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SUMMARY:Should NYC Build Artist Housing? Peter Madden replies
DESCRIPTION:Leonard Freed – Westbeth Courtyard 1970’s \nWestbeth Courtyard 2024 WestFest Dance Festival \nNew York City Hasn’t Built Artists Housing in a Decade. Should It?\nExcerpts from an article by Samantha Maldonado\nTHE CITY\nJan 29 2026 \nRead entire article HERE \n“…And whether the government should prioritize developing affordable housing with set-asides for artists in a city with a persistent housing crisis — and hefty competition for even moderately affordable housing — remains a point of tension. \n“As a guiding principle\, when you have a limited resource\, you’d start with the people who are most in need\,” said David Giffen\, executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless. He pointed out that more than 100\,000 people are in city shelters\, thousands of people are unsheltered on the street and a quarter of a million people live doubled and tripled up in other family’s homes. \n“That indicates that we need to start with the people who don’t have homes\, whether they’re artists or work in the food service industry or as home health aides\, whatever their occupation\,” Giffen said. “Who is most in need of that resource?” \nRipple Effects \nStill\, there is much interest for housing specifically for artists\, and those who live in it and run it underscore the myriad benefits. \n“The most unique challenge artists face in getting housing is the nature of their income\, which is fluctuating and episodic and may change from year to year or week to week\,” said Daniel Arnow\, executive director of the Actors Fund Housing Development Corporation. “We see artist housing and an artist preference policy as a safeguard against displacement.” \nWestbeth Artists Housing in the West Village\, which was created in 1970 and comprises 384 affordable apartments\, draws “huge” demand from interested tenants\, according to WestBeth’s executive director Peter Madden. \nWestbeth opened its waitlist in 2019\, and will start pulling from it later this year as some of the 40 apartments undergoing renovations become available. \n“So many people are artists\, and they’ve lived here together for such a long time that there’s really a pretty remarkable community at Westbeth\, in the sense that the tenants here end up working together\, creating art together\,” he said. “We have a lot of residents who are in their 80s and 90s\, who really rely on each other and the community they built to really maintain their quality of life.” \nLike PS109\, Westbeth boasts gallery and community space and programs for the public\, which cultivates artistic engagement beyond the residents themselves\, Madden said. One challenge: the availability of studio space so artists have a place to work. \nOne artist-friendly solution to that problem came as part of the rezoning of Gowanus\, Brooklyn\, which allowed for housing to be built in a previously industrial neighborhood. Community groups negotiated an agreement for developers to build over 100 affordable art studios. Artists could apply to a lottery to secure a space. \nJohnny Thornton\, executive director of Arts Gowanus\, touted that win as one that helped many artists overcome a key barrier to continuing to make art in New York City — but would’ve liked to go further. \n“Though we’re extremely proud of our work advocating for artists’ workspaces\, we would have loved to be able to secure affordable housing for artists as well\,” Thornton said. “Allowing artists to live in the neighborhoods where they work creates an even more tight-knit\, flourishing community.”” \nEditor’s note: Due to safety concerns\, the name of one of the subjects of this story has been removed after publication.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/should-nyc-build-artists-housing-peter-madden-replies/
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SUMMARY:WestZine online: Westbeth Gallery  publication spotlighting artists
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westzine-online-westbeth-gallery-publication-about-artists/
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SUMMARY:Dapolito Recreation Center - WARC\, GVSHP and Community  Urge  Mayor Elect Mamdani  to Save Dapolito Rec Center
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/dapolito-recreation-center-warc-gvshp-and-community-urge-mayor-elect-mamdani-to-save-dapolito-rec-center/
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SUMMARY:Westbeth GalleryOpen Call  2026 Exhibition Proposals
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-open-call-2026-exhibition-proposals/
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SUMMARY:Sheila Schwid: A Collectors VisionGroup Show
DESCRIPTION:June 12 – August 3\, 2025\nOpening reception: Thursday June 12\, 2025 6pm – 9pm\n\n\nBank Art Gallery\n94 Broadway\nNewburgh\, New York \n\n\n\nClick to enlarge  “Sheila Schwid began a new series of paintings in 2012 titled “Reflections on 14th Street” with paintings created from the photographs she took while riding the 14th Street crosstown bus. She intended only to focus on the busy New Yorkers going about their days\, but what she saw was multidimensional\, according to her artist statement: “There were reflections\, and reflections of reflections. There were strange shapes\, cutting off other strange shapes\, blank shapes of solid colors\, shapes of green leaves of trees I couldn’t see\, smoky colors\, smoky shapes. People’s heads would be interrupted with windows that looked into the sky or showed us far away traffic.”\n– Women Artists of Westbeth by Sara Braun.\nhttps://observer.com/2024/10/women-artists-westbeth-new-york-city/
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/sheila-schwid-collectors-visiongroup-show/
LOCATION:Bank Art Gallery\, Newburgh\, NY
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SUMMARY:Robert Bunkin The Greenwich House Portraits: An unveiling
DESCRIPTION:“All of my work is concerned with the particular: a portrait\, a tree trunk\, and\na sculpture are all part of this on-going investigation into the specifics of appearances.”
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/robert-bunkin-the-greenwich-house-portraits/
LOCATION:Greenwich House Center on the Square
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SUMMARY:Vija Vetra ClassYoga\, Falun Gong and Indian Dance hand movements
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/vija-vetra-classyoga-falun-gong-and-indian-dance-hand-movements/
LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House
CATEGORIES:non-event
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SUMMARY:Open Call: Westbeth Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nCALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS 2025 \nDeadline July 15\, 2024 \nThe Westbeth Gallery is a nonprofit fine arts gallery located within Westbeth Artist Housing in\nthe West Village in Manhattan. The gallery is operated by the Westbeth Artists Residents\nCouncil which is a volunteer organization elected by the residents of Westbeth. \nThe gallery is seeking diverse proposals from institutions\, curators or individual artists for\nexhibitions in 2025. Each exhibition is approximately three weeks in length and must use all\nfour rooms of our 2900 square foot gallery. \nProposed exhibitions should be composed of artwork that is the product of professional artists and executed in the last five years. are given latitude in the content and arrangement of their work. Exhibitors are expected to work independently to curate\, promote and install their exhibition professionally. \nProposal Requirements\nAll proposals are due by July 15th\, 2024. Proposals submitted after July 15th will be ineligible\nfor review. We only accept digital proposals. \nPlease Note – Non-refundable exhibition fee:\nIf your proposal has been accepted\, you will be notified and receive a contract to sign along with a request for a non-refundable exhibition fee to go toward the maintenance of the gallery.\nExhibition Fees (non-refundable) are split into three categories:\n1) If the show is curated from within Westbeth: $400 fee\n2) If the show is curated by an individual or group from outside Westbeth: $800 fee\n3) If the show is curated by an Institution (i.e. The Whitney): amount may vary. \nEmail your proposal to: submissionswg@gmail.com \nDOWNLOAD SUBMISSION FORMS WG Call form Proposals 2025 \nSUBMIT:\n• 200 word statement of your proposed exhibition including title see attached form below.\n• A Resume in pdf form of the curator and/or featured artist(s).\nVisual Support:\n• 6 digital images from an individual artist or a selection of 2 images per artist from a group or\ninstitution.\nPlease format your images in the following:\nFile name: labeled with your last name and order number\nEXAMPLE: Smith01.jpg\, Smith02.jpg\, Smith03.jpg\nDimensions: the largest size should be no more than 2000p pixels\, no wider than 10″.\nResolution: 72dpi (do not send Tiff files)\nImage List: provide: title of piece\, materials and dimensions\, date the work was produced \nThe Review Committee will not look at websites of any kind.\nGallery Information\nGuidelines for the gallery and floor plans can be found at www.westbeth.org under About/Westbeth Gallery.\nSelection Process\nAll proposals will be reviewed by members of the Visual Arts Selection Sub-Committee.\nProposals that are accepted will be notified by September 2024.\nEXHIBITION PROPOSAL COVER SHEET\nName of Featured Artist(s) and/or Institution: ___________________________________\nFrom Westbeth (circle one): Yes – No\nContact Name: ____________________________________________________________\nContact Email Address: _____________________________________________________\nContact Phone Number: ____________________________________________________\nProposed Title: ___________________________________________________________\nMedium(s) (sculpture\, mixed media\, painting\, video\, etc): ___________________________\nExpected total number of works: __________\nSize of works (range): ________________\nSpecial Requirements for the Exhibition: __________________________________\nNumber of Participating Artists: ___________\nAre your artists from New York City? Tri-State Area? International? ___________\nDo you plan on hosting artist talks or other special events during your exhibit? Please describe:\n___________________________________________________________________________
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-open-call-2025/
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SUMMARY:Meet the Nurses at Westbeth Older Adult Center
DESCRIPTION:(left to right) Nurses:Aggie Rodriguez\, Katie Nguyen\, Li Lin and Luchy Gonzalez. \nWith HIGN and NYU Rory Meyers School of Nursing\n Every Tuesday at 1 – 4 p.m.\nWestbeth Center\, 155 Bank St. New York\, NY 10014 \n Westbeth filmmaker\, Lily Rivlin\, receiving blood pressure test. HIGN and NYU Rory Meyers School of Nursing made their first official trip to our Centers to meet with members to discuss the 4Ms (What matters\, Medication\, Mentation\, and Mobility). There was a lot of interest in this new program with an enthusiastic crowd at each location! Next up Nurses discuss Stress Management-
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/meet-the-nurses/2023-02-14/
LOCATION:Older Adult Center at Westbeth
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SUMMARY:2023 Westbeth Gallery Calendar
DESCRIPTION:February 1 – February 26\nPAROXYSM Group Show curated by Alison Pirie(outside Westbeth)\n\nParoxysm is a group exhibition featuring 57 artists based in the tri-state area and abroad working across sculpture\, photography\, video\, painting\, and performance. The artists in the show examine and diagnose the physical\, mental\, and social symptoms of our disordered world\, exploring concepts of building\, accumulating\, amassing\, and the resulting spasms\, bursts\, explosions\, and attacks. \n\nMarch 1 – March 26\nJOAN HALL: A 50 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE SOLO SHOW (Westbeth)\n\nJoan Hall’s retrospective presents different groups of work in the mediums of collage and assemblage. Each room in the gallery is devoted to a series of work created at different stages of the artist’s life: Icons (figurative assemblages)\, collage\, room and parcels (assemblages utilizing mirrors so the viewer sees themselves as if inside)\, string attached (a contemporary spin on old fashioned embroidery)\, the Paris project (conceptual mixed-media assemblages) and box constructions (Surrealistic found-object assemblages). \n\nMarch 29 – April 30\nLUMINOUS ELSEWHERES (outside Westbeth)\n\nLuminous Elsewheres features the work of artists who have honed a vision of a personal ‘elsewhere’ that embodies its own radiant dimensionality. These visual explorations open up new ways of seeing\, feeling and perceiving. Sourced primarily through intuition and the process of art making itself\, the works included in this exhibit bring viewers closer to what Susan Sontag described as “the luminousness of the thing in itself.” Organized by Karen Fitzgerald\, Denise Manteau and Alison Cuomo. \n\nMay 3 – May 28\nISA HO: RESONANCE – WESTBETH PROJECT (outside Westbeth)\n\nThis exhibition embodies my memories\, which I share with the artists. I captured the essence of these beautiful and powerful people in my own way. The exhibition showcases a selection of works from 2013 to the present\, including photography\, videos\, and documentaries\, as well as a new NFT installation created in collaboration with artist Chen\, Zhao-Hua. Additionally\, the exhibition features portraits of the artists displayed alongside their work at the Westbeth artist housing. Through close contact for a long period of time\, Isa Ho interviewed the tenants and used photography to explore the possibilities of life in different circumstances. 3D installations in the exhibition\, using video and photography\, reproduce the adaptations that the artists had made to their living space as their bodies aged. \n\nMay 31 – June 25\nRUTGERS UNIVERSITY GROUP SHOW: PLAYBACK (outside Westbeth)\n\nPlayback\, a group exhibition at Westbeth Gallery\, links the interplay among biography\, narrative\,and experience across a disparate set of artistic practices developed by Rutgers University visual\nart MFA graduates. First year MFA students Em Gallagher\, Andrew Kennedy\, Kabi Lama\,Maura Torres\, and Anton Varga have joined instructors Park McArthur and Jason Hirata inorganizing a presentation of their graduating peers’ work. \n\nJune 28 – July 30\nVALERIE HALLIER – UNatural PRocesses- GROUP SHOW (Westbeth)\n\nThe group show questions what we call “nature” and “natural”. In many other civilizations\, the word nature doesn’t exist to differentiate the non-human from the human. Through the work of 8 international artists\, the show revisits our contemporary relationship with the non-human through each artist’s unique way of working with their material be it raw\, weaved\, painted\, recycled\, coded or virtual. \n\nAugust 2 – August 27\nTHE WHITNEY – GROUP SHOW (outside Westbeth)\n\nThis recurring annual group show presents the Whitney museum’s staff selection of artworks. \n\nAugust 30 – September 24\nKEN WADE – 58 YEAR OF ART MAKING (Westbeth)\n\nThis retrospective presents 58 years of art making spanning 3 favored traditional mediums; drawing\, painting and sculpture. \n\nOctober 4 – October 29\nJAMES GORTNER – DADS – GROUP SHOW (Westbeth)\n\nThis is a show about “Dads” who make art\, working across all mediums from painting and sculpture to performance and\nvideo. This show has included Dads of all kinds to umbrella the term as those who can identify with their own idea of what a dad can be. Though all the Dads in this show have been profoundly affected by their experience as Dad\, their work may not directly show it. \n\nNovember 11 – December 16\nWESTBETH WINTER SHOW GROUP SHOW 2023 Westbeth)\n\nThis annual group show celebrates all Westbeth’s visual artists\, presenting in one show 70 to 80 different practices through one artwork. \nNote: Calendar dates generally indicate when an exhibitor takes over the Gallery\, and includes installation\, run of the show\, and de-installation. Check the Westbeth Home Page publicity for the date of the opening reception and exact exhibition dates\, whenever they are posted. \nTo inquire about using the gallery for q reading\, performance or other event\, contact westbethgallery@gmail.com.\nFor more info about the Gallery\, click HERE
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/2023-westbeth-gallery-calendar/
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