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MICHAEL ZANSKY Courtesy Nicholas Robinson Gallery Curated by David Gibson October 14 - November 13, 2010 ARTJAIL 50 Eldridge Street, floor 6, New York NY 10002, (646) 666-8550 Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm. Curator will be in the gallery select weekdays from 3 to 6 pm possibly joined by gallery artists, call ahead to check: (347) 265-9858 Erik Benson, John Berens. Monika Bravo, Eduardo Cervantes, Sally Curcio, Jonathan Feldschuh, Laura Harrison, Madeleine Hatz, Jeff Konigsberg, Michelle Mackey, Dana Melamed, Dean Monogenis, Ross Racine, Asya Reznikov, Kristen Schiele, Kimberly Sexton, Philip Simmons, Mary Ann Strandell, Miryana Todorova, Michael Zansky, J.G. Zimmerman “Lost Horizon” represents a critique of themes related to the professional practice and socialized ideal of architecture, its enveloping culture of construction, and the ironic ideals that emerge from assumptions of progress. Any context related to architecture is also related to urbanism...

Yazmin Miles-Watson was watching the Erin Simpson Show yesterday after school, and was inspired by the show's star, to go out and clean up her own street. The clean up is part of National Clean Up NZ week which runs from 17 Sept to 24 Sept. In just an hour Yaz, (aged 11 yrs,) filled three supermarket bags from around her street. Today at school, she gave up her morning tea and lunch times to do a thorough clean up of the bushes and trees along the school boundary! She inspired some friends to join her, and they cleaned up other areas of the school. Most of the boundary rubbish was from people who pass through the school grounds outside of school hours. There were wrappers, cigarette butts and beer bottles which were "disgusting" explained Yaz. Yaz (pictured with Line Kalolo) hopes to encourage more of her classmates to help clean up other areas of the school community. Fantastic Addington Attitude Yaz!! We are very proud of the initiative you have taken, and the inspirati...

Addington School children were back at school today, catching up with friends, sharing stories and practicing their "Drop, Cover and Hold" moves. Room 7 produced some great art work for their cloakroom about their experiences during the past week. We are all pleased to be back and returning to our normal routines.

School will not be open until Monday the 13 Sept. See you all then.

Because of the Earthquake to our area on Saturday 4 September Schools and early childhood services within the boundaries of Christchurch City Council, Waimakariri (including Rangiora) District Council and Selwyn District Council will be closed to students and children until Monday 13 September.

Reading Discovery Graduation and Celebration! Today two students, Mackenzie Wallace and Andrew Sparks celebrated their graduation from Reading Discovery with a special morning tea. At the celebration were Reading Discovery Teacher Pat Watson , class teacher Mrs Douglas, Mrs Barr and invited guests Andrew and McKenzie's Mums, Grandparent reader Mrs Rainey, Ms Heath and Ms Meachen. Both Andrew and McKenzie entered the programme reading at level 2-3 and have finished off on level 19-20!! Fantastic, and a great example of how successful the partnership between home and school can be.

CURATED BY DAVID GIBSON and KEREN MOSCOVITCH The School of Visual Arts,141 West 21st Street August 7 - August 21, 2010 Christie Blizard and Steven Page, Stephanie Halmos, Cate Holt, Mary Murphy, Max Razdow. Adrianne Rubenstein, Hagar Sadan, Pam Saturday, Jennifer Shepard, Gabriel Shuldiner, Meg Thompson, Miryana Todorova and Ashley Omahne, Tyler Vipond, Sarah Vollman, Cay Yoon School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Abstract Intentions,” an exhibition of work by former participants in the Summer Residency Programs in the Division of Continuing Education.  Curated by David Gibson , faculty member, and Keren Moscovitch, coordinator of the Summer Residency Programs. “Abstraction is a verb, an activity, an action,” says Moscovitch in elaborating on the exhibition’s title. “These artists all use their materials in new and unexpected ways and create tools out of substance. The camera no longer captures what exists in the world, but takes advantage of optic and chemical processes to ...