A new home on an avenue for East Village gallery-bookstore Ed. Varie

Ed. Varie (short for Edition Varie), a creative space that has hosted exhibits, book openings and other special events for the past nearly 15 years, is moving into a new home at 95 Avenue B.

The larger space is right around the corner from their previous home at 184 E. Seventh St. (Artist-curator Karen Schaupeter launched Ed. Varie in 2009.)

Per a recent Instagram post...

Our new home will allow us to revive and regenerate past programs that had been squeezed into such small spaces, they began bordering on non-existence.

Our new home will allow us to embrace and embark on all of the projects we put on the illusive back burner for the past 7 years.

Our new home will allow us to conjure and collaborate with our broad and growing community of artists, aligning with our mission to nurture the exploration of new concepts in artistic practice.

Ed. Varie will debut No. 95 on Thursday (4/20) with the ninth annual Pot Shop and Potluck from 6-9 p.m. here between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. 

And coming to Ed. Varie on weekends in May...

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New Lower East Side creative space debuts 'Group Sex' today

The East Village-based Ed. Varie is behind a new collaborative space located in Two Bridges at 49 Monroe St. (across the street from Coleman Skatepark in the Full Tank Moto Cafe). And tonight marks the debut here with the inaugural show, "Group Sex." 

Here's more on what to expect via the Ed. Varie Instagram:

Tapping into some of the absurdities of the pandemic, this quote from the NYC Gov website provides some inspiration for our inaugural exhibition in this new space, "The New York City guidelines discourage group sex, but give advice for those who do “decide to find a crowd.” “Pick larger, more open, ventilated spaces" ... 

Group Sex as a title is not a literal interpretation for the curation, but with a goal to create a joyful, fantasy filled visceral exhibition and experience that we have all been missing.

The 11 artists who are christening this new space: Cavier Coleman, Colleen Herman, Esteban Ocampo Giraldo, Giorgio Handman, Ivy Campbell, Leticia Infante, Moises Salazar, Nina Glikshtern, Sarah Hombach, Scout Zabinski and Ted McGrath. 

The exhibit opens today with hours of noon to 9 p.m. (as part of LES Third Thursdays) ... and will remain up through April 18. Gallery hours are Thursday to Sunday, 12–6 p.m. No appointment necessary, masks and social distancing required. 

Ed. Varie (short for Edition Varie), a creative space that has hosted exhibits, book openings and other special events, opened in 2009 at 184 E. Seventh St. at Avenue B.