Women’s History Month at Westbeth reflects on the extraordinary contributions that Westbeth’s women artists have made to history, art and culture.
Those featured on the poster represents a fraction of our resident emerging and established women artists, past and present. We have also included on this page, other Westbeth women artists whose work has been featured on the website as Westbeth Icons, Profiles in Arts, and Westbeth Boldface.

Pele Bauch dancer

Pele grew up at Westbeth and later returned with her husband and children as fully accomplished dancer and choreographer exploring indigenous Pacific Islander movement. Her work has been presented at the Brooklyn Museum, Chocolate Factory, Danspace Project, HERE’s American Living Room and Best of the American Living Room, Joyce SoHo, Dixon Place, BAX, and other venues. Pele has received funding from LMCC, Harkness Foundation, and BAC.
Dance NYC Town Hall Discussion
New Dance Alliance

Melika Dave visual artist and musician

Melika grew up in Westbeth with her father, a visual artist. She is a multi-media artist working in the realms of music, poetry, painting and design. Melika is a 2021 Still Standing Artist in Residence and the founder of the emerging artist community Public Fruit.
Music
Art on the Avenue
Website

Gwen Fabricant visual artist

Once the costume designer for the Open Theater, Gwen’s visual work preserves and investigates the changeability and fragility of natural forms, for which she has been awarded Joan Mitchell, Pollack Krasner, MacDowell Colony grants. She is a 2018 Westbeth Icon honoree.
Westbeth artist page
Website
Westbeth Icon film

Nancy Gabor theater director and teacher

A long-time collaborator with Joseph Chaikin as an actor in The Serpent and directing him in The War with Heaven , Nancy was a Master Acting teacher with the New Amsterdam Theater Conservatory for 25 years. She co-founded the senior acting storytelling workshop, You’re Never Too Old to Play, whose most recent performance was at Little Island NYC in 2021.
Westbeth artist page
Little Island Performance

Arlene Gottfried photographer and singer

A dedicated gospel singer, Arlene was one of the finest NYC street photographers of her generation, receiving belated recognition for her candid photographs of people in under-represented neighborhoods. Her books include Mommie, “Midnight, and Sometimes Overwhelming, and is currently on exhibit at the Daniel Cooley Fine Art Gallery, NYC.
Wikipedia
Daniel Cooley Fine Art
Website

Penny Jones puppeteer

Penny and her company since the 1970’s specializes in puppet shows for the very young, and puppet ballets. Her company has performed at the Henson International Puppet Festival and at Avery Fischer Hall, Currently her work is included in Puppets of New York, at the Museum of the City of New York. She is a 2017 Westbeth Icon honoree.
Website
Puppets of New York
Westbeth Icon film

Christina Maile visual artist and writer

Christina co-founded the Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective. Her Garden for Children with Aids was published in Landscape Architecture Magazine. She won two Chaikin Writing Awards, and a Pollack Krasner Foundation Grant for her printmaking which explores her Dayak and West Indian heritage. She is a member of Stories Around the Table which will perform in April 2022, and of the Westbeth Board of Directors.
Website
Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective
Chaikin Writing Award

Gloria Miguel actor and playwright

Gloria is Kuna/Rappahannock and co-founder of Spiderwoman Theater Company, the first Native American theater group. Touring extensively in Spiderwoman productions, as well in her own one woman shows, she also taught drama workshops at Navaho Nation Reservations. In Spring 2022, she will perform Spiderwoman Theater’s Misdemeanor Dreams at La Mama ETC, NYC. Gloria is a 2018 Westbeth Icon honoree.
Spiderwoman Theater
Wikipedia
Westbeth Icon film

Madeleine ‘Yayodele’ Nelson musician

Yayodele, composer, and crafter of the group’s instruments, was the founder of the “Women of the Calabash”, whose music drew on the roots of Caribbean, and African music to underscore issues of liberation and civil rights. As a solo artist, Yayodele was featured by Paul Simon on The Rhythm of the Saints, and taught master classes at Julliard and at the Fresh Air Fund Camp in Fishkill NY.
Women of the Calabash performance
Westbeth Artist in Profile
The Globe and Mail

Carol Nolte dancer and choreographer

co-founded WESTFEST Dance – a curated dance festival that supports cutting edge performances by emerging and established movement artists which take place in unusual and traditional locations at Westbeth. Carol also created over 50 dances for her company Dance Collective, a collaborative and a diverse community based program.
Westbeth artist page
WESTFEST Dance
Dance Collective

WESTBETH ICONS

is a project that celebrates the life and work of senior Westbeth artists who continue to work passionately in their artistic field. It is produced by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council.

Black Eyed Susan Obie award winning actor and winner of the 2018 Contemporary Arts award

https://westbeth.org/westbeth-icons/black-eyed-susan/

Scheila Scheid painter, in a recent show at Carter Burden featuring her 14th Street series

https://westbeth.org/westbeth-icons/sheila-schwid/

Edith Stephen dancer, choreographer and filmmaker devoting over 85 years of her life to art

https://westbeth.org/westbeth-icons/westbeth-icons-edith-stevens/

Vija Vetra dancer and choreographer whose work celebrates world dance, and at 99 years old, is a national treasure of Latvia

https://westbeth.org/westbeth-icons/westbeth-icons-vija-vetra/

PROFILES IN ART

interviews by Terry Stoller celebrating Westbeth artists.

Pat Lasch sculptor

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/pat-lasch-sculptor/

Huguette Martel writer and painter

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/huguette-martel-painter-writer/

Leni Schwendinger urbanist designer

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/leni-schwendinger-urbanist-designer-artist/

Brenda Buffalino tap dancer and choreographer

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/brenda-bufalino-dancer-choreographer-author-ceramicist/

Ann Hamilton designer and textile artist

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/ann-hamilton-designer-and-textile-artist/

Joan Hall collage and assemblage artist

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/joan-hall-collage-and-assemblage-artist/

Jayne Holsingerpainter

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/jayne-holsinger-painter/

Shelley Seccombe photographer

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/shelley-seccombe-photographer/

Francia Tobacman Smith artist and activist

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/francia-tobacman-smith-painter-printmaker-arts-activist/

Ze’Eva Cohen dancer and choreographer

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/zeeva-cohen-dancer-choreographer-educator/

Valerie Ghent singer songwriter and producer

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/valerie-ghent-musician-singer-songwriter-producer/

Joyce Aaron actor director teacher

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/joyce-aaron-actordirectorteacher/

Kate Walter writer

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/kate-walter-writer/

Sherry Lane cartoonist

https://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/sherry-lane-caricaturistcartoonist/

Eve Zanni vocalist and composer

https://westbeth.org/artist-page/eve-zanni/

WESTBETH BOLDFACE

Patti Bown pianist and composer

https://westbeth.org/westbeth-boldface/patti-bown/

West Village Community Blood Drive
Westbeth Gallery
57 Bethune Street
NY NY

Tuesday June 22, 2021
1PM – 7PM

Our Region’s blood supply has never been lower. COVID-19 has devastated our City’s blood supply over the past thirteen months, as many companies and non-profits have been unable to hold the large blood drives our blood centers often rely upon. When we put out a call for donations New Yorkers typically respond in remarkable ways. With thousands of New Yorkers getting vaccinated each day, everyone is hopeful the New York Metropolitan area is on the way to recovery from this catastrophic year. As New York bounces back in strides this Spring, we need everyone to make an appointment and donate blood to save lives. That’s why The Westbeth Artist Council is hosting another of their Community Blood Drives in support of New York Blood Center. We are encouraging all New Yorkers who are able to please donate blood. June 22nd is Primary Election Day. If you’re coming to Westbeth to vote, please come to the blood drive and donate lifesaving blood. This is an excellent opportunity to exemplify both civic duty and community good deed.

To schedule an appointment:

Click on link below:

https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/293577

or

Use your camera to hover on the QR Code and enter Sponsor number 71021

Please Bring:
Don’t forget to bring photo ID or NYBC donor card.
Face covering is required before entering the blood drive.
Eat well and drink plenty of fluids before donating.

Do not donate if you have:

a fever or other symptoms of COVID-19 (cough, shortness of breath,
or difficulty breathing)

had close contact with someone diagnosed with or suspected of
having COVID-19 in the last 14 days

been diagnosed with or suspected of having COVID-19 until 14 days
after your illness has resolved

NOTE: close contact is defined by CDC as being within 6 feet of an
infected individual for a prolonged period of time