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:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250826T182241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T204853Z UID:10000827-1758135600-1758141000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:GIRAUDO SINFONIETTA Pedro Giraudo Chamber Orchestra celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Sept 17\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nTickets: Eventbrite Giraduo Sinfonietta \nThis event marks the debut of the Giraudo Sinfonietta — a brand-new chamber orchestra dedicated to performing the music of Pedro Girado. This ensemble of 10 extraordinary musicians will bring his compositions to life for the very first time in this format. \nMembers of the Giraudo Sinfonietta\nKatie Althen-Velázquez\, flutes\nDjakhangir Khaydarov\, clarinets\nJosh Deutsch\, Trumpet & Flugelhorn\nRyan Keberle\, trombone\nMartha Kato\, piano\nNicolas Danielson\, violin\nJeremías Sergiani Velázquez\, violin\nNardo Poy\, viola\nAmy Kang\, cello\nPedro Giraudo\, bass & compositions \nThis premiere is also a special way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month\, honoring the traditions and voices that inspire Pedro Giraudo’s work. \nThis project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and the Westbeth Artists Residents Council (WARC). \nPedro Giraudo\nLatin Grammy Award winner bassist and composer Pedro Giraudo is among the most compelling tango artists today. After two decades performing with the most important interpreters of tango\, Pedro Giraudo debuted his own Tango Orchestra at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing in July 2015 and since then has become an active cultural ambassador of this beautiful and passionate music of his native Argentina. \nWestbeth Artist Page: Pedro Giraudo\nWebsite Pedro Giraudo URL:https://westbeth.org/event/giraudo-sinfonietta-pedro-giraudo-chamber-orchestra-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GIIRAUDO-SINFONIETTA-SQ.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250909T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250909T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250828T142809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T152414Z UID:10000830-1757444400-1757449800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Up in the Air DESCRIPTION:Tues Sept 9\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nClick Image to find our more about the film. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-up-in-the-air/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/up-in-the-air-SQ-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250809T155857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T152447Z UID:10000820-1757098800-1757102400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday MusicMichael Moss with Roots to Shoots DESCRIPTION:Photo of Michael Moss by Scott Friedlander \nFriday Sept 5\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nROOTS to SHOOTS:\nWarren Smith\, Alexis Marcelo\, Adam Lane\, Jackson Krall \nMichael Moss/ROOTS to SHOOTS is a stellar band playing music from the classic bag of modern jazz composers ranging from Eric Dolphy to John Coltrane\, Bill Evans to Duke Ellington\, and original compositions by Michael Moss. Moss (tenor and soprano sax\, bass clarinet\, flute) will be joined by his old buddy Jackson Krall\, Cecil Taylor’s long-time drummer\, jazz icon Warren Smith on vibes\, amazing bassist Adam Lane\, and fantastic keyboard player Alexis Marcelo who will be breaking in Westbeth’s new Baldwin 9 foot concert grand piano! \n“…powerful\, amazing\, unique\, genuinely creative music”\nRon J. Pelletier\, Jazz from Gallery 41\, Berkeley\, CA \nMICHAEL MOSS\nReed player/composer\, Michael Moss has been actively involved in the music scene for many years leading his own musical groups: Bows Ensemble for Strings and Piano\, ROOTS to SHOOTS\, the Accidental Orchestra—a 22-piece renaissance jazz orchestra\, Four Rivers\, and Free Energy. Numerous grants include Meet the Composer\, NYSCA\, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, and CREATE Council on the Arts. His record label\, Fourth Stream Records\, has produced multiple LPs\, cassettes\, and CDs including HELIX\, Intervals\, Free Play\, Dream Time\, In Between Gigs\, Pyramid\, Upstream\, Cross Current\, Live at ACIA. Performances and commissions are wide-ranging— Little Island\, Bridge Street Theatre\, Turks and Caicos Arts Foundation\, Isthmus Jazz Festival\, New York Loft Jazz Celebrations\, New York Musicians Festival\, Revelation Gallery\, St John’s in the Village\, Jazzmania\, Studio Rivbea\, Environ\, Joe Lee Wilson’s Ladies Fort\, Central Park Bandshell\, Space For Innovative Development\, Stockton State College\, SUNY at Stony Brook\, and Borough of Manhattan Community College. He curated and performed in Loft in the Sky Jazz Festivals and multiple Westbeth Music Festivals. Collaborations include work with electroacoustic composer James Dashow\, choreographer Judith Moss\, storyteller Regina Ress and playwright Domnica Radulescu. \nMoss composes music reminiscent of different cultures in order to deeply explore cultural traditions without appropriating those cultures\, learning Persian scales of Iran and Iraq\, musical scales of Turkey\, Armenia\, and the Balkans\, Greek modes\, Israeli and klezmer scales\, Japanese and Chinese pentatonic modes\, plus scales and meters used in classical ragas of India so as to get inside the music. He plays non-western instruments\, playing Indian cane flutes he bought in New Delhi\, India\, the Thai khean bought in Bangkok\, Thailand\, plus odd Peruvian pan flutes and penny whistles. \nMoss released records beginning in the 1970 on his independent record label\, Fourth Stream Records\, and produced three lps featuring Four Rivers—Upstream\, Cross Current\, and Live at ACIA. I went on to drop multiple cassettes and cds and digital releases. \nThe latest releases\, beginning in 2015\, feature the New York Free Quartet with pianist Steve Cohn\, bassist Larry Roland\, and drummer Chuck Fertal: Dream Time\, In Between Gigs…Can You Dig?\, and Free Play. He appears with guitarist Billy Stein on Intervals. This year Moss is dropping a 4 cd/digital box set including everything ROOTS to SHOOTS and Ensemble Bows in all of its iterations have recorded entitled Quantum Butterfly. \nMichael Moss holds a Ph.D. in psychology. \nWARREN SMITH\nWarren Smith was born May 14\, 1934\, in Chicago\, Illinois\, to a musical family.[1] His father played saxophone and clarinet with Noble Sissle and Jimmie Noone\, and his mother was a harpist and pianist. At the age of four Smith studied clarinet with his father. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1957\, then received a master’s degree in percussion from the Manhattan School of Music in 1958. \nOne of his earliest major recording dates was with Miles Davis as a vibraphonist in 1957. He found work in Broadway pit bands beginning in 1958 when he was in the original production of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. WIS also played with Gil Evans that year. In 1961 he co-founded the Composers Workshop Ensemble. In the 1960s Smith accompanied Aretha Franklin\, Nina Simone\, Lloyd Price\, and Nat King Cole; he worked with Sam Rivers from 1964–76 and with Gil Evans again from 1968 to 1976. In 1969 he played with Janis Joplin and in 1971 with King Curtis and Tony Williams. He was also a founding member of Max Roach’s percussion ensemble\, M’Boom\, in 1970. \nIn the 1970s and 1980s Smith had a loft called Studio Wis that acted as a performing and recording space for many young New York jazz musicians\, such as Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake. Through the 1970s Smith played with Andrew White\, Julius Hemphill\, Muhal Richard Abrams\, Nancy Wilson\, Quincy Jones\, Count Basie\, and Carmen McRae. Other credits include extensive work with rock and pop musicians and time spent with Anthony Braxton\, Charles Mingus\, Henry Threadgill\, Van Morrison\, and Joe Zawinul. He continued to work on Broadway into the 1990s\, and has performed with a number of classical ensembles. \nSmith taught in the New York City public school system from 1958 to 1968\, at Third Street Settlement from 1960 to 1967\, at Adelphi University in 1970–71\, and at SUNY-Old Westbury from 1971. \nALEXIS MARCELO\nAlexis Marcelo is a pianist who creates a soulful New York City sound. He instinctively delivers a sound representative of a wide range of influences. His training began at the Harlem School of the Arts learning from JD Parran (AACM) and continued at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he studied composition with Yusef Lateef. \nAlexis Marcelo benefitted greatly from growing up in New York City as a black Latino. He was exposed to Hip Hop\, Rock\, Salsa\, Merengue\, and Gospel music. His studies led him to the greats in African American music where he fell in love with Thelonious Monk\, John Coltrane\, Miles Davis\, and Wayne Shorter. \nThe unique sound of Alexis Marcelo comes from all of these influences and aims to capture the soulful expression of man. He’s performed overseas and domestically at various festivals and prestigious venues. They include the North Sea Jazz Festival (Holland-Yusef Lateef)\, the Detroit Jazz Festival (Yusef Lateef)\, Etnafest (Italy-Yusef Lateef)\, Mediawave Festival (Hungary-The Hub)\, Alice Tully Hall in New York City as well as multiple tours to Germany\, Poland\, United Kingdom\, and Denmark. \nHe has also recorded multiple albums with former professor and mentor Yusef Lateef. He has just recorded his first album (coming out in 2019) and can be heard on current recordings with Adam Rudolph’s Go Orchestra & Moving Pictures\, and a new recording with Malcolm Mooney (Can). Alexis Marcelo is a very unique pianist who looks to provide a soulful experience. \nADAM LANE\nComposer/Bassist\nBy combining a disparate set of influences into a unique and personal improvisational voice\, Adam Lane has become recognized as one of the most original creative voices in the New York improv scene. He is the leader of several different ensembles that perform his original creative music compositions. His most recent projects include The Adam Lane Trio\, featuring legendary reedist Vinny Golia\, Four Corners\, a co-lead ensemble with reedist Ken Vandermark\, The Full Throttle Orchestra (both West and East coast versions)\, formed to perform Lane’s large group music for improvising orchestras\, and an ongoing solo project that combines unique processed double bass improvisations with Lane’s original story telling. Sam Prestiani of Jazziz says of Lane’s writing: “His confidence and confrontational prowess as well as his abiding sense of lyricism and heavy-groove power place him in the lineage of forward-jazz adventurism.”\nLane is the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the Julius Hemphill award for large ensemble jazz piece\, several meet the composer awards\, and a Paternings Scholarship award for study at the Darmstadt School for New Music where Lane studied double bass with Steffano Scodanibbio\, and attended master classes in composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen. \nAs a sideman he has performed with an eclectic mix of musicians\, from tenor great John Tchicai\, to alto iconoclast Richard Tabnik\, to rock legend Tom Waits\, plus Steve Cohn\, Michael Bisio\, Lou Grassi\, Perry Robinson\, Julian Priester\, Blaise Siwula and Burton Greene\, Mark Whitecage and Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre as a co-leader. As a leader he worked with Avram Fefer\, Roy Campbell\, Barry Altschul\, Tayler Ho Bynum. \nJACKSON KRALL\nBorn December 10\, 1949\, Detroit\, Michigan\, growing up there and in Wisconsin. Drummer Jackson Krall has been an active member of the NYC Avant Jazz scene since the mid 1970’s. Mark Hennen and John Blum have been his musical collaborators\, individually and together\, for decades. Jackson has also played drums in performance with high-profile avant jazz musicians such as Bill Dixon\, Alan Silva\, Karen Borca\, William Parker\, J.D. Parran\, Jemeel Moondoc\, Rob Brown\, Steve Swell\, and many\, many more\, as well as choreographers Elaine Shipman and Kay Nishikawa\, and his own group “The Secret Music Society”. He was a frequent drummer of choice for the iconic pianist Cecil Taylor for 20+ years and served on the faculty of Bennington college while under the tutlige of Profs. Bill Dixon\, Milford Graves and choreographer Judith Dunn\, just prior to moving to New York in 1975. In the 1980’s he was a founding member of the largest of its kind in NYC\, Empire Loisieda Escola de Samba. He is also known as a maker of drums\, bells\, and other instruments and has created a series of sound sculptures dedicated to the memory of Sun Ra. \nm2moss11@gmail.com\nwww.m2Theory.com\nhttps://michaelmoss.bandcamp.com \nFirst Fridays Music is a curated free monthly live music event open to the public and is sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council and Westbeth MusicWorks. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-musicmichael-moss-with-roots-to-shoots/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Michael-Moss-Instagram-Post.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250806T183557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T000124Z UID:10000818-1756972800-1758992400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:iManifest Multi-disciplinary Visual Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Artist Olivia Gossett-Cooper speaks about the iManifest Exhibit\n \nArtist Olivia Gossett=Cooper speaks about her piece in the iManifest exhibit\n \nClick on Image to start Slide Show\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nClick image to enlarge September 4 – September 27\, 2025\nOpening Reception Thursday Sept 4\, 2025 at 6pm – 8pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nBringing together UK and US artists at this time of global unrest and uncertainty.\niManifest interrogates the concept of manifestation on many levels\, focusing on multiple dualities which exist on a continuum of nothing-to-something; real-to-fake; physical-to-AI; sub-conscious-to-conscious; sticky floor-to-glass ceiling. To reflect this blurring of percep-tions & boundaries\, many of the works contain dream-like qualities reminiscent of a kind of ‘new surrealism’. \nThis exhibition plays with the ‘existential’ hanging in the air. One American writer of Mark Fraser-Betts’ acquaintance asserted that the universe is currently undergoing a cosmic cycle that is beyond our comprehension. So\, in reflecting the incomprehensible\, what col-lective identity can the artists in this show share? Despite\, or maybe because of the chal-lenges of this shifting landscape\, all of the artists in this show strive to maintain the au-thenticity of their artistic endeavours while remaining playful and inquisitive. \nWe warmly invite you to attend the exhibition. \nJess Parnell (UK)\nhttps://www.instagram.com/jess_parnell_arty/ \nJodi Gerbi (US)\nhttps://www.instagram.com/jodigerbi/ \nKirsty Harris (UK)\nhttps://www.instagram.com/kirsty_harris_art/ \nMark Fraser-Betts (US/UK)\nhttps://www.instagram.com/markfb_studio/ \nOlivia Gossett Cooper (US)\nhttps://www.instagram.com/oliviagossettcooper/ \nPerdita Sinclair (UK)\nhttps://www.instagram.com/perditasinclair/ \nContact: perditasinclair@hotmail.com\nDM https://www.instagram.com/perditasinclair/ \nPoster Image: :”George” by Kristy Harris\, which will be in the show. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/imanifest-multi-disciplinary-visual-art-exhibition/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/wensite_digflyer_Kirsty-Harris_George_Cropped_edited-2.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250820T190919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T182518Z UID:10000821-1755802800-1755806400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: RRR DESCRIPTION:Thursday Aug 21\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nClick image to learn more about the film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-rrr/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Westbeth-MOVIE-RRR-BIG.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250816T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250816T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250728T005343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T185650Z UID:10000815-1755342000-1755363600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:West Village Community Blood Drive at Westbeth DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/west-village-community-blood-drive-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Blood-Drive-SQ-August-16-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250824T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250704T192906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T025650Z UID:10000808-1754640000-1756054800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Lucienne Weinberger: A Life of Art DESCRIPTION:The Westbeth Gallery is pleased to present a retrospective exhibition of paintings\,\nmixed-media collages and sculptures by the late visual artist Lucienne Weinberger\n(June 23\, 1942\, October 22\, 2024). \nThe show is curated by Valérie Hallier. \nLucienne dedicated her entire adult life to making and teaching art.\nWhile attending Sarah Lawrence college\, she was introduced to the art of Japanese\nwoodcut. Upon graduation\, she left for Paris\, France\, where she lived for six years\nlearning to paint and speak French fluently. In Paris\, she met and married French artist\nJean-Marie Haessle. Together they immersed themselves in the Paris art world before\nmoving to Manhattan. After separating from her husband\, she lived in Westbeth Artist\nHousing for fifty-four years. During this time\, Lucienne Weinberger has exhibited her\nartwork in numerous galleries in the Catskills and at Westbeth.\nLucie spent many years teaching in independent schools in Manhattan\, including Bank\nStreet Children’s School and later at City and Country School. She had a special gift\nwith young children and was attuned to their innate creativity\, which also was a hallmark\nof her own art.\nExperimenting and following her interests for spirituality and gardening teamed with her\nnatural intuitive and playful hunches lead Weinberger to create an abundance of color\nrich paintings\, drawings\, sculptures\, mixed-media collages and relief wall constructions\,\nspanning six decades. \nIn Lucie’s own words:\n“The underlying intention in my art is to experience\, full engagement in the process\,\nalong with the adventure of discover in the doing of it\, to communicate that in the work\nitself\, and share it with the viewer.\nI approach my work in a spontaneous and unpremeditated way I see it is an adventure\,\nleaving me open to surprise\, the delightfully unexpected\, the coming together of\nelements which could not have been thought through\, but which are arrived at by\nexperimentation. Work begins with a choice of an element (a color\, shape\, piece of\nwood\, etc). The initial step triggers associations which leads to an improvisational\nresponse\, a dialogue of sorts between visual elements and my own creative process.\nEach piece is elaborated until a satisfying resolution occurs.” \nPlease join us for the opening reception of “Lucienne Weinberger: A Life of Art” with an\nopening reception on Friday August 8th\, 2025 and a closing on Sunday August 24th\,\n2025\, from 6-8PM.\nLucienne Weinberger’s website: https://www.luciennew.com/\nPlease contact westbethgallery@gmail.com for any questions or inquiries. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/lucienne-weinberger-a-life-of-art/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/LucienneWeinbreger_1080.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250722T011204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T181327Z UID:10000812-1754074800-1754078400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: David Victor Gospel\, Worship and Praise DESCRIPTION:Friday August 1\, 2025 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nDavid Victor gospel singer\nCarlyle George piano\nSophia Victor will paint\, live\, throughout the show \nDavid Victor is a commanding force in gospel and soul music\, with over 25 years of vocal mastery that has carried him from the church pews of New York to stages shared with legends like Stevie\nWonder\, Donnie McClurkin\, Chris Brown\, and Jay-Z. Known for his rich tone\, fearless storytelling\, and healing sound\, David blends raw anointing with professional precision. Whether directing choirs\, coaching rising talent\, or creating timeless music\, he brings heart\, honor\, and heaven to every note. His voice is not just heard – it’s felt.\nInstagram: @davicmus \nSophia Victor is an artist and art therapist\, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts. She resides in NYC with her husband and son. \nFirst Fridays of live music is free and open to the public is presented by Westbeth MusicWorks and WARC Performing Arts Chair. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-david-victor/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/David-Victor-2Instagram-Post-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250722T003150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T005451Z UID:10000811-1753642800-1753648200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Dr Strangelove DESCRIPTION:Sunday July 27\, 2025 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nClick image for more info about film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-dr-strangelove-2/ LOCATION:Westberth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Dr-Strangelove-SQ-1-e1753144286177.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250716T232434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T232643Z UID:10000810-1753642800-1753648200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night Dr Strangelove DESCRIPTION:Sunday July 27\, 2025\nat 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\,\nNYC \nFree \nClick Image For Info about the Film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-dr-strangelove/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250511T194852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T121526Z UID:10000772-1752566400-1752598800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth GalleryOpen Call 2026 Exhibition Proposals DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-open-call-2026-exhibition-proposals/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:non-event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/gallery-open-call-sq.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250620T010756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T214428Z UID:10000802-1752260400-1752265800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday LIve Music : Eve Zanni Quartet Angels and Ancestors DESCRIPTION:Friday July 11\, 2025\n7pm\nFree\n  \n\n\n  \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY\n  \n\n \nClick to enlarge \nThe Eve Zanni Quartet presents “Angels and Ancestors”...original compositions\, jazz standards\, songs from ancestral stories and traditions” with Isaac Raz\, piano\, Yoshi Waki on bass and Andreas Brade on drums and percussion special guests; followed by Sing Along with The Bliss Singers! \nEve Zanni is an original jazz voice\, warm and expressive with a sensual musicality…traversing the primal depths of great jazz standards and original compositions in a blend of her unique arrangements that embrace classic jazz\, Brasilian\, Afro-Cuban\, Celtic and Middle-eastern rhythms….all sung with passion and romantic soul. Eve also tours\, records\, in the U.S.\, the Caribbean and Europe. .Westbeth Artist Page \nGerman born drummer\, educator and composer Andreas Brade has been a professional drummer for over 30 years. With an open mind he has found himself over the years in many different musical situations\, “the good and the bad” and many lessons learned. Andreas has performed and recorded nationally and internationally with many different Jazz\, African\, Afro Caribbean\, Gospel\, Rock\, R&B\, and Improvisational Artists at venues and festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Fest\, Kennedy Center\, Boston Symphony Hall\, NJPAC\, the Blue Note\, the Apollo Cafe and many more\,\nWestbeth Artist Page \nIsaac Raz After graduating from Berklee College of Music\, Isaac returned to New York where he became active in performing\, arranging\, and production\, working with Jazz and Pop greats\, and composing the score for an Emmy winning television film. In addition to teaching\, Isaac continues to regularly compose and perform\, and has developed expertise in a broad range of instruments and as a vocalist.\nWebsiteWebsite \nYoshi Waki Born in Fukuoka\, Japan\, Yoshi attended Berklee College of Music in Boston to pursue a carreer in music. Starting from the National Tour Company of Fosse\, tours has taken him to many parts of the world over the years. Based in New York City for the past 20 years\, Yoshi have worked with The Artie Shaw Orchestra\, Chihiro Yamanaka\, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown\, Dan Zanes and Friends\, Deborah Harry\, Freddie Cole\, Harry Whitaker\, Kenia\, Paquito D’Rivera\, Randy Johnston\, Shunzo Ohno\, Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra\, William Galison among others.\nAmong the numerous recordings he did\, Catch that Train! (Dan Zanes and Friends) won the 49th Annual Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children\, and After Hours (Chihiro Yamanaka) won the 23rd Japan Gold Disc Award for Jazz Album of the Year.\nWebsite URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-live-music-eve-zanni-quartet-angels-and-ancestors/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Eve-Zanni-Instagram-Post.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250528T211151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T194719Z UID:10000788-1752220800-1752426000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:West Side Fest: A celebration of art and life at Westbeth and Other Venues on the Western Edge of Manhattan DESCRIPTION:July 11 – 13\, 2025\nFor more information westsidefest.nyc \nCourtyard and left middle photo by Roger Braimon; Top left and bottom left photos by David Plaake Media NYC 2025 \nThe third annual West Side Fest\, organized by the West Side Cultural Network\, offers three days of festivities\, including free admission\, crafts for kids and families\, artmaking activities for all ages\, performances\, special indoor and outdoor programming\, and much more.New Yorkers and visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate the vibrant\, cultural village along the waterfront of Manhattan’s west side!\nVISIT westsidefest.nyc for more information and schedule of events at all venues. Rain or Shine \n \nEVENTS AT WESTBETH\nFRIDAY JULY 11 MUSIC 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room 155 Bank St \nClick to enlarge \nEVE ZANNI QUARTET ANGELS AND ANCESTORS\nOriginal compositions\, jazz standards\, songs from ancestral stories and traditions” with Isaac Raz\, piano\, Yoshi Waki on bass and Andreas Brade on drums and percussion special guests; followed by Sing Along with The Bliss Singers!\nhttps://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-live-music-eve-zanni-quartet-angels-and-ancestors/ \n \nSATURDAY JULY 12 DANCE CLASS 11am – 12pm\nWestbeth Community Room 155 Bank St\nTAKE A CHANCE WITH DANCE: Reflecting on Merce Cunningham’s Legacy at Westbeth\nMerce Cunningham Dance Company was a longtime resident of Westbeth\, creating iconic pieces in the 11th Floor studios. \nIn this one hour\, interactive session for dance lovers of all ages you’ll learn a bit about Cunningham’s artistic process\, basic movements\, building phases\, like rolling dice. Absolute beginners are welcome! \n \nSATURDAY JULY 12 MUSIC 1pm – 3pm\nWestbeth Courtyard 155 Bank St\n MONVELYNO ALEXIS Showcasing Haiti’s musical legacy through both traditional and contemporary songs.\nMonvelyno Alexis\, voice and guitar with friends on drums and bass\nIG: @monvelyno\nyoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@monvelyno \n \nSATURDAY JULY 12 MUSIC 3pm – 5pm\nWestbeth Courtyard 155 Bank St\n TERI ROIGER TRIO \nVocalist Teri Roiger captures the sublime influences of Billie Holiday\, Abbey Lincoln\, and Shirley Horn\, propelling her voice into a rich palette of nuance that leaves you wanting more. Her trio features John Menegon (Joe Lovano) on bass and Bill Ware (Jazz Passengers) on vibes\, both of whom she’s had a long musical relationship with. Teri Roiger brings a depth of experience and a distinct\, rich voice to American Jazz.\nTeri Roiger\, vocals Bill Ware\, vibes John Menegon\, bass IG: @teriroiger web: https://teriroiger.com/ \n \nSATURDAY JULY 12 WESTBETH OPEN STUDIOS 1pm – 5pm\nMain Entrance 55 Bethune St St \nPhoto C Maile \nSELF GUIDED TOURS TO ARTISTS’ STUDIOS: \nSee where art and passion begin: \nPrintmakers:: LIGORANO Reese\, Alberto Barrera\, Christina Maile\nPainters\, Multimedia:Tamara Wyndham\, Inez Foose\, Debra Jenks\, Valèrie Hallier\, Karin Batten\, William Kennon\, Jayne Holsinger\, Karen Santry Joan HallJoan BeardSheila SchwidStephan Hall Rachel Urkowitz Beverly Brodsky Diana Jensen \n \nSATURDAY JULY 12 OUTDOOR MARKET 1pm – 5pm\nWestbeth Courtyard 155 Bank St\n ART\, CRAFT\, VINTAGE MARKET Featuring handmade jewelry\, vintage clothes\, original paintings. prints\, pottery\, and more. \n \nSATURDAY JULY 12 4 SOLO SHOWS ART EXHIBIT 1pm – 6pm\nWestbeth Gallery\n Featuring the work of AVRI OHANA\, FATEN GADDES\, MASHA NEVEROVA\, and TAMI LUCHOW \, These artists\, all of whom now live in the USA\, come from four continents. While they represent four different cultural backgrounds\, visions\, and concerns\, they recognize in each other the courage in pursuing their individual freedom of expression.\nMore about the artists 4 Solo Shows \n \nSUNDAY JULY 13 PEPPI AND THE POP-UP DRAGON PUPPET SHOW 11am Note: new time.\nWestbeth Community Room 155 Bank St\n Penny Jones & Co. Puppets have charmed audiences in the West Village with their Old Time interactive puppet theater in an intimate space for young children. The company has appeared on television and all over New York from the High Line to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and BAM. Penny Jones was awarded the Education Award from the Puppeteers of America and is a Westbeth Icon. The story of Peppi will be sure to charm all. Children will be invited to make a puppet after. \n \nSUNDAY JULY 13 MUSIC 1pm – 3pm \nWestbeth Courtyard 155 Bank St \nALEXIS COLE Jazz vocalist Alexis Cole has performed around the world\, from headlining clubs in the U.S. and Asia to appearing as a soloist with the Boston Pops and Detroit Symphony. Celebrating her third year at Westbeth this summer\, she brings her dynamic stage presence and deep love of the music to this creative community. Alexis Cole\, voicewith friends IG: @alexiscole web: https://alexiscole.com/ \n \nSUNDAY JULY 13 MUSIC 3pm – 5pmWestbeth Courtyard 155 Bank St \nTHE MIZELL\, SANWALD\, BRADE TRIO Original material in the Americana Jazz genre with catchy\, heart-reaching and intriguing harmonies\, melodies\, improvisation and arrangements.Cameron Mizell\, Guitar Paul Sanwald\, Bass Andreas Brade\, Drums\nweb: https://andreasbrade.com/ web: https://paulsanwald.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-hill-before-home \n \nSUNDAY JULY 13 WESTBETH OPEN STUDIOS 1pm – 5pm\nMain Entrance 55 Bethune St St\n SELF GUIDED TOURS TO ARTIST STUDIOS\nSee where art and passion begin.\nPrintmakers:: LIGORANO Reese\, Alberto Barrera\, Christina Maile\nPainters\, Multimedia::Tamara Wyndham\, Inez Foose\, Debra Jenks\, Valèrie Hallier\, Karin Batten\, William Kennon\, Jayne Holsinger\, Karen Santry Joan Hall Joan Beard Stephan Hall Rachel Urkowitz Beverly Brodsky Diana Jensen \n \nSUNDAY JULY 13 OUTDOOR MARKET 1pm – 5pm\nWestbeth Courtyard 155 Bank St\n ART\, CRAFT\, VINTAGE MARKET Featuring handmade jewelry\, vintage clothes\, original paintings. prints\, pottery\, and more. \n \nSUNDAY JULY 13 4 SOLO SHOWS ART EXHIBIT 1pm – 6pm\nWestbeth Gallery\n Featuring the work of AVRI OHANA\, FATEN GADDES\, MASHA NEVEROVA\, and TAMI LUCHOW \, These artists\, all of whom now live in the USA\, come from four continents. While they represent four different cultural backgrounds\, visions\, and concerns\, they recognize in each other the courage in pursuing their individual freedom of expression.\nMore about the artists of the 4 Solo Shows \n \nWest Side Fest highlights the city’s newest cultural destination on the western edge of\nManhattan\, a historic area with a welcoming and unique mix of fresh activities\, open gathering\nspaces\, and more. The neighborhood includes organizations and community gathering spaces\nthat have been on the West Side for decades as well as newer arrivals like Hudson River Park’s\nGansevoort Peninsula. West Side Fest is conveniently accessible by subway\, bus\, the High\nLine\, bike\, or car. While many organizations are offering free admission to programs and events\,\nadvance registration may be required. To confirm the details for each organization\, please visit\nwestsidefest.nyc. \nSome of the West Side Fest highlights include:\n● Center for Art\, Research and Alliances (CARA) will offer special tours of Stephanie\nComilang’s first solo institutional exhibition in the United States\, Stephanie Comilang: An\nApparition\, A Song\, alongside servings of the Filipino dessert halo-halo (“mix-mix”).\n● Dia Chelsea will present Kishio Suga: Being and Murder\, a selection of film and video\nworks by artist Kishio Suga\, including his feature-length\, murder-mystery film Being and\nMurder (1999). Other activities include a curator-led tour of the exhibition Steve\nMcQueen and activities for children.\n● Offerings at the High Line include an artist-led workshop for families which will focus on\ncreating artworks inspired by the plants\, soil\, fungi\, and insects in the High Line gardens.\nOn Sunday\, High Line wellness instructors will all come together for a special day to offer\nsamplings of Tai Chi\, Afro-Brazilian Dance\, and Fit and Lit.\n● The Kitchen will present School for Temporary Liveness (STL) Vol. 4\, a unique series of\nperformances\, sonic convenings\, workshops\, and conversations with over fifteen artists\,\nalongside a multi-day reading room\, participatory window installation\, and screening\nprogram.\n● Hill Art Foundation will have special extended hours and an all-ages game night on\nFriday\, July 11. Activities will include a backgammon tournament on artist Sam Moyer’s\nhandcrafted boards\, a children’s scavenger hunt\, and special tours led by Hill Art\nFoundation Educators.\n● Hudson Guild will host The 27th Annual Community Art Jam at Hudson Guild Gallery\,\nand New York City Scenes/Paintings by MKS Adams\, Barbara Berger\, Debbie Berger\,\nKimberly Hall will be on view at Guild Gallery II.\n● Hudson River Park will offer music by Sonido Costeño\, walking tours that engage with\nthe local ecology of the Hudson River\, and a painting workshop at Manhattan’s only\nbeach\, Gansevoort Peninsula.\n● The Joyce Theater will stage performances of Pilobolus’s Other Worlds Collection\,\ntraversing the landscape of the human experience with heart-stopping grace\, acrobatic\npower\, and breathtaking artistry.\n● New York City AIDS Memorial and LGBT Community Center will partner with the\nKinfolk Tech Foundation to imagine expansive futures through collaging and\nzine-making in a Community Imagination Workshop using the LGBT Center’s National\nHistory Archive. This workshop is presented as part of Portals of Remembrance (May\n17\, 2025—April 2026)\, a new exhibition at the New York City AIDS Memorial featuring\nthree monuments created by four renowned contemporary artists.\n● In addition to numerous free performances\, workshops\, and art activations\, Poster\nHouse will highlight its four exhibitions with curatorial tours of Fallout: Atoms for War &\nPeace and From the Bronx to the Battery: The Subway Sun\, a Spanish-language tour of\nPuerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar\, and an artist-led tour of\nCopy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & the Art of the Gig Poster. Sunday will also be\ndedicated to free family-friendly programming for all ages!\n● Print Center New York will host a zine-making workshop with artist Francisco Donoso.\nDuring this futurist-archive-in-the-making activation\, participants will contribute to\ncollective imagining and respond to guiding questions with a quick zine\, using pre-folded\npaper and provided materials. Finished zines will be donated\, photocopied and added to\na zine wall\, or scanned as part of a collective digital archive.\n● Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art will organize a family art activity on Sunday\, July 13\nfrom 1–4 pm at CUE Art Foundation. Inspired by mandalas in the Rubin’s collection\,\nparticipants will create their own mandalas while reflecting on the spectrum of human\nemotions.\n● The Shed will host a variety of public programs spanning installation\, performance\,\nmusic\, and readings. They include Portals\, an exhibition of passage\, transformation\, and\nresistance featuring new work by twelve early-career\, NYC-based artists and collectives;\nan immersive\, audiovisual performance by Marwa Eltahir; Chelsea Odufu’s\nTransmissions from the Archive: Unearthing Gold’s Frequency; a live performance by\nJarrett Key; a mixed-media sculpture installation by Yelaine Rodriguez and Luis Vasquez\nLa Roche; and music and dance on the Plaza with the DJ collective Soul Summit.\n● Westbeth Artists Housing brings the vibrant spirit of its creative community to West\nSide Fest with a dynamic weekend of programming for all ages. Highlights include\nhands-on kids’ activities\, enriching senior programs\, compelling art exhibitions\, open\nstudio tours\, live performances and music\, and a lively Art\, Craft & Vintage Market!\n● White Columns will celebrate the opening reception of its summer exhibition\, in which\ndirector and chief curator Matthew Higgs will consider aspects of his tenure over the past\n20 years. The opening will feature a musical performance by Private Time to celebrate\ntheir new EP Walkable\, the latest release from White Columns’ vinyl-only record label\nThe Sound of White Columns (TSoWC).\n● The Whitney Museum of American Art will host Open Studio for Teens from 1–3 pm\non Friday\, July 11. Later in the evening\, Public Records will fill the Museum with music\nduring Free Friday Night. The Whitney is also offering free admission from 5–10 pm on\nFriday\, July 11\, and from 10:30 am–6 pm during Free Second Sunday on July 13.\nVisitors of all ages will enjoy artmaking\, tours\, classes\, and other special activities that\ncelebrate Whitney exhibitions and community events. Free Second Sunday also includes\nfree storytimes with The New York Public Library. In collaboration with the Whitney\, the\nMeatpacking District Management Association (Meatpacking BID) will return with “Step\nInto Hopper\,” a program that will bring immersive 3-D recreations of Edward Hopper\npaintings to the Meatpacking District during West Side Fest. Free and open to the public\,\n“Step Into Hopper” is designed by Theresa Rivera Design and will also feature live\ninteractive elements. \nThe West Side Cultural Network includes the Center for Art\, Research and Alliances; CUE\nArt Foundation; Dia Chelsea; Hill Art Foundation; the High Line; Hudson River Park; The\nJoyce Theater; The Kitchen; The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community\nCenter; Little Island; NYC AIDS Memorial; Poster House; Print Center New York; Rubin\nMuseum of Himalayan Art; The Shed; Westbeth Artists Housing; White Columns;\nWhitney Museum of American Art.\nThe West Side boasts a wide range of unique offerings to explore in the neighborhood\, including\nrestaurants\, shopping\, and free programming across the West Side for visitors to enjoy\nthroughout the day. \nSUPPORT\nWest Side Fest is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors.\nThank you to our Presenting Sponsor Bloomberg Connects.\nThank you to our Supporting Sponsors Chelsea Market\, the Meatpacking District Business\nImprovement District\, and Pier 57. \nPhotograph by Max Touhey \n### URL:https://westbeth.org/event/west-side-fest-a-celebration-of-art-and-life-at-westbeth-and-other-venues-along-the-western-edge-of-manhattan/ LOCATION:Westbeth and the Western Edge of Manhtattan CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fest-cover-2-rev-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250620T012905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T214347Z UID:10000803-1752001200-1752006600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Daughters of the Dust DESCRIPTION:Tuesday July 8\, 2025\nat 7pm\nFree \n\n\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY\n\n\n\nClick image to discover more about the film. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-daughters-of-the-dust/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Westbeth-Movie-Night-Daughters-SQ-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T180000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250608T232649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250727T183852Z UID:10000791-1751461200-1753639200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:4 Solo Shows: Avri Ohana\, Faten Gaddes\, Tami Luchow\, Masha Neverova DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJULY 2nd – JULY 27th\, 2025 \nOpening Reception: Wednesday July 2nd \,2025 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM \nGallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday from 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM \nARTIST TALKS – see below for description and schedule. \nThe Westbeth Gallery is pleased to present four solo shows by the artists: Avri Ohana\, Faten Gaddes\, Masha Neverova\, and Tami Luchow. These artists\, all of whom now live in the USA\, come from four continents. While they represent four different cultural backgrounds\, visions\, and concerns\, they recognize in each other the courage in pursuing their individual freedom of expression. \nAVRI OHANA – NATURE WITHIN (Main Gallery) is a composite of Ohana’s work as a multi style painter. His loveof nature\, as represented in his new paintings\, sensitively combines his semi-figurative and abstract styles. A common thread throughout the works is his rich treatment of color and textual layering. In a way\, this is a retrospective of his 60-years’ work as influenced by his childhood in Morocco\, his formative years in Israel\, and his later life in New York. Ohana finds a sense of freedom as he lets unexpected elements surface in these works. www.avriohana.com \nFATEN GADDES – HALWA (Gallery 1) is a powerful multimedia installation that revisits a work destroyed in Tunisia in 2012 following an act of violence motivated by religious extremism. Thirteen years later\, she returns to this silenced piece through a new creation that weaves together sculpture\, video performance\, drawing\, and archival fragments. Conceived during her residency at Westbeth\, HALWA is both an act of remembrance and transformation — a gesture of healing\, resistance\, and artistic rebirth. The work reclaims a voice and reconstructs a story through presence\, material\, and memory.\nwww.fatengaddes.com | Instagram @fatengaddes | LinkedIn @fatengaddes | X @fatengaddes \nMASHA NEVEROVA – FOOTHOLDS (Gallery 2). For the artist\, such footholds became the plants that grew inplaces of personal significance. This led to a series of drawings and paintings developed over years—first in her native Saint Petersburg and Belarus\, and later in emigration to Israel\, Georgia\, and the United States. The works combine botanical illustration with expressive abstraction in strokes and lines. Together\, they form a layered image that reflects the structure of memory. Alongside the artworks is a boat-shaped installation that stands as a symbol of the path taken and the possibility of moving forward.\nmashaneverova.com| Instagram @masha_neverova_ \nTAMI LUCHOW – DIS IS LIFE : DIS IS YOU : DIS IS ME : DIS IS US (Gallery 3). This is the KICKOFF of THE DIS TOUR with Tami Luchow\, author\, artist\, and speaker\, as she boldly gathers voices from around the country and around the world featuring representation and visibility for marginalized people! The exhibit features multimedia works that push boundaries and foster community across humanity including photography\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, and interactive pieces. DON’T DIS US\, JOIN US! www.tamiluchow.com | Instagram @tamiluchow \nFor inquires:zchohendf@gmail.com \nAVRI OHANA and MASHA NEVEROVA moderated by Ze’eva Cohen. professor emerita\, Princeton University\nWednesday July 9\, 7pm -8 pm\nAvri Ohana and Masha Neverova will discuss their artistic journey\, including the main influences that inspired their art\, as well as their current work as represented in their repective shows: Ohana’s\, Nature Within\, and Neverova’s\, Foothold.\nDownload Avri Ohana Individual Press Release\nDownload Masha Neverova Individual Press Release\nDownload Avri Ohana Masha Neverova BiosAvri Ohana \nAvri Ohana\, born in Morocco immigrated to Israel at the age of 12. He lived in Ein Hod\, Israel’s first artist village\, where he was influenced by the European Dadaist Marcel Janco\, and the painter Eric Brauer of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Ohana’s exhibitions include solo and group shows in Israel\, Europe\, and the United States\, where he has been living for many years. \n\nMasha Neverova \nMasha Neverova was born in Leningrad USSR . As a child\, she was highly influenced by her father who is a visual artist. . She studied at The School of Contemporary Art ‘Free Workshops’ at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Neverova works with themes related to ritual\, trauma\, myth\, and memory. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Israel\, Georgia\, Lithuania\, and Russia. \nFATEN GADDES with Valèrie Hallier\, Visual Arts chair Westbeth Gallery\, and Ashley Tucker\, co-director of Artistic Freedom Initiative.\nThursday July 17\, 7pm – 8pm\nThis three-way conversation will revisit the genesis of HALWA\, a work created thirteen years after the burning of a previous installation by the artist in Tunisia.\nDownload Faten Gaddes Individual Press Release\nFaten Gaddes \nFaten Gaddes is a Franco-Tunisian artist based in New York. Her work is firmly rooted in the “duty of remembrance”\, with strong political and social dimensions.She is currently developing a photographic and film-based project entitled “Itinerary”\, in collaboration with Native American communities \nTAMI LUCHOW.\nWednesday July 23\, 7pm – 8pm\nThis marks the official kickoff of THE DIS TOUR\, championing representation and visibility for marginalized communities\, it features photography\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, and interactive pieces. \nDownload Tami Luchow individual Press Release\n Tami Luchow is a keynote speaker\, writer\, changemaker\, leader\, and she is the author of the bestselling Poems for A Memory. Tami runs workshops on representation\, community\, belonging and self-care. She advises C-suites\, executive teams\, and human resource professionals. Tami is also a motivational speaker at businesses\, universities\, schools\, camps\, and other organizations encouraging everyone to build more confident\, meaningful\, and successful lives. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/4-solo-shows-avri-ohana-faten-gaddes-masha-neverova-tami-luchow/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/4-SoloShows-SQ-_1080_RGB.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250627T013236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T190510Z UID:10000807-1751356800-1761411600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:$10 Food Bag Program July - October Thank you Councilmember Erik Bottcher DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/10-food-bag-at-westbeth-oac-greenwich-house/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Food-Bag-SQ-Program_v82-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250521T012137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T122642Z UID:10000781-1751216400-1751223600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Come 1 Come All Westbeth Open Reading and Storytelling DESCRIPTION:An ever popular monthly program\, free and open to all.\nEnjoy an early evening of prose\, poetry or even tell your own story. \nAlways the last Sunday of the month. \nSummer hiatus in July and August. \nResumes September 28\, 2025 \nScreenshot URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-open-reading-and-storytelling/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Linda-Marks-REVSQ-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250609T005826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T122559Z UID:10000792-1751108400-1751130000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:West Village Blood Drive: We All Bleed the Same DESCRIPTION:Saturday June 28th\, 2025 11am – 5pm\n\n\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St (enter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY\n\n \n  \nNew York Blood Center (NYBC) has declared a blood emergency\nfollowing a sharp and sustained drop in blood donations\, especially of O- and O+ blood types.\nO- which is the universal blood type and used in emergencies is down to a 1-2 day supply. With only 2% of New Yorkers donating blood\, the state is short of nearly 390\,000 donors needed to meet patient needs. As summer brings both an increase in trauma cases and a sharp decline in donations. This combination creates a dangerous shortage\, and the need for support is more urgent than ever. \nPlease take a moment to schedule your donation today. Every donation has the power to save up to THREE lives. Your donation could be the difference. \nClick to enlarge URL:https://westbeth.org/event/west-village-blood-drive-we-all-bleed-the-same/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/BLODD-SQ-DRIVE-JUNE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250614T182715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T122527Z UID:10000800-1751050800-1751058000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Neighbors Lucille Rhodes filmmaker and Bob Malenky folk musician DESCRIPTION:Click image to enlarge Friday June 27\, 2025\n7pm – 9pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nBob Malneky is deeply involved with blues and other forms of roots music. He participated in Sunday sessions in Washington Square Park in the early ’60’s and has learned from and played with many blues legends such as Muddy Waters and Lightnin’ Hopkins.\nIn 1974\, he recorded and toured with the legendary harmonica player Sonny Terry.\nBob taught World Folk Music at CCNY for many years and has remained active\, playing at clubs\, coffee houses and festivals in this country and abroad\, as well as performing at concerts here at Westbeth. \nLucille Rhodes is a photographer\, former filmmaker and professor. Her films have been screened at the New York Film Festival \, Berlin Film Festival\, PBS\, etc. She profited from her creative retreats at Yaddo and the MacDowell Art Colonies as well as Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute. She was one of the founding staff members of both the New York State Council on the Arts and the Kentucky Arts Council\,and for many years has been a judge of documentary films for the Guanajuato International Film Festival. \nThe Alice Neel film we will be seeing was selected to accompany Alice’s one woman show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2021\, and can be accessed from their film archive through YouTube. Lucille has been working on several photographic projects for a number of years including one\, on her great love\, the riders of the NYC subway system! URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-lucille-rhodes-filmmaker-and-bob-malenky-folk-musician/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GET-TO-KNOW-YOUR_JUNE-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250618T211551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T004002Z UID:10000801-1750233600-1753981200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:2025 Chaikin Award Read the prize-winning Prose of Elizabeth Hoban and Poetry of Joanne Durham DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/2025-chaikin-award-read-the-prize-winning-prose-of-elizabeth-hoban-and-poetry-of-joanne-durham/ CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Chaikin-Award-2-e1750281904202.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250512T225636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250614T182840Z UID:10000775-1750186800-1750190400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Arnold Hinton Book Event Photography DESCRIPTION:This event was cancelled because ordered books will not arrive in time for the launch. \nClick to enlarge Tues June 17\, 2025 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY \nArnold Hinton’s photography focuses on social justice and humanity\, drawing parallels between the racism and oppression experienced by Jews in concentration camps to the experience of African Americans. \nArnold recently visited concentration camps in Berlin and Vienna. “In America if you were Black\, you were a slave\, you picked cotton and sugar cane and that was it\,” said Arnold. “But to see how the Germans built these camps/houses with sinks and toilets and wash basins for people that you were going to annihilate– to me\, it made no logical sense.” Despite facing his own share of systemic barriers and societal prejudices\, his work conveys a sense of activism and empathy\, calling for a dialogue that bridges the past to the present. \nGrowing up\, Arnold found solace and inspiration in drawing\, a medium that allowed him to articulate his emotions. Influenced by Norman Rockwell’s depictions of American life\, particularly “The Problem We All Live With”\, Arnold found his passion in photography after taking a course at Pratt Institute and discovering storytelling through the lens of a camera. “Creativity is a natural talent. Being an artist is like the emperor who has no clothes on\, because when you create something and let it free\, the world will see it as whatever it is\, and they will give critiques\, good or bad\,” he said. Through his photography\, he continues to seek out the positive while offering his own perspective on history and identity.\nMore info URL:https://westbeth.org/event/arnold-hinton-photography-book-launch/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ARNOLD-HINTON-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250531T191010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T170146Z UID:10000789-1750093200-1750100400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Dance at Westbeth and Within These Walls - Jazz at Westbeth: Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Monday June 16\, 2025\n5pm – 7pm \nCelebrate with these extraordinary performers!\n \n\nExhibit Areas:\n55 Bethune St Lobby Gallery\nand\nThe Inner Courtyard Project Room \nFor more info: Within Thes Walls – Jazz at Westbeth exhibit\n\n \nDANCE AT WESTBETH\nWith its glorious eleventh floor dance studio\, Westbeth was famously the home of the Merce Cunningham DDance Company for some four decades. Then in 2023 the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance set up its headquarters and dance school here – which means that on any day of the week\, young dancers can be seen in the lobby waiting for the elevators to take them up to class. And on many evenings\, guests are arriving to attend dance concerts at the studio.\nIn this bustling environment\, we’ve always had many brilliant dancers living here; choreogrphers with their own companies. International dancers\, a star ot the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater\, a doyenne in the world of tap dance.\nSince 2011\, we’ve presented the the WestFest spring dance festival showcasing a wide variety of dance artists both in the Graham Studio and in a site-specific progdram for a weekend-long event.\nWith these bona fides\, we’re proud to mount this exhibit featuring dance at Westbeth. Of course we realize it does not represent the full complement of our wonderful dance artists\, some even declined to participate.\nFor the third exhibit of the Perfomring Arts at Westbeth\, our dancers are sharing some thoughts about a memorable performance and their life in dance.\nAll photos by David Plakke 2025 \nClick to enlarge image URL:https://westbeth.org/event/dance-at-westbeth-and-within-these-walls-jazz-at-wesstbeth-exhibits-opening-reception/ LOCATION:Westbeth Bethune Lobby and Project Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DANCE-SQ-JAZZ-RECEPTION.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250609T011650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T164542Z UID:10000793-1749906000-1750006800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:I Building Open Studios with Ten Artists DESCRIPTION:Open Studio Artists \nKarin Batten\nKarin Batten is an International and national award winning multimedia artist. She lives and works in New York City at Westbeth Artist Housing community. June Kelly Gallery in NYC represents her with many solo shows\, last one in April 2020. She has a BFA from Central St.Martins College\, London\, MFA from Hunter College NYC.\nhttps://www.karinbatten.com/ \nElena Borstein\nElena Borstein’s urban landscapes are abstract conceptions that imply rather than describe.They are conceived digitally then painted with pastel or acrylic paint to crate luminous surfaces awash with light and color. The chaos and tumult of the urban landscape can be seen through\nreferences to many modern architects.\nhttp://www.elenaborstein.com/ \nRobert Bunkin\nRobert Bunkin is a figurative painter\, mostly concerned with portraiture as a formal and emotional investigation. At times he also works with sculpture and aspects of nature\, treating these as portraits.\nhttps://personaland.com/hut/artist/robert-bunkin \nValérie Hallier\nValérie Hallier early multimedia work received prizes at ACM Siggraph\, SCAN Arts Symposium (PA)\, Ars Electronica in the US and Anima Mundi in Brazil. Her art has been shown internationally. Residencies include LMCC Swing Space\, Pioneer Works\, NARS Foundation\, Trestle Art Space in Brooklyn\, Harvestworks\, West Harlem Art Fund\, 4Heads on Governors Island and ESKK Foundation in New Jersey. Hallier is the recipient of a Contemporary Art Foundation grant and a MAAF (NYSCA & WaveFarm) grant.\nhttps://www.valeriehallier.com\nInstagram: @mutliplemedia_artist \nJayne Holsinger\nJayne Holsinger’s paintings have been exhibited throughout the UnitedStates\, and internationally in New York\, Berlin\, Zurich\, Istanbul and most recently\, Kuala Lumpur at the United States Embassy. Among her honors she’s received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation\, New\nYork Foundation for the Arts (Lily Auchincloss Fellow)\, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation (emergency grant). Holsinger’s exhibitions have been\nreviewed by the New York Times (Barry Schwabsky)\, ArtCritical (David Cohen)\, and FlashArt Magazine (Amalia Piccinini).\nhttps://www.jayneholsinger.com/ \nDebra Jenks\nDebra Jenks is an interdisciplinary artist and writer working in drawing\, photography\, sculpture\, video\, artists’ books\, and ephemeral public projects. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Stux Gallery\, White Columns\, The New Museum\, The Bronx Museum\, The Print Center New York\, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery\, Hallwalls Center for Contemporary Art\, and in Nayland Blake’s project\, “Got An Art Problem\,” at the Whitney Museum. She has been the recipient of awards from The New York Foundation for the Arts\, Yaddo\, Blue Mountain Center\, Montalvo Arts Center and The Edward Albee Foundation.\ndebrajenks.com\nhttps://www.instagram.com/a.k.a._i.m.schur/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/debra_jenks/ \nWilliam Kennon\nWilliam Kennon is a representational painter and printmaker specializing in oil and aquatint. Recent subject matter focuses on realistic interiors of his immediate environment – primarily his studio. As an artist he is formally rigorous and endeavors to depict the interplay of light and shadow at various times of day and evening.\nhttps://westbeth.org/artist-page/william-kennon/ \nPaul Muranyi \nPaul Muranyi artist/ teacher will be presenting WW II dioramas and oil paintings of dramatic stormy weather!\nhttps://westbeth.org/artist-page/paul-muranyi/ \nKaren Santry\nProfessor Karen Santry will be debuting the final nineteen 8 foot tall oil painted Kabuki wooden cutouts as well as Fashion Drawings!\nhttps://www.karensantry.com/ \nLouisa Weber\nJohn Mendelsohn wrote in d’Art International Magazine this year:\n“Waber evokes a psychic realm to which the visual is an opened portal…. This work is part of a heritage that has many strands…with its faith in painterly physicality. …What makes these paintings and drawings original is how this particular artist grants us access\, through a kind of direct transmission\, to the drenched landscape of her inner world.”\nhttps://www.louisawaber.com/ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/i-building-open-studios/ LOCATION:The I Building at Westbeth CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/I-BLDG-SQ-openStudios_June14-15sq-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250609T015544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T012504Z UID:10000794-1749715200-1754240400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Sheila Schwid: A Collectors VisionGroup Show DESCRIPTION:June 12 – August 3\, 2025\nOpening reception: Thursday June 12\, 2025 6pm – 9pm\n\n\nBank Art Gallery\n94 Broadway\nNewburgh\, New York \n\n\n\nClick to enlarge “Sheila Schwid began a new series of paintings in 2012 titled “Reflections on 14th Street” with paintings created from the photographs she took while riding the 14th Street crosstown bus. She intended only to focus on the busy New Yorkers going about their days\, but what she saw was multidimensional\, according to her artist statement: “There were reflections\, and reflections of reflections. There were strange shapes\, cutting off other strange shapes\, blank shapes of solid colors\, shapes of green leaves of trees I couldn’t see\, smoky colors\, smoky shapes. People’s heads would be interrupted with windows that looked into the sky or showed us far away traffic.”\n– Women Artists of Westbeth by Sara Braun.\nhttps://observer.com/2024/10/women-artists-westbeth-new-york-city/ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/sheila-schwid-collectors-visiongroup-show/ LOCATION:Bank Art Gallery\, Newburgh\, NY CATEGORIES:non-event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Sheila-Schwid-SQ-Collectors-Vision-Flyer-e1750814145458.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250630T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250612T000928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T204713Z UID:10000799-1749628800-1751302800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Kate Walter on WestFest Dance Festival 2025 DESCRIPTION:“The 15 year success and beautiful growth of WestFest into a vibrant annual dance festival in the West Village is a wonderful testament to the arts at Westbeth”\n said Carol Nolte\, founder of the Festival \n “WestFest does an incredible job of creating an environment where artists feel safe to explore and be creative\,”\n said Ellie Kusner\, Performing Arts Chair\, Westbeth Artists Residents Council. \n “We’re not picking an already done piece to be presented as is; we are choosing an artist that will create something new inspired by the space itself”\n said Dylan Baker\, curator and producer of WestFest 2025 about the All Over Program \nWestFest 2025 Photo: Kate Walter Dancing All Over\n Story and Photos\n By Kate Walter \n The 15th annual WestFest Dance Festival took place from May 1-4 at Westbeth Artists Housing with four nights of performances at the Martha Graham Studio Theater on the top floor of Westbeth. But the super popular (free) highlight was two afternoons of site specific dance performances on Saturday and Sunday all over the Westbeth campus. www.westfestdance.com.\n Visitors enjoyed guided tours\, led by a Westbeth resident\, who moved each group from site to site: the community room\, the basement sculpture studio\, the flea market spaces\, the roof\, the hallway\, the stairwell\, the lobby. About 15 resident volunteers led the tours that stepped off on the half hour.\n Sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council (WARC)\, the long running WestFest was founded by choreographer Carol Nolte\, (artistic director/ curator.) Nolte works with two other curators who produce the festival\, along with the president of WARC. www.westbeth.org.. “The 15 year success and beautiful growth of WestFest into a vibrant annual dance festival in the West Village is a wonderful testament to the arts at Westbeth\,” said Nolte.\n …………………….\n I worked as a tour guide again this year. It was fun but can be stressful. We did a run through on Saturday morning\, although we just basically went to the sites. We didn’t see the full performances until we were actually guiding the tour.\nI was grateful we had nice weather\, unlike the year it poured both days.\n With about 30 eager people in my group\, we needed two elevators to get to the different locations. I flashed back to the time half my group got stuck on an elevator for ten minutes\, but luckily that did not happen this year. I wrangled my group up and down multiple elevators\, stairwells\, and hallways\, referring to the directions and notes on my clip board. I livened up my tour with stories about the weird lay-out of our hallways.\n I told my group that prior to the Martha Graham Dance Company occupying the studio on the top floor of Westbeth\, it had been home for many years to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. I recalled sharing the elevator with the famous choreographer\, who was in a wheelchair but still going to work.\n When we were in the basement\, I showed them the black line where the water rose during Sandy. (11 feet!) I mentioned how artists lost their work in the flooded basement. The underground hallway was lined with posters of Westbeth events. “I love drag bingo\,” I gushed as we passed the poster with drag queen Paige Turner in her big wig and pink and white dress.\n As we waited for the elevator\, I invited questions from my group.\n “How long have you lived in Westbeth?” 28 years this summer.\n “How long were you the waiting list?” 10 years.\n “How many people live in Westbeth?” That one stumped me but I indicated there were 384 apartments of various sizes.\n Visitors were impressed when I took them onto the roof with its great views and I thought how lucky I was to live here. I was happy and relieved when my tour ended safely back in the lobby and everyone clapped and thanked me. They had enjoyed the adventure and I had completed my assignment\, until next year! \nClick on image to start slide show\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n ……………….\n But as I led the tour\, I wondered about the curation of this aspect of the festival. How does it work? “Each year our team receives applications from choreographers and companies all over the city\, country and world\,” said Dylan Baker\, (producer/curator.). “Along with a selected guest curator that changes year to year\, our team reviews the applications with a focus on how the applicant might approach creating a new piece for our site specific festival\, All Over.”\n “We’re not picking an already done piece to be presented as is; we are choosing an artist that will create something new inspired by the space itself\,” explained Baker. “The curatorial meeting is always lively as we each have very different opinions\, so our discussions can last for hours. Many factors weigh in on who the final selection will be\, but in early January we announce the final eight choreographers who will be featured in the festival.”\n “WestFest does an incredible job of creating an environment where artists feel safe to explore and be creative\,” said Ellie Kusner\, Performing Arts Chair\, Westbeth Artists Residents Council. “Choreographers remark on how this helps them stretch their imagination and see the possibility in each space. One dancer confessed that the physical decay and overall grittiness of the sculpture studio was initially a bit off-putting\, but she quickly saw how much strange artistic potential the space held and embraced it all.”\n “Some of the audience have seen these tours for years\,” continued Kusner. “But others have never encountered anything like this. One guest had only seen dance in conventional\, proscenium style theaters and the All Over tour completely altered their understanding of dance and the infinite ways it could be shared.”\n “WestFest highlights so much of what makes our Westbeth community wonderful\,” she concluded.\n …………….. \nThe article originally appeared in the Village Star Revue.https://villagestar-revue.com/all-over-sends-dancers-all-over-westbeth-story-and-photos-by-kate-walter/ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/kate-walter-on-westfest-dance-festival-2025/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_SQ3798.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250501T214059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T004427Z UID:10000786-1749322800-1749328200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Jaws DESCRIPTION:Saturday June 7\, 2025 at 7pm \nClick image for info about the movie: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-jaws/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Westbeth-movie-JAWS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T180000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250515T222412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T012530Z UID:10000780-1749042000-1750615200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Rutgers in New York: Following the TraceMFA Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJune 4–23\, 2025\nReception: Saturday June 7\, 6–8pm\nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune St\nNew York\, NY 10014 \n \nVideo of work featured in the show \n \nFrancisco echo Eraso\, Desde abajo\, 2025. Handmade ceramic roof tiles molded after the colonial roofing from abuelito Erlinto’s since-demolished house in Pasto\, Colombia\, and Juanita’s streetside roof tile finds in San Pedro de la Bendita\, Loja\, Ecuador\, bass shakers\, amplifier\, and wood cross\, 70 x 70 x 35 inches. Photo: María del Mar Hernández \nFeaturing work by Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo\, Ian Byers-Gamber\, Francisco echo Eraso\, Harley Hollenstein\, Quinn Isaacs\, Dan Lucal\, Saba N. Maheen\, John de Leon Martin\, Ariana Martinez\, Emily Drew Miller\, Pachi\, Rachel Mulvihill\, JaLeel Marques Porcha\, Alisa Sikelianos-Carter\, Natalie Romero\, Johnathan Allen Wilborn\, Feyaz Yusuff \n \nHow might we conceive of the role of the artist\, particularly in times of crisis? Can we\, in seriousness\, claim the aesthetic ought to not be troubled by the political? Is the aspiration or demand to remain untroubled by the weight of the work of art simply an irresponsible desire? \nFollowing the Trace\, the exhibition of seventeen artists newly emerging from the Rutgers MFA program\, attends to the ambivalences contained within these questions and their perpetually unresolved answers. Varying in form and affective orientation\, the artists individually and collectively contend with internal and external experience\, political events\, infrastructural critiques\, and natural phenomena as ethical-aesthetic reflections of the world around them. \nIf we understand aesthetic production—the painting\, the photograph\, the sculpture\, the performance\, the video—as amalgams and distillations of social-cultural and material forces\, then the work of art is a genealogy. Extending a multi-directional referential constellation into the past\, present\, and future\, the work of art becomes a projection: a communicative site through which artist and audience negotiate meaning\, history\, and desire.\nThe artist is equally excavator and creator: replying to the ghostly haunting\, recalling the reverberant echo\, formulating the fabulation. The back-and-forth undulation of the tide guides a multivalency of significance and interpretation\, revealing the dreamscapes and ways of being in the world that the work of art offers as existential possibility. \nCurated by Zoé Samudzi \nAbout the department: The Department of Art & Design at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts seeks to cultivate a diverse community that values visual literacy\, critical dialogue\, experimentation\, and the skills necessary for sustaining a creative life as artists and designers. Central to its vision is engaging in interdisciplinary research and embarking on collaborations within Rutgers and beyond\, leaving an imprint on the global arenas of contemporary art and design. Studio arts training is offered in design\, drawing\, media\, painting\, photography\, print\, and sculpture. The department offers five degree programs: a bachelor of arts\, a bachelor of fine arts in both visual arts and design\, and a master of fine arts in both visual arts and design\, as well as a minor in art. Mason Gross Galleries\, a 4\,200-square-foot space\, showcases up to 10 student exhibitions per year—all free and open to the public. \nwww.masongross.rutgers.edu\nmasongrossgalleries.rutgers.edu\nInstagram \nInquiries: Rich Siggillino\, Gallery Coordinator\, at res241 [at] mgsa.rutgers.edu URL:https://westbeth.org/event/rutgers-in-new-york-following-the-trace/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rutgers-revised-SQ-Social-Post-1080by1080_Edits-4-1.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250521T014839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T004545Z UID:10000782-1748973600-1748980800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Leni Schwendinger Civic Solidarity DeathLAB - Death and the Night DESCRIPTION:June 3\, 2025 6pm – 8pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY \nFREE \nTo Register for Event: Civic Solidarity \nClick to enlarge DeathLAB is pleased to announce another New York Community Trust-sponsored Civic Solidarity event\, hosted at Westbeth Artists Housing in collaboration with Urban Lighting and nighttime designer Leni Schwedinger. \nThe event will bring together two approaches to encouraging community and equity through civic design\, each running through essential aspects of life that too often remain marginalized: death and the night. \nThis Civic Solidarity event consists of a 20-minute presentation by two of DeathLAB’s research fellows\, reviewing the lab’s philosophy\, research\, and urban proposals\, including new engagement with Green-Wood Cemetery. \nLeni Schwendinger’s talk\, “Are You Afraid of the Dark\, A Light Justice Approach” will walk us through nighttime design and lighting strategies she has developed over decades of practice that include community engagement. \nShare your thoughts\, hopes\, and questions about disposition and memorialization\, both personal and societal. \nLeni Schwendinger \, Westbeth resident\, is a multi-disciplinary designer focusing on lighting and community engagement. Her projects include lighting cities\, bridges\, parks\, and waterfronts. Her work is deeply rooted in community engagement through synthesizing communal approaches to outdoor illumination\, on-site lighting workshops\, and her NightSeeing™ program\, where she leads nighttime walks through urban spaces around the world. The walks raise awareness about the fear and poetics of the darkened hours to improve the nighttime environment\, especially for women and night-shifters. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/leni-schwendinger-presents-civic-solidarity/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Leni-Sq-Schwenwdinger.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250514T221414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T004615Z UID:10000776-1748786400-1748797200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Crossing Tones Presents: Celebrating Westbeth Jazz 1980 Guest Commentator: Billy Harper DESCRIPTION:Click image to enlarge\n\nSunday June 1\, 2025 12 – 5pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nLISTENING SEESION FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC \nHistoric recordings of Freddie Waits\, Patti Boiwn\, Chuck Israels\, Billy Harper\, Gil Evans\, Peter Warren\, Stanely Cowell\, and more! \nMore info CrossingTones.org \n‘WITHIN THESE WALLS; JAZZ AT WESTBETH\, While you are at Westbeth\, visit the exhibition at Bethune St Lobby. It features photos and bios of the jazz greats who lived here\, including all of the above and much more \, as well as the musicians who live here now. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/jazz-at-westbeth-1980-listening-sessing-with-billy-harper/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CROSSTONE-AQ-S-BILLY-HARPER.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202922 CREATED:20250507T002128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T195410Z UID:10000768-1748631600-1748635200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Neighbors: Jonathan Bauch and Pele Bach DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday May 30\, 2025 at 7pm \nAbout Jonathan Bauch\nSculptor\nEvolving from an abstract painter to sculpture\, Bauch adroitly manipulates welding technology\, transforming hard steel into delicate organic forms reminiscent of the natural world. In taming the steel\, the industrial quality of the medium is tempered by the indelible mark of the human hand\, resulting in sculptures that seem to defy their material with their lacy and ethereal qualities.\nIn addition to exhibiting in both solo and group exhibitions in New York City and New England\, he has been the recipient of grants from the Joan Mitchell\, and Adolph and Esther Gottlieb foundations\, and has taught welding steel sculpture at the Educational Alliance. \nHe is the father of Pele who arew up at Westbeth. \nAbout Pele Bauch\nChoreographer / Dancer\nAn interdisciplinary choreographer who weaves dance\, theater\, and installation design into unique performances. As a Hapa Haole Kanaka Maoli (multi-racial Native Hawaiian) contemporary artist\, Bauch’s work also draws from oli and hula (Hawaiian chant and dance). She was selected for the 2025 Wehiwehi cohort of Kanaka Maoli artists working at the intersection of indigeneity and contemporary performance and the 2023 WAA Native Launchpad\, Bauch’s work has been presented at numerous New York venues. She has received residencies from The Joyce Theater Foundation; Dance Theater Workshop; Chocolate Factory; and 92Y Harkness Dance Center. Funders include the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Brooklyn Arts Council; and Harkness Foundation for Dance. \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-jonathan-bauch-and-pele-bach/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Get-to-Know-your-Neigh-Bauches_-MAY-2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR