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As we head into the first full week of September, designers are already hinting at what's to come for Spring 2005, with Fashion Week strutting its stuff once again at Bryant Park. But fashionistas aren't the only ones engaging in the age-old practices of art and artifice. Graphic artists Marjane Satrapi and Art Spiegelman both talk about illustrating memoirs; RESFEST and Pipilotti Rist demonstrate multimedia mastery; female playwrights compose in drag; and Simone Shubuck's paper works poke a little ready-to-wear fun. But when trends fade, history remains: commemorate the third anniversary of 9/11 with a newly completed audio tour. Listen up, and spread it... |
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As the dog days of summer fade, the brilliance of fall is bursting to break through. It's a time for discovery, new places, new faces, new tastes, new sensations. Run with the explorer in you and unleash the raspberri. Don't underestimate the forces of nature, prepare yourself for ABSOLUT RASPBERRI. |
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| | Often when our countrymen's short stories are anthologized, the decorous result makes American writers seem pretty dull. Not so editor Ben Marcus' new collection The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories. If you took these writers' words for it, you might not want to go to sleep at night for fear of their American Dreams. From heavies A. M. Homes and David Foster Wallace to established authors Padgett Powell and Aleksandar Hemon to inventive upstarts Gary Lutz and Dawn Raffel, Marcus assembles a dangerously good sampler. Tonight, he and contributor Matthew Derby interview three of the book's best oddball visionaries: Mary Gaitskill, Sam Lipsyte, and George Saunders. (JKG)
  
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| | If the sisters of Little Women had formed a band, they would have been Electrelane; four women from Brighton, England, whose latest album, the wonderful The Power Out, borrows heavily from early Stereolab and the Velvet Underground's melancholic third, self-titled LP. Their music's quiet formality — arrangements and vocals always restrained, lyrics sung in English and French — is rarely sullied, and when they do cut loose (bird calls in "On Parade," for instance), it's done quickly, like they're telling dirty jokes at funerals. The cuter half of Cibo Matto (if that's possible), Miho Hatori, and another Brit, Scout Niblett, open. (YS)
 What was the name of Electrelane's previous album? Third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the event.
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| | Widely recognized as one of America's greatest living artists, Alex Katz has been shaping the scene since the early '50s, and remaining ever so stylish all the while. Nowadays, you're as likely to find Katz' paintings gracing the pages of fashion magazines as you are to see his ubiquitous gems at MoMA or the Whitney. The ten new portraits of successful women such as actress Tilda Swinton, musician Alicia Keys, model Christy Turlington, and artist Mariko Mori in this show, which also includes two new landscapes, will be published in W magazine in October. This bubbly blend of art and style kick-starts a new season. (PL)
Note: The exhibition runs through Sat 10.9 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm).
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| | When it comes to classically-inspired acoustic jazz guitar, Ken Hatfield is the king. Since his grease 'n gravy days with soul jazz organist "Brother" Jack McDuff, Hatfield's style has come a long way. Lately, he's been polishing a serene, contrapuntal jazz modality on a nylon-string acoustic instrument, with a soft-spoken sound that caresses the ears. This rare live performance celebrates the release of Hatfield's critically acclaimed new album, The Surrealist Table. If you possess even a remote interest in quality guitar performances, you'll want to witness the skills of this highly evolved player firsthand. (JM)
Ken Hatfield joined the faculty of which academic institution at the age of 19? Fifth correct answer wins a pair of drink tickets.
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| | Picking up where the ellipses of her first memoir left off, Iranian illustrator Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis 2 finds her 14-year-old self in Vienna, alone and overwhelmed by a completely new set of anxieties and social mores. Violent political upheaval, religious tyranny, and war, Marjane knows — teenage angst, she doesn't. Four years later, she returns home to find the streets of Iran renamed after martyrs and friends maimed by war. Yet, through it all, she and her family buoy above the bleakness. While Satrapi tells her story in simple two-dimensional, black-and-white comic strips, her sparse text and apt dialogue add a pith and color all their own. (ÇK)
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| | In case you were wondering where people go to dance these days, it's at a Radio 4 show. Even the most sullen indie rocker can't stand still when they're on stage; the band's hyperactive dance-punk and stellar, energetic performances turn casual head-bobbing into full-fledged booty shaking in a matter of moments. Joined tonight by the Flesh and Oxford Collapse — two hot Brooklyn bands of the same sexy, bouncy, punk ilk — Radio 4 celebrate the release of their highly anticipated new album, Stealing of a Nation. (JA)
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| | Ben Watt's storming spring appearance at Canal Room has prompted an encore four-hour performance to kick off his US mini-tour. With a job description that includes producer, DJ, club owner/promoter, and Buzzin' Fly label don (all recognized with four House Music Award nominations), Watt has become a unilateral dance music superpower. He represents the raver all grown up, and his selections reflect his well-informed tastes. While Buzzin' Fly is a paragon of deep, sophisticated house, Watt won't be afraid to venture from the poolside terrace, throwing in the unexpected classics that will make electronica lovers go mad. Ever the renaissance man, Watt commissioned visuals from hotshot VJs Honeygun Labs to complete the evening's inclusive vibe. (CN)
Who started Honeygun Labs back in 1999? Fourth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the event.
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FESTIVAL
RESFEST
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| when: | Thur 9.9 - Sun 9.12 (various times) |
| where: | Tribeca Performing Arts Center (199 Chambers St, 212.220.1460) |
| price: | Various |
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| | It would seem that we New Yorkers have been good little boys and girls this year, because RESFEST has decided to come early. Catering to the ADD generation, the festival predominantly showcases an expertly curated assortment of short films and music videos. This year's fête sees the return of their acclaimed Cinema Electronica, Videos That Rock, and By Design programs as well as an opportunity to take in the audio/visual talents of award-winning director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast). Also thrown in the mix are tours of leading design companies around town, a bbq where you can mingle with the filmmakers, and a closing night video performance by Emergency Broadcast Network and Ninja Tune's Hexstatic. (MB)
Tell us who your favorite celebrity sexy beast is and why. Our three favorite answers each win a pair to a screening.
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| | An irreverent, audacious "father figure" for the current crop of the Chinese avant-garde, multitalented artist, curator, and critic Ai Weiwei rides back into town on the wheels of his monster Forever bicycles installation, a mesmerizing 42-bicycle-strong meditation addressing China's sudden economic development. Ai's experience in New York in the early '80s and '90s contributed to the establishment of Beijing's influential East Village artist community, and his works — including a series of precious antique materials refurbished Duchamp-style into shocking recombinations, as well as his co-curation of the notorious Fuck Off exhibition — have in turn honed Chinese art's radical edges. This much-deserved solo show presents more of Ai's latest: the supersized Chandelier installation, his monumental FUCK painting, and other works. (AM)
Note: Mix it up with a visit to White Box across the street for art from Miami and the sounds of DJ Le Spam (7-10pm). Ai Weiwei runs through Sat 10.9 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm).
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MULTIMEDIA
Decasia
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| when: | Thur 9.9 - Sun 9.12 (Thur, Fri & Sun: 8pm / Sat: 7:30 & 10pm) |
| where: | St. Ann's Warehouse (38 Water St, DUMBO, 718.254.8779) |
| price: | $40 / $25 late night |
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Event Info | Decasia |
| | Performed live only once before in Basel, Decasia is presented at St. Ann's Warehouse for four nights in all its disintegrating glory. Composed of images of sepia-toned whirling dervishes, children in nunneries, and amusement park rides, Bill Morrison's decaying film stock is here projected onto three, two-story-high scrims, creating a unique projection-based theatre in the round. On the scaffolding behind the scrims, the 55-piece TACTUS Contemporary Ensemble float like phantom musicians lurking in the bygone film footage as they perform Michael Gordon's creeping minimalist score. Obie-winning director Bob McGrath directs this monumental homage to worlds waning and the beauty of their salvation and recreation. (AD)
What film would you like to watch decay? Our favorite five answers each win a copy of the Decasia DVD.
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DANCE
Evening Stars
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| when: | Thur 9.9 - Sun 9.12 (Thur-Sun: 7:30pm / Sun: 2pm) |
| where: | Battery Park |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | The LMCC bids summer adieu with five free dance performances in Battery Park. The park plays host to 15 top tier groups including Philadanco and the companies of José Limón and former Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane dancer Seán Curran. Friday's performance, featuring Savion Glover and guests, is an opportunity to witness the virtuosic vanguard of tap; Saturday's performances explore the restorative possibilities of dance in memory of the indelible events of 9/11; and Sunday's evening show offers a look at rising ballet stars from New York and beyond. This rich collection of contrasting styles and ideas in the still-green park is an enlightening way to slide out of summer. (PS)
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| | With her camera's roaming eye, Swiss video/performance superstar Pipilotti Rist has been known to explore the contours of certain orifices and ideas unfamiliar to the less gymnastic among us. Relentlessly probing the ins and outs of bodily (and other) surfaces, her work belies the notion that skin-deep is synonymous with superficial. Although her own form has often been presented as color-saturated terrain for the viewer's dreamy contemplation, Rist's navel-gazing takes a less literal twist in an interactive installation here, which incorporates footage from the alpine landscape surrounding her childhood home in a simple stage setting. In a second new work, Rist contemplates mortality by way of a marble tombstone with moving imagery. (LG)
Note: Exhibit runs through Sat 10.23 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm).
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LECTURE
Ephemera vs. the Apocalypse w/ Art Spiegelman
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| when: | TIME CORRECTION: Fri 9.10 (7:30pm) |
| where: | The Great Hall, Cooper Union (7 E 7th St, 212.353.4100) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Art Spiegelman makes art about history. The first graphic novelist to win a Pulitzer, Spiegelman personalized the Holocaust in Maus, the tale of his father's struggle for survival, with Jews represented as mice and Nazis as cats. Now, Spiegelman has created In the Shadow of No Towers, a stunning representation of his own experiences during and after the terrorist attacks. His dark but heartfelt reactions, beautifully drawn in an oversized scale, belong in a time capsule right next to any news report or documentary about the events of September 2001. In what should be its own (small-scale) historical moment, Spiegelman talks tonight about his art, ephemera, and apocalyptic visions. (JA)
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DJ
ALMA
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| when: | Fri 9.10 (10pm-4am) |
| where: | Sullivan Room (218 Sullivan St, 212.252.2151) |
| price: | $10 / $5 before 11pm |
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| | The ALMA crew assembles yet another one of their soulful, steamy tropical-house parties, this time to celebrate Brazilian Independence Day. DJ True and Miller Cruz bring on the pelvic groove with old-school house jams and organic vibes. Masters at Work collaborators House of Rhumba provide Latin flair with live percussion, and special guest DJ Ray Velasquez, who recently released the acclaimed Samba Sunset album, delivers the samba with authority. ALMA ("soul" in Portuguese) stands for "All for the Love of Music & Art," and this rapturous celebration stands for dancing, music, flirtation, and freedom. (JM)
What's an alternative phrase that ALMA could stand for? The four funniest answers each win a pair of tickets to the event.
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| | With a highly charged election around the proverbial corner, Lincoln Center's annual screen-and-discussion series focuses on the obvious: politics. But that doesn't mean the Next Generation of Film's lineup will be any less thought-provoking. Highlights include: a talk on filmmaking's relationship to government with Peter Davis, who directed the legendary pot-stirring 1974 documentary Hearts and Minds and was recently sent to Baghdad; a heart-to-heart with unabashed and ubiquitous liberal Michael Moore; and a panel discussion on Gillo Pontecorvo's recently resurrected 1965 film The Battle of Algiers. (DLC)
What does the title of Peter Davis' film refer to? Eleventh, 12th, 13th, and 14th correct answers each win a pair of tickets to a program in the series (excluding the Michael Moore night).
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| | Shortly after 9/11, NPR began an archival project to collect stories, interviews, answering machine recordings — any audio traces that people felt had meaning — via radio call-ins and the Sonic Memorial Project website. Now, in collaboration with NPR's the Kitchen Sisters, the renowned audio tour composers at Soundwalk have culled the hundreds of accounts and sound bites submitted to create a 52-minute guided tour of Ground Zero and its environs. With author and New Yorker Paul Auster as our narrator, the walk begins at St. Paul's Chapel, the center of the 9/11 recovery effort, and wends its way through the history of the WTC before the attacks to moving recordings of those lost and recollections of those still living in the aftermath. Remember peripatetically. (JKG)
Note: The audio tour is available at a variety of stores around the city beginning on Sat 9.11 and at Audible.com now, see the Soundwalk website for specifics.
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| | The proprietors of the Hook claim their venue is "more than just a club; it's a social frontier." Luckily they're backing up their boilerplate by doing crazy things like booking monumentally aggressive, noise-funk duo Lightning Bolt to play a show on September 11th. The Bolt push the boundaries of the audience/musician relationship, refusing to perform onstage and playing their bass and drum A-bombs at decibel levels just this side of ear-bleeding. Oh, and drummer/vocalist Brian Chippendale duct-tapes his microphone inside his mouth for extra incoherence, which should serve as a nice counterpoint to the chattering classes' ceaseless babble today. (DSH)
Note: Another installment of the No Fun Fest, fellow noiseniks Afrirampo, Made in Mexico, Mouthus, and No Doctors open. Lightning Bolt play at 12:15am.
What's the band's hometown? Eighth and 11th correct answers each win a pair of tickets to the event.
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| | In the wake of the RNC, artists continue to politicize the city, this time with the Liberty Fair, a Chelsea block party organized by the 527 Downtown for Democracy to raise money for voter mobilization and grassroots activism. In addition to a smorgasbord of food and drink and kid-friendly activities, an impressive lineup of over 40 downtown artists and writers man booths, sell one-off tattoos and t-shirts, and give readings of inspiring works, palms, and tarot cards. We're hoping for transformational liberty in the form of face-painting from Chuck Close, cookie-decorating with Elizabeth Peyton, a kissing booth featuring Gary Indiana, and hatchet jobs by (who else?) Dale Peck. (DC)
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THEATRE
New Georges' Manfest
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| when: | Sun 9.12 - Sat 9.25 (various times) |
| where: | HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave, 212.647.0202) |
| price: | $15 per program / $25 pass |
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| | It seems a bit odd that New Georges, a women's collective fighting against the scarcity of substantive theatrical roles for women, would ask six female playwrights to develop short plays written from the perspective of a man. The unusual undertaking does fit, however, within this festival's intended larger discussion of what it means to write, direct, and act from the point of view of the "other." The plays are the Manfest's centerpiece, exploring issues such as masculinity and men's emotional lives, but the conversation extends to several roundtables, panels, and cabaret shows, as well as a drag king workshop, after which participants get to test their new identity in public. (SP)
Note: The kickoff party is tonight from 6-8:30pm ($10).
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| | In Drop City (2003), selected as a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award, T. C. Boyle helps himself to a slice of delicious '60s Americana as he describes a drug-laced commune's hilarious move from sunny California to the northern climes of Alaska. Tonight, Boyle reads from his forthcoming book, Inner Circle, which similarly delves into the political unconscious. It traces the misadventures of (the real-life) Dr. Alfred Kinsey, famous for the "everyone has bisexual tendencies" Kinsey Reports, and the fresh-faced John Milk, one of Kinsey's subjects, who is made to undergo sexual experiments with his virginal new wife. (PJW)
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Allan McCollum: Perpetual Photos
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| when: | Now through Sat 10.2 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm) |
| where: | Freidrich Petzel Gallery (535 W 22nd St, 212.680.9467) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Allan McCollum, a conceptual artist who makes objects that reference objects, is best known for his surrogate paintings — painted plaster castings of framed artworks, which are usually hung in groups. These minimal masterpieces say a lot about the nature of art, while cleverly reducing the act of looking at art to a meditative pose. Philosophically related, McCollum's Perpetual Photos are photographs of artwork found in the background of TV shows and televised movies. He shoots the whole screen, blows up the detail to a scale that visually abstracts the subject beyond recognition, and reframes it. As televisions continue to flicker, McCollum's focus forever stays in our minds. (PL)
Note: Two other series by the artist share the spotlight here, while his massive Perfect Vehicles, modeled after traditional ginger jars, are on display at Doris C. Freedman Plaza through Feb 2005. There's a reception for the artist at the gallery on Thur 9.9 (6-8pm).
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| | Simone Shubuck's first NYC solo show offers delicate works on paper with a witty edge. With titles like You can definitely take better care of yourself in Prada and Pimp Nuts, Shubuck's visual vocabulary opens itself up to a variety of references, including the influence of graffiti and outsider art in San Francisco (where Shubuck studied in the '90s). Upon closer examination, her dense drawings reveal sets of Murakami-esque free-floating eyes, leaves and feathers; expressive birds rendered with a Dr. Seuss flourish for whimsy; and the concise lines of an expert draftsman. (KP)
Note: Phoebe Washburn's sprawling installation in LFL's main gallery offers a nice complement to Shubuck's fresh, colored pencil palette. There's a reception for both artists on Fri 9.10 (6-8pm).
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| | City Center offers a breathtaking gift to New York with this cornucopia of contemporary dance, and the shows are priced to move at $10. Each night features performances by five companies, including some of the most storied (first) names in dance (Martha, Merce, Trisha, Garth), and some of the most innovative newcomers (Roxane Butterfly, Rubberbandance, Yin Mei Dance). With so much talent in every installment, there's no way to guess which evening will be most memorable; but whether you love hip-hop, Latin, tap, ballet, modern, or something you can't describe, be assured you'll find it here. (PS)
Note: flavorpill hosts a lounge with DJs spinning before and after the performances, in the atrium between 55th and 56th, so come early and stay late!
What was Roxane Butterfly's involvement in the Sally Potter film The Tango Lesson? The tenth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to any show (excluding opening night).
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| CD REVIEW: Björk, Medúlla |
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Elektra/Asylum
Released Aug 2004
$13.49 (Amazon)
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An entirely individual talent of boundless invention, Björk straddles the ridiculously divided spheres of the laptop-engaged electronic musician, the stadium rocker, the visual artist, and the pop icon. She is by turns angelic and demonic, equally capable of creating symphonies and cacophonies. Medúlla, the follow-up to 2001's Vespertine, finds the singer engulfed in other voices, and occasionally — in the case of the Robert Wyatt duet "Submarine" — dominated by them. Most tracks are largely a cappella, benefiting from the beatboxing of Rahzel, the throat singing of Tanya Tagaq Gillis, and the sounds of the London and Icelandic choirs. "Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)" is an obvious single, but it's a simple, necessary quick fix in comparison to the long, rewarding search for familiarity elsewhere. (ND)
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| TAKE A FASHION: Hint |
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Now that high-speed is commonplace, there's no need to whisper about Hint, the world's premier online fashion mag five years running. This web darling of the style industry gives you quick global coverage of all the latest fashion news, without those glossy print prices. Brush up on the Spring 2005 collections from Milan and Paris, prime yourself on rising designers and models, or read an interview with Dior Homme about town Hedi Slimane, before NYC's own runway presentations this week — now more than ever, there's no reason to live like a castoff on the hinterlands of fashion. (JKG)
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| STREAMS: WPS1 |
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If you've been yearning to get your intellectual art fix but don't have time to go out every night, WPS1 has got your number — even if it's not on the dial. Available 24/7 via online streaming, this art radio station produced by MoMA's P.S.1 packs a more cultured punch than any single museum can. In a given week (take last week for instance), you might hear archival recordings of Robert Penn Warren and James Baldwin paying tribute to the legacy of MLK Jr., trippy instrumentals from Eastern Africa on Elliott Sharp's Sonorama program, or Cineopolis host Elise MacAdam talking with filmmaker Alison Maclean about her new documentary concerning political detainees in the war on terror. Stream in to inspiration. (JKG)
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| Duct tape | Dixie Ching | | The Bedazzler | Jocelyn K. Glei | | Stoop sale | Paul Laster | | Sharpie | Jane Lerner | | Box cutter | Sascha Lewis | | Hole punch | Mark Mangan | | Stapler | Peter Stepek | | Glue gun | Toby Warner | | | | |
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| Spray paint | Jami Attenberg | | Stencil | Jay Belin | | War paint | Derek Beres | | Silkscreen | Mindy Bond | | Beads | Jenny Choi | | Back-to-school | Dara L. Colwell | | Contact cement | Adam Davids | | Needle and thread | Nick Doherty | | Pareu | Leigh Goldstein | | Hole punch | David S. Hughes | | Decoupage | David Insley | | Iron-ons | Çemile Kavountzis | | Fabric dye | Jake Lancaster | | Puffy paint | Doug Levy | | Gaffer tape | Andrew Maerkle | | Tie-dye kit | John McCormick | | SOS pads | Colin J. Nagy | | Sequins | Catherine Nguyen | | Elbow patches | Nick Parish | | Scissors | Stephan Paschalides | | Ribbon belt | Kristin Poor | | Yarn | Steven Rogenstein | | Bleach | Yancey Strickler | | Two-sided tape | Andrea Toochin | | Felt | Peter J. Wolfgang | | |
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| Nail polish | Anjuli Ayer | | Stencils | Bosko Blagojevic | | Manic Panic | Krista Freibaum | | Mascara | David Morrow | | Safety pins | Emily Welsch |
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