Artist Statement I’m a New Yorker, born and raised. MY NEW YORK is anexhibit focused on moments that have caught my attention due to color, shapes, textures, mood, and relationships. I am drawn toward opposing textures flushed against one another. Whenthe sun sets, surfaces are brightened with color, and buildings are saturated from its warm […]

‘The Survival’ tells a story of culture and laws in Uganda and the roles they play after a young woman gets pregnant out of wedlock by a homosexual man. Achiro Patricia Olwoch hails from Gulu, in Northern Uganda. Achiro is currently living at Westbeth as part of its Artist at Risk program. Info on Westbeth's […]

Image: Barbara Hammer, On the Road, Big Sur, California, 1975, 2017 June 24 - August 18, 2022 Ratio 3, San Francisco Ratio 3 is pleased to present Women I Love, an exhibition of Barbara Hammer’s early photographs and films. The exhibition, like the film after which it is titled, offers an immersive introduction to the […]

Greenwich House officially commemorated the opening of our older adult center at Westbeth Artists Housing with a ceremony yesterday, June 28. The new older adult center, at 155 Bank Street in the West Village, links Greenwich House programming with one of the most unique artist residency sites in the country. The Westbeth site will provide […]

In 1963, Grove Press published Edward Field’s first poetry collection, Stand Up, Friend, with Me. Since then, his many published works have included the poetry collections Variety Photoplays (1967), A Full Heart (1977), New and Selected Poems, From the Book of My Life (1987), Counting Myself Lucky (1992), and After the Fall (2007). In addition, […]

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 […]