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SUMMARY:Banned Books: A Lively Evening of Readings and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The rise of book banning in America’s schools and public libraries is headline news. Join us to talk about some of those books: The Kite Runner\, Maus\, books by Alison Bechdel and Judy Blume\, and more. \nTues Oct 10\, 2023 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/banned-books-a-lively-evening-of-readings-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:William Kennon in Printmaking Exhibit at Society of American Graphic Artists
DESCRIPTION:William Kennon. Plant Forms  soft ground etching. Edition of 20 \nWilliam Kennon is a painter\, printmaker and longtime Westbeth resident.\nHis exhibition venues include the Old Print Shop\, Hirschl and Adler Gallery\,\nthe National Arts Club and the Westbeth Gallery in New York City\, and the\nGalerie Albert Benamou in Paris. His work is included in numerous private\ncollections. \nContact: williamkennon@gmail.com\nWebsite: williamkennonartist.comwilliamkennonartist.com
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/william-kennon-in-printmaking-exhibit-at-society-of-american-graphic-artists/
LOCATION:The Old Print Shop 49 W 24 St NYC
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:ELDER Bro - A Groove Orchestra with Marc Jacoby and Friends
DESCRIPTION:ELDER-Bro is a gathering of deeply talented and seasoned listeners who each have bold histories.\nAndreas Brade and Michael Moss are more recent collaborative partners\, Andy LaDue and Jeff Reich are decades old band partners of Marc\, and Jeff Eldredge and Marc have performed together since 1979! \n \nMarc Jacoby is a “family” musician who has lived in Westbeth for almost 10 years. His lifelong commitment as a student\, performer\, instructor\, recording artist and enrichment specialist has included Columbia Records\, MTV\,  CMJ Fest\, clubs and stages throughout the country. \nThe foundation of Marc’s creative work consists in his daily sessions with children\, families\, and neurodivergent unique learners in various agencies and institutions. \nMarc lives with his wife Mary\, a LCSW who similarly works with a varied client base. They have two amazing grown boys\, Evan 34 and Ben 33.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/elder-bro-a-groove-orchestra-with-marc-jacoby-and-friends/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:DADS: A Group Exhibition of Artists Who Are Also Fathers
DESCRIPTION:Westbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune St\, New York\, NY \nShow Dates: Oct 6 – Oct 29\, 2023 \nGallery hours: Wednesday – Sunday 1-6pm and by appointment. \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present Dads\, a group exhibition of artists who are also fathers\, on view at its’ Richard Meier designed courtyard location\, 55 Bethune Street in the West Village of New York. The show is curated by artist James Gortner. \nRarely in the contemporary art conversation is family and fatherhood considered a defining characteristic of an artist’s life\, motivation\, and/or artistic practice\, and it is dismissed as a barrier to the full realization one’s artistic potential. The featured artists have many differences – different stages in their careers\, diverse backgrounds and work across many mediums – but they are all dads who make art. It is the point of this exhibition to highlight a unique kind of familial artist identity\, and activate your feelings about each work knowing this identity is present. \nThe Dads exhibition will survey artworks by the following 36 artists: \n\nGregory Amenoff\nAnthony Boone\nGerald Cannon\nStanley Casselman\nJean Clanche\nGrayson Cox\nMark Dion\nBrock Enright\nDomenic Esposito\nJames Gortner\nMichael Guillard\nStephen Hall\n \n\nAdam Handler\nMarc Handelman\nBradley Hart\nHans Haveron\nJon Kessler\nGene Kiegel\nRick Klauber\nReiner Leist\nHenry Leutwyler\nRob MacInnis\nMatt Mullican\nAntonio Murado \n\n\nJeff Muhs\nYigal Ozari\nNick Paparone\nMourrice Papi\nFahamu Pecou\nRobert Roest\nMeir Srebriansky\nJacob Taylor\nFrancisco Vidal\nTomas Vu\nJohan Wahlstrom\nMark Zimmerman \n\n\n\nFor all appointments and press inquiries\, contact\nJames Gortner +1 310 463 9778 JamesGortner.art@gmail.com \nDADS OPENING RECEPTION Oct 13\, 2023
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/dads-a-group-exhibition-of-artists-who-are-also-fathers/
LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery
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SUMMARY:Through the Lens of Shelley Seccombe: Online Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Hudson River Park presents “Through the Lens of Shelley Seccombe” \nPhotographer Shelley Seccombe moved to Westbeth in Greenwich Village in 1970 and captured the evolution of the Hudson River piers in her book\, Lost Waterfront: The Decline and Rebirth of Manhattan’s Western Shore. \nIncluded here is a selection of her work showing the conditions of the west side piers before they became Hudson River Park\, beautifully depicting New Yorkers’ interactions and explorations among the ruins. \nHudson River Park pays tribute to this longtime West Village resident\, who passed away in January of 2023. This gallery celebrates Seccombe’s artistry and her memory. \nPhotographs copyright ©1973–2007 by Shelley Seccombe \nSee the photographs at Hudson River Park.org
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/through-the-lens-of-shelley-seccombe-online-exhibit/
LOCATION:Hudson River Park.org
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SUMMARY:West Side Fest!  Westbeth joins  in celebrating the West Side of Manhattan
DESCRIPTION:Westbeth is thrilled to be participating in the just-announced West Side Fest! \nWest Side Fest is a free daylong\, multi-site celebration bringing together the best of arts and culture on Manhattan’s West Side. For the inaugural festival on Saturday\, September 30\, 2023\, New Yorkers and visitors of all ages can enjoy free admission to participating museums and cultural institutions\, and free activities like special indoor and outdoor programming\, crafts and artmaking\, open artists studios\, puppet show\, and much more. \nFor more details\, including the full schedule\, visit  https://www.westsidefest.nyc/  \nSee Full WEST SIDE FEST Schedule Below \nFor more info on Westbeth events\, contact westsbethevents@gmail.com \nParticipating organizations: Atlantic Theater Company; Center for Art\, Research and Alliances; Chelsea Factory; Dia Chelsea; the High Line; Hudson River Park; The Joyce Theater; The Kitchen; The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center; Little Island; NYC AIDS Memorial; Poster House; Print Center New York; Rubin Museum of Art; The Shed; Westbeth; West Village Rehearsal Co-Op; White Columns; Whitney Museum of American Art. \nWestbeth Events\n11am\nSaturday Sept 30\nPenny Jones & CO Puppet Show\nPeppi and the Pop-Up Dragon is a puppet show inside a giant Pop-Up book. The sun rises and sets over a happy fishing village with bells that ring\, babies that are rocked\, and boats that go out to sea. But the town is threatened by the pop-up dragon from the Blue Mountain. Peppi and Peppina save the day with creativity\, co-operation and a happy lesson for all. The audience creates the sounds and songs\, and after the show\, everyone makes a simple puppet dragon to take home. This unique show premiered at the Henson International Puppet Festival. \nFor 50 years\, Penny Jones & Co. Puppets have charmed audiences in the West Village with their Old Time interactive puppet theater in an intimate space for young children. The company has appeared on television and all over New York from the Highline\, Parks and Piers\, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and BAM. Penny Jones was awarded the Education Award from the Puppeteers of America and is a Westbeth Icon. https://pennypuppets.com \n1–5pm\nSaturday Sept 30\nWestbeth Open Studios\nWestbeth artists will be hosting open studio tours of their work/live spaces. \n1pm -5pm\nSaturday Sept 30\nArt+Craft+Vintage Market\nIn the Westbeth courtyard\, featuring some of Westbeth’s most notable artists\, as well as live music throughout the day\, featuring Sarah King!
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/west-side-fest-westbeth-joins-in-celebrating-west-side-of-manhattan/
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Blade Runner
DESCRIPTION:“I’ve seen things things you people wouldn’t believe…”\n \nFriday Sept 29\, 2023 at 7:00PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNYC \nFREE
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-blade-runner/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230926T130000
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SUMMARY:Free Flu Shot : No appointment needed
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/free-flu-shot-no-appointment-needed/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230924T140000
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SUMMARY:Penny Jones & Co PuppetsClassic Tales and Fables
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Sept 17 at 2 PM\nSunday Sept 24 at 2PM\nClassic Tales and Fables\n​Mother Goose Tales with\nGoldilocks and The Three Bears\nWESTBETH Home to the Arts\n155 BANK STREET\nbetween West and Washington Street in the West Village \nOur 50th Year!\nFor 50 years Penny Jones & Co. have been performing Old-Time interactive puppet theatre in an informal space for young children. Classic Tales and Fables is an excellent introduction to the theatre and puppets. With lots of participation\, fun and games\, and Mother Goose Rhymes. A hit for generations. ​with Jack the Pied Piper and that silly little dog Toby.\nAnd make a simple puppet to take home after the show. \nEarly Childhood Puppet Theatre www.pennypuppets.org\nA VILLAGE GEM FOR 50 YEARS \n“Very simple\, and perfect as an introduction to theatre.” -New York Magazine\n“Charming.” -The New York Times \n“-Best puppet shows in New York City-“ \n2023-24 REPERTORY SEASON \nTickets on sale at pennypuppets.org and Eventbrite.com\nTickets are $15 for all ages\nShow Times: 2 PM\nAll Ages – Great for 2 to 8\nStroller Parking\nShows Run about 45 Minutes\nworkshop follows\nInformation: (212) 924-0525 \nhttp://www.pennypuppets.org\nBUS AND SUBWAY: M14A\, M11\, M20\, (2 blocks)\nA\, C\, E\, L\, 1\, 2\, 3 (5 or 6 blocks)
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/penny-jones-co-puppetsclassic-tales-and-fables/2023-09-24/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T190000
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SUMMARY:Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra Celebrating Hispanic History Month at Westbeth
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth Artist Housing with the sounds of the Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra featuring Sofia Tosello. \nTuesday Sept 19\, 2023 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nPEDRO GIRAUDO JAZZ ORCHESTRA \nSaxes: Alejandro Aviles\, Todd Bashore\, Luke Batson\, Carl Maraghi\nTrumpets: Nathan Eklund\, Josh Deutsch\nTrombones: Ryan Keberle\, Mike Fahie\nPiano: Jess Jurkovic\nBass: Pedro Giraudo\nDrums: Franco Pinna \nSPECIAL GUEST: Sofia Tosello\, vocals  https://www.sofiatosello.com \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 (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council).  \nDesign by Roger Braimon\nPhoto by Erin Patrice O’Brien \nThis is the link to the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pedro-giraudo-jazz-orchestra-westbeth-tickets-668997328017?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/pedro-giraudo-jazz-orchestra-celebrating-hispanic-history-month-at-westbeth/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T170000
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SUMMARY:Profiles in Art: Carol Nolte  Choreographer and Artistic Director  of WestFest
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/carol-nolte/
LOCATION:Online and Info at Westbeth Gallery
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T190000
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SUMMARY:Bob Gruen: Rock and Roll photographer and Westbeth Icon
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Sept 14\, 2023 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY  \nA decades-long resident of Westbeth\, Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and respected photographers in rock and roll in the world\nFrom John Lennon to Johnny Rotten; Muddy Waters to the Rolling Stones; Elvis to Madonna; Bob Dylan to Bob Marley; Tina Turner to Debbie Harry\, he has captured the music scene for over forty years in photographs that have gained worldwide recognition. \nThe Icon evening will begin with  a filmed interview with Bob\, followed by live tributes by friends and colleagues\, as well as remarks by Bob and a presentation of a gift by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. \nEveryone is welcome at this joyous and much deserved evening of celebration. \nBob Gruen website\nBob Gruen  Westbeth artist page
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/bob-gruen-rock-n-rolll-photographer-and-westbeth-icon/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T160000
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SUMMARY:Feldenkrais Class with Doron Tadmor.
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/feldenkrais-class-with-doron-tadmor/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T193000
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SUMMARY:John Menegon  Sound Embrace. Jazz Performance
DESCRIPTION:Chet Doxas tenor sax\, John Menegon bass\, Jean-Michel Pilc piano\, Jim Doxas drums \nJOHN MENEGON QUARTET “SOUND EMBRACE”\nSEPTEMBER 9 (2023) 7:30 PM\nCommunity Room @ Westbeth\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nDonations Encouraged! \nThe intuitive\, spontaneous nature of the music presented by Bassist & Composer John Menegon\, in collaboration with these exceptional musicians\, pushes the boundaries of today’s music on the world stage. The music is deeply rooted in the traditions that come out of the Free Bop era of Ornette Coleman\, Dewey Redman\, and Paul Motian\, to name a few. The music is created in the “moment of now!” Some of the melodies presented on Saturday will be freely interpreted\, sometimes letting the form create itself\, using melodic and harmonic expression relying in the trust of each player’s deep knowledge of improvisation. The group will be exploring some odd meters and different grooves\, and will include Menegon’s original compositions. The unique sounds in improvisation are unleashed by these four exceptional musicians who come from Paris\, New York City\, and Montreal. \n“Wonderful concert last night\, led by John Menegon\, with Jean-Michel Pilc\, Chet Doxas & Jim Doxas. Seriously swinging\, very accessible yet intriguingly unpredictable.” JEAN-PIERRE LEDUC\, Lunched Management & Booking @ Upstairs Jazz Club in Montreal\, JAN 2023 \nJOHN MENEGON (Bass & Compositions)\n“New York bassist JOHN MENEGON is in the line of George Mraz and Michael Moore; a harmonically sophisticated bassist with technical facility who swings hard when it’s called for.” Kirk Silsbee\, DOWNBEAT\nMenegon is a jazz bassist\, but is also a guitarist\, arranger\, singer\, and composer. He began his career as a musician in Montreal before moving to New York City\, where he spent ten years as bassist for two legendary tenor saxophonists\, Dewey Redman and David “Fathead” Newman. This experience provided a solid foundation for Menegon to continue his explorations as a bandleader\, composer and arranger\, and he has been composing and arranging music throughout his career. Menegon has released five CDs as a bandleader and currently plays with jazz legend Joe Lovano as well as numerous other stellar musicians. As an educator\, he spent several years teaching in the Jazz Departments of SUNY New Paltz\, Williams College\, Bard and Bennington Colleges. \nJEAN-MICHEL PILC (Jazz Pianist\, Composer\, Educator)\n“His densely harmonic reinventions of standards you thought you knew clearly shows a musical genius at work.” Eric Brace\, The Washington Post\n“A dazzlingly inventive pianist.” Nate Chinen\, The New York Times\nBorn in 1960 in Paris (France) he is now also an American and Canadian citizen\, as well as a self-taught pianist and composer. An internationally renowned pianist\, who has built an impressive reputation during 20 years in New York and through many tours around the globe\, Pilc has been living in Montreal since 2015 and teaches jazz and improvisation at McGill University. An improviser of impressive range and deep originality\, his performances are always intense\, unpredictable and high-flying. He has performed with numerous jazz giants\, and was musical director for Harry Belafonte. He has released 20 albums as a leader or co-leader\, and is on over 40 albums as a sideman. Jean-Michel is also a virtuoso whistler\, as documented on several recordings! \nCHET DOXAS (tenor & soprano sax) was raised in Montreal in a musical family and now lives in Brooklyn. Chet’s love of music was fostered by his father\, a professional musician\, teacher\, recording engineer and producer; and his older brother and drummer\, Jim\, with whom he regularly performs. Chet’s band\, Rich in Symbols\, is an ensemble whose repertoire is informed by his love of the visual arts. The music for this group is composed as Chet visits museums and stands in front of his favorite works with blank manuscript paper. Later\, the music and a projection of the work are presented simultaneously with live musicians in a concert setting. He has worked with a wide range of artists including Carla Bley\, John Abercrombie\, Rufus Wainwright\, Maria Schneider\, and Oliver Jones. When he is not touring he can be found in his Brooklyn recording studio working on his next projects or producing other artists. \nJIM DOXAS (drums) While studying at Montreal’s McGill University\, Jim established himself early on as a versatile percussionist\, and he was honored with Yamaha’s Rising Star Award in recognition of outstanding achievement as an instrumentalist. Jim has been heavily influenced by rock\, jazz\, Motown and World Music. What distinguished Doxas’ approach to improvisation is that he refuses to play it safe\, allowing the moment to dictate the kind of framework that will contain\, shape and guide the piece of music. Jim was the drummer in The Oliver Jones Trio for over a decade\, and is currently a lecturer and teacher at McGill University\, while also balancing an active performance schedule.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/john-menegon-with-sound-embrace/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Music Works presents BETTY
DESCRIPTION:Friday September 8 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFREE\n \n \nDJ ezgirl is a NYC-based partymaker who plays irresistible music to make you dance. Elizabeth Ziff dj’s wild parties from Lisbon to Los Angeles and just wants to make you shout\, ”This is my song!”
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/betty-indie-band/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
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SUMMARY:Ken Wade: Selected Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:September 7th – 28th\, 2023\nGallery hours: Wedn-Sunday 1-6PM \nOPENING\, Thursday\, September 7 2023\, 6-8 pm. \nWestbeth Gallery\n155 Bank Street\nEnter through courtyad\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nKen Wade moved into WestBeth Artist Housing on January 1\, 1970 where the artist has lived and worked for 53 years. This September\, Wade will be opening a one-person Selective Retrospective with drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures dating from 1964 to the present.  \n“I began making art in the early 1960s while living on the Island state of Tasmania; 125 miles off the SE coast of Australia. Four years later\, back in the USA\, my first American exhibition (1968) was at the Corcoran Museum\, Washington DC; I exhibited a series of large Zig-Zag paintings.\nThe images to follow represent selected work from early 60s (Tasmania/Melbourne)\, work done in Washington (67-69)\, ultimately concluding with NYC during the 70s-80s up to the present.\nOn New Years’ day 1970\, my family and I moved from Washington\, DC into the WestBeth Artist Housing. With us\, a huge crate\, that had followed us from Melbourne\, to London\, to Washington DC to New York City. The crate was packed solid with paintings and drawings that I had done in Australia\, and weighed nearly 1500 lbs . We gratefully accepted management’s offer of storage space in the basement facing the Westside Highway.\nLong story short—there was a flood.\n‘BIRD IN THE BUSH’ #9 was one of many dozens of BIRD’s & NUDE’s in the BUSH I painted during my 2 years in Tasmania. BIRD# 9 is the only painting from the crate that survived Westbeth’s first flood. ” \nMore about Ken Wade and his work at Westbeth Artist Page: Ken Wade
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/ken-wade-selected-retrospective/
LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:On This Spot Stories of Pioneering Women Artists: Westbeth
DESCRIPTION:About On This Spot\nOn This Spot NYC: Stories of Pioneering Women Artists is a new feminist nonprofit that brings the artistic legacy of a diverse group of New York women alive through short form documentary videos. We strive to correct gender and race imbalances in art and cultural history by telling the stories and honoring the work of women artists and their vital contributions to history. \nTo learn more about On This Spot NYC and other pioneering women  artists\, Click here \nOn This Spot: Stories of Pioneering Women Artists\nWestbeth Artists Community: featuring Hannah Wilke\, Shigeko Kubota\, Lorraine O’Grady\, Helene Aylon\, Elizabeth Murray\, Anita Steckel\, and Diane Arbus.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/on-this-spot-stories-of-pioneering-women-artists-at-westbeth/
LOCATION:Online and Info at Westbeth Gallery
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230825T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230825T203000
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CREATED:20230810T130534Z
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: That Thing You Do!
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-that-thing-you-do/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T150000
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CREATED:20230724T232808Z
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SUMMARY:Joan Hall: Collage Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Native New Yorker Joan Hall is a pioneer in the field of collage and\nassemblage illustration. Her work has appeared on covers of Time magazine\,\nand in The New York Times and numerous other publications.\nIn 1978\, Milton Glaser invited Joan to design a Collage for Illustration class\nfor The School of Visual Arts\, NYC\, which she taught until 2011.\nHall’s collages and assemblages have been exhibited in galleries and\nmuseums worldwide\, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and\nthe Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. She was commissioned by the American\nCultural Center to lecture\, exhibit\, and conduct workshops in France\, India\,\nBrazil\, and most recently lectured at The National Arts Club in New York\nCity.\nShe has been a resident of Westbeth since 1971. \nJoan Hall Westbeth Artist page
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/joan-hall-collage-workshop/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230804T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230804T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T085945
CREATED:20230721T174826Z
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SUMMARY:First Fridays: Dance Concert with The Barrytones
DESCRIPTION:Friday August 4\, 2023 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n55 Bethune St\nNew York\, NY \nor 155 Bank St\nenter through Courtyard \nBarry Temkin Rock\, blues and country guitarist\, singer-songwriter of doggerel and humorous songs. \nRead more about Barry Temkin and his musicians st Westbeth Artist Page
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-fridays-dance-concert-with-the-barrytones/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T085945
CREATED:20230721T182543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T141725Z
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SUMMARY:Westside Exposure: Whitney Staff Art Show 2023
DESCRIPTION:August 3 – 23\, 2023\nOpening Reception\nThursday Aug 3\, 6–8 pm \nGallery Hours\nWednesday–Sunday\, 1–6 pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY\n  \nFrom its origins in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s Greenwich Village studio\, in 1914\, to its relocation to the Meatpacking District in 2015\, the Whitney Museum of American Art has always sought to support living artists at critical moments in their careers. Many of the Museum’s staff members\, who make the Museum’s exhibitions\, programs\, publications\, and day-to-day operations possible\, are artists themselves.  \nFor the sixth time in its history\, the Whitney’s Staff Art Show will be held in a public space\, offering staff an opportunity to share their work and deepen connections with one another as well as a wider audience.  \nWestside Exposure is organized by a number of colleagues from various departments throughout the Museum.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westside-exposure-whitney-staff-art-show-2023/
LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230802T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T170000
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CREATED:20230802T235349Z
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SUMMARY:Westbeth X Files: How the Tenants Saved Westbeth  Chapter 3
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-x-files-3/
LOCATION:Online and Info at Westbeth Gallery
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T203000
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CREATED:20230708T013516Z
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Blue Velvet
DESCRIPTION:FREE
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-blue-velvet/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230712T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230712T170000
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CREATED:20230713T004929Z
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SUMMARY:Designing Mandala Art
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/designing-mandala-art/
LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center and Whitney Museum
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T170000
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SUMMARY:First Fridays: Theo Bleckmann with Endless Field
DESCRIPTION:Friday July 7\, 2023 at 7P\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nWestbeth 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. \nTheo Bleckmann is a multi GRAMMY® nominated vocalist\, composer and ECM recording artist who has recorded over 17 albums and collaborated with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire\, Sheila Jordan\, Kneebody\, Ben Monder\, John Hollenbeck\, Phil Kline\, David Lang\, Ulysses Owens\, Bang on a Can All-Stars\, and\, most prominently\, with Meredith Monk since 1994.\nBleckmann has been interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on the David Letterman show with Laurie Anderson. He has consistently appeared in top spots in DownBeat polls\, and is a recipient of the prestigious JAZZ ECHO award from the Deutsche Phono-Akademie in his native Germany. Most recently he released an album with the celebrated brass quartet ‘The Westerlies’\, toured Finland with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and UMO Jazz Big Band performing his repertoire and own compositions.\nMost notably\, Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer David Lang wrote a monodrama for Theo Bleckmann which was commissioned by the Japan Society and directed by legendary actor/director Yoshi Oida. The entire production was taken to Tokyo in Feb of 2023. A recording of it will be forthcoming. Website:theobleckmann.com Westbeth Artist Page: Theo Bleckmann \nTheo Bleckmann vocals; Ike Sturm bass; Jesse Lewis\, guitar \nEndless Field (Biophilia Records Artists) is a collaborative instrumental guitar and bass duo featuring guitarist Jesse Lewis and bassist Ike Sturm. They play original songs filled with intricate finger-style lines\, improvisation and ambient textures. Drawing on inspiration from nature\, the duo seeks to bring music to outdoor spaces\, encouraging audiences to explore their own frontiers. Website: endlessfieldband.com
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/theo-bleckmann/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230702T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230802T170000
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SUMMARY:Christina Maile: West Indian Day Parade 1956  - creative non-fiction
DESCRIPTION: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]\nFlora Fiction\nCreative Space Literary Magazine\nSummer 2023 Issue\n\nWest Indian Day Parade 1956  \n  \nI was 12 ½ and unhappy. My grandmother\, whom we called Ma had not said a word from the moment we left Aunt Jessie’s apartment laden with shopping bags. Not a word as we clambered down to the summer-liquid streets of Harlem that led to the subway and the long ride back to our home in Bed- Stuy. Except for the sound of Ma hitting my head when I asked her what Aunt Jessie’s parting words had meant\, there was just the thump thump of bad feeling in my heart. \nAunt Jessie wasn’t our real aunt. Unlike my family with its mix of Malaysian Dayak and West Indian\, she was small and round\, her skin the color of the whitish- brownish-pinkish powder my mother dabbed on her face when my father returned from months at sea. \nAunt Jessie and Ma grew up in Trinidad. While Ma preferred images of the pale Jesus\, and Easter palms bent into crosses\, Aunt Jessie’s apartment smelled like cinnamon and was crammed with island pictures \, fancy tea sets\, intricate figurines\, lace borders\, and sea shells filled with candy. The afternoon we visited\, however\, it was as if a tide had deposited a sunken treasure of fabrics and feathers\, beads\, pearls\, bells\, skins\, straw hats and ribbons twisting with armfuls of glittery things. Ma tall and dark\, a staunch member of the Ladies Auxiliary\, and Aunt Jessie\, short and round\, spoke softly. Even sitting down\, they looked like a number 10.\nWhen Aunt Jessie turned and asked “Can you sit straight and tall?” I automatically looked at Ma for permission. \nAunt Jessie bounced over and gently grabbed my arm.\n“Wave. No! Like this. Now nod your head at the same time. Good. To the right. Now to the left . Now how about a smile?”\, she smiled.\nIn my whole life\, I never smiled. \nMa gave me “the do as she says look.” \nMeanwhile\, Aunt Jessie was wrangling my brother and sister to stand beside me. \n“I think it will work “\, Aunt Jessie looked at Ma who smiled. “Good”\, Aunt Jessie nodded to use\, then to Ma\, “Let’s go into the dining room. I’ve got some things collected that you can use. \nLeft alone without candy\, me and my brother and sister fidgeted on the couch like addicts. \nLater while Ma clutched two bongazooa shopping bags \, Aunt Jessie distributed three little bags of candy\, calling out as the door closed behind us\,\n“Thank you Gladys\, she’ll be a wonderful Queen Elizabeth.” \nAnd that is the reason I wanted to kill Ms. . Every day after school\, I was at the mercy of her needles\, endlessly measuring\, complaining about my scrawny body\, so unlike my younger sister who\, plump and good-natured\, was too dark to be Queen Elizabeth. \nMa was queen anyway. She demanded total obedience\, faith in the lord\, and lady-like behavior\, especially in front of white people. I preferred my father’s stories of murdered missionaries and bloody jungle floors – perfect punishments for their bossy attitude. \nAs a result\, I didn’t want to have anything to do with West Indian. \nDespite prayers and weeping and the nightly whirr of Ma’s sewing machine\, West Indian Day arrived. My parents were left to fend for themselves on the crowd-filling sidewalks\, while up at Aunt Jessie’s\, she and Ma inched me into a heavy white dress studded with pearls\, its cloth filled bosom fitting delicately over my flat chest. Pearls around my neck\, a glittering crown above my long black hair\, I was the envy of my sister for whom Ma had dressed in striped fabric with a bandana around her head to portray a Trini village woman\, and my little brother\, the Queen’s footman\, who had been squeezed into a tight beaded suit and saggy white stockings. \nA car waited at the curb\, its top down\, soft white seats\, a driver in front \, and a man in the backseat I had seen on TV a million times. \nSuddenly Ma stopped. She pulled from her wrist and slid onto mine one of her heavy silver bracelets. I was in total shock. She never ever removed them. Her lips were pressed together as if she would cry. We lived on a really bad block. All her West Indian friends at church lived on beautiful blocks with beautiful dishes of candy. But none of their children or grandchildren had ever been queen. \nA whoop erupted from the crowd when Adam Clayton Powell Jr\, the handsome Harlem Congressman\, emerged from the car. He could tell I was nervous\, helping me sit at the top of the back seat\, arranging my red feathered cape\, then sitting beside me followed by my sister and brother who sat on little jump seats. \n“You look very pretty”\, he said. He smelled like a flower. \nThe car moved forward\, an island in an ocean of calypso\, the beat and blare of saxophones and steel pans\, and strange assemblies of mysterious objects and masks pulsing high in the air like waves in an ocean. \nEverywhere lush patterns and colors\, sharp straw hats\, high heels\, everyone dancing back-to-back\, belly-to-belly\, faces and limbs in every shade of day becoming beautiful night. \nWomen threw kisses at Mr. Powell\, shook their bodies. He laughed\, made jokes\, made me giggle\, made me forget the lessons of sitting nicely\, until some blocks later\, he left the car to stand at the viewing platform alongside Aunt Jessie and other important people. \n“Your majesty”\, he bowed. \nI bowed back to him\, like a queen\, as the car took me away. To the cheers continuing from high atop windows and streets\, hands clapping to the heartbeat of steel bands\, a bacchanal of hips windmilling and long legs sashaying\, the sweat glistening like pearls\, the air grand with the aroma of patty cocos and spice while kids in beat-up shorts and grown-ups Sunday-sharp\, wove through the strutting of feathered magical beings. \nAnd I in their midst became one of them\, the spirit in secret guise discarding the dry stiff heart of the old queen and\, replacing it with my own\, steel stringed in that afternoon filled with strength and beauty riding on a sea of joy carried along\, in that car\, setting sail for the new world. \n– Christina Maile June 2023 \nREAD the entire Flora Fiction Summer 2023 issue in Flora Fiction Magazine \nMORE about Jessie Waddell\, founder of West Indian Day Parade at Mapping the African American Past
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/christina-maile-west-indian-day-parade-1956-creative-non-fiction/
LOCATION:Flora Fiction Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230701T170000
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SUMMARY:New York Blood Center Blood Drive
DESCRIPTION: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 almost no youth donations during the pandemic have made blood donation less of a priority. NYBC encourages all who are able to sign up and donate today. One blood donation has the ability to save up to three lives!\nNew York Blood Center Enterprises issued the following statement regarding Food and Drug Association (FDA) final guidance establishing a blood donor screening process based on Individual Donor Assessment\nMay 11\, 2023 – New York Blood Center Enterprises is driven by our dedication to saving lives and strengthening the health of our communities. We cannot achieve this without the help of generous blood donors every day. \nNYBCe has strived to build an inclusive environment that embraces diversity for all who engage with our lifesaving mission. For decades\, we have strongly advocated for scientifically-based changes to the FDA policies about men who have sex with men (MSM) and support the shift to individual donor assessment to determine eligibility. The FDA has finalized recommendations for establishing a blood donor screening process based on Individual Donor Assessment.\nWork has already begun to welcome newly eligible donors\, a process that includes adopting the new donor history questionnaire\, updating and validating computer systems regulated by the FDA\, training staff\, updating operational procedures and information systems. NYBCe expects to be able to welcome eligible donors in mid-November or sooner.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/new-york-blood-center-blood-drive/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230630T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T170000
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SUMMARY:Unnatural Processes Group Exhibition Closing Party
DESCRIPTION:Closing Party Thursday July 27 6p – 8p\nOpening Reception: Friday\, June 30\, 2023 6pm – 8pm\nOn View: June 30–July 28\, 2023\nHours: Wednesday–Sunday\, 1–6pm \nWestbeth Gallery\, 57 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014 \n“Throwing light onto the unnatural\, reflecting on and exploring new connections with non-human systems.” \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present a group show curated by Valérie Hallier. Unnatural Processes is an exhibition that asks the questions: What is “Nature”? What is “Natural”? \nArtists:: Aston Philip\, Christina Massey\, Jean Foos\, Katherine Bennett\, Linda Loh\, Roxane Revon\, Tessa Grundon and Valérie Haller.  \nNature is an all encompassing entity that exists without humans. Yet\, it is impossible to think of humanity as an entity that could exist without nature. Seeing humanity and all its actions as part of nature is more reasonable. French anthropologist\, Philippe Descola\, observes 4 ways of “being” in the world as humans: animism\, totemism\, analogism and naturalism. If we agree that our thought processes are firmly welded into Western philosophy\, prizing the rational\, scientific\, and logical\, we can then agree that we embody naturalism. Yet as artists we are open to other ways of being\, thinking\, and seeing. The work of the eight international artists featured in this show revisits our contemporary relationship with the non-human. A great variety of mediums and processes are all centered around new ways to visualize and interact with our environment: virtual\, real\, or re-created. \nLinda Loh’s virtual world reveals fleeting spaces beyond everyday experiences. Roxane Revon maps out the underground ecosystem of specific locations. Similarly\, Tessa Grundon’s work is rooted in “places”\, reflecting on our current Anthropocene. Aston Philip creates an ecosystem of the painters tools and materials with each part incorporated and recycled. Jean Foos\, Valérie Hallier and Christina Massey’s mixed media sculptures each bring new life to discarded objects\, eloquently commenting on consumerism and climate change. Foos\, Hallier and Massey also give a nod to Surrealism as they fabricate pieces with unexpected\, “unnatural” combinations. Katherine Bennett’s interactive installation is inspired by hidden networks drawing upon marine organisms and communication networks. \nAbout the Artists\n_____________________________________________________________________________ \nAston Philip is a painter who has expanded his practice into a process based ecosystem. This includes collaging\, weaving and sculpting cured paint-skins and chips and incorporating the tools of painting back into his works. Aston’s fascination with the interconnected systems and relationships in the natural world direct his own purview of painting. \nJean Foos paints patterns on found objects. Stacking shapes to make a totem or arranging branches into a colorful standing bundle\, she gives them a new power and dimension. The title of Foos’ tower\, Convulsive Beauty in the Fur Teacup Bar\, evokes Méret Oppenheim’s surrealist objects and her thinking about the concrete realization of irrationality. “I respond to shapes\, natural (fallen tree branches) and unnatural (manufactured packaging material). I am not a sculptor\, per se\, my forms are available ready-made.” \nValérie Hallier improvises with collected pressed flower petals of many colors and shapes to create abstract collages that reflect her inner workings. Inspired by Surrealist automatism\, the artist tries to suppress conscious control over the visual result. This process expresses the longing for a communion with the world around her. \n–Hallier’s work follows an integrative continuum that utilizes technology\nas tool and object\, generating an exquisite tension between the humanistic\nand mechanistic sense of Being.” —Judith Escalona  \nChristina Massey’s mixed media sculptures are created with blown glass\, repurposed aluminum sourced from craft beer cans\, and other found materials such as wire\, copper and plastics. The sculptures appear organic\, like surreal alien plant forms. These bulbs act as crystal balls in a sense\, a commentary on the predictive nature of trying to measure and adapt to Climate Change. \nKatherine Bennett’s interactive installation\, Luciferins\, is about making network traffic perceptible\, and by extension\, our awareness of the ubiquitous digital infrastructure that surrounds\, connects\, and ultimately tracks us. Viewers walk through large felted structures\, awakening graphical portals depicting invisible network traffic of popular websites\, sound from other locations\, and\nairwave activity. \n“One’s physicality makes the work come to life—just as a swimmer makes bioluminescent marine organisms illuminate\, generating luciferins (a light-emitting compound). Suddenly\, one can see the invisible activity that surrounds them.”\n—Katherine Bennett  \nRoxane Revon is a multidisciplinary artist and scenographer examining the inner workings of “nature” and intrigued by the symbiotic relationships between humans and vegetal beings. She makes her viewers question their relationship to the earth and the various forms of life that grow in and out of it. Revon zooms in on the invisible\, making us take a deeper look at our own origins and foundations. She brings us to a place of restored fertility and rebirth\, allowing for new ways of grounding and reviving visions of the self. \nLinda Loh navigates the elusive form and materiality of digital space with transformed sources of light. Motivated by curiosity\, she thinks digital media is as slippery as the nature of mind; her abstract composites leave little obvious for the rational mind to grasp. Her work for this exhibition is a luminous\, color-saturated\, non-ordinary ‘world’\, revealing fleeting spaces beyond everyday experience. \nTessa Grundon uses material from nature as well as man-made elements. Her work is deeply rooted to the history of a place\, as she considers the geological age with human activity being the dominant influence on the landscape and climate. Our environment is ever-changing: the rising and increasingly polluted tides; man’s effect on community and landscape; and man’s shared visual language of natural forms. All of these come together is Grundon’s work as she explores contemporary environmental issues. \nARTIST BIOS\n_______________________________________________________________________________ \nKatherine Bennett is a new media\, fiber\, and installation artist\, who builds interactive systems exploring our emerging futures of the digital experience. She codes and incorporates sensors\, electronics\, fibers and computer vision to create her pieces. She is fascinated by the liminal spaces created by digital communities and the cultural changes that result. She is a NYSCA recipient and has been awarded many grants\, including Harvestworks. She has exhibited at Inst-Int\, ISEA\, Maryland Art Place\, ZKM\, Indianapolis Art Center and The University of the Arts. She runs LadyK Studios in Brooklyn.\nhttps://www.katherinebennett.net/ @ladykstudios/ \nJean Foos paints found objects with rich colors and patterned surfaces. For her site-specific installations Foos favors ad hoc urban settings\, such as long-abandoned buildings and community gardens. Her sculptures have been exhibited at Local Project Art Space LIC\, Hal Bromm Gallery\, Empirical Nonsense Gallery\, York College (CUNY)\, King Manor Museum\, Susquehanna Art Museum\, La Mama Galleria\, Governors Island (4heads AIR)\, and Le Petit Versailles Garden.\nhttps://jeanfoos.com/ @foosnyc \nTessa Grundon is a British artist working on both sides of the Atlantic. Her work is rooted in “place” using elements of the landscape to explore environmental issues. In recent years she has been based on Governors Island in NYC Harbor working with arts and science organizations including SWALE\, Urban Soil Institute\, NYU Gallatin’s “Wetlab”\, Works on Water\, Underwater New York and the Virtual Volcano Observatory focusing on engagement with the environment and education. She works with Artist Space as a teaching artist on the Lower East Side and past residencies and partnerships include Brooklyn Navy Yard\, Art.Earth\, I-Park Foundation\, Wave Hill\, PLACE Collective and Sail Britain.\nwww.tessagrundon.com @tessa.grundon \nBorn in France\, Valérie Hallier came to NYC with a Fulbright Scholarship and graduated from the SVA in Computer Arts. Early multimedia work received prizes at ACM Siggraph\, SCAN Arts Symposium\, Ars Electronica and Anima Mundi. Using a wide swath of mediums\, Hallier redefines the art of portraiture and self-portraiture in the forms of immersive installations\, interactive public art and two-dimensional renderings. Hallier is the recipient of grants from Contemporary Art Foundation\, NYSCA\, and Wave Farm. Her work has been shown internationally. Residencies include Pioneer Works\, NARS Foundation\, Trestle ArtSpace\, Harvestworks\, LMCC Arts Center and 4Heads Portal in NYC.\nwww.valeriehallier.com @multiplemedia_artist \nLinda Loh Linda Loh is an Australian visual artist whose multimedia works navigate digital space with transformed sources of light. Before and after graduating from SVA in 2021 with an MFA in Computer Arts\, she has participated in various international exhibition projects. Most recently she was engaged in an innovative curatorial project\, culminating in an exhibition at Untitled Miami in December 2022.\nhttps://lindaloh.com/ @__lindaloh__ (2 underscores at each end) \nChristina Massey is a mixed media artist using repurposed materials in her nature inspired abstractions. Her work ranges from painting to sculpture and installation and has won several awards including two Brooklyn Arts Council grants\, an FST StudioProject award and the EFARBPS SIP Fellowship. Her sculptural paintings can currently be seen at the off-site location for Court Tree Collective in midtown Manhattan and as a solo installation at the Gallery for ARTFul Medicine at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx\, NY.\nwww.cmasseyart.com @cmasseyart \nAston Philip exhibits his unique paintings\, paint tapestries and colorful paint brush installations with Beekman Arts Club projects and galleries. Aston has previously been included in notable exhibitions in Australia including the Sulman Prize for painting at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Award at Artspace\, Sydney. This month he is simultaneously showing in the exhibition “Wild Things’ with the Beekman Art’s Club in Hopewell Junction NY.\nwww.astonphilip.com @aston_philip \nRoxane Revon is a multidisciplinary artist and scenographer examining the inner workings of “nature” and intrigued by the symbiotic relationships between humans and vegetal beings. She recently collaborated with the ABT choreographer Jessica Lang on “Shades of Spring” at the Joyce Theater and is currently showing her artwork and installations at Cinema Supply Gallery in Chelsea.\nwww.roxanerevon.com @roxane_revon
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LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery
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SUMMARY:Screening: State and Main Written and directed by David Mamet
DESCRIPTION:Thursday June 22\, 2023 at 7P\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNY Ny \nA 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. \nFree
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/screening-state-and-main-written-and-directed-by-david-mamet/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Questions answered
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday June 21\, 12pm\nWestbeth Older Adult Center\n155 Bank St\nNY NY 10014 \nEnter through the courtyard \n 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. \nOn June 21\, 2023 Financial Wellness Educator Kay will provide an informative discussion and answer questions such as:\nWhat is Elder Abuse and what are the signs?\nWho are the perpetrators and how can Elder Abuse be prevented?\nWhat can I do if I believe I’m a victim?
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/elder-world-elder-abuse-awareess-day/
LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center and Whitney Museum
CATEGORIES:past-events
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