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DAPPER DECKS now available on etsy

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DAPPER DECKS and other items now for sale at Brooklyn Colllective in Red Hook.

212 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(between Sackett and DeGraw)
wed & thurs 12-6
fri-sun 12-8

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My book, A FACE BOOK of missed connections, will be in the upcoming SVA alumni show Ink Plots (October 8th through November 6th).

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These two pieces were chosen for American Illustration 29 (web annual).

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This series, "Excerpts" (as it is a selection from Excavations and Adaptations) has been picked to be in the Society of Illustrators annual, ILLUSTRATORS 52.

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Bust Magazine blog post about my show:

"BUST loves America's Next Top Model just as much as the next gal, but if you like your entertainment a little more highbrow, check out Lauren Simkin Berke's new exhibit Excavations and Adaptations at the A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn next month! Excavations and Adaptations features over 60 index card-sized works that mix collages of things like photographs, luggage tags, and dress patterns with Berke's own drawings. Here's more from the A.I.R. Gallery:
'These pieces engage with the past to play with universal themes of the industrial and post-industrial experience: finding friendship and joy in times of war, standing stiffly in front of monuments for vacation snapshots, taking required portraits on picture day at school, and even taking pictures of places one has fondness for, to remember, for evidence, or just for the beauty of the sight of the world.'
If you're still not sold, take a look at some of the work displayed on Berke's website. We're pretty sure this lady's got it goin' on."

bust.com

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L Magazine blurb about my show:

"Combining text, found images, paintings, etchings and drawings, Berke’s collages feature playful references to art history, the popular press, personal journeys and interests. Though always vaguely nostalgic, it’s often hard to tell if these visions are informed by the artist’s personal past or our collective memory."

thelmagazine.com

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artinbrooklyn, a local brooklyn art blog, post about my show at A.I.R. Gallery

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These pieces, "Counter Culture" (1) and "Aerial Schematic" (2), have been selected to be in American Illustration 28, which will be out in NOVEMBER.

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I have a few spreads in a forthcoming book published by Laurence King Press (UK)
Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators & Creatives
By Richard Brereton

530 illustrations
240 pages
260 x 185 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 582 4
£ 19.95, USD 30.00

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I have a piece in Art House Gallery's Sketchbook Project 3, which is currently on tour, and in BKLN for one night.

Sketchbook Project Tour
3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave., at the corner of Stagg St.
March 13, 7 to 10 p , FREE
" 2,785 artists from the U.S. and 44 other countries filled 3 1/2 in. x
5 1/2 in. Moleskine® sketchbooks for Atlanta's Art House Gallery's
mobile exhibition. 3rd Ward is the seventh stop on a nine-location
tour. The theme of the show is 'everyone we know'. Don't miss this
exhibition on its only night in Brooklyn!"

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This piece will be in the Society of Illustrators annual, ILLUSTRATORS 51

AND IS ON DISPLAY AT THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS (128 E 63rd St)THROUGH MARCH 28TH

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10.23.08

Another LA Times Book Review piece

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09.14.08

this book review illustration is in today's sunday LA Times. (click here to read review)

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The illustrations I did last year for UVM's med school publication,Vermont Medical, just received an award from UCDA (University & College Designers Association).

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My first two book covers with seal press (Seal Studies series) are out. Transgender History by Susan Stryker and History of U.S. Feminisms by Rory C. Dicker.

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For most of September I'll be making art at Elsewhere (www.elsewhereelsewhere.org).

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This piece, "Gender Wars", was selected to be in American Illustration 27

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Here are some photos from the opening of my show at A.I.R. Gallery.

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05.11.07 :: These four illustrations were chosen to be in the American Illustration 26 web annual.

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Just found out I was accepted into the A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Program from 2007-2008.

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This site has been chosen to be the WEBSITE OF THE DAY (11.21.06) on TAXI. WEBSITE OF THE DAY is an effort from the design community on TAXI to recognize and share superior web sites that display unparalleled use of creativity and innovation.

http://www.designtaxi.com/wotd.jsp

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here are the three paintings i made at "48 Hours of Making Art" B.K. Smith Gallery @ Lake Erie College

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These seven drawings have been chosen to be on the website for American Illustration 25

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Lauren Simkin Berke © 2010