Ad Hoc Art

Ad Hoc Art {AHA} started as an art gallery, community space, and creative fulcrum.  It has evolved into a social think tank using art, collaboration, and community to creatively address various obstacles of today’s challenged times as well as foster much needed social change.

Dedicated to showing work that is often marginalized by the larger New York art scene, AHA highlights the areas of street art, pop surrealism, lowbrow, illustration, comic book, tattoo, and printmaking, as well as the larger and extensive history of underground art, activism, and graffiti.  It is a vehicle for artists who are passionate, committed to their craft, and challenging the boundaries of a “Fine Art” isolated from society at large.

Some of Ad Hoc Art’s 2009 featured artists included Armsrock, Morning Breath, Crash, Cycle, Daze, Imminent Disaster, Know Hope, Hiro Kurata, Gilbet Oh, Chris Stain, TheDirtyFabulous, & Joe Vaux.

Ad Hoc Art resulted as one of the primary efforts of Peripheral Media Projects {PMP}, an art, design,  print studio as well as in the mix of the creative think tank which began in 2002/3.  From September 2005-January 2010, AHA & PMP were bosom buddies located next door to one another, off the Morgan Avenue “L” train, in an area zoned the “East Williamsburg Industrial Park,” amongst concrete factories, lumber yards, metal recyclers, and waves of creative-types looking for relatively affordable live/work spaces.

In 2010, AHA & PMP moved into a private studio space in NYC to plan the development of their sustainable & ecologically driven art, education, and creative residency center in Vermont, currently underway.  The site is not only an old family homestead dating back to the mid 1800′s, but it was the home and studio for over 40 years to one of the most important figures in screen printing, Harry Shokler.  He pioneered a new art form, freeing screen printing from the confines of industry and bringing it into the infinitely creative expansiveness of fine art.  We are honored to be carrying on in his trail blazing footsteps.

Be it NYC, Vermont, or somewhere else on planet Earth, Ad Hoc Art continues to showcase public projects, artists and movements worth keeping an eye on.  The new mailing address can be found in our “Contact Us” section.  This website is the best way to hear about the updates.

PURCHASE INFORMATION:

Works offered on this site are generally available for sale through the gallery by phone or via email.

Please let us know if there is something in particular you have in mind from a certain artist.  We may be able to make your day.

PayPal, wire transfers, certified checks and money orders are acceptable forms of payment. Please contact us for availability prior to sending in payment via mail. All payments via check will be held until the check clears our bank. New York residents will be required to add 8.875% for sales tax.

We ship most of our work out via UPS. Additional charges for shipping will be added for each order, so please get in touch if contacting us from out of state or country. Please note that these charges will include shipping materials and the time required to safely send your order. We will ship anywhere in the world, as long as we are able to track the package to you and confirm payment before the works ships. For more information, please call 917.602.2153 or e-mail info@adhocart.org. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Thank you for your patronage.

* Please note: Original works of art are non-returnable.  Returns at the end of an exhibition, or at any other time, are not possible.  We also do not offer any refunds for works purchased.  In cases of damaged items, credit towards future purchases may be given, as determined by the gallery.

** Special note for international buyers: Works shipped internationally may be subject to import duties in the country of destination.  Ad Hoc Art is simply mailing a good.  The duties and/or fees for purchasing goods are the sole responsibility of the buyer.

Thank you – Ad Hoc Art