Feature on Isabel Case Borgatta in Smith Alumni Magazine (See pages 17, 20 & 21)

Read the NY TIMES article on Westbeth’s legendary photographer, Evelyn Hofer. See her show at Danziger Gallery in Chelsea. April 28 – June 22, 2012

NY Times article

SUPERIOR INK:LOADING DOCK Panel 3- partial view 40 x 60 x 4 inches

Susan Berger’s above piece has been accepted for the Monmouth Museum show “More Art from Found Objects”- A Juried Exhibition, from June 1 – September 2, 2012. Monmouth Museum 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 732 747 2266 www.monmouthmuseum.org

Susan Berger has also been selected as an Artist in Residence at the Byrdcliff Art Colony, Woodstock, NY from July 3 – July 29, 2012 on a full fellowship from the Pollack Krasner Foundation.

Congratulations Susan!

NY Times Theater Reviewl

Photo by Alexander Berg in the NY Times

Erica Fae and Jill Samuel’s wonderful production of Take What Is Yours about Alice Paul, suffragete is playing at the 59E59 Theaters.

Gil Evans in the studio with Miles Davis, circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives

ON 21 May 2012 at 7 pm at the Highline Ballroom, The Gil Evans Orchestra will perform for the final event of a week of Gil Evans Centennial Celebrations, all honoring the legendary jazz arranger and composer (1912-1988).

A seminal figure in the development of modal and cool jazz, as well as jazz fusion, Evans collaborated extensively with Miles Davis, notably on the trumpeter’s albums Birth of the Cool (1957), Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy and Bess (1958), and Sketches of Spain (1960). Over the course of his storied career, he also worked with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra, Astrud Gilberto, Jaco Pastorius, Maria Schneider, and a host of other legendary musicians.

Gil Evans lived at Westbeth for many years and with his wife Anita raised their two sons here, Noah and Miles.

Read what DownBeat Magazine has written about Evans and his career here.
HERE

The fabulous Gil Evans Orchestra, led by Miles Evans, Gil’s son, includes several musicians who were long-term members of Gil’s groups:

Saxophones: Chris Hunter, Billy Harper & Alex Foster
Trumpet: Lew Soloff, Jon Faddis & Miles Evans
French Horn: John Clark
Tuba: Howard Johnson & Bob Stewart
Trombone: Tom “Bones” Malone, David Bargeron, Dave Taylor & Conrad Herwig
Guitar: Ryo Kawasaki, Paul Metzke, Gabby Abularach & Oz Noy
Piano & Keyboards: Gil Goldstein
Keyboards: Delmar Brown
Bass: Mark Egan
Drums: Kenwood Dennard

In addition, the show tonight will feature performances by special guests Jimmy Cobb, Airto Moreira, Lenny White, Will Lee, John Simon, Matthew Garrison, and others. Paul Shaffer will act as the master of ceremonies for a program that will includes surprise speakers, vocalists, and music ranging from Hendrix and Jaco to the classics. Come join us for a historic night!

The Highline Ballroom is located at 431 West 16th St, Manhattan
BUY TICKETS HERE

Portrait of the Artist: Lorraine O’Grady
Presented by Performa Institute
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 6:30 pm

NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Einstein Auditorium, Barney Building
34 Stuyvesant Street, New York

Free event
rsvp@performa-arts.org

Portrait of the Artist: Lorraine O’Grady is the first in a new series of public events presented by the Performa Institute, a platform for the research and educational components of Performa that focuses on exploring the historical context and significance of artists who work across a broad range of disciplines, from the 1960s to the present. The inaugural event will examine the remarkable work and life of artist Lorraine O’Grady in the context of feminism, politics, and art of the 1980s and today. Kellie Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, will present an in-depth look at the aritst followed by a conversation with O’Grady.

In addition to her work as a visual artist, OʼGrady has also made innovative contributions to cultural criticism with her writings, including the now canonical article, Olympia’s Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity. O’Grady’s work is included in La Triennale, “Intense Proximity,” curated by Okwui Enwezor (2012) in Paris, France. O’Grady was featured in 2011 in Rose O’Grady at Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, and in the Prospect.2 New Orleans biennial and was selected for the 2010 Whitney Biennial as well as for that year’s Manifesta 8, Murcia, Spain. In 2007, she was in the landmark exhibition, WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, organized by Connie Butler for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, and was a resident artist at Artpace San Antonio, TX. O’Grady has received numerous awards, most recently an Art Matters grant, and in 2011 was named a United States Artists Rockefeller Fellow. Lorraine O’Grady is represented by Alexander Gray Associates, New York.

About Performa
Founded in 2004 by art historian and curator RoseLee Goldberg, Performa is the leading organization dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth-century art and to encouraging new directions in performance for the twenty-first century. Performa launched New York’s first performance biennial, Performa 05, in 2005, followed by Performa 07 (2007), and Performa 09 (2009). In 2011, Performa presented its fourth biennial, Performa 11 (November 1–21, 2011).

Lorraine O’Grady Related Events
Apr 23, 2012: Performance with Adam Pendleton at Museum of Modern Art, New York
May 9, 2012: Performance with Adam Pendleton, in concert with the Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran installation, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
May 10, 2012: Conversation with Linda Goode-Bryant, in concurrence with the exhibition Shift, at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

Alexander Gray Associates is a contemporary art gallery based in New York. The gallery has established a profile for high-quality exhibitions focused on mid- career artists who emerged in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Influential in political, social and cultural spheres, these artists are notable for creating work that crosses geographic borders, generational contexts and artistic disciplines.

Alexander Gray Associates
508 West 26 Street #215, New York NY 10001
Telephone: 212 399 2636 Fax: 212 399 2684
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
www.alexandergray.com

Current Exhibition
Lorraine O’Grady: New Worlds: April 11 – May 19, 2012

Upcoming Exhibitions
Luis Camnitzer: September 5 – October 13, 2012
Melvin Edwards: October 24 – December 8, 2012

Upcoming Art Fairs
Frieze New York: May 4 – 7, 2012
Art 43 Basel: June 14 – 17, 2012

A QUIET ROOM Polyester Print Lithograph 16 x 12 inches 2011

THE ART OF ILLUSION

This juried exhibition features 62 artworks in a variety of media that explore the links
between perception, appearance and reality. Both two and three-dimensional works incorporate
a variety of styles including trompe l’oeil, photorealism, surrealism, and optical illusion.

These works reveal the power and magic of image making.

Exhibition Dates: March 15 – May 20, 2012

Monmouth Museum

765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
732-747-2266
www.monmouthmuseum.org

1. PARADISE DERANGED 4 Min. Trailer.
(PARADISE DERANGED was the WINNER of the
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD at the
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012)

2. FESTIVAL OF DANCE FILMS
(5 Films)

1. BURN BABY BURN
2. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
3. DANCE OF THE SHELLS
4. FORBIDDEN PLAYGROUND
5. PARALLAX

More information can be found on www.edithstephen.webs.com

The Piers: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront at the Leslie Lohman Museum, NYC from April 4 – May 10, 2012

David Inside Pier 51, 1978

Waterfront images from the 1970’s will be shown at the Leslie Lohman Museum, 26 Wooster St., NYC. The gallery is between Grand St. and Canal St. Gallery hours: 12- 6, Tuesday – Saturday

Earth Through A Lens – A juried show at the Rancho Mirage LIbrary, and at the Museum of Photographic Arts, Sand Diego, CA

Tucson Smoke

I’m thrilled to have received a Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) nomination for Best Female Debut of 2012 for my show, “Feels Right.” If you can, please come see my show, directed by Barry Kleinbort. I’ll be joined by musical director Don Rebic on piano, and Dick Sarpola on bass. There are two more performances.

“FEELS RIGHT”
Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:00
Sunday, March 11 @ 5:00
Don’t Tell Mama
$5 cover for MAC members and Westbeth residents

Here are a couple of review excerpts:

I was so surprised by her sweet, jazzy interpretation . . . and her adorable and charming stage manner . . . a relaxed, conversational way with patter . She also exhibited an aching vulnerability . . .and showed a flair for humor. . . Marya Zimmet had come through her debut cabaret show looking very good indeed. In fact, pretty much everything felt right. Stephen Hanks, Times Square Chronicles

Zimmet’s clear, warm voice can cover a wide range and various styles. She has a truly lovely, very tight vibrato and a beautiful clarity to her upper notes . . .She has an understated, yet intoxicating, charm. She’s low key, but witty, bright and funny. If Zimmet has a return engagement, go! Harold Sanditen, Cabaret Scenes