October 22nd marks the start of the 12th Annual Garment District Arts Festival. For three days you’ll have endless opportunities to explore and discover the art and artists of the Garment District.
The fun starts early this year with our first Arts Festival Kickoff Happy Hour on Wednesday, October 21 from 6pm – 7pm at McGettigan’s.
Full Schedule
Art can also be found in interesting and sometimes unconventional venues thoughout the Garment District. All of these installations can be found below.
Installations
- Adaptive Design Association – 313 West 36th Street, “Chairs For Humanity” window display
- Archer Hotel – 45 West 38th Street, “Oracle” sculpture by Thea Lanzisero
- Bene Rialto – 13 West 38th Street, Photography & paintings by multiple artists
- Cafe Grumpy – 200 West 39th Street, Wood burning exhibit by Eleanor Scholz
- chashama – 266 West 37th Street, ‘Plastic Paradise” by Jihyun Hong
- Distrikt Hotel – 342 West 40th Street, “Fire Bird” black granite sculpture
- EFA – 323 West 39th Street, “Nectar” by Eunjung Hwang
- Garment District Space for Public Art – 215 West 49th Street, Paintings representing female strength, power and sensuality
- Houndstooth Pub – 520 8th Avenue – Works by local artists
- Macaron Cafe – 152 West 36th Street, Works by
- Madman Espresso – 234 West 35th Street, Paintings by Giorgio Casu
- Nepenthes – 307 West 38th Street, “Flash” Paintings by Yukako
- Port Authority Art Space – 625 8th Avenue West Wing, “Who Said ‘Avant Garde?'” explores the definition of art in a conceptual manner
- Shinnyo Center – 19 West 36th Street – TBA
- Stitch – 247 West 37th Street, Works by local artists
Source Garmentdistrictnyc.com