Events

Robert Bunkin: YES AND Group Exhibition

June 10 - March 26, 2023 Staten Island Museum of Art Opening Reception June 11, 2022 Yes, And presents recent work in video, performance, painting, photography, installation, drawing, and more. Together, thirty-six artists express themes of connectivity, resilience, and vitality, reflecting this time in history when a global pandemic continues to teach us the fundamental […]

Teri Roiger, John Menegon, Steve Berger Summer Soundwaves Concert

Summer Soundewaves is a series of free outdoor concerts by Westbeth musicians and friends sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. JULY 15, 2022 in the Courtyard TERI ROIGER (vocals) STEVE BERGER (guitar) JOHN MENEGON (bass) “Teri has an intuitive laid back sense of time reminiscent of Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter but with her […]

Stories: You’re Never Too Old to Play Presentation

You’re Never Too Old to Play, an improvisational theater workshop for seniors sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council and supported by Little Island NYC. Nancy Gabor director and acting teacher, initiated ‘You’re Never Too Old to Play’ in 2018, a weekly workshop in the Westbeth Community Room for a diverse group of 17 players […]

Sonia Gechtoff : Exhibition Review by Hyperallergic

Sonia Getchtoff, “Hiroshige Revisited” (1988), acrylic and graphite on canvas, 58 1/4 x 40 1/2 inches (photo by Guang Xu, image courtesy the artist and 55 Walker, New York) Sonia […]

Valerie Hallier at Governor’s island

Magical Pew Supreme This site specific installation stages a confessional set up inviting the visitor to genuflect, reflect and if appropriate, repent. The installation translates the feeling of disconnection between the “natural” world and our over-commercialized Western world. Inspired by my Catholic upbringing and by K. Malevitch’s Suprematism, among various sources, the form and aesthetic […]