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WESTFEST 2015 dance review – A sheer thrill!

WESTFEST NEWS ARTICLE 2015

WestFest’s “All Over Westbeth” takes advantage of the site-specific possibilities of the Westbeth Artists Community, an enormous complex in the far West Village. A former Bell Laboratory, the buildings were repurposed in the 60s to provide inexpensive housing for creators of all stripes. Curators Carol Nolte and Carol Mendes say, “WestFest itself was born from the idea of embracing the outstanding artist history at the Westbeth’s building.” In “All Over Westbeth,” residents lead tours through the sprawling compound for small groups to witness short spurts of dance unfolding in the most unexpected of places.

Read the full article by Erin Bomboy here: The Dance Enthusaist

Will Westbeth be the new St Vincent’s? Read the article by Catherine Revland published in WestView .

REVENUE RUNAROUND: A view of Westbeth’s prime commercial luxury space: sweet deal or a breach of fiduciary trust? Photo: Ramscale.

REVENUE RUNAROUND: A view of Westbeth’s prime commercial luxury space: sweet deal or a breach of fiduciary trust? Photo: Ramscale.

Westbeth Board Sues the Attorney General

From its inception in 1970 the revenue from artist residents has far exceeded that of the commercial tenants, and for decades the Westbeth Board of Directors’ excuse has been the undesirability of the neighborhood. Although this excuse is no longer valid, the current Board refuses to reveal information about the current commercial rent roll. In fact, Executive Director Steven Neil has told the Westbeth Artist Residents Council (WARC) they do not have the right to receive any details about Westbeth’s finances.

Read more here: http://westviewnews.org/2015/05/will-westbeth-be-the-next-st-vincents/

Westbeth video artist Maya Ciarrocchi
in NY Times article about
“Telephone” art exhibit/

Maya Ciarrocchi TELEPHONE

Sometime last winter, Terri St.Arnauld and Frank Yezer, photographers in Austin, Tex., and Maya Ciarrocchi, a video artist in New York, each received an email that contained a song. The tune was by Stelth Ulvang, a musician from Denver, whom they had never met. In a spare recording, on banjo and accordion, Mr. Ulvang sang of a forlorn man and a landscape of smoke and clouds.

All three recipients got down to work, poring over the lyrics, “trying to understand what the artist was conveying,” Ms. St.Arnauld said. Their goal was to make something inspired by the song, and to connect in a mysterious creative experiment.

Read more about the project here:
NY Times article