Les Salonierres at Flatiron Loft

Artist and the most fashionable hostess Christina Casey

Uber talented and stylish photographer Ventiko

Organized and crafted by Adam Aleksander and Jenny Miller of Les Salonnieres the private underground supper club. In New York it's all about life on the DL-hitting a public restaurant is so common but a private event with creative programming that promotes artists hits the spot.
Photo installation by Ventiko was built to provoke discourse around identity, creation, deconstruction, and creative ownership-she encouraged guests to take a piece home.
The beautiful hostess with style Christina wore a vintage inspired outfit and a few birds in the bee hive inspired do.
A handcrafted 5 course meal with paired dance performances sent guests into a sublime state of bliss.
An oyster shucking demonstration by the lovely Cathy Erway who wrote 'The Art of Eating In'.
Amazing performance art by Wendell Cooper that made me aspire to make performance art-that's a first. Can't wait to get the videos to show you.

1950's Epic Prom was a dream come true

I never got the chance to go to my prom. Long sad story but now I know why it wasn't in the cards for me. From not going I never got trauma or pain from it and when presented with the opportunity to go as a adult I jumped on it! A few years ago I went to an 80's prom with a fashionista friend as my date and happily crimped my hair and said 'oh my god' ' like totally' way too many times and had a blast.

This EPIC Prom created by the decor design god Adam Aleksander of Adam Aleksander Presents and Brain Quinn of Noble Rot proved to be a magical experience that transported me to the 1950's. Set in a defunct catholic school St. Cecilia's at 1 Monitor street in Willliamsburg.
The 4 course cafeteria inspired menu by Theo Peck and Nick Suarez of The Food Experiments was creative, nostalgic and inventive. I went crazy for the pate and crackers and I heard reports of the mac and cheese being amazing.
Honored with the role of judging and awarding crowns to Prom King and Queen I took my job seriously (well who else better suited for the job?). I interviewed guests and no outfit was left unexamined. There were no lack of imaginative costumes on the women attendees. I was looking for the magic couple which was highly participatory at the Epic Prom-no wallflowers, dressed in vintage ware appropriate for a prom, and with great attitudes. Jenny and Parr had been the first guests to sign up for the Prom, had fretted about their outfits and even Parr's red blazer was vintage. Jenny's green dress was the talk of the evening with it's endless crinolines actually belonged to a kind friend. They also got bonus points for spending lots of quality time on the dance floor.
Attending the event stag I secretly wished I could win Prom Queen but alas I judged but there was no time for being a wallflower. Despite no previous Prom experience I was whisked on the dance floor many times and was part of the crew who closed the joint-that's a first for me. DJ Count Zero (Matt Mikas) spun VINYL oldies 90% of the evening and the cool cats were diggin the tunes. As if we didn't have enough entertainment we were lucky enough to enjoy a high energy performance by Harlem James Gang.
Enjoyed a nightcap with one of my dancing fiends and new friend from Brooklyn 365 which is a very cool site. Went home happy singing to myself, "I could have danced all night"

Nooses and Naked Cherubs at the Artist Salon

My favorite/coolest naked cherub Mathew Heggem

Photographer Brian Raby

a self portrait on the scribble installation wall

I was so inspired by the location where the last Artist Salon (@LesSalonnieres) was held in the lower east side on Saturday night that I took some arty stills. Luckily I arrived early to prep for my talk and got some with natural light. Part of the allure of the evening was the slight fear of danger. A dinner mate intimated that he wondered if we would fall through the floor at any moment. Could have been all the nooses hanging around inspiring our smooze about suicide until a fellow artist suggested we switch to discussing sex. There was no typical lighting fixtures so the whole evening was powered by candle lite. Adam Aleksander hosted in what is probably one of the last authentic tenements. I've seen so many interior decorators in Williamsburg fake this decor look but this was the 'swept up' real deal. Below are some of the artists who made this event special:

Adam Aleksander-Host
www.unprecedentedevents.com
http://designsbyadamaleksander.com/
@adamaleksander

Jenny Miller-Host
www.JennyMiller.org
@JennyHighlife

Kara Masi-Ted and Amy SupperClub-Chef
@karamasi
tedandamysupperclub.com/
http://www.karamasi.com/

Gentry Farley-Mixologist
(no website/twitter yet)

Ventiko- Photographer
@sylvadean
www.ventiko.com

Candi Sterling-Moderator
www.buzzine.com candisterling at yahoo.com

Amatullah Lewis- bread purveyor
@SweetSpiceHoney
sweetspiceandhoney@gmail.com

Jeff Orlick- poet
@JeffreyTastes
http://iwantmorefood.com/
http://orlick.wordpress.com/

Pamela Martinez
http://teletextile.com/blog/
http://www.myspace.com/pamelamartinezteletextile

Alexandra Stylist Speaks at Art Salon

Adam Aleksander of @LesSalonnieres invited me to speak about using social media as an artist. I was lucky enough to have the fabulous Thaddeus (also shoots for Myitthings.com) film my talk and the Q&A that followed. A big THANK YOU THADDEUS. If you want to see more of Thaddeus's work go to his SITE.
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