We've got a bunch of great shows and events lined up this week, its almost too much to choose.

If you want to nab something for your self or someone special conciser checking out Shoestring Studio's, "SHOESTRING HOLIDAY BIZARRE; Annual Holiday Indie Artists' Market" and if you want to learn more about or support a good cause stop by Rogue Space for their "Standing Rock Benefit Exhibition".

Be sure to read our new review linked below.  - Alexandra Schoell, Editor

New on Artcards Review:
- Animals Spell Love—for more love in the world add words, pictures and type, by Gabriella Radujko

Wednesday:

+ Laura McClanahan "Encodings" at Artifact

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Friday:
+ Bianca Falco "Terra dei Fuochi/Land of Fires" at chashama ( XOCO 325 by DDG)
+ Performance: Alex Mercado, aReJay Ella, ArtOfWarr + Billey Bristol, Daitai Genjitsu Productions, Daniel Albert, Harvest Falls, Intelligent Outcasts, JailB8, Jason River, Jennay Say Qua, Justine Strut, Natsuko Hattori, Pete Athana, The Coops, Tyger "Winter Music Arts Festival" curated by The Set NYC at Holy Apostles Ballroom
+ Amber Heaton "Everything is Equal" curated by Nathan Sinai Rayman, Zach Seeger at This Friday or Next Friday

Tuesday, December 13

Heide Hatry "Icons in Ash: Cremation Portraits" at Ubu Gallery
59 street: 416 E 59 street, 6:30-8:30pm

Alisa Ochoa, Ana Wolovick, Aurel Schmidt, Camel Collective, China Adams, Chris Bogia, Dakotah Savage, Damien Davis, David Scanavino, Eleanor King, Gregory Carideo, Karolyn Hatton, Kato Six, Lauren Seiden, Linda Gallagher, Mara Sprafkin, Matt Quinn, Maureen Gallace, Mono Sc "12 x 12, 2016" curated by Ana Wolovick, Harriet Salmon, Jason Tomme at Black Ball Projects Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 374 Bedford avenue, 6-9pm

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Artist Talk: Martine Gutierrez "Offsite Project- Martine Gutierrez: JEANS " at International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 1040 Metropolitan avenue, 11am-noon

Davide Cantoni, Jude Broughan, Kysa Johnson, Michael Wilson, Noa Cheruvi, Sean Bayliss, Seth Cohen, Stephen Nguyen "post-fact" curated by Michael Wilson at Pop-up Gallery (Little Zelda Community Annex)
Brooklyn, Misc.: 660-662 Franklin avenue, Crown Heights, 6-8pm

Wednesday, December 14

Kristin Berg "paintings" at Artifact Chinatown/LES: 84 Orchard Street, b/w Broome & Grand, 6-8pm

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+ Laura McClanahan "Encodings" at Artifact Chinatown/LES: 84 Orchard Street, b/w Broome & Grand, 6-8pm

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Nataly Vostrikov "paintings" at Artifact Chinatown/LES: 84 Orchard Street, b/w Broome & Grand, 6-8pm

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Book Signing: NYC Art Handlers "NYC Art Handlers Calendar 2017 Signing/Launch Event" curated by Jacob Rhodes at Field Projects
26 street: 526 W 26th Street, #807, 6-9pm

Mixed curated by Laura Little at Pop-up Gallery (Pop Up Social) 27 street: 28 W 27 street, 2nd Floor, 6-9pm

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Book launch: Anna Craycroft, Carol Bove, Sara VanDerBeek "The Artist's Museum" curated by Dan Byers at New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)
42 street: 476 Fifth avenue, 6-8pm

"In Arts We Trust - Chinese Dance in New York City" at Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts
Queens: 137-35 Northern boulevard, $5 Suggested Donation, 7pm

Thursday, December 15

Boccanegra "NFL - the other side of American football" at One Art Space Downtown: 23 Warren street, 6-9pm

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viola Yesiltac "Strawberry of Cosmo" at David Lewis Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 88 Eldridge street, 5th floor, 6-9pm

Amanda Dow Thompson "Slippery When Wet" at Causey Contemporary
Chinatown/LES: 29 Orchard street, 6-8pm

Anna Betbeze, Baker Overstreet, Beth Campbell, Borden Capalino, Brock Enright, Caroline Achaintre, Caroline Wells Chandler, Christopher Chiappa, Hannah Barrett , Jennifer Coates, Jesse Harrod, Nancy S, Nathan Carter, Nicole Cherubini, Paul Rizzo, Polly Apfelbaum, Tony Cox "XXXmASS" at Kate Werble Gallery
Soho: 83 Vandam street, 6-8pm

Performance: David Louis Zuckerman "Det Er Smuk" at On Stellar Rays 4 Street: 213 Bowery, 7-8pm

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Book launch: DICKS "DICKS" at Fortnight Institute
4 Street: 60 E 4 street, 6-8pm

Lecture: Brendan Fernandes "Still Move" curated by Jess Wilcox at The 8th Floor
17 street: 17 W 17th St, 6-8pm

Book launch: at Skarstedt Gallery, Ltd
21 street: 550 W 21 street, 10am-6pm

Chuck Webster, Edward Finnegan, Jenifer Kobylarz, Judith Simonian, June Leaf, Mark DeLong, Markus Baenziger, Matthew Blackwell, Neil Farber, Sarah Faux, Sarah Gamble, Shawn Spencer "Regrouping" at Edward Thorp Gallery
26 street: 531 W 26 street, floor 2, 6-8pm

"Dialogues, Art And Architecture" at Nancy Hoffman Gallery
27 street: 520 W 27 street, 6-8pm

"Take Me (I’m Yours)" curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jens Hoffmann, Kelly Taxter at The Jewish Museum
92 street: 1109 Fifth avenue, at 92 street, RSVP Recommended, 6:30-8:30pm

Danielle Ezzo, Sophie Kahn "Phantom Limb" at Dose Projects Space Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 300 Morgan avenue, 6-9pm

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Performance: "Ingrid Laubrock Septet: Serpentines Album Release" at Roulette
Brooklyn, Misc.: 509 Atlantic avenue, 8pm

Open Studio: Jessica Joyce, Megroz Daughter Creations, Michelle Kesselman "Unravel with Unruly in the Untangible Universe" curated by Charles Pastore, Hillary Megroz at Pop-up Gallery (Unruly Collective)
Brooklyn, Misc.: 200 Cooper street, $25, 8pm

Friday, December 16

+ Bianca Falco "Terra dei Fuochi/Land of Fires" at chashama ( XOCO 325 by DDG)
Soho: 325 W Broadway, 5:30-7:30pm

Group Exhibition "Holiday Show" curated by Marina Reiter at Studio 26 4 Street: 179 E 3 street, 6-8pm

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Lecture: Cary Leibowitz, Chris Dimino, D.Dominick Lombardi, Don Doe, Gennadi Barbush, Karen Shaw, Lewis Smith, Ray Materson, Robert Yoder, Ryan Cronin, Tony Petracca, Tyson Reeder "Sportsvergnügen" curated by Augustus Goertz, D. Dominick Lombardi at Lichtundfire
4 Street: 175 Rivington street, 5:30-8:30pm

+ Performance: Alex Mercado, aReJay Ella, ArtOfWarr + Billey Bristol, Daitai Genjitsu Productions, Daniel Albert, Harvest Falls, Intelligent Outcasts, JailB8, Jason River, Jennay Say Qua, Justine Strut, Natsuko Hattori, Pete Athana, The Coops, Tyger "Winter Music Arts Festival" curated by The Set NYC at Holy Apostles Ballroom
28 street: 296 9th avenue, At 28th Street, $10-$15, 8pm-midnight

CS, Easy, GNS, SEV, Vfr "SEV Graffitit Show" curated by The Set NYC at Holy Apostles Ballroom
28 street: 296 9th avenue, At 28th Street, $10, 9pm-1am

Miles Coolidge "Coal Seam redux" at Peter Blum
57 street: 20 West 57th Street, 6-8pm

+ Amber Heaton "Everything is Equal" curated by Nathan Sinai Rayman, Zach Seeger at This Friday or Next Friday
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 89 Bridge street, 6-9pm

Annie Trincot, Aparna Sa, Beth Duerr, Bonam Kim, Carlos Torres Machado, Dean Christensen, Erika Roth, Joshua Gabriel, Julie Combal, Libby Rosa, Marilee Bogaert, Natasa Prljevic, Paul Agastonopolos, Rachel Chicaguala, Sarah Mallory, Shana Siegel, Skye Asta Devine Schirmer "Form and Force/ Symptom of a Universe" curated by Jesse Firestone at Brooklyn Art Space (Trestle Gallery)
Brooklyn, Misc.: 168 7th street, floor 3, 7-9pm

Performance: Leila Bordreuil "Memory City" at Issue Project Room
Brooklyn, Misc.: 22 Boerum Place, $10 suggested donation, 8-10pm

Performance: Joshua Moton "Only the Hurt Can Heal, or, What’s Been on My Heart: a ritual meditation" at flux factory
Queens: 39-31 29th street, 7-9pm

Saturday, December 17

Ai-Wen Wu Kratz, Belinda Bell, CLJ Lancaster, Devon Govoni, Hazel Stone, Inger Dillan Antonsen, Kay Curtis, Lance Carter, Nicole Coudray, Paul Hartel, Penelope Chiusano, Terry Sigler, Viggo Salting, Yolanta Desjardins "Amsterdam Whitney Gallery's DECEMBER 2016 Exhibition" curated by Ruthie Tucker at Amsterdam Whitney Gallery
25 street: 531 W 25 street, 3-5pm

Carlos Hernandez, Chuck Webster, Evan Summer, Frances Jetter, Golnar Adili, Hiroyuki Hamada, Jarrod Beck, Martin Mazorra, Mary Lynn Blasutta, Rob Swainston "Standing Rock Benefit Exhibition" curated by Kirsten Flaherty at Rogue Space
26 street: 526 W 26 street, suite 9E, 1-6pm

Maggie Bard "Set It On Fire, Set It Out To Sea" at World Money Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 41 Montrose avenue, 7-10pm

Sunday, December 18

Closing reception: Eston Clare Jr., Johnny Segura, Luz Severino, Madelin Martinez, Marie Court, Sam Checo, Violeta Guzman "5th Bronx Latin American Art Biennial: Yo soy una de esas personas que… || I am one of those people that…" curated by Alexis Mendoza, Ismael Checo, Luis Stephenberg, Miguel Lescano at Hebrew Home at Riverdale
260 street: 5901 Palisade Avenue, 3-5pm

Closing reception: "FOCUS" curated by Fiercely Curious at BLAM Brooklyn, Misc.: 56 Bogart street, 3-6pm

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Art Fair: Shoestring Members and Local Brooklyn Artists "SHOESTRING HOLIDAY BIZARRE; Annual Holiday Indie Artists' Market" at Shoestring Studio Brooklyn, Misc.: 640 Classon Avenue, noon-7pm

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+++, Amy Gartrell, CHIAOZZA(Adam Frezza & Terri Chiao), Deborah Castillo, Elisa Lendvay, Ellie Krakow, FPOAFM Nomadic Art/Craft Collective, Keiko Narahashi, Kristen Jensen, Lauren Francescone, Paul Krause, Priscilla Fusco, Roxanne Jackson, Sue Havens, Takashi Horisaki "Fire Sale (one day holiday sale)" at Present Company
Brooklyn, Misc.: 254 Johnson avenue, noon-7pm

Performance: Nathalie Rodach "Call In" at THE CHIMNEY NYC
Brooklyn, Misc.: 200 Morgan avenue, 4:30-5:30pm

"Calpulli Community" at Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts
Queens: 137-35 Northern boulevard, $10-$15, 2pm

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