A heartfelt THANK YOU to those who joined and supported our ARTISTS FIRST party in celebration of Smack Mellon’s 30th!
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All photos here by Denis Gutierrez-Ogrinc
Join us on Thursday, May 29 for a party to launch a year-long celebration of Smack Mellon’s 30th anniversary!
Founded by a group of artists in 1995, Smack Mellon is celebrating thirty years of putting ARTISTS FIRST by honoring our core community–without whom we wouldn’t exist. Raise a glass to all the artists who have come through our doors: those who have worked with us, who have launched their careers through us, and who have been our biggest champions over the years.
The event will feature Drag Artist Essa Noche, who will perform live throughout the evening, and a special screening of the Barnstormer’s No Condition is Permanent from Smack Mellon’s archive. We will close out the night with karaoke in our back gallery, so come prepared with your best song!
Single-entry tickets are pay-what-you-can from $130 to $30,000 (in honor of our 30th). In addition, packages include multiple tickets and other benefits.
CO-CHAIRS
Cecile Chong
Gabriel de Guzman
PARTY HOSTS
Heather Bhandari
Janet Biggs
Alison Burstein
Juan José Cielo
Chris Doyle and Timothy Houlihan
Luba Drozd
Jack Eriksson
Sasha Fishman
Ghost of a Dream (Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom)
Madjeen Isaac
Subhas Kandasamy
Woomin Kim
Simon Lee
Angélica Maria Millán Lozano
Linda Nagaoka
Pat Oleszko
Nana Olivas
Rigoberto Portillo, Rigo Management
Nat Roe
Sage & Coombe Architects (Jennifer Sage and Peter Coombe)
Isabelle Simone
Eve Sussman
Featuring Essa Noche
Screening of No Condition is Permanent
The evening will also feature a special screening from Smack Mellon’s archive of the project No Condition is Permanent by the Barnstormers. This recently unearthed video documents their rapidly changing, multi-layered painting installation on the floor of Smack Mellon’s gallery, created throughout the summer of 2001.
