Learn to Collect / 2:ND Fridays / You could have won a smart phone / Jenny Morgan Press!

As some of you may know, this past Friday, May 13th, Like the Spice teamed up with AT&T to create the event Learn to Collect.

Participants of the event had the opportunity to win an HTC Inspire 4G smartphone provided by AT&T. In order to win this awesome (and oh-so-functional) trophy, one had to 'create personal art collections' of the works displayed at participating 2nd Friday galleries in Williamsburg by photographing them and posting them to the event's Facebook page. The uploader with the most photos will win the smartphone, and we'll be announcing the winner later on this week.

The gallery crawl was a great success and the twelve participating galleries had hundreds of visitors over the course of the night. Hal Lenox, AT&T's New York State President said, "We were thrilled to sponsor the event which connects galleries with art enthusiasts in this thriving artistic community." You're a pal, Hal.

The galleries that participated in Learn to Collect this past Friday were Art 101, Black & White Gallery, Camel Art Space, Causey Contemporary, Figureworks, Front Room, Gitana Rosa, K&K, Parker's Box, Pierogi, Ventana 244, and of course, yours truly.

Check out some of the shout-outs we got from Tusk Strategies, Art Online Galleries and Near Brooklyn!

Check out art blogger Heidi Alamanda's great photos of Jenny Morgan's One and the Many opening here!

Eyes Towards the Dove also has some great things to say about our current exhibit!

Be sure to RSVP to our monthly dinner series for this month's A Layered Menu and an opportunity to speak with artist Jenny Morgan about her latest series of work!

Come have a play-date with Like the Spice!

Today! Like the Spice is at Scope Art Fair at 320 West st (west side highway). It's goin amazingly and we're getting great feedback from visitors. It's a beautiful day out so come join us in booth C32 from March 2nd - 6th, 2011 during Armory week. We have curated a very special emerging figurative booth entitled FIGURE IN: featuring new works by Jenny Morgan, Reuben Negron, and Jason Bard Yarmosky. Come visit us before we sell out!

Tonight! 6 pm - 10 pm The Williamsburg Gallery Association will present “Border Crossing” Buses provided by the Brooklyn Board of Tourism will shuttle visitors from Armory and Pulse Art Fairs to 4 locations in Williamsburg from 5 pm - 8 pm. From 8 pm - 9 pm, the buses will only make stops in Williamsburg.

Download full press here:

http://www.likethespice.com/WGA Armory Press Release v2-1.pdf

northside festival weekend!

We had a super busy weekend at Like the Spice and we're amped to tell you all about it!

On Friday night we hosted the "Sex Toy Party," which featured titillating "adult" information from our experts, as well as a fantastic live karaoke performance from...all our audience members!

Saturday was Crest Fest, presented by Crest Hardware (the show is ongoing, check it out here). All the galleries in the Williamsburg Gallery Association turned out to show their support. And we danced in the rain!

And on Hangover Sunday Like the Spice hosted the awesome, Holy Holy Vine from Baltimore, MD.



Pedestrians and onlookers stuck around to enjoy their sweet sounds and it was the perfect sunny Sunday afternoon everyone needed.




June's not over yet! Don't forget to stop by Like the Spice, we've still got lots planned for the rest of this month!

We Got Almost As Much Press As "Watchmen"

Hey, the Internet knows what it wants! And very clearly, it wants to talk about us. Who are we to stop it? Here's a little recap of all the people who fed our vanity lately. We love you like Matthew Barney loves Vaseline.

The esteemed Hrag Vartanian visited us at Bridge Art Fair and scored a fantastic interview with the force of adorable nature that is Marisa Sage. You can't miss it. You absolutely can't. Just be aware that the same article also covers "Queer Batman" and you may find some of the specific images not safe for work, so save it for when you're back in your cave. Unless your boss is Bruce Wayne or something.

Two Coats of Paint threw us a mention as a highlight of the weekend WGA Event. It was a great night for us, so we hope they had a fun visit!

Of course, if you weren't aware, Artmostfierce had a nice interview with Marisa as well. It's worth checking out, we think. And that's a good lead in to telling you that Marisa's radio interview with WNYU is coming up! We think it is tonight, Wednesday, March 11th, at 7:30pm, but we're not totally sure. The best plan is to just listen constantly until you hear her voice. Just like life.

Finally, we had a visit from Manna From Brooklyn, and we're very happy they liked the show. Always a treat to meet a new blogger!

Remember, Towers & Portals is here for a while yet, so there's plenty of time to visit and then talk about your visit and then visit again.

And One More Thing...

If you're out and about this Saturday, you'll have plenty of ways to see some great art. We covered all that here, but who says we can't mention it again?

Head over to Artlog and get a ticket to ride the WGA Tour Bus all over Williamsburg this Saturday night, as we show off our Dirty Little Secrets. Tours are departing from various locations and each group offers a great way to see what the Williamsburg art world has to offer. Buses will be leaving at 6:00pm from Armory Pier 94 downstairs, 6:30 and 7:30 from Bridge Art Fair, 8:00pm from Armory Pier 94 downstairs. We'll also be trying to have some people around the L lines to help out with directions, in case you're caught up in the economic crisis. But whatever you do, don't forget to sign up for one of the afterparties. After all our working getting this ready we're gonna be ready to have some fun, and you won't want to miss out!

Participating galleries will be marked by a red light so you'll know where to go. Help us show off the Dirty Little Secrets of Williamsburg and have some Armory-based fun all night long. We'll see you here!

Dear Armory show we love when you come to town because the events that happen because of your presence are so AWESOME!

Rachel Beach, Bridge Art Fair, and now all of the Galleries in Williamsburg open till 11pm. What more can we give you, what more could you ask for...On Saturday March 7th Like the Spice brings you an Art explosion like nothing you have ever seen. From Chelsea to Williamsburg LTS serves up a pure night of eye titillating experiences.
Here is the order of business:

12:00pm Booth #35 Bridge Art Fair (we gave you a teaser in our last blog post, check it)

3:00pm Family Scavenger Hunt through the Williamsburg check in at Ch"i
6:30pm Rachel Beach's new solo exhibition Towers and Portals opens.
7:30pm Collector Tour #1 leaves from Like the Spice 224 Roebling Street
8:00, 8:30 Collector Tours leave from Slate Gallery and then Jack the Pelican.
11:00pm Rachel Beach and Like the Spice head over to Supreme Trading for the after party!



and coming March 13th, our monthly artist dinner series: Knives And Glasses
dinner served at 8:00pm
RSVP Required