TIME TO BE HAPPY Gallery - 219 Bowery NYC

Joined April 2021
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18 Jun 2025
Gallery Announcement. We've just celebrated the gallery one-year anniversary in NYC! Over the past year, we've hosted weekly events & exhibitions on main gallery level while welcoming 80 artists to our free, no-commission residency, where live art is created daily In 2023 we started in Miami as a 5 day pop-up with @jackbutcher that lead to a 4-month run supported by our forever Patron Mr @gmoneyNFT …....and now, an amazing year in Soho NYC thanks to our official gallery partner @sendrOck for believing in my crazy dream and big appreciation & love to our patrons dream team supporters from day one @bryanbrinkman@madam_selkie @spumma @schmrypto @emilyxxie @BoredElonMusk @rickmanelius @_JRRToken_ @SuperchiefNFT And @dave_krugman who came to capture the moment of me signing the gallery lease and supported us from day one
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Past weekend we celebrated our 2nd anniversary with 100 artists, 4 days art festival welcoming over 2000 guests Past 2 years we’ve hosted 167 artists in our non profit residency program - now aiming to host 100 more by end of year!! Benzi & @Sendrock
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If you’d like to support and or be part of this magic journey, please DM us. If you’re an artist that need a place to create and connect with amazing artists /humans - we’re here to do our best to support you
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TIME TO BE HAPPY ART FESTIVAL CALENDAR June 4–7, 2026 THURSDAY, JUNE 4 Opening Night 6–10 PM 8 PM — Fashion Show by Shun ⸻ FRIDAY, JUNE 5 4–10 PM 4 PM — Workshop — Watercolor Landscape by May 5–7 PM — Workshop — Watercolor Flowers by Hanna Kao 5–8 PM — Free Cartoon Sketches by Jorge Torrealba 6 PM — Workshop by Michael Goris Orchid Ladies 6–10 PM — One-on-One Poetry Creation by PeopleArePoetry 7 PM — Live Music by Susana Correa 8 PM — Papaya Ceremony by Alejandro Glatt ⸻ SATURDAY, JUNE 6 2–10 PM All Day — One-on-One Poetry Creation by PeopleArePoetry 3 PM — Live Painting on Main Stage by Paul Richard 3 PM — Workshop — Key Chain Creation by May Elenor 5 PM — Opening of the Titanic Art Installation by Sarah 6–8 PM — Passed Painting by Isabella 8 PM — Papaya Ceremony Fashion Designer Collaboration by Lina Alejandro Glatt 8–11 PM — Happy Outfit Party by Karolina Wear the look that makes you happy… and spreads happiness around you. ⸻ SUNDAY, JUNE 7 Closing Day 2–9 PM All Day — One-on-One Poetry Creation by PeopleArePoetry 2 PM — Workshop — Portrait Sketching by Shev Lunatic 3 PM — Workshop — Pass & Paint Group Painting by Isabella 3–5 PM — Dance Event / DJ Set by Taku 5 PM — Workshop — Paint With Wine by art_lessi 5–7 PM — Workshop — Watercolor Zen Doodling by Hanna Kao 6 PM — Workshop — Superhero Creation by Reno Msad 6 PM — Live Music Performance by Susana Correa MacRae 6–9 PM — Closing Event 7 PM — Live Acoustic Music Session by Neska 7 PM — Workshop — Paint on Baseballs by Nathanael Koffi (Baseballs provided by the gallery)
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Gm🤘🏼 - Wow, I can’t believe our SoHo gallery is about to have its second birthday! Time really flies! Though Benzi @TimeToBeHappyGY truly IS the gallery, and has created and runs it in ways that are hard to even imagine, I feel such a deep sense of gratitude and excitement about what it is we are building. It’s truly unique. If any of you are in NYC over the next few days and into this weekend be sure to stop by and check it out. Last year I was there for the 1 year anniversary and it was one of the greatest irl art meetup experiences I’ve ever had. To all the artists who have been in residency, I thank you and look forward to seeing you a couple weeks later if you’re still around! - I’m curious, what’s been your favorite irl meetup so far? What is the next one you plan on attending? Are you going to NFC like I thought I’d be?? If so what are you most excited about? Would you like to spend a month or more (for free) at our gallery in NY as a resident? If so let me know and I’ll put you in touch with the right people.
Past 2 years we’ve hosted 167 artists in our non profit residency program We’re celebrating 2 years this weekend hosting a 4 day non profit art festival - 75 artist, 3 fashion shows,4 live bands & a papaya ceremony. Join us luma.com/d598r9w1 Founders; Benzi & @Sendrock
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Past 2 years we’ve hosted 167 artists in our non profit residency program We’re celebrating 2 years this weekend hosting a 4 day non profit art festival - 75 artist, 3 fashion shows,4 live bands & a papaya ceremony. Join us luma.com/d598r9w1 Founders; Benzi & @Sendrock
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WINDOWS // NYC For the past five years, I've immersed myself in a photographic, typological study of the illuminated windows of New York City at night. On June 16th, we invite you to build a new world with us, a multilayered, interconnected city of light and shadow, powered by @TransientLabs Studio. This has been my biggest undertaking to date, and is the extension of my lifelong interest in photographic patterns and generative photography. This interest was crystalized in 2021 with my project DRIVE and continued in 2022 with Drip Drop. Over the years, I've learned so much about the conceptual world of typologies, about the intersection of photographic technologies and blockchain as immutable records of consensus and truth, and of course, about how the constant evolution of technology broadens the scope of what is possible for us artists- revealing new ways to create and connect with the people who seek to do the same. The process of creating WINDOWS // NYC has been the best sort of challenge, and as always, the incredible minds at @TransientLabs have taken my ideas and built technological frameworks that have elevated this project beyond my wildest dreams. I cannot wait to show you more, but for now, drop a comment if you want to connect, hear what we've built, and for information on how to participate and get involved. I love this world. I love looking at it in intricate detail and making photographs so that others can look at it that way too. And this pattern of windows and grids is one of my favorite ways to see. Sign up at windows dot davekrugman dot com, or via link in the comments below!
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New Project Alert 🚨 Artificials: artificial.han.io 256 unique characters, each a sovereign smart contract generated through AI inference on the Ethereum blockchain.
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We’ve ransformed Columbus Circle into a live outdoor studio. Sunday, 30 artists from Time To Be Happy Gallery non profit residency program formed a circle around the monument, painted in public. In the end artists gifted it to strangers. Art X Happiness X Timeless
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Thank you @observer for this beautiful write up ! @beeple @matthall2000 Full article observer.com/2026/03/art-int…
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Gallery Announcement: Our March–April Non-Profit Residency is our biggest to date, featuring 62 artists creating live at the gallery. You’re welcome to visit, experience the art (all created on site) & meet the artists while they create Special thanks to our partner @Sendrock
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Hello friends- We’re finalizing the March / April Non-Profit Residency Program at our SoHo gallery. This will be our biggest cycle yet, in celebration of the New Museum reopening next door to us in mid-March. We’re currently at 54 artists and will reach 60. If you’d like to apply or if you’d like to recommend a friend, now is the time to do so. The Residency is 100% free, with no fees and no commission taken on artwork sold at the residency level. Good day, Benzi Time To Be Happy Gallery Www.timetobehappy.com
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Gm I love to create art galleries for my school from the works I collected The future of this art renaissance will be established on the shoulders of the next generation Let’s fill their walls, timelines, chats, apps with culture and art This is how we build
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Introducing → @hash_gallery ← A new contemporary digital art gallery powered by @verse_works and ready to bring exciting, groundbreaking art on the blockchain into the world. 1/
𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍!
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Thanks for everyone coming to celebrate Shoko’s 7th bday last night 🎩
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Incredible dynamic artwork - love the idea and concept ❤️‍🔥
"BitCoaster" BrinkWorks Series 2: Choice 4 of 5 Theme: Somebody/Nobody A dynamic artwork that uses the 24hr bitcoin chart to generate a rollercoaster track w/ random loops. Shows gains/losses & chart data. Control speed of the coaster w/ arrow keys.
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Vision write up by miss Stone @NaughtalieStone
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-Signed for another year lease for the gallery -Like every year, closed the gallery during January to spend time with my little princess Emanuel and my family -Proud to share I’ve hosted over 80 artists in the gallery non profit residency program in 2025 *Open to ideas, conversations and projects to support the artists with the opportunity to introduce the gallery traditional collectors to the crypto art community This is my cell 6462998282 Special thanks to @redbeardnft for making the first art purchase from our Residency in 2026 🤝
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14 Dec 2025
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