Welcome to Westbeth

Westbeth Artists Housing was founded in 1970 in New York City to provide affordable housing for artists and their families. Its mission is to be a resource and generator of artistic endeavor for artists working in the fields of literary, visual, and performing arts.

Within the complex are spaces devoted to the creation and presentation of art by resident and guest artists, and by the arts organizations located here.

Events, exhibitions and workshops sponsored by Westbeth, often in partnership with cultural or community organizations, are offered at the Westbeth Gallery, the Westbeth Community Room and other venues at low cost or free to the public.

WESTBETH GALLERY / FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS
March 19 - 22, 2026

WestFest Dance Festival
Top Floor on Bank

Top Floor at Bank

Thursday March 19, 2026 at 7pm

Drag Bingo with Paige Turner returns

Westbeth Community Room

March 4 - March 22, 2026 Opening Reception: Thurs March 5, 5pm - 8pm

Re-View, Re-New
Re-Imagining Past Work
Group Show

Westbeth Gallery

WESTBETH COMMUNITY ROOM EVENTS
Friday March 6, 2026 at 7pm

Val Hawk
First Fridays LIve Music Performance

Westbeth Community Room

Thursday March 26, 2026

Observe an Open Workshop of You’re Never Too Old to Play

Westbeth Community Room

Sat & Sun March 7, 8 2026 at 2pm Sun March 22, 2026 at 2pm

Penny Jones & Puppets Co presents Toby’s Circus

Westbeth Community Room

WESTBETH ARTISTS AT WORK
Opening Reception Thursday Mar 12, 2026 6pm - 8pm March 10 - March 28, 2026

Christina Maile
Functional Aesthetics
Solitary Bee Houses

Atlantic Gallery, NYC

March 8 - April 11, 2026 Opening Reception Sun Mar 8, 2026 at 1pm - 6pm

Barbara Slitkin
Spectalia
Every Woman Biennial

Pen and Brush Gallery, NYC

March 5 - April 17, 2026

Ken Aptekar
Shows in Paris

Le Clezio Gallery and Carreau du Temple, Paris, France

March 6 - April 5, 2026 Opening Reception March 14, 2026 5pm - 7pm

Stephen Hall
Wild Things
Art Show

White Room Gallery, East Hampton

Sunday March 22, 2026 at 4pm

Beth Soll & Company
On Second Thought and Three Premiers and One Repertory Dance

Martha Graham Studio Theater

Opens March 21, 2026 - year long exhibition

Joan Hall
The New Humans: Memories of the Future
Group Show

The New Museum, NYC

Feb 12 - March 14, 2026 at 8pm

David Greenspan Without MIrrors Extended and Wins Two Obies

The Brick, Brooklyn NY

March 20, 21 and 24, 2026

Moss on the Moon
Lunar Fest Festivities

13th Moon Gravity Well, Portland OR

WESTBETH CLASSES / COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
March 5 - Mid June, 2026 Thursdays 10:15 - 11:45 am

Tell Us Your Stories
Reminiscence and Storytelling Workshop for 60 and over FREE

Older Adult Center at Westbeth

March 7, - May 2, 2026

Willow Arts
Arts Access for All
Spring 2026 Classes

Pier 57 Community Classrooms, NYC

MARCH 2026 menu and activities

Westbeth OAC: Activities and Monthly Highlights: Lunch, Classes, Field Trips and more

Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House

2026 WESTBETH GALLERY CALENDAR Westbeth Gallery is pleased to announce show dates for 2026

Westbeth Renovation 2025 – 2028

Overview of Renovation Windows
Before Construction Photos

Westbeth X Files or How the Tenants Saved Westbeth

Chapters 1, 2, and 3

Westbeth Chronicles
Life at Westbeth.

Gayle Austin writes about the night she had dinner with Westbeth's co-founder, Joan K Davidson

Westbeth In Memoriam

Christopher Berg, composer and pianist

Continuing Exhibitions
Westbeth Artists at Work

GIL EVANS Manuscripts acquired by Library of Congress Feb 2026

PETER MADDEN quoted in The City article on Artists Housing in NYC

JOAN HALL Parroquiam Dreams II collages San Miguel de Allende to May 31, 2026

WARC OPPOSES demo of Dapolito Rec Center in letter to Mayor-elect Mamdani.

MIRIAM CHAIKIN and PETER TRACHTENBERG interviewed by David Plakke on their books about Westbeth.

DANCE AT WESTBETH an ehibiiton that celebrates Westbeth dancers and choreographers til June 2026

WESTBETH PIONEERING WOMEN ARTISTS Video

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AT WESTBETH

THE KITCHEN at Westbeth Exhibition and performance

WESTBETH OAC /GREENWICH HOUSE Classes and social services

THE NEW SCHOOL OF DRAMA Degree program for actors, directors, playwrights.