Last night in Chelsea was huge with great turnouts at many venues including Pooneh Maghazehe’s performance at Chelsea Art Museum and a packed house at Daneyal Mahmood to see Nan Goldin and Lisa Ross speak. Videos and pictures will follow soon.

Tonight 7 events will take place across Downtown Manhattan which includes 3 amazing Open Portfolio Artists. Make sure to check out Anindita Dutta’s talk at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

Rundown of tonight’s events:

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
3-4:30pm Open Portfolio: Anindita Dutta’s Talk

Gallery 456
5:30-8pm Reception / 6pm Discussion

Art Projects International
6-8pm Reception

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts
6-9pm Opening Reception / Open Portfolio: Performance

THE Gallery
6-8pm Opening Reception

Rubin Museum of Art
6:30pm Open Portfolio: Artist Talk

Eli Klein Fine Art
7-10pm Reception / Discussion

Note: bolded events are part of ACAW’s Open Portfolio program.

You can find full descriptions of each event by going to the our event calendar.

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Also, be sure to check our Facebook and Twitter pages for constant updates and images for the rest of the week. Images and video from Thursday night’s events will be up soon.

Tonight all ACAW events take place in throughout Chelsea. It’s going to be a huge night with 11 different venues across the neighborhood, some event with multiple events!

You can check out all of them by going to our event calendar. There you can find quick descriptions and all the information you need to plan the night.

A quick rundown of tonights events:

The Chelsea Art Museum
5pm Exhibition Walkthrouths
6-9pm Reception
6:30 and 8:30pm Open Portfolio: Performances

Bose Pacia
6-8pm Opening Reception

Chambers Fine Art
6-8pm Opening Reception

Daneyal Mahmood Gallery
6-8pm Exhibition Viewing / 7pm Open Portfolio: Discussion

Gana Art Gallery
6-9pm Reception / 8pm Lecture

Kips Gallery
6-8pm Opening Reception / Artists Talk

Sepia International/The Alkazi Collection
6-8pm Opening Reception / Open Portfolio: Exhibition Viewing

Sundaram Tagore Gallery
6-8pm Opening Reception

THE Gallery
6-8pm Opening Reception

Thomas Erben Gallery
6-8pm Opening Reception

Tyler Rollins Fine Art
6-8pm Opening Reception

M.Y. Art Prospects
7-9pm Open Portfolio: Artist Talk / Reception

*Note: Bolded events are part of ACAW 2009’s Open Portfolio Program

See a map of Thursday’s events after the jump.
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