Events

Westbeth Spring Art + Craft Market (First Ever!)

Westbeth Bank St Courtyard

WESTBETH ARTIST RESIDENTS COUNCIL SPONSORS SPRING ART & CRAFT + MARKET This craft art and craft market features bespoke fabric art, photos, music, up-cycled vintage clothing, hats, jewelry and affordable fine art by some of Westbeth’s most well-known artists. The Westbeth Artist Residents Council is sponsoring their first annual Spring Art & Craft Market Saturday […]

Ralph Lee Installation in Westbeth Inner Courtyard

Westbeth Inner Courtyard

For years, Ralph Lee installed puppet pageantry in the windowed alcove of the Westbeth inner courtyard. They were quarterly installations of puppets, masks, small and large figures which sometimes referenced current events or the change of seasons but were mostly evocative allusions to mythology, fairy tales, and magic. Ralph was a Westbeth Icon, the founder […]

Jebah Baum: Palisades
Sculptures and Works on Paper

BAU Gallery Beacon NY

Click to enlarge June 10- July 2, 2023 Opening Reception Second Saturday June 10, 6 - 8pm BAU Gallery 506 Main Street Beacon, New York Gallery Hours 12pm - 6pm Saturdays and Sundays Assembled from carved and shaped wood and clay elements, Jebah Baum’s recent sculptures evoke the chaotic architecture of a spontaneously erected stockade. […]

Saved: Objects of the Dead
– Reading and In Conversation with Contributors

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Click to enlarge A Collaborative Book of Photography and Prose by Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman Essay by Cora Fisher June 11th, 1:00-3:00 PM Reading & and in Conversation with contributors Cora Fisher and Swati Khurana Westbeth Community Room 55 Bethune St, New York, NY 10014 No RSVP required. For over a decade, artist Jody […]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day:
Questions answered

Westbeth Older Adult Center and Whitney Museum

Wednesday June 21, 12pm Westbeth Older Adult Center 155 Bank St NY NY 10014 Enter through the courtyard On June 15, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) was launched in 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations. On June 21, 2023 Financial […]

Screening: State and Main
Written and directed by David Mamet

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Thursday June 22, 2023 at 7P Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St NY Ny A 2000 comedy film written and directed by David Mamet and starring William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alec Baldwin, Julia Stiles, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rebecca Pidgeon, David Paymer, Patti LuPone, Clark Gregg, and Charles Durning. Free

New York Blood Center Blood Drive

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

New York Blood Center will partner with Westbeth Artist Residents Council for the West Village Community Blood Drive on Saturday, July 1, 2023 from 11:00am to 5:00pm. Hospitals and patients rely upon a steady flow of volunteer donors to receive life-saving donations, but, hybrid office schedules & remote work coupled with a two-year period of […]

Christina Maile: West Indian Day Parade 1956 – creative non-fiction

Flora Fiction Literary Magazine

West Indian Day Parade in Harlem. Many slaves brought the tradition of African outdoor ceremonies to the Caribbean. However, once enslaved, they were prohibited from holding public celebrations despite their slaveholders’ engagement in street parades like Mardi Gras. Once freed, ex-slaves began their own street celebrations, combining elements of African and European culture. /caption] Flora […]

First Fridays: Theo Bleckmann with Endless Field

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Friday July 7, 2023 at 7P Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street enter through courtyard New York, NY 10014 Westbeth Artist Residents Council sponsor musical events with Westbeth MusicWorks on the first Friday of every month to present Westbeth musicians and their friends in live concerts with free admission. Theo Bleckmann is a multi GRAMMY® […]