Category Archives: New York City

SMUT! III

{photo by Francesca Bates} It’s that time again….The Lowbrow Society SMUT! show!!! We are so excited that this years show will be held at 950 Hart Gallery, and will also be marking their 25th show to date!  950 Hart Gallery began in October of 2010 with four partners. It began as an experiment in developing [...]

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Dress Up / Get Down: About Our Performers

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Have we told you all about the stellar line-up that we have stitched together for you, for Something New presents: Dress Up / Get Down? No? Well! Prepare to be amazed. Mykki Blanco Mykki Blanco is a rapper, poet, and performance artist living and practicing in New York City. This spring, Blanco will be releasing [...]

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Are you ready for Something New?

Something New: Dress Up / Get Down

For the past few months, we’ve had our heads down over here at the Lowbrow HQ, brewing up some spectacular Spring events for you, and we’re excited to announce the launch of Something New! I’m excited, are you? Something New is an underground creative showcase featuring a monthly hand-picked roster of our favorite brilliant creators from the [...]

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Gowanus Ruled, What’s up next?

Gowanus Art Fair was a raging success. Thank you for coming. A few photos by the brilliant Saskia Khan (who had a video featured)   There’s so much more coming over the next few months that we can’t even begin to tell you!  Look out for more opportunities & open calls, and meanwhile- we’re over [...]

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The Gowanus Art Fair in PAPER MAG

Lowbrow Society is so excited to be a part of this! Only 5 days away, are you ready? RSVP on Facebook if you haven’t already.

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The Gowanus Art Fair: Keeping it Small

 {Ghosts by Eddie Ochoa} If you follow us on facebook/twitter you probably already know, but for those who don’t we are happy to announce our partnership with Collective BK in presenting the first ever Gowanus Art Fair!  Keeping it Small will be one night of local bands, one-act plays, visual art and tons of surprises [...]

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NYC: Drag, Masks, & Mirrors- October 27th

Lowbrow Society for the arts presents “Drag, Masks, & Mirrors: A night of queer readings on seeing and being seen” hosted by two time National Queer Arts Festival Feature, Najva Sol, and witty scribe of McSweeny’s “balls-out” column, Casey Plett. Bar Thalia at Symphony Space is queering up for Halloween. Costumes, hilarity, heartbreak, confusion, and [...]

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Call For Performers/Readers: Submissions Due Sept 20th

DRAG, MASKS, and MIRRORS October 27th, Bar Thalia at Symphony Space is queering up! We are seeking submissions for readers for our show Drag, Masks, & Mirrors. DM&M will be produced by Lowbrow Society for the Arts in collaboration with Casey Plett, a columnist at McSweeny’s. Submission Guidelines: The pieces can be fiction, non-fiction, poetry, [...]

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Open Call for Artwork: CONNECTIVITY

From the workings of the cosmos, to the feelings one person has for another, to the geometry of golden ratio in nature, it has been an integral part of human evolution to find patterns and meaning in our surroundings and relationships. But with the explosion of the digital age many theorize that our hard grained [...]

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NYC: Bleeding Hearts

Dearest Troublemakers, Over the past few weeks, Gwynn and Lenora have been hard at work here at the (metaphorical) Lowbrow HQ! Let me tell you what we’ve been up to! Lowbrow Society has been putting together an interactive experience called “Digital Sacraments” for an event called Bleeding Hearts. We don’t want to give all our [...]

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