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:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD 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:20230914T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230228T172914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240613T164156Z UID:10000160-1694707200-1706202000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Feldenkrais Class with Doron Tadmor. DESCRIPTION:  URL:https://westbeth.org/event/feldenkrais-class-with-doron-tadmor/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Feldenkrais-poster-FINAL-SQUARE-SIZE-v2-e1677605342359.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230829T151957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T213801Z UID:10000385-1694287800-1694293200@westbeth.org 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 CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JOHN-MENEGON-SQ-WESTBETH-SOUND-EMBRACE-9_9_23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230819T012447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T213707Z UID:10000375-1694199600-1694206800@westbeth.org 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 CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Betty-SQ-_WebVersion-e1692407542893.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230808T164156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T192151Z UID:10000359-1694073600-1695920400@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/KenWade_Instagram.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230708T031510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T184503Z UID:10000351-1693468800-1693501200@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/on-this-spot-Westbeth-SQ.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230825T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230825T203000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230810T130534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230828T235842Z UID:10000364-1692990000-1692995400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: That Thing You Do! DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-that-thing-you-do/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/W-Movie-Night-That-Thing-You-Do-SQUARE-e1691672549150.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230724T232808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T014650Z UID:10000354-1692439200-1692457200@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Joan-Hall-Collage-SQ-workshop-CWhigh-copy-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230804T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230804T203000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230721T174826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230806T011801Z UID:10000357-1691175600-1691181000@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/First-Fridays-SQ-Barrytones.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230721T182543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T141725Z UID:10000356-1691049600-1692810000@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Westside-Exposure_SQ-Letter-e1689963307744.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230802T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230802T235349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T132908Z UID:10000358-1690963200-1696093200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth X Files: How the Tenants Saved Westbeth Chapter 3 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-x-files-3/ LOCATION:Online and Info at Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Westbeth-10th-Chap-SQ-3-X-Files.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T203000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230708T013516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230730T211803Z UID:10000350-1690570800-1690576200@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Blue-Velvet-FINAL-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230712T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230712T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230713T004929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T020236Z UID:10000355-1689148800-1689181200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Designing Mandala Art DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/designing-mandala-art/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center and Whitney Museum CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Westbeth-OAC-MANDELA-SQ.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230616T195702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230708T012821Z UID:10000340-1688716800-1688749200@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FIRST-FRIDAYS-SQ-THEO-BLECKMANN-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230702T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230802T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230703T013016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T021428Z UID:10000347-1688284800-1690995600@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-03-at-8.11.07-AM-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230701T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230701T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230620T012218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T013219Z UID:10000341-1688209200-1688230800@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/NYBC-SQ-home-page.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230630T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230612T004352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230730T212308Z UID:10000337-1688112000-1690563600@westbeth.org 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 URL:https://westbeth.org/event/unnatural-processes/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/UNNATURAL-PROCESSES-.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230622T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230622T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230605T234136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230623T232542Z UID:10000278-1687460400-1687464000@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/State-Main-poster-REV-SQUARE-SIZE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230621T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230621T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230612T184835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230622T021243Z UID:10000339-1687348800-1687352400@westbeth.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Westbeth-OAC-Elder-Abusee.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230611T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230611T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230602T153222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230612T001943Z UID:10000275-1686488400-1686495600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Saved: Objects of the Dead- Reading and In Conversation with Contributors DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nA Collaborative Book of Photography and Prose\nby Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman\nEssay by Cora Fisher \nJune 11th\, 1:00-3:00 PM \nReading & and in Conversation\nwith contributors Cora Fisher and Swati Khurana \nWestbeth Community Room\n55 Bethune St\, New York\, NY 10014\nNo RSVP required. \nFor over a decade\, artist Jody Servon has documented objects people save when those they love die\, and writer Lorene Delany-Ullman has written accompanying prose poems based on interviews and details the objects’ owners shared. The resulting body of work gathered in Saved: Objects of the Dead (Artsuite\, 2023) is a visual and poetic narrative of how grief manifests and how material possessions help harbor memories. Two New York public launch events for the book will be hosted by Westbeth Community Center and Pennington Friends House on June 11 and June 18\, respectively. \nIn Saved\, the color images of objects such as a hairbrush\, a lighter\, a star ornament\, and a pocketbook\, are presented on one side of each page spread\, and details of the object’s significance are on the facing page in prose poem form. This diptych quality reinforces the relationship between the words and the images and provides an intimate glimpse into a fragment of someone’s personality and life. The words and photographs\, like grief\, are stories within stories\, at once personal as well as universal. \nCurator and writer Cora Fisher contributed an essay for the book\, and she also comments on the relationship between the images and writing\, “The combination of photographs and prose creates a candor around mortality\, one which has helped contributors process the juggernaut of grief after a loved one dies and\, when the loss is not so immediate\, has provided for a collective rumination on mortality. Taken together\, the images and texts are a menagerie of life held within loss.” \nDownload more info on book here: Saved_NYC_Events URL:https://westbeth.org/event/saved-objects-of-the-dead-reading/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SAVED-Servon-Delany-Ullman-Saved-cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230702T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230602T150613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230702T024230Z UID:10000274-1686384000-1688317200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Jebah Baum: Palisades Sculptures and Works on Paper DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJune 10- July 2\, 2023\nOpening Reception Second Saturday June 10\, 6 – 8pm \nBAU Gallery\n506 Main Street\nBeacon\, New York\nGallery Hours 12pm – 6pm Saturdays and Sundays \n\nAssembled from carved and shaped wood and clay elements\, Jebah Baum’s recent\nsculptures evoke the chaotic architecture of a spontaneously erected stockade. Their\ntextured surfaces show remnants of saw and chisel marks that bear witness to their\nmaking. Baum celebrates modernist conventions of abstraction in his artworks\,\njuxtaposing two and three dimensional space in playful dichotomy. His biomorphic\ntower-like sculptures are visibly pierced with the pins and dowels that serve to join their\nvarious members\, exhibiting both violence and vulnerability with an animated energy\nthat bring to mind Lars Vilks’ driftwood fortress\,“Nimes”\, the kinetic motorized sculptures\nof Jean Tinguely and Franz Kline’s angular expressionist paintings.\nJebah Baum is a visual artist and educator. He holds a BFA in printmaking from SUNY\nPurchase and an MFA from Cornell University. He is a Hudson Valley native\, lived many\nyears in Scandinavia and exhibits his work both in the U.S. and abroad.\n________________________________________________________________\nBAU Mission Statement\nBAU is a fine art gallery and project space. BAU is a platform for member artists to\nexperiment\, grow\, exhibit and market their work\, encourage collaborative curatorial\nprojects\, host invitationals and build vital links between the activities at BAU and the\ngreater community. This is the 219th consecutive exhibition at BAU Gallery. For more\ninformation visit our website: BAUGALLERY.ORG URL:https://westbeth.org/event/jebah-baum-palisades-sculptures-and-works-on-paper/ LOCATION:BAU Gallery Beacon NY CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jebah-Baum-SQ-June-Invite-22Palisades22-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230604T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230605T003341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T051158Z UID:10000276-1685865600-1696438800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Ralph Lee Installation in Westbeth Inner Courtyard DESCRIPTION:For years\, Ralph Lee installed puppet pageantry in the windowed alcove of the Westbeth inner courtyard. They were quarterly installations of puppets\, masks\, small and large figures which sometimes referenced current events or the change of seasons but were mostly evocative allusions to mythology\, fairy tales\, and magic. Ralph was a Westbeth Icon\, the founder of the Village Halloween Parade\, artistic director of the Mettawee River Theater Company\, and actor with the Open Theater. \nThis installation was created by Ralph in April 2023 a few weeks prior to his passing. \nLinks:\nWestbeth Icon Evening – Ralph Lee\nMetawee River Theater Company\nWestbeth In Memoriam\nRalph Lee’s Halloween Parade – A Look Back URL:https://westbeth.org/event/ralph-lee-installation-in-westbeth-inner-courtyard/ LOCATION:Westbeth Inner Courtyard CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SQ-2023-06-02_21-00-39_907.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230401T234153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230604T235504Z UID:10000209-1685790000-1685811600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Spring Art + Craft Market (First Ever!) DESCRIPTION:WESTBETH ARTIST RESIDENTS COUNCIL SPONSORS SPRING ART & CRAFT + MARKET \nThis craft art and craft market features bespoke fabric art\, photos\, music\, up-cycled\nvintage clothing\, hats\, jewelry and affordable fine art by some of Westbeth’s most\nwell-known artists. \nThe Westbeth Artist Residents Council is sponsoring their first annual Spring Art & Craft Market Saturday June 3\,2023 from 11-6pm in the historic Westbeth Artist Housing Complex at 155 Bank Street\nenter through the courtyard. \nJust a few of the artists participating: \nDebra Rappaport – Debra Rapoport is a 78-year-old artist who makes hats\, jewelryand various other accessories from things she finds on the streets of New York like\nmetal\, paper and plastic products\, and other materials that may be found in the trash.She has been creating these pieces ever since her early 20's. She was part of the\n“Advanced Style” movement (film and 3 books) and has her work in major museums.Instagram: @debrarapoport \nStephen Hall – Born in Aberdeen Scotland\, Stephen Hall moved to New York in 1978 and began exhibiting his work in the East Village in the 1980s. Since\, his work has been\nfeatured in exhibits throughout the US\, Japan\, Korea and Mexico. His work is a part of numerous private collections and has been featured in countless films and magazines.\nMr. Hall has illustrated numerous books for authors such as A.A. Milne\, J.G. Ballard\, and Russell Greenan to name a few. The new work shown here is based on post-it and\nbar napkin sketches done over the past 30 years.Instagram: @stephenhallny \nValérie Hallier – Miss Hallier's work has been shown internationally. She recently was the recipient of a Contemporary Art Foundation and a NYSCA & Wave Farm grants.\nUsing 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-\ndimensional renderings. She currently works with flower petals. She will be featuring. small scale works and “Chaos Bling” jewelry.\nInstagram: @valerie_hallier @multiplemedia_artist URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-spring-art-craft-market-first-ever/ LOCATION:Westbeth Bank St Courtyard CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ArtCraft-Market-FINAL-GRASS-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T203000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230402T000809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230604T235445Z UID:10000210-1685732400-1685737800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Fridays Presents Music Within Westbeth curated by Andreas Brade DESCRIPTION:German 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. \nRead more about Andreas HERE URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-fridays-presents-music-within-westbeth-curated-by-andreas-brade/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FIRST-FRIDAYS-with-ANDREAS-BRADE-FINAL-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230702T180000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230518T145242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230612T013407Z UID:10000271-1685725200-1688320800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Off- Broadway Weekend at Greenwich House DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-stretching-s-a-i-l-and-poetry-classes/ LOCATION:Greenwich House 46 Barrow St NYC\, 27 Barrow Street\, NY\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Westbeth-OAC-SQ-off-broadway-off-Broadway-1-e1685481904528.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230530T001521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230629T133231Z UID:10000207-1685520000-1687626000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Playback : Rutgers MFA Group Show DESCRIPTION:May 31–June 24\, 2023\nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune St\nNY NY \nRobbie Acklen\n(Sisag) Clio Bravo Idrobo\nDebra Cartwright\nEliza Lu Doyle\nGrace Haynes\nAmanda Horowitz\nHongzhe Liang\nDesiree Morales\nNora Normile\nKhairullah Rahim\nCarrie Marie Schneider\nJennifer Shear\nSacha Vega\n\n\nPlayback\, a group exhibition at Westbeth Gallery\, links the interplay among biography\, narrative\,\nand experience across a disparate set of artistic practices developed by Rutgers University visual\nart MFA graduates.\nThe artists in this exhibition\, as well as those who organized it\, are part of a half-century of Art\n& Design graduate education at Rutgers University prioritizing experimentation across artistic\nmedia and disciplines. \n First year MFA students Em Gallagher\, Andrew Kennedy\, Kabi Lama\,\nMaura Torres\, and Anton Varga have joined instructors Park McArthur and Jason Hirata in\norganizing a presentation of their graduating peers’ work. \nAlongside the artistic positions\npresented here\, Playback is an occasion to consider again the exhibition form as it unfolds\nalongside the interrelated activities animating Westbeth–a complex of homes\, artists’ studios\, and\narts organizations residing in a former Bell Laboratories building. \nPlease join us for an opening reception Wednesday\, May 31\, 6–8 p.m. \nAt 7 p.m. Sacha Vega will debut a performance in Westbeth’s courtyard.\nGuests are encouraged to bring headphones for live performance audio. \nWestbeth Gallery 55 Bethune Street New York 10014 is open Wednesday–Sunday 1–6 p.m.\nThe building’s courtyard faces Bank Street and provides step-free access to Westbeth Gallery.\nPlease wear masks inside the gallery. \nFor remote or in person tours\, for access or press inquiries\, or for further information please email: rutgers.ny@gmail.com or visit https://art.rutgers.edu/playback/. \nFor more information about the Art & Design Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts Rutgers University please visit: masongross.rutgers.edu/degrees-programs/art-design. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/playback-rutgers-mfa-group-show/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Playback-9x9_IG.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230518T211102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230620T012505Z UID:10000272-1684828800-1687021200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Dana Gordon: New Paintings DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of new abstract paintings by Dana Gordon and The Painting Center in New York. \nDana Gordon is an American abstract painter who began his art career working as assistant to Tony Smith and George Sugarman in the late 1960s in New York. Later he was a professor of art at the Universities of Massachusetts Wisconsin\, and Michigan. \nGordon’s first New York solo show of painting was at the Ericson Gallery in 1982. Since then\, he has had multiple solo shows at the Andre Zarre\, 55 Mercer\, and Sideshow galleries in New York City\, and Galerie Metanoia in Paris\, France\, among others. He has received awards from the Pollock Krasner and the Edward Albee Foundations. His avant-garde films have been featured at MoMA and international venues. Gordon studied art at Brown University and Hunter College. \nGordon was one of the principal founders of the Painting Center in 1993. Current artist members there invited him to show his new work in this exhibition. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/dana-gordon-new-paintings/ LOCATION:The Painting Center\, NYC CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Dana-Gordon-aSQ-t-Painting-CENTER.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T203000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230503T221451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230521T002502Z UID:10000206-1684522800-1684528200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Kirikou and the Sorceress DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-kirikou-and-the-sorceress/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Westbth-Movie-Night-Kirikou-FINAL-SQUARE-e1683152078963.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230505T144134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T195547Z UID:10000200-1684494000-1684688400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Flea Market Returns in a New Space DESCRIPTION:We have moved to another space in the Westbeth basement – a little bit bigger and brighter . But still in keeping with our 39 years of Bargains Galore and Affordable Art. Here are some photos of our new space which is still in tech rehearsal 🙂 but getting ready for our grand opening. \nMasks Recommended Cash and Carry \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nFor more information: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-flea-market-2023/ LOCATION:Westbeth Basement CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FLEA-MARKET-SQ-MAY-2023.png ORGANIZER;CN="Westbeth Beautification Committee":MAILTO:westbethfleamarket@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230515T235745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T013249Z UID:10000267-1684396800-1691859600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:James Gortner: Terra Incognita - Solo Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Tidal Wall (unknown-2023) Reclaimed paint on linen\, 84 in x 68 in \nMay 18 – August 12\, 2023 \nAtamian-Hovesepian Curatorial Practice\n227 East 24th St\nNew York\, NY \nEach of Gortner’s works\, created from reclaimed paint\, embodies a range of artistic expression\, including abstract and conceptual art. His work challenges conventional notions of permanence and self-determination and draws inspiration from existing myths\, dreams\, conflicts\, and moods. Gortner’s use of reclaimed paint along with his invented painting techniques\, place him squarely in the camp of environmental futurism. By imagining a radically different relationship to the earth\, Gortner and other like-minded artists affirm that their work possesses meaning above and beyond purely aesthetic considerations. \nThe paintings currently on view belong to an ongoing series that reflect Gortner’s personal journey. When Gortner was forced to leave his studio in 2016 and could no longer create there\, he decided that he would take the studio with him. He reversed onto his canvas everything from the topmost drywall\, flooring paint\, wood veneer\, footprints\, loose brush bristles\, down to the trace gouges in the floor. In the process he kept a record of his history in the space while tearing away its last remaining elements. Having now begun taking the working process outside the studio\, and into the world\, this invention born of personal disruption\, has become a gift that Gortner revisits in his practice to this day. Out of chaos and destruction\, came transformation. \nJames Gortner’s work has been featured in print in New American Paintings (North East Edition)\, New American Art Collector Magazine\, Men’s Journal\, and the Berliner\, among other publications. His artwork is included in the collections of the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation\, Jimenez-Colon Collection\, and the Wooster Collective as well as the private collections of President Jiang Zemin of China and actress Reese Witherspoon\, among others. \nMore Information at https://www.atamianhovsepian.art/james-gortner-exhibition URL:https://westbeth.org/event/james-gortner-terra-incognita-solo-exhibit/ LOCATION:Atamian-Hovesepian Curatorial Practice NYC CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/James-Gortner-Terra-Incognita.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T104348 CREATED:20230317T015947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230720T232512Z UID:10000268-1684396800-1689440400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals DESCRIPTION:Background\nThe Westbeth Gallery is a nonprofit fine arts gallery located within Westbeth Artist Housing in\nthe West Village in Manhattan. The gallery is operated by the Westbeth Artists Residents\nCouncil which is a volunteer organization elected by the residents of Westbeth. Exhibitors are\ngiven latitude in the content and arrangement of their work. Exhibitors are expected to work\nindependently to curate\, promote and install their exhibition professionally. \nThe gallery is seeking diverse proposals from institutions\, curators or individual artists for\nexhibitions in 2024. Each exhibition is approximately three weeks in length and must use all four\nrooms of our 2900 square foot gallery. Proposed exhibitions should be composed of artwork\nthat is the product of professional artists and executed in the last five years. \nProposal Requirements\nAll proposals are due by the extended deadline July 15\, 2023. Proposals submitted after July 1st will be ineligible for\nreview.\nWe only accept digital proposals. Email your proposal to westbethgallery@gmail.com \nSUBMIT:\n• 200 word statement of your proposed exhibition including title see attached form below.\n• A Resume in pdf form of the curator and/or featured artist(s) (2 pages max per).\nVisual Support:\n• 6 digital images from an individual artist or a selection of 2 images from a group or institution.\nPlease format your images in the following:\nFile name: labeled with your last name and order number\nEXAMPLE: Smith01.jpg\, Smith02.jpg\, Smith03.jpg\nDimensions: the largest size should be no more than 3000 pixels\, no wider than 10″.\nResolution: 72dpi (do not send Tiff files)\nImage List: provide: title of piece\, materials and dimensions\, date the work was produced.\nThe Review Committee will not look at websites of any kind.\nGallery Information Guidelines for the gallery and floor plans can be found at\nwww.westbeth.org under About/Westbeth Gallery. \nSelection Process\nAll proposals will be reviewed by members of the Visual Arts Selection Sub-Committee. \nProposals that are accepted will be notified by Sept 30th 2023. \nDOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHIBITION PROPOSAL COVER SHEET OPEN CALL Call form Proposals 2024 \nFURTHER INFO ON WESTBETH GALLERY HERE URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-call-for-exhibition-proposals/ LOCATION:Online and Info at Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MainOpenCall2024_extended.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR