6 Arty Event Entertainment Ideas

At the Dumbo Arts Festival in New York in September, street artists battled each other in a boxing ring at Gleason's Gym for an event called "The Rumble Room: Street Art Battles."

In October, Bacardi USA celebrated the 500th anniversary of its Benedictine spirit brand in Miami. Light writers entertained with light wands throughout the night.

In July, MAC Cosmetics hosted a networking event for professional makeup artists at Milk Studios in Los Angeles. Inspired by cult punk band the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, models wore body paint with giant teased black wigs and DJ Spencer Sweeney spun in a nun getup.

In Chicago, Redmoon Theater's Labor Day weekend festival featured British company Architects of Air's "Luminarium" sculpture. The cocoonlike, dimly lit structure contained a glowing maze that people walked through.

In September, the reopening celebration for Chanel's Peter Marino-redesigned SoHo store included a digital interactive graffiti space, where guests were invited to tag messages using paint cans that interacted with oversize screens.

In October, the fifth annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche art celebration featured 130 projects, including a dance performance called "Look Listen Move" at Toronto's Distillery District.