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SUMMARY:Spotlight: Writers' Room: Joan Hall
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SUMMARY:Stories Around the Table Video
DESCRIPTION:l-r Christina Maile\, Diane Spodarek\, Karen Ludwig\, Nancy Gabor\, Joyce Aaron\, Joan Hall \nAn evening of short stories and memoir dealing with murder\, monsters\, cats\, love\, joy\, and vegetables. \nVideo produced and directed by Maurice Papi\nVideo assistant Brianna Papi \nSTORIES AROUND THE TABLE
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Pleasantville
DESCRIPTION:Friday May 27\, 2022 at 7PM\nPleasantville is a 1998 American teen fantasy comedy-drama film written\, co-produced\, and directed by Gary Ross. It stars Tobey Maguire\, Jeff Daniels\, Joan Allen\, William H. Macy\, J. T. Walsh\, and Reese Witherspoon\, with Don Knotts\, Paul Walker\, Marley Shelton and Jane Kaczmarek in supporting roles. The story centers on two siblings who wind up trapped in a 1950s TV show\, set in a small Midwest town\, where residents are seemingly perfect. \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nbetween West and Washington St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY  \nFREE
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night/
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CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:Stories Around the Table: Elegies and Confessions
DESCRIPTION:Monday May 23\, 2022 at 7PM \nAn innovative evening of true and almost true stories…\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY 10014\nenter through courtyard \n MASKS REQUIRED: \nWRITERS \nKaren Ludwig\nKAREN LUDWIG performs\, directs and teaches in New York and L.A. Her B’way credits include Prelude to a Kiss with Steve Guttenberg and John Randolph\, Broadway Bound with Joan Rivers\, The Devils with Anne Bancroft\, The Bacchae with Irene Pappas and many plays at the Public Theater. She was a member of Andre Gregory’s Manhattan Project for two years and performed The Seagull and Wallace Shawn’s Our Late Night with the Company throughout the United States and Europe.\nHer first film was Woody Allen’s Manhattan\, (Meryl Streep’s lover) and her most recent is That Awkward Moment with Zach Efron. She teaches at The New School for Drama and the HB Studio in NYC. \nDawn D’Arcy\nDawn is an actor\, writer\, bass player and thrilled to be a new grandma to Etta. She is in love with each of the women in this group and plans to marry them all in the very near future. \nJoyce Aaron\nOboe winner for Acting in a play Acrobatics co written by Luna Tarlo. Original member of The Open Theater\, directed by Joseph Chaikin. Premiered America Hurrah by Jean Claude Van Itallie in New York and at The Royal Court Theater in London. Lived and worked with Sam Shepard on many of his early plays. \nNancy Gabor\nTheater Director\, Acting Teacher:\nOpen Theater\, Director – The War in Heaven  with Joseph Chaikin\,\nMaster Teacher – Princeton University\, and the Amsterdam Theater School\, Holland.\nDirector – On-site production Lost and Found\,  by Paul Binnerts at Westbeth.\nOffering the popular You’re Never Too Old to Play story telling and improvisation workshop for seniors that recently played to great acclaim at Little Island\, New York in July 2021 \nJoan Hall\nJoan Hall who won the Miriam Chaikin Writing Foundation Award in 2018\, is a pioneer in the field of collage and assemblage illustration. Her work has appeared on covers of Time magazine\, and in The New York Times. Hall’s collages and assemblages have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide\, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. \nChristina Maile\nHer work reflecting  her West Indian and Dayak heritage\, she has received grants from  Pollock-Krasner and  Joan Mitchell Foundation\, as well as two Miriam Chaikin Foundation Writing Awards.  Her landscape architectural work was featured in Garden Design Magazine. She was  the co-founder playwright of the Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective. She accepts Dawn’s marriage proposal but only if its an open marriage. \nDiane Spodarek\nDiane Spodarek is a Canadian-American artist and writer with a background in the visual and performing arts. She is the recipient of artist’s fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, Creative New Zealand\, and the Michigan Council for the Arts. \nDale Soules\nis an American actress known for starring in The Messenger\, Sesame Street\, and for portraying Frieda Berlin in Orange Is the New Black from 2014 to 2019. She appeared in the original production of Hair in the role of Jeannie.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/stories-around-the-talbe/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Flea Market 2022
DESCRIPTION:Flea Market $10 Bag Sale –\nSaturday May 21 11am – 2pm\nNo early birds. Line up outside of building at 55 Bethune St.  Doors will open promptly at 11AM. \nSpend $10 in cash and a big black plastic bag and fillet  to the brim with clothes\, books\, housewares\, electronics\, collectibles and more.  Art and jewelry very very limited \nWestbeth Basement\n55 Bethune Street  (between West Street and Washington Street)\nNew York NBY 10014\nAdmission FREE\nFriday May 13 11am – 7pm\nSaturday May 14 11am – 5pm\nSunday May 15 11am – 5pm\nMasks and proof of vaccination required for entry\,\nSince 1984\, the legendary Westbeth Flea Market has provided Bargains Galore to thousands of eager customers who recognize the amazing quality of items offered. Our donations come from artists within Westbeth as well as our neighbors. \nFIND Books\, mens and women’s clothes\, shoes\, fine fabrics\, housewares\, electronics\, furniture\, jewelry\, office supplies\, decorative objects\, some of them kind of mysterious. \nThe Affordable Art Department offers original paintings\, drawings\, fine art prints donated by the artists of Westbeth and local art collectors. Also art supplies and frames. \nCOLLECT LIKE AN ARTIST \nThe Westbeth Beautification Committee\, a subcommittee of the Westbeth Artists Residents Council\, has been a Westbeth tenant volunteer organization for the past 38 years. Since 1984\, the Committee has held an annual WESTBETH FLEA MARKET dedicated to fundraising for projects that benefit Westbeth\, the neighborhood community\, local charities and disaster relief. \nMore Info about Westbeth Flea Market
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-flea-market-2022/
LOCATION:Westbeth Basement
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SUMMARY:Greenwich House Town Meeting at Westbeth
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/greenwich-house-at-westbeth/
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SUMMARY:Debra Jenks Participates in Whitney Biennial Installation
DESCRIPTION:Debra Jenks was selected to participate in Nayland Blakes’s project\, “Got an Art Problem\,” in the Whitney Biennial.  Her drawing is hung in the red room of the Whitney Museum of American Art and will remain up for the duration of the biennial.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/debra-jenks/
LOCATION:Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York\, NY
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Icon Evening : Hans Haacke
DESCRIPTION:Thursday May 12 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St. (enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014\nFREE\nMASKS ARE REQUIRED. \nHans Haacke largely invented modern ‘artivism’ as a political strategy for conceptual artists. His work intervenes through the space of the museum or gallery to decry the influence of corporations on society and reveal the hypocrisy of liberal institutions accepting sponsorship from aggressive and conservative capitalists. This work has been immensely significant in prefiguring the modern challenge to ‘artwashing’\, the attempted diversion from harmful business practices through philanthropic engagement with the arts. \nHaacke’s politics extend to his artistic career\, providing a principled example to artists and audiences. He still maintains partial ownership over his artworks after sale\, for example\, allowing him a measure of control over the extent to which his protest can be coopted by the art market. As a teacher and writer Haacke’s influence is not only in the work he directly produced himself\, but in the dissemination of his political strategies through later generations of artists. Haacke’s fearlessness and refusal to bend in relation to institutional pressure has had an enduring legacy that persists to this day. \n– The Art Story \nWestbeth Icons is a project that celebrates the life and work of senior Westbeth artists who continue to work passionately in their artistic field. It is produced by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. \nThe Icon evening features a filmed interview produced and directed by Ted Timreck with Terry Stoller\, interviewer\, as well as tributes by colleagues of the artist and words by the honoree. A special Icon gift is presented to the artist at the close of the evening. \nSee more Westbeth Icons at Westbeth Icons
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-icon-evening-hans-haacke/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:Beth Soll: Earthly Dances in Troubled Times
DESCRIPTION:L-R – Beth Soll\, photo credit: Lazslo Toth; Beth Soll and Abby Dias in the film\, “Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response.” Cinematographer: Ethan Mass; Brianna Lux\, photo credit: Jacob Lux. \nSaturday May 7\, 2022 at 8pm\nSunday May 8\, 2022 at 8pm\nBETH SOLL & COMPANY\nThe Westbeth Community Room at Westbeth Center for the Arts\n55 Bethune Street (corner of Bethune St. and Washington St.)\, NYC 10014 \nSeating Limited. Masks required for attendees. \nTickets: sollearthlydances.brownpapertickets.com\nPhone: 212-927-0476 \nWebsite: Beth Soll and Company \nFacebook: Beth Soll and Company \nChoreographer/Dancer Beth Soll\, Artistic Director of Beth Soll & Company\, will present Earthly Dances in Troubled Times\, a concert of four new works and a film at Westbeth Center for the Arts\, 55 Bethune Street\, NYC. The program will take place on Saturday May 7 and Sunday May 8 at 8pm. Tickets: *Full program below. \nCelebrating the 50-year age difference between herself and her dancers\, the two evenings will feature the premiere of Red Duet\, a live spin-off of Ms. Soll’s film\, Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response\, which will also be shown. Both works were created in response to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. \nDancers appear in the film in two separate solos\, one for company member Abby Dias and another for dancer/choreographer Beth Soll\, in separate frames or socially distanced in one frame. Filming took place in 2020 outside\, amidst the greenery of Hudson River Park. The vibrant red of the costumes contrast with the lush green of the park. In Red Duet\, the live version of the film\, Ms. Soll shares the stage with Ms. Dias\, using geometric clarity and a thoughtful balance of athleticism and subtle\, gesture-based movement. \nThe other works to be shown echo aspects of the film\, including its movement vocabulary\, the tension between separation and connection\, and the co-existence of formal restraint and emotional expressivity. \nAccording to dance critic Deborah Jowitt\, who viewed the film in preview: “What makes this duet especially interesting—even moving—are the subtle distinctions between the two performers. Hard to believe though it is\, Soll is about fifty years older than Dias. If they raise both hands to frame their faces\, or lean down to touch the ground\, they seem like twins\, but they approach certain larger moves in individual ways…. Two red solos. The performers’ responses to the title may be formal\, and the two of them never touch. But their simultaneous solos seethe with the implications of togetherness and isolation that at present shape our daily lives.” – Arts Journal\, Read more. \n* Full Program (subject to change): \nSpell II (premiere)\, Solo for Beth Soll. This dance grew out of two earlier solos\, one from 1979 and another from 2016. It suggests a sense of immersion in a private\, almost visionary place of sensuous introspection\, expressed in both kinetic dancing and idiosyncratic gestural movement accompanied by the evocative music of Boston’s celebrated jazz musician Stan Strickland and the equally accomplished Josh Rosen. \nRed Duet (premiere) a live version of the film\, “Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response.” The choreography departs from the restrictions of the separate frames in the film and allows for more intimacy between the dancers than in the film\, as well as a sense of vigorous\, athletic freedom. Music: prepared tape of nature sounds by the film’s cinematographer Ethan Mass. \nWellspring (premiere)\, Solo for Abby Dias. The choreography of this piece makes references to the other dances in the program and focuses on Abby’s youthful\, hopeful energy\, her natural dramatic sense\, and her technical skill. The dance is accompanied by the highly original\, evocative music by experimental jazz artist\, Jeff Platz. \nFolk Dance: A Restless Fugue. Duet for Abby Dias and Brianna Lux. This dance makes reference to the traditional folk dance of Eastern Europe and to the embroidered patterns on folk costumes. The dancers move from upstage to downstage with one movement pattern and then move back upstage with another pattern\, sometimes deviating from their straight paths. Parts of the dance are performed in unison\, but much of it is performed as a fugue or canon\, in which one person starts\, and the other dancer later joins in with different movement. As the dance develops\, the dancers deviate from the rigid lines of the embroidery and dance together or in opposition\, which both enriches and undermines the conventions of folk dance and evokes a sense of the aesthetic power\, passionate emotions\, and suggestions of conflict that are often implicit in traditional dances. Music for the dance is by Param Vir\, a British composer originally from India and performed live by noted New York pianist Kathryn Woodard. \nFilm: Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response – the dancers appear in separate frames or socially distanced in one frame. The film was shot outside amidst the greenery of Hudson River Park. For the film Soll worked to reveal and celebrate the 50-year age difference between her and Abby Dias and to locate it within a geometric clarity and thoughtful balance of athleticism and subtle\, gesture-based movement. The vibrant red of the costume’s contrasts with the lush green of the park. Cinematographer: Ethan Mass. Editing: Ethan Mass and Beth Soll. \nABOUT BETH SOLL  \nBeth Soll is the Artistic Director of Dance Projects\, Inc./Beth Soll & Company. Beth Soll began her dance training in the U.S. with the Romanian dancer Iris Barbura and continued abroad in Germany and Switzerland. She has performed with many dance companies and has frequently collaborated with artists in all disciplines. She received a bachelor’s degree in modern dance from the U. of Wisconsin and later a Ph.D from Boston University. With her company\, which was formed in 1977\, she has performed in many U.S. locations and abroad in Canada\, France\, Germany\, Hong Kong\, Hungary\, Romania\, and Russia. She has been honored with many grants and awards from the NEA and from state\, civic\, and private sources. Since the 1960s\, she has been teaching people in varied contexts and in universities\, including MIT\, where she directed the Dance Program for 20 years\, the Harvard Summer Dance Center\, Boston University\, UC Santa Barbara\, Hofstra University\, Manhattanville College\, and the University of Wisconsin. Her book\, Will Modern Dance Survive? Lessons to be Learned from the Pioneers and Unsung Visionaries of Modern Dance was published in 2002.\nBethsollandcompany.org \nNow in her late seventies and still dancing\, Soll’s very individual style has earned enthusiastic praise throughout the years: \n“Gentle\, unusual\, luminous…iconic purity…thoughtful\, beguiling dance.”\nDeborah Jowitt\, The Village Voice \n“This is dance at its most magical\, mystical\, mysterious.”\nCerina Survant\, Chicago Reader \n“A distinguished\, absorbing\, and deeply satisfying concert.”\nDavid Vaughan\, Dance Magazine \n“…volatile\, thrilling\, both kinesthetically and spiritually\, and altogether magnificent.”\nChristine Temin\, The Boston Globe
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/beth-soll-earthly-dances-in-troubled-times/2022-05-08/
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Readings: Walter\, Florio and Herman
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 4\, 2022 at 7PM \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nb/w Washington and West its.\nNew York\,NY\nFREE \nKate Walter is the author of two memoirs: Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the\nEpicenter and Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing.\nHer essays and opinion pieces have appeared in the New York Times\, Newsday\, New York\nDaily News\, AM-NY\, Next Avenue\, the Advocate\, the Village Sun\, and many other outlets.\nShe taught writing at CUNY and NYU for three decades. \nDonna Florio is a lifelong resident of Bank Street in Greenwich Village. Nurtured by colorful\,\neccentric neighbors who taught her to “never wonder about life from the outside—jump in!”\nDonna has\, over the years\, worked as an opera singer\, a TV producer\, a Wall Street executive\,\nand an educator\, and has backpacked around the world. \nMichele Herman is the author of the novel Save the Village and two poetry chapbooks\, Just\nAnother Jack: The Private Lives of Nursery Rhymes and Victory Boulevard. Her poems\, stories\,\nand essays have appeared widely in journals\, including Ploughshares and the Hudson Review.\nShe’s a longtime teacher at the Writers Studio\, a developmental editor\, and she writes for the\nVillage Sun.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-literary-arts-committee/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:WestFest Dance Festival 2022. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:WestFest Dance Festival 2022 returns for its 12th installation\, featuring 16 dance troupes across 7 different locations at Westbeth Artists’ Residence with Martha Graham’s Graham 2 headlining! \n New York 1 Interview with ZCO Dance Project\, George Cominskie Exec Director of Westbeth\, and Dylan Baker\, WestFest co-producer\n \nTickets: FREE\nRegistration Link: www.westfestdance.com/tickets\nTime: Tours run from 1:30PM – 3PM\nRunning Time: 1 hour per tour\nLocation: Entrance at 155 Bank St\, New York\, NY 10014 \nCOVID Policy: Audience Members are required to wear masks indoors \nGraham 2 of Martha Graham Dance Company will join 15 dance groups in performing in Westbeth’s annual WestFest Dance Festival on the weekend of April 30th. Taking place in the halls and courtyards of the landmarked Richard Meier-designed affordable housing complex\, WestFest is an immersive\, curated dance festival that presents and spotlights established and emerging movement artists and dance groups based in New York City. \nVisitors can sign up for a free one-hour tour guided by Westbeth artists\, who guide visitors through the building\, interspersed with original dance performances that enliven the housing complex’s famed winding corridors and courtyards. Set to take place across two days\, Saturday\, April 30th and Sunday\, May 1st\, from 1:30 – 3:00 PM\, tickets are free\, but must be reserved online in advance. \nMartha Graham Dance Company’s Graham 2 will make their return to Westfest for the third time\, with new original choreography by Virginie Mécène. Graham 2 is a pre-professional dance company drawn from the most advanced students of the Martha Graham School. The show is particularly important to the world-renowned dance company given its location – the studio has called Westbeth home for the last 10 years. \nThe two-day program will also feature a wide variety of dance troupes\, including ZCO/DANCEPROJECT\, whose mission is to spotlight the inclusion and incorporation of those with disabilities in dance. \n“We look forward to welcoming 16 talented dance troupes into our halls\, who will beautifully highlight and encapsulate the spirit of Westbeth through their dancing and performing\,” said George Cominskie\, Executive Director of Westbeth. “Westbeth has long been a home for the arts and the annual festival offers a unique opportunity to celebrate some of the City’s most exciting dance groups set against the backdrop of an iconic New York City arts institution.” \nProgramming for Saturday\, April 30th will feature performances by:\n● Graham 2\n● Glenn Potter-Takata\n● The Bang Group\n● Carol Nolte/Dance Collective\n● Company of Collaborative Artists\n● Marla Phelan\n● Braingames in partnership with the 14th Street Y Senior Performance Company\n● Capoeira Luanda lead by Mestre Jelon Vieira \nProgramming for Sunday\, May 1st will feature performances by:\n● Matthew Westerby Company\n● ZCO/DANCEPROJECT\n● Sofia Engelman + Em Papineau\n● The Echoes of Africa Dance Collective\n● BOiNK! Dance & Film\n● The DynamitExperience\n● Rachel Lieblein-Jurbala\n● The Jamal Jackson Dance Company \nWestFest is produced by the Westbeth Artists’ Residents Council. \nTickets: FREE\nRegistration Link: www.westfestdance.com/tickets\nTime: Tours run from 1:30PM – 3PM\nRunning Time: 1 hour per tour \nLocation: Entrance at 155 Bank St\, New York\, NY 10014 \nCOVID Policy: Audience Members are required to wear masks indoors \nAbout Westbeth\nFounded in 1970\, Westbeth Artists Housing is a nonprofit housing and commercial complex dedicated to providing affordable living and working space for artists and arts organizations in New York City. The Richard Meier-designed complex located on West and Bethune Streets in the heart of the West Village has provided 383 units of affordable housing and studio space since it opened 51 years ago. Over the course of its history\, Westbeth has been home to a number of influential artists\, musicians and performers\, and played an important role in supporting and sustaining the creative community in New York and beyond.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westfest-dance-festival-2022/
LOCATION:Westbeth’s Halls and Corridors.   See NY1 Interview!\, !55 Bank Street\, New York\, United States
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SUMMARY:Penny Jones & Company Puppets: Three Little Pigs
DESCRIPTION:Sunday April 24\, 2022 at 1PM \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nb/w Washington and West Sts.\nNew York\, NY\nBUY TICKETS HERE \nLimited Capacity. Buy tickets online. Masks must be worn by all. Adults must be vaccinated. \nClassic Tales and Fables. Lots of fun for the very young. The Three Bears\, The Three Billy Goats Gruff\, and more. This is a simple and intimate introduction to the theatre for children. With lots of participation\, fun\, and games\, and Mother Goose Rhymes. A hit for generations. With Jack\, the Pied Piper and that silly little dog Toby. After the show\, everyone makes a puppet to take home.\n“Charming.” -New York Times\n“Very simple\, and perfect as an introduction to theatre.” -New York Magazine\n“Warm\, funny\, direct and charming.” -Gannet Newspapers\n“A relief from all that commercialism” – A parent after the show \nTickets are $10 for all ages\nShow Time: 1 PM\nAll Ages – Great for 2 to 8\nStroller Parking\nShows Run about 45 Minutes workshop follows\nInformation: (212) 924-0525 \nMORE INFO: http://www.pennypuppets.org \nBUS AND SUBWAY: M14A\, M11\, M20\, (2 blocks)\nA\, C\, E\, L\, 1\, 2\, 3 (5 or 6 blocks)
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/penny-jones-company-puppets/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: What Happened\, Miss Simone?
DESCRIPTION:Friday April 22\, 2022 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY\nMasks are recommended\, Room capacity 74 \nWhat Happened\, Miss Simone? is a 2015 American biographical documentary film about Nina Simone directed by Liz Garbus. The film opened the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The screening was followed by a tribute performance by John Legend.[1] The film was released by Netflix on June 26\, 2015. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. \nMichael Hogan wrote for Vanity Fair that\, “The risk of making a documentary of a towering artist is that\, by explaining her\, you only end up diminishing her. Not Nina Simone—not this time. In Liz Garbus’s telling\, Simone’s talent and personality shine through\, as gloriously singular\, and uncontrollable\, as ever.” \nManohla Dargis of The New York Times cited the film’s relevance\, calling it an “often electric\, bracingly urgent documentary.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-what-happened-miss-simone/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:Bungalow Group Show
DESCRIPTION:Westbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014\nApril 21 – May 27\, 2022 \nPrivate Opening for Westbeth residents: April 21\, 2022 6PM – 8PM \nPublic Opening Wednesday April 27\, 2022 6PM – 8PM\nSelma Akkari\, Thomas Blair\, Rachael Bos\, Don Tanani\, Shane Gabier\, Sylvie Hayes-Wallace\, House of Today x Lina Shamma\, Aniza-Imán Íñiguez\, Kelsey Isaacs\, Louis Osmosis\, Jack\nOtway\, Idris Salaam\, Milda Vizbar \nThomas Blair\, Untitled Painting for the Whitney Biennial (#4)\, 2021 Pigment on canvas This spring\, Bungalow opens a new exhibition at the historic artist colony Westbeth focusing on visual arts and design with a program of live events. Continuing our collaborative ethos\, the exhibition will include work by contemporary artists as well as former Westbeth residents\, and will feature a presentation curated by Beirut-based design platform House of Today. \nFounded in 1970 to provide affordable housing and studios for artists and their families\, Westbeth is a\nuniquely New York landmark. Pivotal figures in the downtown scene—including Diane Arbus\, Hans Haacke\, and Nam June Paik\, among many others—have called Westbeth home\, and it holds a legendary status in the city. Our presentation\, located in the Westbeth Gallery off the iconic Richard Meier-designed courtyard\, comprises four rooms\, each with a different visual and thematic through line. \nBungalow is a roving curatorial platform\, founded in 2021 by Saria Sakka\, Quinn Schoen\, and Abigail Tisch. We bring together artists working across a range of creative modes\, encouraging new and unexpected dialogues between their practices. \nbungalow.earth / @bungalow_earth
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/bungalow-group-show/
LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery
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SUMMARY:Light of Day: The Language of Landscape
DESCRIPTION:A very short description. Very short.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/light-of-day-the-language-of-landscape/
LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery
CATEGORIES:past-events
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Celebrates Women's History Month
DESCRIPTION:Women’s History Month at Westbeth reflects on the extraordinary contributions that Westbeth’s women artists have made to history\, art and culture.\n Those featured on the poster represents a fraction of our resident emerging and established women artists\, past and present. We have also included on this page\, other Westbeth women artists whose work has been featured on the website as Westbeth Icons\, Profiles in Arts\, and Westbeth Boldface.   \nPele Bauch dancer\nPele grew up at Westbeth and later returned with her husband and children as fully accomplished dancer and choreographer exploring indigenous Pacific Islander movement. Her work has been presented at the Brooklyn Museum\, Chocolate Factory\, Danspace Project\, HERE’s American Living Room and Best of the American Living Room\, Joyce SoHo\, Dixon Place\, BAX\, and other venues. Pele has received funding from LMCC\, Harkness Foundation\, and BAC.\nDance NYC Town Hall Discussion\nNew Dance Alliance \nMelika Dave visual artist and musician\nMelika grew up in Westbeth with her father\, a visual artist. She is a multi-media artist working in the realms of music\, poetry\, painting and design. Melika is a 2021 Still Standing Artist in Residence and the founder of the emerging artist community Public Fruit.\nMusic\nArt on the Avenue\nWebsite \nGwen Fabricant visual artist\nOnce the costume designer for the Open Theater\, Gwen’s visual work preserves and investigates the changeability and fragility of natural forms\, for which she has been awarded Joan Mitchell\, Pollack Krasner\, MacDowell Colony grants. She is a 2018 Westbeth Icon honoree.\nWestbeth artist page\nWebsite\nWestbeth Icon film \nNancy Gabor theater director and teacher\nA long-time collaborator with Joseph Chaikin as an actor in The Serpent and directing him in The War with Heaven \, Nancy was a Master Acting teacher with the New Amsterdam Theater Conservatory for 25 years. She co-founded the senior acting storytelling workshop\, You’re Never Too Old to Play\, whose most recent performance was at Little Island NYC in 2021.\nWestbeth artist page\nLittle Island Performance \nArlene Gottfried photographer and singer\nA dedicated gospel singer\, Arlene was one of the finest NYC street photographers of her generation\, receiving belated recognition for her candid photographs of people in under-represented neighborhoods. Her books include Mommie\, “Midnight\, and Sometimes Overwhelming\, and is currently on exhibit at the Daniel Cooley Fine Art Gallery\, NYC.\nWikipedia\nDaniel Cooley Fine Art\nWebsite \nPenny Jones puppeteer\nPenny and her company since the 1970’s specializes in puppet shows for the very young\, and puppet ballets. Her company has performed at the Henson International Puppet Festival and at Avery Fischer Hall\, Currently her work is included in Puppets of New York\, at the Museum of the City of New York. She is a 2017 Westbeth Icon honoree.\nWebsite\nPuppets of New York\nWestbeth Icon film \nChristina Maile visual artist and writer\nChristina co-founded the Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective. Her Garden for Children with Aids was published in Landscape Architecture Magazine. She won two Chaikin Writing Awards\, and a Pollack Krasner Foundation Grant for her printmaking which explores her Dayak and West Indian heritage. She is a member of Stories Around the Table which will perform in April 2022\, and of the Westbeth Board of Directors.\nWebsite\nWestbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective\nChaikin Writing Award \nGloria Miguel actor and playwright\nGloria is Kuna/Rappahannock and co-founder of Spiderwoman Theater Company\, the first Native American theater group. Touring extensively in Spiderwoman productions\, as well in her own one woman shows\, she also taught drama workshops at Navaho Nation Reservations. In Spring 2022\, she will perform Spiderwoman Theater’s Misdemeanor Dreams  at La Mama ETC\, NYC. Gloria is a 2018 Westbeth Icon honoree.\nSpiderwoman Theater\nWikipedia\nWestbeth Icon film \nMadeleine ‘Yayodele’ Nelson musician\nYayodele\, composer\, and crafter of the group’s instruments\, was the founder of the “Women of the Calabash”\, whose music drew on the roots of Caribbean\, and African music to underscore issues of liberation and civil rights. As a solo artist\, Yayodele was featured by Paul Simon on The Rhythm of the Saints\, and taught master classes at Julliard and at the Fresh Air Fund Camp in Fishkill NY.\nWomen of the Calabash performance\nWestbeth Artist in Profile\nThe Globe and Mail \nCarol Nolte dancer and choreographer\nco-founded WESTFEST Dance – a curated dance festival that supports cutting edge performances by emerging and established movement artists which take place in unusual and traditional locations at Westbeth. Carol also created over 50 dances for her company Dance Collective\, a collaborative and a diverse community based program.\nWestbeth artist page\nWESTFEST Dance\nDance Collective \nWESTBETH ICONS\nis a project that celebrates the life and work of senior Westbeth artists who continue to work passionately in their artistic field. It is produced by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. \nBlack Eyed Susan Obie award winning actor and winner of the 2018 Contemporary Arts award\nhttps://westbeth.org/westbeth-icons/black-eyed-susan/ \nScheila Scheid painter\, in a recent show at Carter Burden featuring her 14th Street series\nhttps://westbeth.org/westbeth-icons/sheila-schwid/ \nEdith Stephen dancer\, choreographer and filmmaker devoting over 85 years of her life to art\nhttps://westbeth.org/westbeth-icons/westbeth-icons-edith-stevens/ \nVija Vetra dancer and choreographer whose work celebrates world dance\, and at 99 years old\, is a national treasure of Latvia\nhttps://westbeth.org/westbeth-icons/westbeth-icons-vija-vetra/ \nPROFILES IN ART\ninterviews by Terry Stoller celebrating Westbeth artists. \nPat Lasch sculptor\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/pat-lasch-sculptor/ \nHuguette Martel writer and painter\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/huguette-martel-painter-writer/ \nLeni Schwendinger urbanist designer\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/leni-schwendinger-urbanist-designer-artist/ \nBrenda Buffalino tap dancer and choreographer\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/brenda-bufalino-dancer-choreographer-author-ceramicist/ \nAnn Hamilton designer and textile artist\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/ann-hamilton-designer-and-textile-artist/ \nJoan Hall collage and assemblage artist\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/joan-hall-collage-and-assemblage-artist/ \nJayne Holsingerpainter\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/jayne-holsinger-painter/ \nShelley Seccombe photographer\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/shelley-seccombe-photographer/ \nFrancia Tobacman Smith artist and activist\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/francia-tobacman-smith-painter-printmaker-arts-activist/ \nZe’Eva Cohen dancer and choreographer\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/zeeva-cohen-dancer-choreographer-educator/ \nValerie Ghent singer songwriter and producer\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/valerie-ghent-musician-singer-songwriter-producer/ \nJoyce Aaron actor director teacher\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/joyce-aaron-actordirectorteacher/\nKate Walter writer\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/kate-walter-writer/ \nSherry Lane cartoonist\nhttps://westbeth.org/profiles-in-art/sherry-lane-caricaturistcartoonist/ \nEve Zanni vocalist and composer\nhttps://westbeth.org/artist-page/eve-zanni/ \nWESTBETH BOLDFACE\n Patti Bown pianist and composer\nhttps://westbeth.org/westbeth-boldface/patti-bown/
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-celebrates-womens-history-month/
CATEGORIES:past-events
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