BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westbeth - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Westbeth X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://westbeth.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Westbeth REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20241004T184305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T210016Z UID:10000662-1729882800-1729886400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Neighbors: Arnold Hinton\, Mei-Yin Ng\, and Siaka Hinton DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday Oct 25\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Commuity Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nArnold Hinton’s photography focuses on social justice and humanity\, drawing parallels between the racism and oppression experienced by Jews in concentration camps to the experience of African Americans. He visited concentration camps in Berlin and Vienna. “In America if you were Black\, you were a slave\, you picked cotton and sugar cane and that was it\,” said Arnold. “But to see how the Germans built these camps/houses with sinks and toilets and wash basins for people that you were going to annihilate– to me\, it made no logical sense.” Despite facing his own share of systemic barriers and societal prejudices\, his work conveys a sense of activism and empathy\, calling for a dialogue that bridges the past to the present. \nMei-Yin Ng Focusing initially on modern movement as inner being\, Ng’s work continues to evolve with the possibilities of contemporary technologies. Her extensive prop training in Chinese dance inspired her to meditate on the use of props\, and later technology\, as an extension of the human form. She founded MEI-BE WHATever in 2002 as a collective field for collaboration and experimentation of technology in just this vein. MEI-BE WHATever has performed at festivals\, museums and theatres in US\, Asia\, Europe\, North and south America. \nSiaka Hinton “My screenplays\, in sum\, nurture characters\, birthed by phenomena and landscapes\, which I absorb each day. Because of my fervor and devotion to heart and spine of each story\, I feel them vividly\, which is what motivated me to create in school\, and will continue to drive me\, like a trusted collaborative hand\, tending to the life and soul of every creation.” URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GET-TO-KNOW-SQ-NEIGHBORS_OCTv122.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241111 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240810T121212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T163031Z UID:10000580-1729814400-1731283199@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Global Art Project: CrossingBorders We Are All Immigrants DESCRIPTION:NEW PHOTOS OF EXHIBITON\nClick Image to start Slideshow\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nClick o enlarge \nOctober 25th -November 10th\, 2024\nOpening Reception\nFriday October 25th 6-8pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street at Washington\nNew York City \nExhibition Hours\nWednesday – Sunday\n1-6pm and by appointment\n\nCurators: Carl Heyward\, Akiko Suzuki\, Mikel Frank\, Joanne Rogers \n \n Inspirational 89 Art Magazine features a profusely illustrated article on the exhibition. GLOBAL ART BORDERS #inspirational 89 – GAP feature \n \nClick to enlarge \nCrossingBorders: WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS\nAn exhibition of works by members of Global Art Project\, an international multimedia collaborative collective with over 90 members operating in 19 different countries.\nExhibition Concept: \nThe Borders are wide\, various\, concrete and philosophical\, offering an illusion of safety and definitive organization of reality buttressed by or colliding with the shifts in perception\, power alignments\, cultural imperatives and agendas at play at any given moment both on the international and the personal\, subjective stage.\nBorders as a theme not defined\, but implied. The obvious way to look at Borders is as it relates to geographic demarcation and via socio-political implications\,however\, the artists in this exhibition take it one step further examining Borders that confound and limit us personally; Borders to be psychologically challenged\, broken through and/or accepted.\nCrossingBorders: WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS poses the question\, “Where can we find a safe haven?”\nWith immigration looming large as a hot button item politically\, polarizing as well as unifying\, this exhibition will touch demonstrate the many ways artists create works that deal with this question. From the lack of compassion to international and jurisdictional walls being built\, the exhibiting artists dive deeply into depictions of ethnocentric responses and unreasonable blockages to the ever present desperation of immigrants trying to find a home/country they can feel safe in when they do not feel safe in their own. \nIn photographs\, paintings\, monumental sculptures\, installations and performance CrossingBorders offers insight into concerns ranging from gender transformation\, the Atlantic slave trade\, the DNA of consolodation as well as the immigrant at the border\, on the shore welcomed or washed out.\nThe Westbeth exhibition is curated by artist Carl Heyward and GAP founding member Akiko Suzuki. \nClick to enlarge \n*CrossingBorders travels to Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery in Charlotte\, NC with artist Mikel Frank and VAPA co-founder and director of the gallery Joanne Rogers joining the curatorial team November 16\, 2024 -January 4th\, 2025.*\n“What Borders are you willing to cross?”\nAdditional info/photos/interviews upon request: \nartspeak2020@yahoo.com\nGLOBAL ART PROJECT \nhttps://www.instagram.com/globalartproject/\nhttps://globartproject.wixsite.com/globalartproject-art\nShow Preview\nClick image for slide show URL:https://westbeth.org/event/global-art-project-presents-crossing-borders-we-are-all-immigrants/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:Current,past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GLOBAL-SQ-ART-PROJET-SIGN-CROSSING-FLYER-LOGO-BORDERS_Mesa-de-trabajo-1-copia-2.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20241014T193823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T012158Z UID:10000664-1729798200-1729801800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Noah Haidu Trio : NYC House Concert Featuring Nasheet Waits and Gervis Myles DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJoin Noah’s trio for a free Westbeth house concert 10/24 at 7:30PM.\n Additional house party shows: 11/12\, 12/3\, 1/7\, 2/4\, 3/4 \nSend RSVP/details requests with ’10/24′ in the subject line: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/noah-haidu-trio-featuring-nasheet-waits-and-gervis-myles/ LOCATION:Westbeth CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Noah-Haidu-Gervais-and-Nasheet.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240722T224018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T235358Z UID:10000663-1729342800-1729447200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Open House New York at Westbeth: Guided History Tours; Open Artists Studios; Art & Craft Fair plus Exhibitions about Jazz\, Actors plus Affordable Art DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO ENLARGE \nSaturday Oct 19\, 2024 1pm – 56pm\nSunday Oct 20\, 2024\, 1pm – 5pm \nGUIDED HISTORICAL TOURS (capacity 20) will be offered on a rolling basis from 1pm to 4pm\, covering the history of both Bell Laboratories and Westbeth Artists Housing\, along with the vital role that Westbeth plays for artists today and will play in the future. Tours will meet at 155 Bank Street beginning at 1PM\nOct 19 2pm tour in Chinese\nOct 20 2pm tour in Spanish \nEXPLORE DOZENS OF WESTBETH ARTIST STUDIOS Studios will be open for drop-in visits from 2pm to 6pm. Meet the artists in their work spaces. Visits are self guided. Travel at your own pace. Studios are open 2p – 5pm. Artists will be selling their work. Studio roster in Westbeth Courtyard at 155 ank St. \nAFFORDABLE ART in Wesbeth Basement. Original work by Westbeth artists\, past and present\, donated to support Westbeth. 1pm – 5pm \nOPEN ART & VINTAGE MARKET Self-guided shopping featuring unique artwork\, crafts\, vintage wears and more. With LIve Music in the Courtyard. Vendors open 1pm – 5pm \nEXHIBITION “WITHIN THESE WALLS – JAZZ AT WESTBETH”. A new installation at Bethune St Lobby celebrating the lives and contributions of Jazz musicians who once lived or still live at Westbeth. 24/7 \nEXHIBITION “UP CLOSE FROM AFAR” The current exhibiton at Westbeth Gallery The group show explores eclectic artistic perspectives on our contemporary moment in the West.\nThrough an array of mediums\, including drawing\, painting\, sculpture and installation\, artists from Asia\, Europe and from within the United States\, offer detailed views\, up close and afar\, from their multicultural perspectives on contemporary existentialism. 1pm – 6pm \nEXHIBITON “A SAMPLING OF ACTORS” . An installation at the Inner Cvourtyard entrance of Westbeth actors – film\, TV and theater\, their lives and accoplishments.24/7 \n \n \nFor moe information westbethevents@gmail.com \nFor moe info about OPENHOUSE NEW YORK Click image below URL:https://westbeth.org/event/open-house-ny-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Artists Housing CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/OHNY_MKT_2024_FIN_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240723T172006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T235430Z UID:10000657-1728982800-1729004400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Community Partner Whitney Museum Older Adults Day DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Tuesday Oct 15\, 2024\n9:30am – 3:00pm\nOpen to older adults 50+ \nMore Info at : Whitney Museum Older Adults Day \n“Museum Lobby\nJoin us for the return of Older Adults Day at the Whitney! Older adults are invited to visit the Museum during special hours open only to them and enjoy special programming. \nThe day kicks off with a welcome breakfast from 9:30–10:30 am co-sponsored by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine\, Congressman Dan Goldman\, Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal\, Assembly Member Deborah Glick and Council Member Erik Bottcher. Join your neighbors for a light buffet breakfast before exploring the Museum. Breakfast is free but advance registration is requested. Register today online here. \nDuring this event attendees are invited to explore the Museum’s galleries on their own or participate in a free guided tour of the groundbreaking Edges of Ailey exhibition. In addition\, guests are invited to enjoy exploring Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard and ask Whitney Museum experts about the trees. \nThis day will also feature drop-in artmaking and a special Alvin Ailey Dance Class: AileyDance for Active Aging from 11 am–12 pm. Join us for dance and conversation and learn about Alvin Ailey’s masterwork Revelations. \nREGISTER FOR THE ACTIVE AGING DANCE CLASS HERE \nProject CART Free Transportation services available at the following locations and times: \nMorning pick-up: \n9 am: Loisaida\, Inc. 710 E 9 Street. New York\, NY 10009\n9 am: Greenwich House (Westbeth). 55 Bethune St\n9 am: Greenwich House (Washington Square). 20 Washington St N\n9 am: Penn South for Seniors. 290 9th Ave\n9:30 am: Hudson Guild. Elliot Center is 441 W 26th St \nMorning Whitney Departure: \n12:15 pm: Loisaida\, Inc. 710 E 9 Street. New York\, NY 10009.\n12:15 pm: Greenwich House (Westbeth). 55 Bethune St\n12:15 pm: Greenwich House (Washington Square). 20 Washington St N\n12:15 pm: Penn South for Seniors. 290 9th Ave\n12:45 pm: Hudson Guild. Elliot Center is 441 W 26th St \nAfternoon pick-up: \n1 pm: Loisaida\, Inc. 710 E 9 Street. New York\, NY 10009\n1 pm: Greenwich House (Washington Square). 20 Washington St N\n1 pm: Penn South for Seniors. 290 9th Ave\n1:30 pm: Hudson Guild. Elliot Center is 441 W 26th St \nAfternoon Whitney Departure:\n3 pm for all locations except for Greenwich House (Westbeth) \nWe look forward to seeing you there! “ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/whitney-museum-older-adults-day/ LOCATION:Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York\, NY CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WHINE-Y-OLDER-ADULTS-DAY-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240807T204946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T174612Z UID:10000576-1728844200-1728847800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Westbeth DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \n \n Sunday Sept 15\, 2024 at 6:30pm\nand\nSunday Oct 13\, 2024 at 6:30pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNYC \nFree to Westbeth Residents\nTicket Information\nOct 13\, 2024 Eventbrite \nCelebrate Hispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth Artist Housing with the sounds of the Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet feat. dancers Mariana Parma & Leonardo Sardella \nPedro Giraudo Tango Quartet\nNick Danielson\, violin\nLoic Cordeone Da Silva\, bandoneón\nAhmed Alom\, piano\nPedro Giraudo\, bass\nDancers\nMariana Parma & Leonardo Sardella \nHispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth Artists Housing is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement\, a regrant program supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC. \nDon’t miss out! Check out the following months performances \nThu\, September 5th\, Viva Tango\, 8pm\nSun\, September 15th\, Hispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth 6:30pm\nSun\, September 29th\, Dutch Kills Debbies\, 7pm\nSun\, October 13th\, Hispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth 6:30pm\nSat\, November 9th\, Album Release Concert\, 7:30pm\nMon\, November 18th\, Guggenheim Museum\, 7pm\nSat\, November 23th\, Albany Tango Society TBA\, 8pm \nHere’s “Chicharrita\,” a joyful piece we performed at the Chamber Music Raleigh last summer URL:https://westbeth.org/event/pedro-giraudo-tango-quartet-celebrate-hispanic-heritage-month-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Pedro-Giraudo-Tango-SQ_Westbeth_October_IG_Feed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20241005T215750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T000036Z UID:10000660-1728673200-1728678600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Jodorowsky's Dune DESCRIPTION:Friday June 11\, 2024\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nClick image for info about film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-jodorowskys-dune/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Westbeth-MOvie-Night-SQ-Jodorosky-DUNE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20241006T172853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T173352Z UID:10000649-1728414000-1728419400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Stories Around the Table: Coming and Going with Karen Ludwig\, Nancy Gabor\, Joyce Aaron\, Joan Hall\, Dawn D'Arcy and Diane Spodarek DESCRIPTION:Tuesday October 8\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nSTORIES AROUND THE TABLE began many years ago as a Word of Mouth project by Karen Ludwig for actors and writers. Over the years and under her guidance it has evolved into a literary group of women whose stories originate in personal experience and the challenges of that experience. Recently the group began giving annual presentations of their work\, of which this is the 5th or 6th. \nKaren Ludwig’s numerous Broadway credits include Neil Simon’s BROADWAY BOUND\, and THE DEVILS with Anne Bancroft. She appeared in many Off-Broadway performances at The Public Theater and was a member of Andre Gregory’s Manhattan Project. She was in the world premiere of MOONCHILDREN at The Royal Court in London as well as playing Lady McDuff in MACBETH at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.Karen Ludwig produced and directed UTA HAGEN’S ACTING CLASS; a compelling DVD of her incomparable teacher conducting Master Acting Classes UTAHAGENVIDEO.com. Ms. Ludwig has directed plays for the Theater for the New City\, NYU School of the Arts\, Ensemble Studio Theater\, Circle Rep\, and The HB Playwrights. On TV she is a LAW and ORDER veteran and many other shows. She conducted an acclaimed interview series ABOUT THE WORK with prominent theater people at the New School for Drama where she also taught for many years.\nhttp://karenludwig.com/#actor \nJoan Hall Known for her artwork\, Joan Hall’s collages and assemblages havebeen exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide\, including theCentre Georges Pompidou in Paris\, and the Museo Rufino Tamayo inMexico. She is a winner of the Miriam Chaikin Foundation 2018 awardfor her poetry. Joan’s poetry and collage books\, Journey to Somewhere\,Behind My Mind\, and Rhyme Time are available on Amazon. Joan hasbeen a resident of Westbeth since 1971.\nhttps://www.joanhallcollage.com \nDawn D/Arcy is a writer\, actor and musician notably\, as well as relevantly\, having played bass in fellow writer Diane Spodarek’s Detroit punk band The Dangerous Diane Band. She worked at The Actors Studio with director John Stix as well as with actor/director Estelle Parsons on Yeats translation of Oedipus starring Al Pacino and Dianne Wiest. She is the very proud grandma of Etta Rose and is never\, ever unaware of how lucky and grateful she is to write\, co-create and perform with Karen Ludwig and this brilliant group of artists for the past 20+ years. \nDiane Spodarek is a Canadian American writer and a recipient of artist fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. \nNancy Gabor is a director and acting teacher.She directed Joseph Chaikin in ‘The War In Heaven\,’and ‘Struck Dumb\,’ staged readings\, as he was recovering from Aphasia at the American Place Theater. She was an actor in The Open Theater and participated in the creation of ‘The Serpent.’\nAmong her many credits:‘The Three Sisters\,’ at Princeton where she was an associate acting professor. Nancy taught and directed at the Amsterdam Theater School in the Netherlands for twenty years.\nAlong with Paul Binnerts\, she conducts an acting workshop at Westbeth\, ‘You’re Never Too Old To Play.’ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/stories-around-the-table-coming-and-going-with-karen-ludwig-nancy-gabor-joyce-aaron-joan-hall-dawn-darcy-and-diane-spodarek/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/STORIES-AROUND-TABLE-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241006 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241107 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20241006T224308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241102T235944Z UID:10000661-1728172800-1730937599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Joan Hall Rhyme Time Poetry and Collage DESCRIPTION:In her third book of poetry\, Rhyme Time\, Joan Hall pairs an anthology of her poems with original collages. Ranging from lighthearted and funny to heartfelt and introspective\, her words are relatable yet deeply personal. Hall digs deep\, dealing with topics including complicated relationships with family\, the loss of loved ones\, and a changing world. Inspired by the mundane and the extraordinary\, readers are also sure to enjoy her tales of eating bugs and brake failure on the Long Island Expressway alongside her own artwork. \nHaving developed a passion for art and poetry at a young age\, Hall won the Miriam Chaikin Writing Award in 2018 for her poetry. She has previously published two other poetry books\, Behind My Mind and Journey to Somewhere\, and her collages and assemblages have been enjoyed in galleries across the world. \nClick here to buy on Amazon URL:https://westbeth.org/event/joan-hall-3/ LOCATION:Amazon CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Joan-Hall-SQ-Rhyme-Cover-New-copy-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240818T201800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T215744Z UID:10000651-1728068400-1728073800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Concert: Roots to Shoots: Michael Moss\, Alexis Marcelo\, Ken Filiano\, Michael Wimberly\, Isamil Baiz\, Andreas Brade DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Michael Moss ROOTS to SHOOTS\nFirst Fridays Concert Series\nOctober 4\, 2024 @ 7:00 pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFor this performance we are exploring iconic compositions by John Coltrane\, Eric Dolphy\, Bill Evans\, Joe Henderson\, and Charles Mingus. We will also play original pieces by Michael Moss inspired by ethnic music of the Middle East and India. \nMichael Moss:\nReed player/composer Michael Moss has been actively involved in the music scene for many years leading his own musical groups: Bows Ensemble for Strings and Piano\, ROOTS to SHOOTS\, the Accidental Orchestra—a 22-piece renaissance jazz orchestra\, Four Rivers\, and Free Energy. Numerous grants include Meet the Composer\, NYSCA\, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, and CREATE Council on the Arts. His record label\, Fourth Stream Records\, has produced multiple LPs\, cassettes\, and CDs including HELIX\, Intervals\, Free Play\, Dream Time\, In Between Gigs\, Pyramid\, Upstream\, Cross Current\, Live at ACIA. Performances and commissions are wide-ranging— Little Island\, Bridge Street Theatre\, Turks and Caicos Arts Foundation\, Isthmus Jazz Festival\, New York Loft Jazz Celebrations\, New York Musicians Festival\, Revelation Gallery\, St John’s in the Village\, Jazzmania\, Studio Rivbea\, Environ\, Joe Lee Wilson’s Ladies Fort\, Central Park Bandshell\, Space For Innovative Development\, Stockton State College\, SUNY at Stony Brook\, and Borough of Manhattan Community College. He curated and performed in Loft in the Sky Jazz Festivals and multiple Westbeth Music Festivals. Collaborations include work with electroacoustic composer James Dashow\, choreographer Judith Moss\, storyteller Regina Ress and playwright Domnica Radulescu. Michael Moss holds a Ph.D. in psychology. \n“Moss’ astute penchant for melding the outside parameters of jazz with imaginative compositions and a wide-ranging improvisational platform delivers the knockout punch.” Glenn Astarita. All About Jazz.\nBANDCAMP: https://michaelmoss.bandcamp.com \nAlexis Marcelo :\nAlexis Marcelo is a pianist with a deep love for music who creates a soulful New York City sound.. He believes in the power of music as a positive and uplifting force. Alexis is always looking to communicate those intimate parts of the soul through music. He instinctively delivers a sound representative of a wide range of influences. \nAlexis has been blessed to receive an extensive musical education at the Harlem School of the Arts when he began studying with JD Parran (AACM). He went on to The University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he studied African-American Music/Jazz Piano Performance as well as composition with world-renowned saxophonist Dr. Yusef Lateef. Alexis has performed nationally and abroad at various festivals and prestigious venues\, including the North Sea Jazz Festival\, Etnafest in Italy and the Detroit Jazz Festival with Yusef Lateef\, Mediawave Festival (Hungary-The Hub)\, Alice Tully Hall and more. Recently Alexis recorded his first album and is featured on recordings with Yusef Lateef\, Adam Rudolph’s Go Orchestra & Moving Pictures\, Mike Pride\, Malcolm Mooney (Can)\, and with the Dance Clarinets in the release of Colorations-Explorations by Joe Daley. He performed Michael Moss’ Qabbala::Entanglement on synthesizer in the Accidental Orchestra as well as with Van Lier Fellow Anaïs Maviel in an electroacoustic large ensemble. \n Alexis Marcelo is a very unique pianist who looks to provide a soulful experience. \nKen Filiano:\nKen Filiano is a bassist\, composer\, improviser\, and teacher who performs around the world\, fusing the rich traditions of the double bass with his own seemingly limitless imagination. A “creative virtuoso” (JazzValley)\, Ken has performed and recorded with a veritable who’s who in multiple genres\, from Anthony Braxton to Pablo Ziegler. Ken leads two quartets\, Quantum Entanglements and Baudolino’s Dilemma\, and is co-leader of The Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Duo and other collective ensembles. He is also an integral member of groups led by Taylor Ho Bynum\, Jason Kao Hwang\, Fay Victor\, Vinny Golia\, Diane Moser\, Karl Berger\, and others\, and was a key member of groups led by the late Roswell Rudd and Connie Crothers. Ken’s extensive discography includes the solo CD\, “Subvenire”(Nine Winds) and Quantum Entanglements’ “Dreams From a Clown Car” (Clean Feed). He is a Guiding Artist and on the Board of Advisors for Creative Music Studio in Woodstock\, NY. \n“What is rare among today’s arco soloists is Filiano’s mixture of absolutely pitch-perfect intonation and precise bowing hand motion alongside an openness of phrasing that is beholden to very few of his predecessors. His staccato is furious\, his legato weeps\, and he is able to alternate within the space of a few measures.” (Charles Walker) \nMichael Wimberly:\nMichael Wimberly\, percussionist\, composer\, educator and producer has performed\, recorded and toured internationally with innovative artists Charles Gayle\, William Parker\, Henry Rollins\, Steve Coleman’s 5 Elements\, Parliament Funkadelic\, D’Angelo\, Blondie\, Angie Stone\, and many others. Michael performed the Lion King on Broadway\, The Wiz at the Beacon Theatre featuring Stephanie Mills\, and Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls” at the American Place Theatre. Sound design projects include; Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” for the\nClassical Theatre of Harlem\, St. Lucy’s Eyes for the Cherry Lane Theatre\, and Shackled\, Iced\, and Chain for the National Black Theatre Company.\nAs a soloist\, Michael’s been featured with Berlin’s Rundfunk Symphony\, Vienna’s Tonkuntsler Symphony\, Leipzig Symphony\, International Regions Symphony Orchestra of Europe\, Yakima Chamber Orchestra\, Yakima\, WA\, and Sage City Symphony\, Bennington\, VT. As a composer Michael’s commissioned dance scores appear in the companies of Urban Bush Women\, Joffrey Ballet\, Alvin Ailey\, Philadanco\, Complexions\, and Forces of Nature Dance Theatre. Film soundtracks include “Atlantic City Lights” for HBO\, and “As An Act Of Protest” an independent feature. Michael has wo published percussion instruction books with Hudson Music Publishing entitled “Getting Started with Djembe”\, and “Getting Started with Cajon”\, and a new album “Afrofuturism” on Temple Mountain Records (TMR) distributed by Universal Music Group / Level Music. Michael is currently a member of the faculty of music at Bennington College in Bennington\, VT since 2012. \nIsmael Baiz:\nIsmael Baiz is a touring and recording artist who resides in New York since 2009. Originally from Caracas\, Venezuela\, Ismael began his music studies at age 5. After a bitter-sweet breakup with the piano\, his interest for percussion sparked while at the Prudencio Esaa music school. Soon enough he began receiving private drum lessons from different teachers who including exceptional classical percussionists Jose Mato\, with whom he studied for 8 years. He began performing professionally at age 14. A short time later he toured his native Venezuela and\, had the opportunity of touring internationally. \nWhen Ismael came to New York he joined The Collective School of Music as a full-time student for 2 years. Following that\, he attended the CCNY Jazz Performance Program. Studying with Ian Froman\, Peter Retzlaff\, Bob Quaranta\, Kim Plainfield\, Vince Cherico\, Marko Djordjevic\, Chris Coleman\, Tim Ries\, Dan Carillo\, Vanderlei Pereira\, and Mike Hollober amongst others helped him refine and develop his sound and vision in music. \nIsmael currently performs nationally and internationally with Blondy\, Yordano\, Monte\, Amine Hachem\, Ali Bello\, The Latino Experimental Project\, just to name a few. Aside from this\, he continues teaching and recording in his state of the art studio. \nIn 2009\, Maelo Drums sprung from Ismael’s rigorous research and dedicated passion towards providing unique designer sounds for unique artists. To learn more about MAELO DRUMS visit: www.maelodrums.com \nWith a cultural melting-pot in his brain\, Ismael is constantly composing original music and arrangements with The Latino Experimental Project\, a musical experiment that mixes his Venezuelan roots\, Afro-Latin and Caribbean styles with a contemporary and improvisational approach. \nAndreas Brade:\nGerman born drummer\, educator and composer Andreas Brade has been a professional drummer for over 30 years. With an open mind he has found himself over the years in many different musical situations\, “the good and the bad” and many lessons learned. Andreas has performed and recorded nationally and internationally with many different Jazz\, African\, Afro Caribbean\, Gospel\, Rock\, R&B\, and Improvisational Artists at venues and festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Fest\, Kennedy Center\, Boston Symphony Hall\, NJPAC\, the Blue Note\, the Apollo Cafe and many more. These days\, Andreas likes to maintain his passion for Jazz\, and different genres of the world\, mainly African and Afro Caribbean styles\, while exploring his own voice. He is also drawn more towards electronica\, art and Improvisational music. \nAndreas has worked for over 20 years as an accompanist for modern dance for schools like the Martha Graham School\, Mark Morris Dance Center\, Paul Taylor\, Alvin Ailey\, Joffery Ballet. \nAs a composer Andreas has worked for Cornfield Dance for 15 years creating sound scores and sound scapes\, using his own samples and manipulating them with electronic effects. His works have been played/performed at venues and festivals such as 92nd Street “Y”\, Bryant Park Summer Stage\, the Battery Park Dance Festival\, the British Museum at Yale\, Baryshnikov Arts Center and the University of Georgia. \nAndreas holds a diploma from Berklee College of Music and a Masters of Modern American Music in Performance from Longy School of Bard College\, and endorses VicFirth and Zildjian Cymbals.\nhttps://westbeth.org/artist-page/andreas-brade/ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-concert-roots-to-shootsmichael-moss-alexis-marcelo-ken-filiano-miachel-wimberly-ismail-baiz-andreas-brade/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/FIRST-FRIDAYS-WEB-SQ-ROOTS-TO-SHOOTS-MASTER-DOC-copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T143000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240904T011902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T195720Z UID:10000640-1727614800-1727620200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Penny Jones & Co Puppets presents Classic Tales and Fables Early Childhood Puppet Theater DESCRIPTION:The 51st Year of Early Childhood Puppet Theater! \nSunday Sept 22\, 2024 at 1pm\nSunday Sept 29\, 2024 at 1pm \nClick image for more info about tickets \nClick image for ticket info. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/penny-jones-early-childhood-puppet-theater/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PENNY-JONES-PUPPETS-NOV-DEC-2016-e1480281877562.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240917T003135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T005829Z UID:10000645-1727463600-1727467200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get To Know Your Neighbor: Jenny Tango\, Ken Wade\, Lilly Rivlin DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday Sept 27\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York NY \nJenny Tango’s (b. 1926\, Brooklyn\, NY) most recent show was 100 Women of Spirit – a group exhibition in 2024 dedicated to Joan MItchell at Salon Zurcher.\nAn active participant in the Feminist Art Movement of the 1970s\, she was editor of the Women in the Arts Newsletter. She published an artist’s book\, Women of Chelm\, started a women’s comic book collective\, Bloody Wymmin\, and authored a pictorial history: The Jewish Community of Staten Island. She collaborated with sculptor Susan Grabel on Project Venus\, presenting unabashed images of the aging woman’s body\, from 1999-2001. Her work has been shown in New York City\, Beijing\, Shanghai\, Italy and recently in The Difference We’ve Made: New Work by Women Artists of the 70s at Carter Burden Gallery. \nKen Wade moved into WestBeth Artist Housing on January 1\, 1970 where the artist has lived and worked for 53 years. In Sept 2023 Wade had a solo Selective Retrospective with drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures dating from 1964 to the present qt Westbeth Gallery..\nHe began making art in the early 1960s while living on the Island state of Tasmania; 125 miles off the SE coast of Australia. His first American exhibition (1968) was at the Corcoran Museum\, Washington DC.”Ken Wade has been singing songs and telling stories for many years. Featured on Austrailian national televesion and WBAI radio\, he has performed in London\, LA\, and Belfast.In New York City\, he sang songs and told stories at Dixon Place\, EAT-NWS Festival\, NYC Farmer’s Markers (& Upstate)\, Make Music NYC\, the (old) Brecht Forum\, Westbeth Music Festival\, and the New York Public LIbrary.In 2014\, he performed a two-act one-man show at the spectacular Barns Performance Space in N. Virgina.Ken is an active story teller at The Moth as well as Word\, and other story telling venues in New York City\, and has been a regularly invited performer at The Stage Left Theater\, NYC. \nLilly Rivlin Award-winning filmmaker\, writer and political activist Rivlin was born in Jerusalem and immigrated to the United States with her family in 1945. She did her graduate degree in Political Science at U of C\, Berkeley. Before focusing on documentaries\, she was a journalist\, and foundation consultant on the Middle East and women.\nMost recently Rivlin was selected as the 2013-14 recipient of the annual Miller Distinguished Jewish Woman Filmmaker Award.The ‘personal is political’ is expressed in the documentaries she produced\, directed and wrote: her latest is ESTHER BRONER: A WEAVE OF WOMEN\,( (2013) and before that the award winning film\, GRACE PALEY: COLLECTED SHORTS\, (2010); CAN YOU HEAR ME? ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN WOMEN FIGHT FOR PEACE (2006); GIMME A KISS (2000); MIRIAM’S DAUGHTERS NOW\, aired on PBS and Israel TV (1986); THE TRIBE\, CUNY TV (1983). URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbor-jenny-tango-ken-wade-lilly-rivlin/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GTKYN_JENNY-SQ-KENLILLY2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240813T020007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T235326Z UID:10000643-1727442000-1729447200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:UP CLOSE FROM AFAR Group Exhibition. Plus newly published review DESCRIPTION:THE FRONT ROW CENTER REVIEW\nHolli Harms Oct 2024\nExcerpt\n“The Visual Arts Chair/Gallery directors are artists themselves. Valérie Hallier is the current\nVisual Arts Chair/Gallery director and she has curated an art exhibit this Fall at Westbeth\nGallery that is awe-inspiring. Entitled “Up Close From Afar\,” it is masterful. It is eclectic\,\nlustrous\, thought provoking\, and an eye-catching exhibit of art in multiple constructs. Sculptures\nusing fabric and taxidermy\, paintings with elaborate colors and textures and saturated strokes of\nblack and white hanging by what can only be described as a spider’s web.” \nRead the entire review HERE \nClick to enlarge \nSeptember 27 – October 20\, 2024\nCurated by Valérie Hallier \nFeaturing artists:\nKhaila Batts\, Kelly Boehmer\, Nell Breyer\, Sandra\nCavanagh\, Marie-Chloé Duval\, Rina Dweck\,\nPauline Galiana\, Allan Gorman\, Honglei Li\nAlex W. Rader \nArtist Reception and Opening: Friday\, September 27\,\n2024\, 6pm-8pm \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present this group exhibition featuring selected artists from our 2024 open call and curated by Valérie Hallier\, Westbeth current Visual Arts Chair and Gallery Director. \nThe group show explores eclectic artistic perspectives on our contemporary moment in the West. \nThrough an array of mediums\, including drawing\, painting\, sculpture and installation\, artists from Asia\, Europe and from within the United States\, offer detailed views\, up close and afar\, from their multicultural perspectives on contemporary existentialism. \nKhaila Batts: ”In the realm of contemporary existentialism\, my work delves into the individual’s quest for meaning and authenticity\, navigating the complexities of existence and identity within the modern context.” \nKelly Boehmer: “I sew soft sculptures that portray a tragic sense of humor\, celebrating the hidden beauty I find in anxieties. I find humor in my struggles with social anxiety\, and changes in my body\, all my attempts to be [comfortable in my own skin]. While the imagery is often grotesque\, the flayed and molting creatures symbolize positive change\, growth\, and transformation.” \nNell Breyer: Nell Breyer is an artist working at the intersection of media\, movement and the public domain. She uses mark-making and the moving body to explore how we perceive and understand human movement’s delineation of shared space and calibration of place. \nSandra Cavanagh: Interested in the pairing of form and message\, and formal variations on a theme\, I sustain a figurative focus in reaction to current and historical narratives including my own. Recent global events have led me to considerations of mortality and loss of innocence in cross generational stories\, the usefulness of art’s centuries old regard of myth\, foundational stereotypes and the mundane occurrence of violence. \nMarie Chloé Duval: My interest in painting is based on a desire to translate my analysis and interpretation of society\, building on my academic background studying social issues. By deliberately obstructing some elements and removing others\, I leave space for interpretation\, suggesting the confusion of the perceptual state we live in\, inviting the observers to question their role in the world. Rina Dweck: Rina AC Dweck makes work riddled with juxtapositions. Organic next to synthetic\, readymade alongside handmade\, real vs. fake\, past beside present. Her use of hair as a material signifier tethers her to explorations on identity\, femininity\, religion\, and freedom. Born and bred in New York City\, and raised in an immigrant community\, Dweck grew up surrounded by lively histories and intense contrast. This upbringing embedded a propensity toward reimagining\, and the belief in the beauty of difference as a source of possibility. \nPauline Galiana: My work blends noble and mundane\, materials\, deconstructing and reconstructing them into hybrid forms. I waste nothing. My processes are both obsessive and meditative\, combining meticulous planning and patient execution. My formal compositions\, often featuring rigorous grids\, reflect instinctive states of mind and reveal meaning through unexpected encounters and the beauty of entropy. \nAllan Gorman: ”I’m drawn to the built environment—the spaces we construct\, the boundaries we navigate\, and the edges where materials and light converge. There’s a mystery and escapism in my world that both obstructs and reflects nature\, and in my art I attempt to capture the audacity and ambition of these spaces. I’m fascinated by traces of human evidence left behind in hallways\, stairwells\, and empty offices.” \nHonglei Li: “As Chinese immigrant artists\, we strive to create artwork that can make a strong voice for the Asian immigrant community. Our experience as immigrants who struggled at the bottom of American society has informed and shaped our art\, which focuses on human suffering and injustice in societies. “ \nAlex W. Rader: As a third culture individual\, discovering the language of painting has been a vital component in her artistic development. Today\, she uses painting as a means of expressing the ineffable anxieties around womanhood. The role of representational painting proves to be an effective tool to evoke care\, devotion\, and time. With this\, the theme of home has entered her work\, providing new combinations of objects in uneasy domestic interiors. \nContact: Valérie Hallier (718) 414 9889 – westbethgallery@gmail.com – vhallier@gmail.com \nGallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday\, 1pm–6pm and by appointment \nClosing Events/ Artists talks: Saturday October 19 & Sunday October 20th during Westbeth Open House events. \nWestbeth Gallery\, 55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014 www.westbeth.org \nOPENING NIGHT Sept 27\, 2024\nClick image to start slideshow. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/up-close-from-afar-group-exhibition/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/UP-CLOSE-WEB-CORRECTED_SQ4Insta-copy.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T153000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240713T040648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T002059Z UID:10000637-1727263800-1727278200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Free Hair Cuts and Hygiene Talk for Seniors ( Men and Women) over 60 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/free-hair-cuts-and-hygiene-talk-for-seniors-men-and-women-over-60/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OAC-SQ-Haircut.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240905T005515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T003155Z UID:10000639-1727204400-1727209800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Dan In Real Life DESCRIPTION:Tues Sept 24\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFree and open to the public \nClick image for more info about the film\nClick image for more info about the film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-9/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Westbeth-Movie-Nifght-SQ-Dan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241020 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240919T161630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T000018Z UID:10000650-1726704000-1729382399@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Hans Haacke : Why are Museums So Afraid of this Artist? DESCRIPTION:The artist Hans Haacke\, photographed in Abingdon Square in Manhattan’s West Village on June 26\, 2024. Haacke has rejected what he sees as the art world’s cult of personality and so doesn’t show his face in photographs. Photo Credit: Daniel Terna (Clicke to enlarge image) \nSept 16\, 2024\nNew York Times Style Magazine\nArts and Letters\nby M.H. Miller \n“As cultural institutions face an existential crisis over who funds them and how\, the 88-year-old artist Hans Haacke is still making curators and collectors clutch their pearls. \n…Before Haacke\, museums were considered\, in the words of the New York Times critic Holland Cotter\, “genteel and politically marginal.” Robber barons might have donated to them to enhance their social clout\, but such cultural largess was seldom questioned. Today\, though\, when phrases like “artwashing” and “toxic philanthropy” have entered the lexicon to describe the role that museums and other cultural organizations play in boosting the images of corporations and billionaires\, Haacke’s work is more than just relevant — it’s prophetic. With persistent clarity\, he seemed to understand\, half a century before anyone else\, the stakes of the uncomfortable relationship between art and politics. \nHaacke had been preparing for a major exhibition in Frankfurt that will open at the Schirn Kunsthalle in November and travel to the Belvedere Museum in Vienna. He also currently has work on view in New York\, in a group show dedicated to the American flag at Paula Cooper Gallery. The Frankfurt show\, a career retrospective\, includes many artworks about his native Germany\, among them another influential\, often suppressed piece\, 1981’s “Der Pralinenmeister\,” about Peter Ludwig\, a chocolate manufacturer and one of Germany’s most famous art collectors. Across 14 framed panels that include photographs of Ludwig and his factory workers\, Haacke wrote a text detailing the overlap between patronage and commerce: Ludwig received tax advantages from donating artworks and displaying his collection publicly and would loan artworks to cities where he produced or distributed his chocolate. “Der Pralinenmeister” also notes that Ludwig’s factories housed female foreign workers in on-site hostels that didn’t offer day care\, so women who gave birth were forced to leave or find foster homes for their children — or give them up for adoption. According to Haacke’s text\, the company’s personnel department stated that it was “a chocolate factory and not a kindergarten.” Ludwig\, who died in 1996\, was reportedly interested in buying the work\, perhaps to remove it from circulation\, but Haacke wouldn’t sell it to him.” \n– excerpts from the article by M.H. Miller\nRead the entire article in NY Times Style Magazine \nSee Also Westbeth Icon Evening with Hans Haacke URL:https://westbeth.org/event/hans-haacke-why-are-museums-so-afraid-of-this-artist/ LOCATION:New York Times CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hans-Haacke-SQ-e1730590085340.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240829T031533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T010632Z UID:10000573-1725649200-1725654600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: The Barry Tones Dance Music DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday Sept 6\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFree and open to the public! \n“We play dance music that is guaranteed to get everyone up on the dance floor and moving to the beat of rock\, blues\, rockabilly and country. We play a mix of covers and quirky originals.” \nFor more info on The Barry Tones : Westbeth Artist Page – Barry Temkin URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-the-barry-tones-dance-music/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FIRST-FRIDAYS-SQ--e1722914692808.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240830T025747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T010658Z UID:10000582-1725562800-1725568200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: A Woman Under the Influence DESCRIPTION:Thursday Sept 5\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNY\, NY\nClick image for more info about movie. \nClick image for more info URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-a-woman-under-the-influence/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Westbeth-MOVIE-NIGHT-SQ-A-WOMAN-UNCER-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240829T024327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T223532Z UID:10000572-1724850000-1726423200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Art Lives Here: Collecting An Art Fair At Westbeth Gallery DESCRIPTION:Selected Photos from the Show\nClick image to start slide show:\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nClick to enlarge \nAugust 28th – September 15th\, 2024\nOpening Reception August 28\, 2024\, 6:00-9:00 pm\n \nWestbeth Gallery\n57 Bethune St\nNew York\, NY \nGallery hours Wednesday – Sunday 1:00 – 6:00pm \nArt Lives Here: Collecting is curated from the viewpoint of collecting contemporary art and\nbuilding a collection over time. ALH founder and chief curator Connie Lee led the curatorial\nteam of Alison Cuomo\, Karen Fitzgerald and Jim Richards. \nEach of the 4 rooms at the iconic Westbeth Gallery are curated with a unique theme within the larger cohesive exhibition. \nArt Lives Here: Collecting will feature the work of 52 contemporary artists. All are members of\nALH’s growing community of artists from New York City\, the U.S.\, London\, Berlin and Buenos\nAires. \nArtists:\nCheryl Aden\, Monique Allain\, Karin Bandelin\, Beth Barry\, Sylvia Battistuzzi\, Capucine Bourcart\,\nCarol Bouyoucos\, Andree Brown\, Karin Bruckner\, Elan Cadiz\, Ingrid Capozzoli Flinn\, Airco\nCaravan\, Marta Chilindron\, Heather Cox\, Jaynie Crimmins\, Alison Cuomo\, Yael Dresdner\,\nJoanne Dugan\, Katherine Earle\, Roberta Fineberg\, Karen Fitzgerald\, Laurence Elle Groux\,\nEileen Hoffman\, Monair Hyman\, Carmen Isasi\nJulia Justo\, Natalya Khorover\, Salem Kreiger\, Beatrice Lebreton\, Lynn Lieberman\, Barbara\nLubliner\, Donnelly Marks\, Elizabeth McAlpin\, Cinzia Meneghello\, Gail Meyers\, Tomo Mori\,\nStephanie Mulvihill\, Carol Paik\, Jim Richards\, Elizabeth Riley\, Jorge Luis- Rodriguez\, Gale\nRothstein\, Hiroshi Shafer\, Barbara Sherman\, Deborah Sherman\, Mel Smothers\, Susan Stair\,\nEmily Stedman\, Geoffrey Stein\, Glenyse Thompson\, Ellen Weider\, Michael Wolf. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/art-lives-here-collecting-an-art-fair-at-westbeth-gallery/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ART-LIVES-HERE-SQ-Collecting-IG-PROMO-copy.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240611T023004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240825T121151Z UID:10000571-1724439600-1724445000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Josie and the Pussycats (2001) DESCRIPTION:Friday August 23\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank st\n(enter through courtyard)\nNYC\nAll screenings are free and open to the public. \nClick image for more movie information. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-josie-and-the-pussycats-2001/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Westbeth-Movie-Josie-and-the-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240820 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240823T170337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T162048Z UID:10000579-1724112000-1727740799@westbeth.org SUMMARY:You're Never Too Old to Play : Free Acting Workshop for Actors and Non Actors Ages 40+ DESCRIPTION:You’re Never Too Old to Play Current Cast ..Click to enlarge \nYOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAY started as an acting workshop 5 years ago for seniors of 65 and older. It was open to actors and non-actors alike. We now wantto expand the group and invite new participants. \nIn the past five years we have made three pieces\, two of which we performed at\nthe Glade\, the small theatre on Little Island. The third one\, based on the theme of aging and entitled ABOVE GROUND (Not Exactly a Comedy)\, we performed in the Community Room of Westbeth\, where it was met with great enthusiasm by the audience. \nTo explore intergenerational dynamics\, and to create a new piece\, we are opening the group up to ages 40-60 years\, along with some new seniors as well. \n\n\nNANCY GABOR and PAUL BINNERTS\, directors/acting teachers of YOU’RE NEVER\nTOO OLD TO PLAY\, are inviting interested people to join the group for a project based on a theme yet to be defined. The theme will appeal to both participating generations. \nThe work will focus on physical and vocal exercises\, and improvisations\nemphasizing play and ensemble (Nancy's Core Technique)\, and crafting a story (Paul's Acting in Real Time). Central in this work is the presence of the actor.\nWe will conduct a workshop from October to Christmas\, for new members\, to get to know the group and to integrate into it. Commitment is necessary. After New Year 2025\, we plan to start on the new project. \nThe group meets once a week\, on Thursdays\, from 11 AM to 2 PM. \nfor more information and an interview please contact:gaborworks@gmail.com \nYou’re Never Too Old To Have Fun! Photos by Calla Kessler URL:https://westbeth.org/event/youre-never-too-old-to-play-free-acting-workshop-for-actors-and-non-actors-ages-40/ LOCATION:Westbeth CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/YNTOP-ACTING-ANNOUNCEMENT.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240906T145456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T003130Z UID:10000565-1723716000-1727276400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Vaccine Clinic at Westbeth: RSV\, Shingles\, Flu\, Pneumonia DESCRIPTION:We have added Sept access for\nNew season flu shots for ages 18 and over\, and\nCovid vaccine for ages 18 and over.\nClick to enlarge URL:https://westbeth.org/event/vaccine-clinic-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_9072-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240612T125417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T004601Z UID:10000568-1723230000-1723230000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: The Others DESCRIPTION:Friday Aug 9\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St\nNYC\n(enter through courtyard)\nClick image to learn more about the film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-the-others/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Westbeth-movie-night-Others-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240731T023516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T022946Z UID:10000556-1722625200-1722630600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: Alexis Cole presents the Music of Gigi Gryce DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nFriday Aug 2\, 2024 at 7:00 pm \nWith Haneef Nelson – trumpet\nJohn DiMartino- piano \nFeaturing Jazz Historian and Gigi Gryce biographer Noal Cohen to discuss Gigi’s life and career. \nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St (enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY \nHear Gigi Gryce’s popular songs like Social Call and Music in the Air alongside many never before heard lyrics to his many lesser known gems! \nGigi Gryce was a saxophonist and composer who worked with some of the best-known names in jazz during the 1950s\, including Dizzy Gillespie\, Thelonious Monk\, and Max Roach. His many compositions remain a part of the jazz repertoire today. \nHis remarkable rise from poverty led to conservatory studies and tours of Europe and Africa before he established himself as a fixture on the New York scene. His efforts as a music publisher were bold and groundbreaking\, and his quiet\, unassuming personality set him apart from most of his peers. In only a decade as a professional musician\, he earned the respect and admiration of his colleagues and served as a mentor to numerous aspiring young players. Gryce’s sudden disappearance at the start of the 1960s left the jazz world wondering as to his fate. Few were aware of his change of identity and professional rebirth. \nJazz Historian Noal Cohen co-authored the only known biography of Gigi Gryce. Misinformation about Gryce abounds\, and rumors have circulated for decades. Years of research and dozens of interviews were conducted for this book\, resulting in a biography that finally tells the true story of this often overlooked figure and illuminates his contributions to one of the richest periods in jazz history. \nAlexis Cole has been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O’Day. A Top Winner of the Jazzmobile Vocal Competition judged by jazz icons TS Monk\, Catherine Russell\, Grady Tate and Dr. Billy Taylor\, 3rd prize winner in the Montreux Jazz Vocal Competition\, and a finalist in the Sarah Vaughan Competition\, Alexis has a dozen albums to her credit on Motéma\, Chesky\, Venus Records and Zoho. She has recorded with such artists as Fred Hersch\, Bucky Pizzarelli\, and Don Braden. She’s been a soloist with the Boston Pops\, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and has headlined at clubs around the US and Asia. \nAs an educator\, Alexis was the head of vocal jazz at the conservatory at SUNY Purchase and counts Grammy Winning Samara Joy and rising star Anaïs Reno as her students. She is the founder and director of JazzVoice.com an online educational community featuring singing classes\, professional development sessions and private lessons from a roster of renowned jazz vocalists and educators. And she is co-founder of the Virginia Beach Vocal Jazz Summit. Her most recent release “Jazz Republic: Taiwan\, The United States and the Freedom of Swing” features original arrangements for big band and orchestra\, performed by Alexis with the Taipei Jazz Orchestra. Alexis’ latest endeavor is MusicAuditions.com\, a website to connect musicians to employers. Facebook.com/alexiscolefanpage\nInstagram.com/alexiscole \nHaneef N. Nelson works as a Composer/Arranger\, Bandleader\, Sideman\, Musical Curator\, and Educator based out of Hartford\, CT. He was introduced to the trumpet at age 12 and has stuck with it ever since. His earliest education in Jazz came from the Jazzmobile where he studied with Eddie Preston\, Cecil Bridgewater\, and Donald Byrd among others. He also studied with Dave Burns at the Long Island High School of the Arts and then attended The Hartt School to study with Jackie McLean\, Raymond Williams\, Steve Davis and Nat Reeves as well as other faculty. \nHis passion for the music also brought him to the classroom to teach the cultural significance of the music known as Jazz. He has taught at The Hartt School\, UMASS Amherst\, Amherst College\, Keene State College and currently teaches at the University of Rhode Island. In addition to his own groups\, he is a long-standing member of several other bands in multiple genres. He has also had the honor of sharing the stage with the likes of Rene McLean\, Bill Saxton\, Jimmy Owens\, Donald Byrd\, William Cepeda\, Wilson “Chembo” Corniel\, Nat Reeves\, Steve Davis\, Yoron Israel\, Avery Sharpe\, Winard Harper\, Frank Lacy\, Bill Lowe\, Chico Freeman\, Helen Sung\, Wayne Escoffrey\, Kris Allen\, Abraham Burton\, E.J. Strickland\, Brandee Younger\, Dezron Douglas\, David Bryant\, Stacey Dillard\, Zaccai Curtis\, Luques Curtis\, Ray McMorrin\, Josh Evans\, Doobie Powell\, Billy “Church Boy” Powell\, Kevin Powell\, Ace Livingstone\, and Musiq Soulchild among many others. \nJohn di Martino is a composer\, arranger\, jazz pianist\, producer and educator\, based in New York City. He is described as a “shape-shifter”\, for his creativity across musical genres.\nJohn composed the music for the documentary series:“A Glimpse Of Paradise” ( Prospera Medienproduktion ) aired on Europe’s Arte Channel\, and music for the video games:”Batman: The Telltale Series” Mr. Di Martino latest CD’s are: “Passion Flower” ( the music of Billy Strayhorn )\, Featuring Raul Midon\, Eric Alexander\, Boris Kozlov\, and Lewis Nash\, and: “Mazel” ( Yiddish Songs\, re-imagined)\, with Janis Siegel and Cantor Daniel Krammer. \nJohn has recorded numerous CDs on the High Note and Venus Records (Japan) labels as a leader\, and with Freddy Cole\, Gloria Lynn\, Houston Person\, and Nicki Parrott. John’s discography includes Grammy-nominated CD’S: ”Love” ( Issac Delgado )\, “Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B” and “Live And In Clave” ( Bobby Sanabria ). John di Martino was a long time member of Ray Barretto’s “New World Spirit”\, He is a featured arranger and pianist on many of Ray Barretto’s recordings including the grammy-nominated\, CD: “Contact” and “Portraits In Jazz And Clave” ( featuring James Moody\, Kenny Burrell\, Joe Lovano\, Steve Turre\, and Eddie Gomez ). Born in Philadelphia\, Pa in 1959\, John studied with Jimmy Amadie\, Lennie Tristano\, and Don Sebesky. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-alexis-cole-presents-the-music-of-gigi-gryce/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FIRST-FRIDAY_SQ-ALEXIS2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240816T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240709T015825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T205859Z UID:10000553-1722517200-1723831200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:ESKFF / / Galleri Ramfjord - A Tribute DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nOpening Thursday Aug 1\, 2024 6pm – 9pm\nAugust 1 – August 16\, 2024 \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nWed – Sun 1pm – 6pm \n \nPHOTOS OF SELECTED WORK\nClick image for slide show\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nCelebrating a 10 year long collaboration\, highlighting works from artists in residency programs at ESKFF over the years. \nThe Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation (ESKFF) was founded in 2009 by its namesake who became inspired through her personal experience as a collector and entrepreneur. The Foundation was established to encourage collaboration and dialogue between artists\, art administrators\, collectors and art institutions. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/eskff-galerie-ramfjord-a-tribute/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ESKFF-_SQ-galleriramfjord-digital-NEW-e1721056821354.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240802T122513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240917T012629Z UID:10000566-1722412800-1725123600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Profiles in Art: Ethan Mass Cinematographer DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/profiles-in-art-ethan-mass-cinematographer/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ethan-Mass-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240731T164239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T014627Z UID:10000569-1722384000-1727740799@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth receives $100\,000 grant from Frankenthaler Climate Initiative Phase 4 DESCRIPTION:Helen Frankenthaler\, Cool Summer\, 1962\, oil on canvas\, 69 3/4 x 120 inches (177.2 x 304.8 cm).© 2022 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation\, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, NY. Photo credit: Rob McKeever\, courtesy Gagosian \nOn July 31\, 2024 the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative Phase 4 announced that Westbeth will receive an implementation grant of $100\,000 for energy efficient window replacement. Implementation grants are designed to support projects already underway to address an institution’s climate impact or provide seed money for these projects that leads to matches for a larger capital project. \n As part of a multiphased project to replace all of Westbeth’s 663 deteriorated\, 100-plus-year-old windows\, FCI funding will support the replacement of the eight large original wood windows in the Westbeth Gallery with NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved\, custom fabricated\, historically accurate\, triple glazed\, energy efficient windows. The project will significantly reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions in one of Westbeth’s most distinctive and publicly accessible areas. The project involves window fabrication\, site preparation\, installation\, finish work\, cleanup\, and lead testing\, ensuring a more consistent indoor temperature suitable for artwork. The gallery’s glass doors\, which date from the 1970s and do not close properly\, will also be replaced with a sliding door system\, providing further insulation. \nMore Info: FCI Westbeth \nHELEN FRANKENTHALER FOUNDATION AWARDS $3.3M TO 69 VISUAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE U.S. THROUGH FOURTH PHASE OF FRANKENTHALER CLIMATE INITIATIVE \nWith $14.1M Conferred to Date in Support of Climate Action\, Foundation Advances\nNew Standards of Energy Efficiency\, Sustainability\, and Resiliency in the Arts \nNew York\, NY—July 30\, 2024—The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation announced today that it has awarded $3.3M in grants to 69 arts organizations across the country through the fourth cycle of the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative (FCI). Dedicated to advancing climate action in the visual arts\, FCI supports a wide range of transformative energy-efficiency and environmental sustainability projects that help arts organizations assess\, develop\, and implement plans that reduce environmental impacts and operational costs and promote clean energy generation. The 2024 cohort of grantees also includes the first recipients of the Catalyst Grant\, which funds shortterm projects for organizations that are often at earlier stages of their climate action trajectory. \nThroughout the United States\, the 2024 recipients range in size\, scale and mission\, including noncollecting institutions such as Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) (MA)\, MoMA PS1 (NY)\, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (MO)\, and the New Museum (NY); nonprofits such as The Kitchen (NY)\, The Swiss Institute (NY)\, Storefront for Art and Architecture (NY)\, The Chinati Foundation (TX) and Westbeth (NY); art schools and university museums such as Rhode Island School of Design (RI)\, New Mexico Highlands University Foundation (NM)\, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL); museums such as Seattle Art Museum (WA)\, National Nordic Museum (WA)\, and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (PR); and community art centers such as Racing Magpie (SD); among many others. The full listing of 2024 grantees can be found below. \n“The Foundation is delighted with the advancements in environmental sustainability spearheaded by our partners through the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative\,” remarked Lise Motherwell\, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. “With its newest round of grantees\, FCI has supported over two hundred visual arts organizations to date and is leading the way in tangible climate action.” \n“Over the last four years\, FCI grantees have developed and implemented groundbreaking climate focused initiatives\, inspiring a surge in applications and more ambitious projects\,” added Elizabeth Smith\, Executive Director of the Foundation. “Extending the Foundation’s full range of grantmaking activities\, FCI upholds Helen Frankenthaler’s legacy and cultivates a future where our peer organizations in the visual arts lead the way in creating a more sustainable world.” \nCreated and overseen by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation in partnership with RMI and Environment & Culture Partners\, FCI has expanded its impact and reach since its inception in 2021\, with broadened eligibility criteria and consecutive increases in its funding over the years\, from the initial $5M pledge to the current $15M commitment. Among the first grantmaking initiatives promoting energy efficiency and clean energy generation at art organizations\, FCI now includes projects at over 200 institutions across 37 states in the United States. \n“Thanks to the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative\, we’re already seeing significant and lasting changes within the industry. The level of knowledge demonstrated by this year’s awardees indicates a higher baseline of clean energy understanding and capabilities as compared to a few years ago\,” remarked Sarah Sutton\, CEO of Environment & Culture Partners. “Their projects not only reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs\, they often incorporate components that also benefited their communities. Some are able to make ticket prices or artists’ costs more affordable\, others are expanding offerings without increasing emissions\, and some are planning for disaster resilience in ways that benefit their neighborhoods.” \n“The Frankenthaler Climate Initiative continues to enable an extraordinary shift in how arts organizations act on climate\,” said Jon Creyts\, CEO of RMI. “This year’s grantees are a testament to the ingenuity and commitment of many schools\, museums\, and other organizations that are embracing energy efficiency and clean energy technologies to reduce pollution\, lower energy costs\, and improve resilience. These projects are not just about installing super-efficient HVAC systems and solar microgrids; they are about showing what is possible when creativity and environmental responsibility intersect. RMI is proud to join the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and Environment & Culture Partners in supporting this fourth cycle of FCI’s visionary leaders who prove that cultural organizations can be a powerful force for climate action and a model for others to follow.” \nThe Frankenthaler Climate Initiative reflects the Foundation’s mission to steward a vibrant arts and culture landscape\, with ongoing support for education\, scholarship\, and resiliency planning to ensure the future of the field. This year’s awardees are aligning their visual arts and education missions with a commitment to tangible climate action. Through FCI’s support\, these institutions are taking the following actions:\n● Embracing innovative new technologies and systems to increase energy efficiency\, including the North Carolina Glass Center\, which will use electric hot shops in its new education facility; the Flint Institute of Arts\, which will replace electric steam humidifiers with new ultrasonic humidification units to regulate artwork storage conditions; and the Seattle Art Museum\, which will modernize its Building Management System with automation and digitization capacities to maintain optimal energy efficiency.\n● Advancing net-zero and carbon-neutral plans\, including the California College of the Arts\, which will deploy solar energy through a new microgrid system at its expanded San Francisco campus\, aiming for net-zero operations; MacDowell\, where extensive artist studio renovations will advance its goal of being a carbon-neutral campus by 2045; and the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation\, which will install a new battery system and solar panels as part of its net-zero building renovation plan.\n● Upgrading and renovating historic buildings with energy-efficient systems that are being repurposed for the arts\, including the Center for Photography at Woodstock\, which is rehabilitating an old cigar factory with a design for an all-electric building; and KinoSaito\, which is installing solar panels and HVAC units for its art storage facility to maintain net-zero status while keeping temperature-safe conditions for artwork.\n● Conducting feasibility assessments and energy efficiency audits to identify opportunities for comprehensive improvement\, including the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art\, which is undertaking an analysis of how its 125-year-old building can reduce its carbon footprint and increase its on-site renewable energy production; and Bakehouse Art Complex\, which will conduct energy-use assessments for its 100-yearold historic building\, producing recommendations that will inform a multi-million dollar renovation plan.\nIn support of the Initiative’s commitment to aligning cultural sector practices with federally recognized energy standards\, FCI grant recipients track and report their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions using Energy Star® Portfolio Manager®\, an industry-standard tool created and administered by the EPA. \nThe application process for the next grantmaking cycle is expected to open in Spring 2025. \nAbout the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative \nThe Frankenthaler Climate Initiative is the first nationwide program to support energy efficiency and clean energy use for the visual arts and the largest private national grantmaking program to address climate change action through cultural institutions. The $15-million ongoing initiative provides critical support to visual arts organizations in the United States seeking to assess their impact on the environment and to lower ongoing energy costs. The Foundation has conferred more than $14.1 million since its launch in 2021\, supporting 244 energy efficiency and clean energy projects at 200 institutions across 37 states in the U.S.\nSupporting climate action at various stages of development\, FCI grants include:\n● Catalyst Grants (up to $15\,000)\, a new grant category for first actions\, small spaces\, or stand-alone projects with a quick turnaround;\n● Scoping Grants (up to $25\,000)\, supporting outside assessments to identify clean energy needs and options;\n● Technical Assistance Grants (up to $50\,000)\, focusing on complex project support and design; and\n● Implementation Grants (up to $100\,000)\, enacting innovative\, large-scale infrastructural changes\, often in concert with other funding sources.\nBuilding on the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation’s commitment to social impact philanthropy and to catalyzing positive change on critical issues in the arts\, the Foundation launched and leads FCI in association with RMI\, an independent nonprofit that engages businesses\, communities\, institutions\, and entrepreneurs in accelerating the adoption of market-based solutions that costeffectively create a clean\, prosperous\, and secure low-carbon future; and Environment & Culture Partners\, a nonprofit that creates relationships and leads collaborations that engage the cultural sector in broader climate action. For more information\, visit frankenthalerclimateinitiative.org. \nAbout the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation\nEstablished and endowed by Helen Frankenthaler during her lifetime\, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation advances the artist’s legacy and inspires a new generation of practitioners through a range of philanthropic\, educational\, and research initiatives. Since becoming active in 2013\, the Foundation has continued to strategically expand its program\, which includes organizing and supporting significant exhibitions of the artist’s work\, fostering new research and publications\, advancing educational programs in partnership with arts organizations around the world\, and launching groundbreaking initiatives that foster systemic change in the field. As a primary resource on the artist\, and a steward of her collection and archive\, the Foundation holds an extensive selection of Frankenthaler’s work in a variety of mediums\, her collection of works by other artists\, and original papers and materials pertaining to her life and work. \nMedia Contacts\nFrankenthalerclimate@resnicow.com\nJuliet Sorce\, jsorce@resnicow.com\, 212-671-5158\nSarah McNaughton\, smcnaughton@resnicow.com\, 212-671-5161\nShea Seery\, sseery@resnicow.com\, 212-671-5173 \nDOWNLOAD PDF OF 2024 FCI GRANTEE BACKGROUNDER FCI Y4 Grantee Backgrounder_FINAL URL:https://westbeth.org/event/frankenthaler-climate-initiative-phase-4/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Frankenthaler-SQ-Cool-Summer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240726T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240726T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240715T031603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240727T141938Z UID:10000559-1722020400-1722025800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get To Know Your Neighbors: Melika Dave\, Jan Leslie Harding\, Vinod Dave DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-melika-dave-jan-leslie-harding-vinod-dave/2024-07-26/2/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Get-to-Know-Your-Neighbors-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240723T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240718T130631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240727T141952Z UID:10000563-1721761200-1721766600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Repo Man DESCRIPTION:Tues July 23\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St NYC\n(enter through courtyard)\nClick image for more info on movie\nClick for more info URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-repo-man/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Westbeth-movie-night-Repo-sq.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T142206 CREATED:20240702T153841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T150805Z UID:10000552-1721215800-1721228400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Free Haircuts and Hygiene Talk plus Self Directed Blood Pressure Monitoring DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/free-haircuts-and-hygiene-talk-plus-self-directed-blood-pressure-monitoring/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-02-at-11.35.34-AM.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR