Chelsea Art Walk 2011

Today is the annual Chelsea art walk where galleries fling open their doors to the public and provide live music, refreshments, and more. It runs from 5-8pm tonight, and includes over 125 galleries. There will be live music, film screenings, and artist/curator talks. For those of you who are mostly in it for the free food and booze with a little blast of culture on the side, there are a variety of activities and cocktail receptions going on.

• A new ice cream sandwich is unveiled by the Coolhaus truck at Meulensteen
• An artist will cut up dollah dollah bills yo for souveniers at Pavel Zoubok
• You can have a Polaroid portrait made at Porter/Contemporary
• Drink tequila at Vogt
• Drink Bellinis and listen to music at Sudarem Tagore
• Have a shave ice at Jenkins Johnson

Download your map here . And as a cool bonus, they are having everyone who attends upload photos to Flikr with the tag “Chelsea Art Walk 2011” so that the public can view pictures of the events. Check-check it out!