BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westbeth - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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:20260425T123016 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230503T015041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T021737Z UID:10000205-1684256400-1684263600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Page One Exhibition: A celebration of featured Westbeth authors DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/page-one-exhibition-a-celebration-of-featured-westbeth-authors/ CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Book-Exhibition-FINAL-SQUARE-e1683078577828.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230412T215749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T192450Z UID:10000193-1683831600-1683835200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Miriam Chaikin Writing Awards Presentation and Readings DESCRIPTION:PROSE\nSusan Stenson is a retired ophthalmologist\, who spent her nearly five-decade career at NYU-\nLangone Medical Center\, where she was involved in patient care\, clinical research\, and teaching\,\nwith a special emphasis on Medical Ethics and Public Health. She is based in Manhattan and has\nhad a lifelong interest in writing and literature. \nPOETRY\nLynne Spigelmire Viti\, the daughter of a tavern owner and a schoolteacher\, was born and raised\nin Baltimore. She was educated in the public schools through eighth grade\, and graduated from\nMercy High School\, Baltimore. She earned her B.A. cum laude from Barnard College\, M.A.\nfrom Teachers College\, Columbia University\, and JD and PhD in English from Boston College.\n \nShe is emerita at Wellesley College\, where she taught in the Writing Program for 30 years. She\nhas two full-length poetry collections\, The Walk to Cefalù (Cornerstone Press\, 2022)\, Dancing at\nLake Montebello (Apprentice House\, 2020)\, two poetry chapbooks\, Baltimore Girls (2017) and\nThe Glamorganshire Bible (2018) and a short story collection\, Going Too Fast (2020)\, the latter\nall from Finishing Line Press. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in over 150 online and print\njournals. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Westwood\, Massachusetts\, earlier this year. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/miriam-chaikin-writing-award-winners/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/7th-Annual-Miriam-Chaikin-Writing-Awards-FINAL-SQUARE-e1681336039110.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T203000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230403T004324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T001516Z UID:10000197-1683313200-1683318600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Fridays: Michael Moss with Sorin Lerescu - BOWS/Ensemble for Strings and Piano DESCRIPTION:MICHAEL MOSS WITH SORIN LERESCU – BOWS/ENSEMBLE FOR STRINGS AND PIANO \nBows/Ensemble for Strings and Piano: Rosi Hertlein (violin)\, Sunjay Jayaram (violin)\, Melanie Dyer (viola)\, Lenny Mims (cello)\, Ken Filiano (bass)\, Anthony Coleman (piano)\, Michael Moss (clarinet). \nThe First Fridays Concert on May 5 at Westbeth is a collaborative evening featuring Michael Moss’ new group\, Bows/Ensemble for Strings and Piano performing his piece Abyss and the World Premiere of Far Away by acclaimed Romanian composer Sorin Lerescu\, written especially for Michael Moss and his ensemble for this occasion. \nAs part of this cross-cultural evening\, Dr. Lerescu will share his unique perspective in a short talk on Romanian contemporary music. \nMichael Moss composed Abyss in homage to his late father-in-law and his experiences escaping Germany during the Holocaust – it is infused with his spirit. Based on a sestina by Louisa Bieler and Leviticus/Jeremiah\, Abyss expresses the pain and suffering of people. Michael Moss joins his Ensemble on clarinet for this piece. Far Away\, Op.89 (2023) (World Premiere) is described by Lerescu “As if somewhere\, in the distance (Far Away)\, a refrain resounds…”New York\, New York.” Suggested by the immensity of the ocean\, the sonorities of the piano – sometimes close to rhythms and melodic fragments of an almost improvised discourse – are juxtaposed with those of the instrumental ensemble (2 violins\, viola\, cello\, contrabass).” \nWestbeth Artists Residents Council sponsors a musical event the First Friday of every month at 7PM in the Westbeth Community Room URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-fridays-michael-moss-with-sorin-lerescu-bows-ensemble-for-strings-and-piano/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FIRST-FRIDAYS-with-Michael-Moss-FINAL-SQUARE-e1681779147992.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230526T180000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230415T210347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T195608Z UID:10000196-1683291600-1685124000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Isa Ho: Resonance - Westbeth Project DESCRIPTION:May 5 – 26\, 2023\nOpening Reception: May 5\, 2023\, 6-9pm\nTalk: May 11\, 2023\, 6-7pm by Christopher Phillips \nGallery Hours: Wednesday-Sunday\, 1-6pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nIn 2013\, I received a New York Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) and headed to New York to take up my residency. I lived in Apartment 355G of the Westbeth social housing complex\, a celebrated artists’ community. The Westbeth building has 384 rooms\, one of which is owned by the ACC headquarters in New York. \nWestbeth was established in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts and the J.M. Kaplan Fund\, who transformed the 13 buildings of Bell Labs into a model artists’ residence. Since 1970\, Westbeth has provided art workers with spaces at preferential rates where they can apply to live and set up studios for life.That has made it a home for actors\, writers\, directors\, painters\, dancers\, musicians\, and other types of art workers\, who have a profound impact on New York’s cultural life. Residents have included photographer Diane Arbus\, stage actor David Greenspan\, dancer Merce Cunningham\, video art pioneer Nam June Paik\, and Robert De Niro Sr.; movie star Vin Diesel spent his childhood there. \nTom Duncan. Photo: Isa Ho \nAt the end of October 2012\, Hurricane Sandy swept across the eastern United States\, causing heavy losses\, and in January 2013\, I arrived at Westbeth\, which was then still recovering from the disaster. The artists there had lost none of their passion for life\, despite the serious damage and disruption the storm had brought to their lives. \n Westbeth Project\, as a creative project\, is an examination of life. Living in this time of rapid change can make us all feel uneasy\, excited\, and curious about the outside world. As we face a future full of uncertainty\, I explore in this Westbeth Project the possibility of a different way of looking at things. \nKaren Santry Photo:Isa Ho \nWestbeth demonstrates the importance of long-term policy planning in several ways. First\, Westbeth’s development process began in 1967 and took several years\, requiring sustained planning and policy support to achieve. As the first federally-funded artist housing project and the first cultural institution and architectural landmark recognized by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission\, Westbeth has a significant historical impact. Second\, Westbeth has become a cultural center and vital resource for artists and the LGBTQ community in New York City and beyond. Providing artist housing and creative spaces for the community\, as well as serving as a venue for art exhibitions and performances\, Westbeth’s impact extends beyond individuals and local areas\, having profound effects on the community and cultural ecology. Finally\, to maintain its long-term sustainability and development\, Westbeth requires its own long-term planning and management\, as well as policy support\, such as federal funding and landmark preservation. \nis a microcosm of the city\, representing the amount of effort and accumulation needed to make New York City what it is today. Its charm and allure make it a destination for many. Overall\, Westbeth serves as a successful example of how long-term planning and sustained policy support can promote community and cultural development. \nThis exhibition embodies my memories\, which I share with the artists. I captured the essence of these beautiful and powerful people in my own way. The exhibition showcases a selection of works from 2013 to the present\, including photography\, videos\, and documentaries\, as well as a new NFT installation created in collaboration with artist Chen\, Zhao-Hua. Additionally\, the exhibition features portraits of the artists displayed alongside their work at the Westbeth artist housing. \n After the three long years of the pandemic\, being able to return to the Westbeth exhibition and meet the artists was a deeply emotional experience\, with many artists having passed away. The sadness and longing had been reflected upon for a long time. Perhaps I will never see many of them again\, but their works and stories continue to be passed down\, still influencing the world. This may be the value of life and art. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/isa-ho-resonance-westbeth-project/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Isa-Ho-web-@300x-100-final.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230501T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230501T141855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230604T235636Z UID:10000203-1682928000-1685552400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Valerie Ghent featured in Hit Girls - book about women in punk in the 80's DESCRIPTION:HIT GIRLS\nWomen in Punk in the USA in 1975 – 1983\nBy Jen B Larsen \nValerie Ghent:\n“Wow! I just discovered that I’m in a new book about women in punk and new wave from 1978-1983 called “Hit Girls.” The band I was in as a teenager\, Dizzy and the Romilars\, is featured with lots of other female-fronted bands of the era\, including the Bush Tetras\, ESG\, The Plasmatics and other ground-breaking bands that I remember seeing and/or sharing bills with all over NYC. \nOh the clubs we played! Hurrah\, Bonds\, Trax\, Tier 3\, The Ritz\, Peppermint Lounge\, CBGB’s\, My Father’s Place\, The 9:30 Club (in DC) and many others. My first show with Dizzy was at Botany\, in the flower district\, the cool club where I first heard Bad Brains and 24-7 Spyz and so many other awesome bands. \nDizzy and the Romilars was founded by Ramona Jan (who also founded The Comateens)\, and I joined Dizzy in 1980 while still in high school. I was the baby in the band\, alongside Ramona\, Angelo “Zip” Zarrelli on bass and Joe Klemmer on drums. We rehearsed three times a week in the Music Building on 8th Avenue\, where dozens of bands rehearsed\, including Madonna\, who was just breaking through. \nThe author\, Jen Larson\, gathered information on almost 100 bands of the era. She interviewed Ramona and quotes me as well\, it’s a very cool writeup! There’s a nice quote on page 182 where Larson writes\, “In Dizzy and the Romilars Jan collaborated with Val\, a 15 year old who was a strong musician and demonstrated extreme confidence in the studio.” I never really thought of myself the way Larson describes\, but I remember the moment I walked into Media Sound I knew it was where I wanted to be\, in the studio making records!” \n Hit Girls is available at Amazon and has great reviews! \nValerie Ghent website URL:https://westbeth.org/event/valerie-ghent-featured-in-hit-girls-book-about-women-in-punk-in-the-80s/ LOCATION:Amazon CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-01-at-9.57.09-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230430T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230414T144826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T133617Z UID:10000185-1682582400-1682874000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:WESTFEST 2023: ALL OVER AND TOP FLOOR DESCRIPTION:JOIN US FOR WESTFEST 2023!\nJoin us April 27-30 for the 13th annual WestFest dance festival\, featuring the work of 25 cutting-edge artists in two unique programs presented throughout Westbeth’s historic\, storied spaces.\nWestFest is a cutting edge\, curated dance festival presenting established and emerging movement artists in the historic Westbeth Artists’ Residence in West Village\, NYC. The festival includes two distinct programs: WestFest Top Floor and All Over Westbeth. \nWestFest 2023 is produced under the auspices of the Westbeth Artists’ Residents Council. Westbeth’s programming is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Westbeth is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. \nWESTFEST TOP FLOOR\nJoin us on April 27\, 28\, 29 & 30 for WestFest Top Floor at the Martha Graham Studio Theater as we present visionary dance artists in a traditional theater setting. \nProgram A – Thurs & Sat\, April 27 & 29 | 7 PM\nAlex Oliva\nAugie Sherman\nCarol Nolte\nCONDER/dance\nDeborah Lohse & Cori Marquis\nGraciano Dance Projects\nJamal Jackson Dance Company – WestFest Guest Artist (Saturday)\nRachael Lieblein-Jurbala (Thursday)\nWendy Ann Powell \nProgram B – Fri & Sun\, April 28 & 30 | 7 PM\nalma Collective\nAriel Rivka Dance\nBOiNK! Dance & Film\nEvelyn Tejeda\nMore Fish\nPETER & CO.\nThe Bang Group\nT.MAJ Dance Company \nFor more information on all WestFest Top Floor Artists\, click here. \nTickets: General Admission – $30 | Seniors & Students – $20\nPurchase Ticket Link: WestFest Top Floor Tickets\nDate: April 27-30\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 PM ET\nRunning Time: 1 hour\nLocation: Martha Graham Studio Theater | 55 Bethune St\, New York\, NY 10014 \nALL OVER WESTBETH\nWestFest’s site-specific program\, takes place on the weekend of April 29 & 30th\, 2023. Join us for guided tours of Westbeth’s unique architectural history featuring original dance creations tailored to several of the community’s most iconic spaces. \nFree tours begin every 20 minutes starting at 1:00 PM\, with the final tour leaving at 4:00 PM. \nAll Over Westbeth Artists: \nAngie Moon\nBlackbird Dances with special guests!\nEmily Tarrier\nevan ray suzuki\nHeidi Latsky – WestFest Guest Artist\nLou Sydel\nMaxine Steinman\nSmashworks Dance | Ashley McQueen \nFor more information on the 2023 All Over Westbeth Artists\, click here. \nTickets: FREE.\nDate: April 29-30\, 2023\nTours: Every 20 minutes starting at 1:00 PM. Final tour leaves at 4:00 PM.\nRunning Time: 1 hour\nLocation: Westbeth Artists’ Residence | 155 Bank St\, New York\, NY 10014 \nCONTACT:info@westfestdance.com\nABOUT: www.westfestdance.com \nABOUT WESTBETH\nFounded in 1970\, Westbeth Artists Housing is a nonprofit housing and commercial\ncomplex dedicated to providing affordable living and working space for artists and arts\norganizations in New York City. The Richard Meier-designed complex located on West\nand Bethune Streets in the heart of the West Village has provided 383 units of\naffordable housing and studio space since it opened 51 years ago. Over the course of\nits history\, Westbeth has been home to a number of influential artists\, musicians and\nperformers\, and played an important role in supporting and sustaining the creative\ncommunity in New York and beyond. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westfest-2023/ LOCATION:Westbeth Top Floor and All Over CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WESTFEST-2023-TOP-FLOOR-IG-with-Programs.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T153000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230422T142827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T010500Z UID:10000199-1682519400-1682523000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Robert Bunkin: Art Talk - 32 Self-Portraits DESCRIPTION:Robert Bunkin is a figurative painter\, art historian and curator. He studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School\, earned an undergraduate degree from CUNY and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts\, Rutgers University. Bunkin studied in Florence\, Italy between 1986-88. He returned to Italy in 2000 to perfect his fresco technique at the Tintori Laboratory for True Fresco in Vainella (near Prato) on a Parsons School of Design Faculty Leave Grant. He has also spent time studying and teaching in Beijing. Bunkin’s work has been seen in solo and group exhibitions locally\, nationally\, in Italy and China. He has taught both studio and art history at several NYC colleges\, ateliers\, museums and universities. From 2011-2017 he was Art Curator at the Staten Island Museum\, overseeing its inaugural art exhibitions when it opened at Snug Harbor. He has also curated major exhibitions at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art and at other venues throughout the City. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/robert-bunkin-art-talk-32-self-portraits/ LOCATION:Older Adult Center at Westbeth CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Robert-Bunkin-arttalk-SQ.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T180000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230418T002940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T133634Z UID:10000198-1682272800-1682272800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:The Kitchen Fundraising Event with the Dream House Quartet DESCRIPTION:Sunday April 23\, 2023 at 6pm \nPre-Show Panel at 4:30pm \nThe Town Hall\n123 West 43rd St\nNew York\, NY \nOn Sunday\, April 23\, Dream House Quartet features works by Kitchen artists such as Philip Glass\, Meredith Monk\, and Steve Reich: three artists who have helped to shape The Kitchen from the very beginning – on a night dedicated to support future generations of experimental artists. \nFormed in 2018\, Dream House Quartet fuses decades of musical mastery of classical and contemporary forms featuring luminaries Katia and Marielle Labèque on dueling pianos along with acclaimed composer-guitarists Bryce Dessner and David Chalmin. Dream House Quartet is joined by Arooj Aftab is a Grammy award winning Pakistani singer\, composer\, and producer based in the United States. She works in various musical styles and idioms\, including jazz\, minimalism\, and Urdu poetry. \nYou’re also welcome to join us for a Pre-Show Panel @ 4:30PM on April 23rd as we celebrate the launch of On Minimalism by acclaimed authors William Robin and Kerry O’Brien\, in conversation with special guests! \nTo take part in what is sure to be an evening of triumphant sound\, Purchase tickets for this TOWN HALL EVENT Tickets start at $25 URL:https://westbeth.org/event/the-kitchen-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:The Town Hall CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/THE-KITCHEN-Fudraiser-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230422T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230323T225157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T215906Z UID:10000180-1682161200-1682262000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Monotype Print Workshop with Amanda Barrow DESCRIPTION:One Day Monotype Workshop\nSaturday April 22\, 2023 11AM – 3PM\nor\nSunday April 23\, 2023 11AM – 3PM \n$30 all materials included \nTo register\, email : URL:https://westbeth.org/event/monotype-print-workshop-with-amanda-barrow/ LOCATION:Westbeth Print Studio CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Monoprint-workshop-SQ.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T203000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230407T145824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230422T141223Z UID:10000190-1682103600-1682109000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: The City of Lost Children DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-the-city-of-lost-children/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Westbeth-Movie-Night-Lost-City-of-Child.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T153000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230413T001748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230422T141237Z UID:10000194-1681911000-1681918200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Lilly Rivlin Film: Heather Booth DESCRIPTION:Wednesday April 19\, 2023 at 1:30PM \nGreenwich House at Westbeth\nWestbeth Older Adult Center\n155 Bank Street\nbetween West and Washington St\nenter through courtyard \nAward winning filmmaker\, writer and political activist\, Lilly Rivlin lives in New York City at Westbeth Artist Housing. \nShe was born in Jerusalem and immigrated to the United States with her family in 1945. She did her graduate degree in Political Science at U of C\, Berkeley. Before focusing on documentaries\, she was a journalist\, and foundation consultant on the Middle East and women. \nMost recently Rivlin was selected as the 2013-14 recipient of the annual Miller Distinguished Jewish Woman Filmmaker Award. In August\,2014\, Rivlin had a Mini-Retrospective at the Bay area\, JCC. The ‘personal is political’ is expressed in the documentaries she produced\, directed and wrote. \nHeather Booth: Changing the World is conceived as part of a trilogy about feminist activists in the late 20th century and the beginning of the twenty-first century. The subjects of her first two films\, Grace Paley and Esther Broner were both artists\, both writers as well as activists. The subject of the third film in this trilogy is Heather Booth\, an organizer\, whose art is organizing. Her refrain\, which will be heard\, at several points of the film is: If you organize you can change the world. \nSoundtrack for film includes an original song written by Westbeth resident\, Eve Zanni\, who sings it along with Bobby Harden. \nMore info at lillyrivlin.com \nMore info about Eve Zanni on https://westbeth.org/artist-page/eve-zanni/ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/lilly-rivlin-film-heather-booth/ LOCATION:Older Adult Center at Westbeth CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lily-rivlin-Film-SQ.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T123016 CREATED:20230410T195930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T032808Z UID:10000192-1681113600-1681146000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Lama El Homaissi: Westbeth Safe Haven Artist Resident DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/ahmad-fanoos/ LOCATION:Westbeth Artists Housing CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lama-El-Homaissi.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR