%20exhibitions/
Second%20Lives%20Remixing%20the%20Ordinary.aspx

~ Cheryl Safren's art, which employs chemical reactions, will be included in the 3-person exhibition,"The Alchemy of Art," and she will be a presenter in the up-coming symposium,"Intersection of Art and Science"; Adelphi University; Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 201, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, New York; Oct.29, 2008, 9:30 am - 4pm; Free, open to public but RSVP by Oct.6th to: Justyna Widera "widera [at] adelphi [dot] edu"
http://web.adelphi.edu/christine/as_symposium/index.php

and...
~ Cheryl Safren and Barbara Roux were included in the Long Island Pulse magazine's VIP artists list: http://www.lipulse.com/newsite/LILife/
FeatureStories/artistvips/tabid/450/Default.aspx

~ Coleen Flanigan organized a fundraising event of rarely seen documentary, "Reef Reborn," at Gossamer Fiber Arts in Portland, Oregon on August 22, 2008. This was a benefit for the Global Coral Reef Alliance's (GCRA) innovative reef building technology, Biorock TM.  Colleen Flanigan talks about her experience making "coral arks" in Bali; also showing metalwork, paintings, kinetic sculpture inspired by the ocean, corals and jellyfish. Funds raised support GCRA reef project, Karang Lestari, in Bali. A large crocheted community reef will be on display through Nov.15, 2008; Community Reef travels to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Dec.2008-Feb.2009.
http://www.globalcoral.org; http://www.gossamerfiberarts.com

~ Leslie Sobel was co-juror of the exhibition, "One Planet, One Experiment," Sept.5 - Oct.2, 2008; WomenMade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; and she is having a solo show, "Phase Change," at the same gallery; Sept.5 - Oct.2, 2008.
http://womanmade.org

~ Alyce Santoro's sonic fabric clothing [made from cassette audio tapes] is included in the current exhibition, "Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things/ 3-logy Triennial 2008"; a group exhibition of recycled/‘upcycled’ objects that both stretch the imagination and suggest how to reduce the impact on the environment; Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma; thru January 6, 2009. http://www.pricetower.org/exhibitions/?lid=246 and http://www.sonicfabric.com


JULY-AUGUST 2008:

~  Stephen J. Oscherwitz's artworks were included in a national works-on-paper invitational exhibition; Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, Washington; June 27th to July 27, 2008. http://www.sedersgallery.com

~ Alison Cornyn's update:
* inclusion in "Sand: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor" exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; thru Sept.14, 2008.
http://www.parrishart.org/parrish.asp?id=282
* solo show, "In Our Own Words: Portraits of Brooklyn’s Vietnam Veterans," at The Brooklyn Historical Society; Brooklyn, NYC. http://www.brooklynhistory.org

~ Jonathan Feldschuh's solo exhibition, "Large Hadron Collider," is inspired by the largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built that is scheduled to begin operating this summer at CERN; Galerie Vernon & Vernon Projekt, Prague, the Czech Republic; June 23 - Sept.14, 2008. http://www.jonathanfeldschuh.com/
lhc_images.htm

~ Eva Lee's news includes:
* her films were featured June 13-26, 2008 on Big Screen Liverpool, Clayton Square, Liverpool, UK.
* WICN, 90.5 FM, Interview in July by radio host, Mark Lynch, for Inquiry, to discuss the making of and inspiration for "Discrete Terrain," currently on view at the Decordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Program airs Sundays 9-10pm, this segment TBA. http://www.evaleestudio.com

~ "Devorah Sperber: Flash Back," a solo show featuring works based on iconic images from the 1960s, including Sperber’s signature Thread Spool Installations; works from her exhibition "Bikinis, Bandanas, and a VW Bus," and recent Star Trek- inspired exhibition, "Mirror Universe". Several works will also debut in this unique exhibition; Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, NY; Aug.2 - Sept.7, 2008. In addition, her solo exhibition "Devorah Sperber: Interpretations" continues at MASS MoCA thru September 1, 2008. http://www.devorahsperber.com

~ Coleen Flanagan will bring a rarely seen documentary, "Reef Reborn," to Gossamer Fiber Arts in Portland, Oregon on August 22, 2008 to benefit the Global Coral Reef Alliance's (GCRA) innovative reef-building technology being used in Bali by Biorock (TM).  Colleen Flanigan talks about her experience making "coral arks" in Bali; also showing metalwork, paintings, kinetic sculpture inspired by the ocean, corals and jellyfish. Funds raised support GCRA reef project, Karang Lestari, in Bali. A large crocheted community reef will be on display through Nov. 15, 2008; Community Reef travels to OMSI, Dec-Feb. http://www.globalcoral.org; http://www.gossamerfiberarts.com

~ Chris Janney's "Sonic Forest" [light and sound interactive installation] was purchased for permanent display in Zaragoza, Spain for the WorldExpo, and versions of it are now travelling to other locations in USA:
* The Mile High Festival, Denver, CO; July 19-21, 2008
* All Points West Festival, Liberty State Park, [opposite the statue of Liberty in the NY Harbor]; August 8-10, 2008.
* and a new work, "Parking On Color," opens on a 10-story building installation; Fort Worth, TX; Dec.1, 2008. http://www.janney.com

~ Michael Wright presented his "Otis Virtual World Project" at The New Media Consortium Summer Conference Interactive Sessions hosted by Princeton University on June 12, 2008.http://tlc.otis.edu/
Faculty%20Development/wrighttech.html

~ Mara Haseltine's commission, "Estrogen Tales, the Story of Nine Molecules and How They Bonded," recently traveled from the Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. to the New School for Social Research (NYC) where it was displayed from April 8th thru the 29th. http://www.calamara.com

~ Ralf Gschwend, better known as "Ralfonso":
* has finalized "Dances with the Wind, 2008" that will be a 30-foot, self-balancing kinetic sculpture to be prominently featured at Beijing’s Olympic Park this summer.
* his "Dances with the Wind, 2007" working prototype is included in the "SCULPTURE IN MOTION: Art Choreographed by Nature" exhibition, an extensurvey of kinetic sculpture at the Atlanta Botanical Garden; May 3 - Oct.31, 2008 and curated by Sculpturesite Gallery. http://www.sculpturesite.com/
shows-Detail.cfm?ShowsID=36
* this summer he also exhibits his kinetic sculptures in the premiere exhibition of the Cuadro Fine Art Gallery in Dubai, now the largest and most prestigious gallery in the Middle East.
* select among 15 short docu movies of his sculptures on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ralfonso

~ Ellen Jantzen's work is included in the exhibition "On the Edge" that highlights the work of photographers who are re-defining what photography means to them [several are mixing painterly digital techniques with photography]; The Atlanta Photography Group; thru Aug.22, 2008. http://www.apgphoto.org/index.shtml
and http://www.ellenjantzen.com

~ Laura Splan's work will be included in "Manuf®actured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects", Co-Curated by Mara Holt Skov & Steven Skov Holt at the Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft; Aug.28, 2008 - Jan. 4, 2009. http://www.contemporarycrafts.org/
exhibitions/index.php?f=2008_08_manufractured

~ Julie Newdoll's "Journey into the Senses," solo exhibition of prints and paintings will be installed in the grand showrooms of CreativeLiving at Petra Hellas; Opening reception Saturday, August 16, 2008, 4:00 p.m.; Bacup, Lancashire, England. http://www.petrahellas.co.uk and http://www.brushwithscience.com

~ Deena des Rioux's digital prints are included in the exhibition "A Passion for Pixels" at the Islip Art Museum; Bruce Price, Curator; East Islip, Long Island, New York; June 22 - Sept.7, 2008; Reception: Sunday, July 27, 1-4pm. http://www.islipartmuseum.org

~ Sophie Kahn has artwork included in the "Trace Elements: spirit and memory in Japanese and Australian photomedia" exhibition; Toyko Opera City Art Gallery; thru Oct.13, 2008. http://www.operacity.jp/en/ag/
http://barrettkahn.com/sophie/index.html 

~ Tonietta MarChrist Walters and The Art Office presented "TAO:5448 Renaissance: Death & Rebirth; Lauderhill, Florida. http://lauderhill-fl.net/cra/arts_inc.html

~ Rachel Simmons was involve in the "Out of the Box" art and music showcase at Mills Park, Orlando, FL; July 12, 2008. http://www.rachelsimmons.net

~ Adrienne Klein's exhibition, "Radiant Logic," will be open one final Saturday, July 19, 2008; 12:00pm - 5:00pm; Center for The Holographic Arts, 45-10 Court Square, at Jackson Ave.], Long Island City, NY. http://adrienneklein.net

~ Deborah Swack will be creating "Digital Maze Symmetry Project" (whereby the user can grow their own 3D maze interactively according to the laws of symmetry) in a CAVE immersive environment under a co-production grant at Banff Centre for the Arts this summer.  Additonally "Little Wars; the Carousel Project" an animated video previously shown at the Beecher Center for Arts and Technology will be shown at White Box gallery in Chelsea starting August 14th and also at the Binghamton University Art Museum Sept.9 - Dec 6, 2008. http://users.rcn.com/speak/dswack/default.htm

~ Sam Bowser [a polar research biologist] will be presenting a paper on his art-science collaborative practice with New Zealand artist, Claire Beynon, at a science conference in Halifax, Canada. https://protist2008.dal.ca/Protists_and_the_Art.php

~ Corinne Whitaker is showing work at the 01SJ digital arts festival in San Jose, California. Her digital paintings on aluminum will remain on view at the Phantom Galleries for six weeks. http://www.giraffe.com

~ Claire Beynon presented her work in, "InterfaCE," a collaborative art-sci polar research project [with scientist, Sam Bowser], at the New Zealand International Science Festival's "The Everyday Science Art Exhibition"; Hope Gallery, Dunedin; July 5-13, 2008. http://www.asci.org/artikel978.html

~ Barbara Roux's news update:
* her artwork about the 500-yr.old oak tree that came down in a storm on Long Island, NY was featured in the June issue of the European design and art journal, Volume Magazine, issue #15.
* she's giving an artist talk in the Voices and Visions program at the Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY. Thursday, July 24, 2008. 7pm.  Wine and food served.
* in 2007, she created an artist award for an emerging enviro-artist in Suffolk County, NY. http://www.barbararoux.com 

~ Alyce Santor's news includes:
* she has created a short video of how her "sonic fabric" http://www.sonicfabric.com is made and posted it on youtube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDF2N5IY5cA
* a piece is in a show called "possibilities of action: the life of the score" that opened in June 2008 at the Museu d'art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain; an exhibition of experimental forms of musical notation, and includes work by some of her favorite sonic pioneers, including Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, and Yoko Ono. http://www.macba.es/controller.php?p_action=show_page&pagina_id=28&inst_id=24704
* artwork included in the "It’s Not Easy" exhibition at Exit Art's Underground space is inspired by the recent tidal wave of personal efforts to go "green"; July 24 - Aug. 29, 2008; OPENING Thursday JULY 24 7 -10 PM
http://www.exitart.org/site/pub/
exhibition_programs/SEA/its_not_easy.html
* the Sundance Channel's "the green blog" posted a synopsis of her life living an "im-permaculture" creative life-style ["WHAT WE NEED IS TO NEED LESS"] since a year ago; she lives her "green" values in far West Texas; it also includes a link to alyce's "solar kitchen" cookbook; and other solar set-up info.  http://www.sundancechannel.com/blogs/
thegreen/390363054
* if you want to buy a sonic necktie and/or other products, see her EtsyStore online at: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5867191

~ Anna Dumitriu's "School Flora Event," the culmination of her one-year art/microbiology project, took place July 15, 2008. http://www.normalflora.co.uk

~ April Vollmer's news:
* her digital and woodcut work can be seen at the Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC. http://www.cherylmcginnisgallery.com
* she taught several Japanese woodblock summer workshops; consult her website for future schedule. http://www.aprilvollmer.com
* work included in August 9 - September 7, 2008
* "April Vollmer Woodcut Exhibition" at the Sirens' Song Gallery Greenport, NY; Reception: Saturday, August 9, 3:00 to 8:00 pm. http://www.sirensongallery.com
* work was included in the Safe-T-Gallery's "Au Natural Group Exhibition" in Brooklyn, NY; June 19-July 20, 2008. http://www.safetgallery.com

~ David Peat:
* is teaching an Internet-based course on David Bohm out of the California Institute for Integral Studies in California. http://www.ciis.edu/online/
* will be publishing a new book, "Gentle Action: Bringing Creative Change to a Turbulent World"
* in August, a book on the history of the Pari Center in Italy will be published by Umberto Brunelli. http://www.paricenter.com


JUNE 2008:

~ Agnes Denes' new book, "The Human Argument" has just been published, and she received her second Honary Doctorate Degree from Bucknell University at their Commencement Exercises in May 2008. [see FYI section above]

~ Rachel Mayeri's 20-minute video, "Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends", is included in the exhibition "Primate Cinema" at TELIC Arts Exchange in Los Angeles; June 11-22, 2008; Reception June 14th. http://www.telic.info/about


MAY 2008

- Claire Beynon artist] & Sam Bowser [scientist] are exhibiting "InterfaCE," an installation about their multi-year, continuing collaboration concerning their research trips to Antarctica; May 1, 2008; Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY; this summer it will travel to New Zealand. http://www.asci.org/artikel978.html

- Erika Blumenfeld has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2008 in the field of Creative Arts for an environmental-based installation, the Polar Project. https://www.thepolarproject.com

- Ellen Jantzen's digital print, "Singularity," is included in the exhibition, "In Your Dreams" at the Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, GA; May 2 - June 20, 2008; Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 2008 [7:30 -10:00 pm].  http://www.naomisilvagallery.com

- Alyce Santoro has work included in the "Second Skin" exhibition at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA; April 25-Sept.7, 2008. http://www.exploratorium.edu/2ndskin/

- Rachel Simmons has won a McKean Award and she will soon be off to Antarctica with a group of 100 other artists and scientists.
http://web.mac.com/rsimmons4/rachelsimmons.net

- Devorah Sperber's "After Magritte" commission for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' maiden voyage May 2008. http://www.devorahsperber.com/
upcoming_exhibitions/index.html

- April Vollmer's current news:
* Demonstrates Japanese woodblock printing from 3:00 to 4:00 in the Steinhardt Gallery, at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Sakura Matsuri, the annual Cherry Blossom Festival; May 3-4; and will show new work for sale. http://www.bbg.org/exp/cherries/sakura.html
* work to be included in Belgrade, Serbia exhibition; May 7-22, 2008; the Akademija FLU Centre for Graphic Art & Visual Research. After the reception and lecture-demonstrations, she will travel to the Siveco Art Colony for a week of art-making.
* her "Voyage to Italy" exhibition at Square One Gallery closed to rave reviews. Photos are at: www.aprilvollmer.com/voyage
* her print, "Crossing Ground," won Honorable Mention in the Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s First "Footprint International" print exhibition; thru May 31 in South Norwalk, Connecticut.
* she recently traveled to the Southern Graphics Council meeting in Richmond, VA.
* she is giving three workshops around the country on Japanese block printing [see her website]

- Anna Dumitriu & "The Institute of Unnecessary Research" will be participating in the "Brussels Meets Brighton" extravaganza of multimedia performance, gigs and installations in the Shunt Lounge space under the London Bridge tube station, London; thru May 3, 2008.  http://web.mac.com/annadumitriu/IUR/
Brussels_Meets_Brighton.html

- Stefano Calgo's GUINEA PIG is a solo exhibition of a mixed media project that investigates toxic additives that pervade both toys and food by interpreting them as a symbol of our human fragility and exposing how they influence, compel and deceive us; Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, NYC; thru 17, 2008.
http://www.priskajuschkafineart.com/
exhibitions.php?id=88

- Neva Setlow's collage "Can We Be More Than We Are?" will be included in the "Art Envisions Science" exhibition at the New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th Street, Queens, New York. It will be on display from May 17 to July 13, 2008. The artists' reception is Sunday, May 18 from 3-5pm.

- Marianne Petit has created an online animated "bookfomercial" for a newly published book: "How Not To Write A Book" by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocvlo3XG8aY

- Lois Goglia's solo exhibition "X-RAYS: LIGHT AND DARK" at the Alexey Von Schlippe Art Gallery, the University of Conneticut's Avery Point Campus' Branford House Mansion; thru June 8, 2008; phone: 860-405-9052; Directions at: http://www.averypointarts.uconn.com

- Eva Lee's animation piece, Discrete Terrain: Windows on Five Emotions, is included in the DeCordova Museum's 2008 Annual Exhibition; May 10 - Aug 17, 2008. http://www.decordova.org/decordova/
exhibit/2008/2008%20Annual/lee.htm

- On Saturday, May 3, 2008, Christopher Janney's classic work "HeartBeat" will be performed by the famed a capella group, The Persuasions,as part of the Power to End Stroke Conference in Atlanta, GA. http://www.janney.com

- Deborah Cornell, in collaboration with her husband, had the NYC premier of their "Tracer" piece at the InCite Festival, Town Hall, NYC; March 13, 2008.

- Chris Twomey's artwork up-date for March 28-30, NYC:
* "Chambre de Commerce" at the Chelsea Hotel (Pool Art Fair)
* "BROADTHINKING: Entropic Renovators" at the Art Now Fair; at Hotel 30/30. http://www.broadthinking.org
* and in the "IDES OF MARCH: Collaboratives and Collectives" exhibition at ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington Street, NYC; part of the Broadthinking collective. http://www.abcnorio.org

- Jim Pallas was commissioned this winter by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to make six sculptures that would encourage visitors to make donations that will be used to support activities that improve wild amphibian habitats. Jim created interactive sculptures [large toads] that respond to the actions of donations being put into the mouth of the toad with a repertoire of frog and toad related quips, sound effects, and music samples. The Detroit Zoo has had a Pallas' talking toad, since 2000.  It generates about $2000 each year for the A.Z.A.'s Amphibian Taxon Advisory Group.
http://www.ylem.org/artists/jpallas/toad/
AZA_toads_press_page.html

- Julian Voss-Andreae's sculpture is included exhibitions and magazines:
* "To Infinity and Beyond: Mathematics in Contemporary Art" exhibition at The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY; April 19 - June 22, 2008. http://www.heckscher.org/futureexhibitions.htm
* a solo show, "Inspired by Life" at Rutgers University, New Jersey, curated by Christine Zardecki; Feb.17-23, 2008;
* article by UK science writer, Philip Ball, in the March 2008 British Chemistry World magazine. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2008/
March/ColumnThecrucible.asp

- Erika Blumenfeld's "Polar Project" enters its first phase of development. Learn about this environmental art project's mission to preserve image and sound of the Arctic and Antarctica regions and to inspire awareness and change now; and how you can help.
https://www.thepolarproject.com/#/about/

- Eric Singer's news about LEMUR's up-coming events/participation:
* Dangerous Music festival at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, NY on Saturday, April 5, 2008.
* Issue Project Room on Thursday, April 10, 2008; http://issueprojectroom.org
* performs "Man with a Movie Camera" at Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY; April 11th; http://www.monkeytownhq.com
http://lemurbots.org

- Ellen Jantzen has digital prints included in the "Wild Life/ Wildlife: An Artist's Response" group exhibition at The Gallery at Mount Ida College; Newton, MA; thru May 4, 2008. http://www.mountida.edu/sp.cfm?pageid=2509