Art season kicks into full swing this week with gallery openings all over the city. Last night in Chelsea was bananas and Williamsburg will also be kicking off a number of new shows this weekend.

Before heading over to Studio B for the Fluokids Fashion Week Jump Off, here’s some openings for tonight:

Jack the Pelican Presents:
Matt Hansel - Youth is Wasted
September 7– October 7, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, September 7, 7–9pm
487 Driggs Ave btwn N. 9th St. and N. 10th St.

Capla Kesting Fine Art Presents:
Travis Lindquist – Times Like This One
September 7 – 23, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, September 7 from 7-10pm
121 Roebling Street (at the corner of North 5th)

Cinders Gallery Presents:
Allyson Mellberg and Jeremy Taylor - Handplant
September 7 - October 7, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday September 7th 7-10pm

103 Havemeyer St. btwn Hope + Grand st.

AG Gallery Presents:
Shawn Creeden - The Brief Summer
September 7 - October 21, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday September 7th 7-10pm
103 North 3rd St. btwn Berry + Wythe Ave.

After the Deitch Art Parade on Saturday, everyone should head back to Williamsburg for the Monster Island Festival Block Party coordinated by Live with Animals and Todd P for a group show, a free outdoor concert and some films.

(Very) Full details after the cut…

MONSTER ISLAND ARTS
AND MUSIC FESTIVAL BLOCK PARTY
A Group Show from the Forrest, Caves and Mountains of Monster Island
Saturday September 8, 2007 (2 to 10pm)

On Saturday September 8th, 2007 Live With Animals on behalf of Monster
Island would like to invite you to the second annual Monster Island
Arts and Music Festival. A block party aimed at sensory overload,
with 8 band performances, film and A/V screenings, a building wide
group installation, open studios, a cookout on the loading dock at the
surf shop and an art sale in the clouds.

As a fully immersive art center Monster Island perpetuates and
supports the prolific movement of underground spaces in Brooklyn.
Monster Island is Todd P. NYC, Live With Animals Gallery, Secret
Project Robot Art Experiment, Kayrock Screenprinting, Avant Floor
Dance Space, Mollusk Surf Shop, Rainbow Cloud City, The studios of
Chris Gentile, Brady Dollarhide, Ben Beaudoin, Jackie Gendel, Oneida, Barry
London, Maya Hayuk, Corey Helburst, HappyFun, Robot Death Cult, Mighty
Robot A/V, Jef Scharf, Raul De Nieves, Vashti Windish, Team
Robespierre, The Twisted Ones, Cameron Michelle and too many more
bands to list.

This year’s Schedule is roughly as as follows:

Playing on Metropolitan Avenue from 2 to 9pm a line up by Todd P
(check website for updates on the bands), plus The sounds of High
Places, Aa, Golden Triangle, Tiger Streifen, Robot Death Cult,
Rahdunes, Dynasty Electric and a performance by members of Oneida, Jah
Division, and the Ex Models.

From 4pm to 10pm There will be visuals and film screenings running in
the basement with hosts Zach Layton, Mighty Robot A/V Squad, Micki
Pellarano, Mongoloid, plus Nick Hallet & Brock Munroe of Harkness

Live with Animals Gallery will be open all day hosting the annual
Monster Island Group Show including Maya Hayuk, Micki Pellerano, Ben
Beaudoin, Cameron Michel, Arthur Arbit, Kory Hellburst and many more!

Secret Project Robot will Feature Way
Way Up Close Far Away- an installation by HappyFun.

Open Studios and Kayrock Screenprinting will be open from 4 to 6PM.

Hosted on the loading dock by Mollusk Surf Shop there will be an all
day BBQ and cookout with vegetarian friendly food, drinks, and
sweets…

Our goal is to engage the community in this one day adventure into the
world of the arts Keeping it, as usual fun, thought provoking, playful
and attainable… We hope you can make it…

Monster Island is located at the edge of the center of Williamsburg at
the nexus of the universe where Metropolitan meets River and your
realize you have gone the wrong way, officially, 210 Kent Avenue in
Brooklyn, New York taking the Bedford avenue L.