BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westbeth - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Westbeth X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://westbeth.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Westbeth REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART: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:20250711T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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:20260423T222731 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T163000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250515T012107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T234931Z UID:10000778-1747839600-1750523400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Robert Bunkin The Greenwich House Portraits: An unveiling DESCRIPTION:“All of my work is concerned with the particular: a portrait\, a tree trunk\, and\na sculpture are all part of this on-going investigation into the specifics of appearances.” URL:https://westbeth.org/event/robert-bunkin-the-greenwich-house-portraits/ LOCATION:Greenwich House Center on the Square CATEGORIES:non-event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Robert-Bunkin-SQ-Portraitsunveiling-1-e1749682548825.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250630T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250515T010029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T183114Z UID:10000777-1747677600-1751310000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Pilates with Ellie Kusner No experience necessary DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/pilates-with-ellie-kusner/ LOCATION:Martha Graham Studio CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-8.41.43-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250517T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250517T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250330T232145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T012506Z UID:10000750-1747479600-1747490400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Flea Market The 41st Year of Bargains Galore DESCRIPTION:$10 BAG N BOX SALE Fill it up! NO ART OR JEWELRY. Includes\, clothes\, books\, notions\, housewares\, kids\, sport. Furniture separate SAT MAY 17\, 2025 11am – 2pm YOU MUST BUY A BAG BEFORE ENTERING. CASH OR CHECK ONLY.\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \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 to enlarge \n Mother’s Day Weekend\nMay 9\, 10\, 11\, 2025. 11am – 5pm \n$10 Bag Sale May 17\, 2025 \nWestbeth Basement\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY \nCash and Check Only \nThe Westbeth Flea Market was founded in 1984 by the Westbeth Beautification Committee. Its mission remains the same today:\nTo enhance the physical appearance of Westbeth and to fund projects that improve the quality of life for its residents. We value the opportunity to recycle things that may otherwise end up in landfills and to make in-kind vdonations to arious community organizations that help people in need.\nAs we are a community of artists we also emphasize the funding of projects that support the artistic endeavors of our residents and strengthen Westbeth’s ties to the larger community. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-flea-market-the-41st-year-ofbargains-galore/ LOCATION:Westbeth Basement CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FLEA-MARKET-SQ-MAY-2025-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250506T225610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T012328Z UID:10000766-1747422000-1747427400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Being John Malcovich DESCRIPTION:Friday May 16\, 2025 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY \nFree \nClick Image for more info about the film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-being-john-malcovich/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/John-MakG.-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250506T235207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T222537Z UID:10000767-1747159200-1747170000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Fix-it Night: New Hope for Broken Objects DESCRIPTION:Tuesday May 13\, 2025 6pm – 9pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY \nBring a lamp gone dark\, too-hot toaster\, wobbly chair\, vacuum sans vavoom or anything needing an expert on the case! \nClock\, watch and shoe guru David Rafael will change batteries (BYOBattery) and evaluate your old soles. \nPlease email;westbethconservation@gmail.com to book a slot. \nOne item per visitor\, please. Suggested donation $5. \nRepair reduces waste\, slows climate change and saves you money.\n Tuesday May 13\, 2025 6pm – 9pm URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-fix-it-night-at-westbeth-2/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fixt-i-night-maile-photo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250801 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250512T211600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T220441Z UID:10000773-1747008000-1754006399@westbeth.org SUMMARY:David Greenspan Film of Icon Evening May 4\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:Click on 4 arrow icon below for full screen. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/david-greenspan-westbeth-icon/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-3.42.18-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250511T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250430T205641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250511T195443Z UID:10000765-1746903600-1746982800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Jenny Tango Women of Chelm book brought to life with puppets\, dance and music DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Saturday May 10 at 7pm and Sunday May 11 at 2 pm \nReal-life mother-daughter duo\, Suzanne Bernstein and Miryam Coppersmith bring the eccentric women of Jenny Tango’s 1991 artist’s book\, Women of Chelm to life through theater\, dance\, music and puppets! \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nTickets:\nGeneral Admission $18\nStudent/Senio $10 \nAbout Jenny Tango\n“If art is autobiography\, then it seems that I have truly been an artist since childhood. The funny pages of newspapers and the movies that I saw Saturday mornings at the local theater were my first teachers of visual media. I discovered painting in Music and Art High School and the Bauhaus in Cooper Union and Brooklyn College. After I got my BFA\, I spent two years painting abstractly\, but I found it too limiting. One discovered an individual visual idea that was a sort of signature and repeated it endlessly. The probing\, discovering\, and ascertaining of an aspect of reality that figuration offered seemed more challenging.\nWhen the 1970s ushered in the Feminist Art Movement\, I discovered that what I was already doing had a name. . \nhttps://westbeth.org/artist-page/jenny-tango-painter/ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/jenny-tango-women-of-chelm-brought-to-life/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/WoC-Flyer-outside_20250413_133339_0000.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250526 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250426T003533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T014820Z UID:10000760-1746748800-1748217599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Whitney Museum ISP Annual Exhibitions and Symposium DESCRIPTION:More Photos\nClick 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\nClick to enlarge \nThe Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program (ISP) marks the culmination of the 2024–25 academic year with two capstone exhibitions: the ISP Curatorial Studies Exhibition at Ramscale Penthouse\, May 9–18\, the ISP Studio Exhibition at Westbeth Gallery\, May 9–25\, and a symposium at the Whitney on Sunday\, May 18. \nThese presentations showcase the work of the 2024–25 ISP cohort across three areas of concentration: Curatorial Studies Program\, Studio Program\, and Critical Studies Program. \n \nThe ISP Curatorial Studies Exhibition at Ramscale Penthouse\, May 9–18\, \nThe Curatorial Studies Program presents a grammar of attention\, an exhibition that aims to\ndraw attention to what artists Gordon Matta-Clark and\, almost four decades later\, David\nHammons carried out on the Hudson River in New York. Situated in a space that offers a\nsingular view of Hammons’s Day’s End (2014-21) on the piers\, this exhibition acknowledges the\ncontiguous gestures as an invitation to attend to places\, infrastructures\, and social relations.\nInvoking the spirit of Hammons and Matta-Clark\, a grammar of attention gathers artistic\npractices that attune themselves to the material realities that mark our worlds. The exhibition\nunfolds as a resonant chamber through a program of performances\, installations\, and\nworkshops. a grammar of attention is both an invitation and an offering: to bear and build\nwitness to that which is fraught\, incomplete\, unauthorized\, unsettled\, yet tethered to our present.\n \nThe featured artists include Zalika Azim; Fadl Fakhouri\, Noel Maghathe\, and Fargo Tbakhi; the black.gaze in collaboration with Cierra Michele Peters and Rai Terry; Haitham Haddad; Fatemeh Kazemi; Arnold J. Kemp; Christian Nyampeta; Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose; Rafael Sánchez; and Asia Stewart. \n a grammar of attention is curated by the 2024–25 Helena Rubinstein Curatorial\nFellows\, Bea Ortega Botas\, Kennedy Hollins Jones\, Tamara Khasanova\, and Ntshadi\nMofokeng. The exhibition will be on view May 9–18 at Ramscale Penthouse\, located at 463\nWest St Penthouse\, New York\, NY 10014. An opening reception for a grammar of attention will\nbe held at Ramscale Penthouse on Friday\, May 9\, from 6–8 pm. \nISP Studio Exhibition at Westbeth Gallery\, May 9–25\,\nThe Studio Program exhibition\, Prototype\, presents new work by the 2024–25 Elaine G.\nWeitzen Studio Program Fellows Nooshin Askari\, Paige K. Bradley\, Dahlia Bloomstone\, Cheeny\nCelebrado-Royer\, Rhea Dillon\, Niloufar Emamifar\, Valentina Jager\, Ash Moniz\, Daniel Melo\nMorales\, Iulia Nistor\, Pegah Pasalar\, Chantal Peñalosa Fong\, Alex Schmidt\, Julia Taszycka\, and\nmisra walker.\nCurated by Juana Berrío\, the exhibition will be on view May 9–25 at Westbeth\nGallery\, a nonprofit fine arts gallery located at 55 Bethune St\, New York\, New York 10014. An\nopening reception for Prototype will be held at Westbeth Gallery on Friday\, May 9\, from 6–8\npm.  \nSymposium at the Whitney on Sunday\, May 18. \nThe 2024–25 Helena Rubinstein Critical Studies Fellows will present their current research at\nthe annual ISP Critical Studies Symposium on Sunday\, May 18\, from 2–5:30 pm in the\nMuseum’s third-floor theater. Genevieve Lipinsky de Orlov\, Stephen Woo\, Sahar Khraibani\, Iulia\nNistor\, Stella Liantonio\, Joann Evans\, and Adrienne Jacobson Oliver will share short papers that\naddress critical topics in contemporary culture. The fellows will be joined in conversation by art\nhistorian Irene V. Small\, Associate Professor at Princeton University\, and artist and philosopher\nDenise Ferreira da Silva\, Professor at New York University. The symposium will be livestreamed\nwith live captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided. The event is free and registration is\nrequired. Following the symposium\, the ISP will host a closing reception beginning at 6:00 pm at\nRamscale Penthouse. While the reception is free and open to the public\, advance registration is\nrequired. \nThe Independent Study Program symposium\, exhibitions\, and opening events are free and\nopen to the public. The ISP Curatorial Studies Program and Studio Program exhibitions are\nopen Wednesday–Sunday\, 1–6 pm; closed Monday and Tuesday. For full details and additional\ninformation about the ISP\, please visit whitney.org/isp.  \nPRESS CONTACT  \nFor press materials and image requests\, please visit whitney.org/press or contact:\nAshley Reese\, Director of Communications\nWhitney Museum of American Art\n(212) 671-1846\nAshley_Reese@whitney.org\nWhitney Press Office\nwhitney.org/press\n(212) 570-3633\npressoffice@whitney.org   \nPROGRAM SUPPORT\nGenerous support for the Independent Study Program is provided by Joanne Leonhardt\nCassullo\, the Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation\, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation\, and Diane\nand Robert Moss.\nSignificant support is provided by The Capital Group Charitable Foundation\, Margaret Morgan\nand Wesley Phoa\, Gloria H. Spivak\, and the Whitney Contemporaries through their annual Art\nParty benefit.  \nABOUT THE ISP\nThe Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program (ISP) is an experimental study community\ndedicated to fostering critical thinking\, cross-disciplinary scholarship and writing\, and multimedia\nartistic practices. The ISP cultivates a rigorous intellectual environment where participants are\nencouraged to engage deeply with contemporary issues through extended conversation and\ncollaboration. Through seminars\, reading groups\, workshops\, screenings\, performances\, poetry\nreadings\, studio visits\, and an array of collaborative endeavors\, the program nurtures and\nchallenges the creative processes of artists\, curators\, and scholars who are committed to\ninnovative\, sustainable\, and activist practices.\nEach year fifteen individuals are selected to participate in the Studio Program\, four in the\nCuratorial Program\, and six in the Critical Studies Program\, for a total cohort of twenty-five.\nCuratorial and critical studies participants are designated as Helena Rubinstein Fellows in\nrecognition of the substantial support provided to the program by the Helena Rubinstein\nFoundation and Studio participants are Weitzen Family Fellows in acknowledgment of the one-\ntime relocation stipend generously provided by the Weitzen family.  \nABOUT THE WHITNEY\nThe Whitney Museum of American Art\, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude\nVanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942)\, houses the foremost collection of American art from the\ntwentieth and twenty-first centuries. Mrs. Whitney\, an early and ardent supporter of modern\nAmerican art\, nurtured groundbreaking artists when audiences were still largely preoccupied\nwith the Old Masters. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art\, which has\nbeen championing the most innovative art of the United States for ninety years. The core of the\nWhitney’s mission is to collect\, preserve\, interpret\, and exhibit American art of our time and\nserve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture\nin the United States. Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists\, the Whitney\nhas long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to\nhelp define what is innovative and influential in American art today.\nWhitney Museum Land Acknowledgment\nThe Whitney is located in Lenapehoking\, the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. The name\nManhattan comes from their word Mannahatta\, meaning “island of many hills.” The Museum’s\ncurrent site is close to land that was a Lenape fishing and planting site called Sapponckanikan\n(“tobacco field”). The Whitney acknowledges the displacement of this region’s original\ninhabitants and the Lenape diaspora that exists today.  \nAs a museum of American art in a city with vital and diverse communities of Indigenous people\,\nthe Whitney recognizes the historical exclusion of Indigenous artists from its collection and\nprogram. The Museum is committed to addressing these erasures and honoring the\nperspectives of Indigenous artists and communities as we work for a more equitable future. To\nread more about the Museum’s Land Acknowledgement\, visit the Museum’s website.  \nImage credit:\nDahlia Bloomstone\, R-SHARK WOKE UP!\, 2024\, courtesy of the artist URL:https://westbeth.org/event/whitney-museum-2025-independent-study-curatoral-program-exhibitions/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery\, Westbeth 13th Floor\, Whitney Museum\, CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Whitney-show-SQ-25_ISP_Poster_Letter_FINAL_0424-copy-e1752713778555.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250417T201417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250511T191612Z UID:10000757-1746730800-1746734400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Miriam Chaikin 9th Annual Writing Awards; Reading by the winners DESCRIPTION:. Thursday May 8\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nWinner in Prose: Elizabeth Hoban\nProud mom to three adult sons\, she is a semi-retired nurse practitioner\, who enjoys spending her free time with family\, friends and four-legged critters. Reading and writing are her oxygen. Elizabeth is the author of numerous\nshort stories. Her book publications include: The Final Mission: A Boy\, a Pilot\, and a World at War; The Cheech Room; and The Secrets That Save Us. She is also the author of numerous columns and magazine articles in professional journals. When people ask her why she writes\, her\ntypical response is\, “I don’t know how to stop.” \nWinner in Poetry: Joanne Durham\nJoanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl\, winner of\nthe Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press\, 2022) and the chapbook\, On Shifting Shoals\n(Kelsay Books\, 2023). She has won Third Wednesday’s Annual Poetry Prize\, the Mary Ruffin\nPoole Prize\, and Prime Number Magazine’s Summer Challenge\, as well as being a finalist in\nmany other contests. She is an Eric Hoffer and three-time Pushcart nominee; her poems appear in\nPoetry South\, Poetry East\, River Heron Review\, Vox Populi\, Whale Road Review\, and many\nother journals and anthologies. Joanne is a retired educator who currently teaches poetry\nworkshops online and in person. She lives on the North Carolina coast\, with the ocean as her\nbackyard\, muse\, and source of sanity in troubled times. Visit her at www.joannedurham.com. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/miriam-chaikin-9th-annual-writing-awards-reading-by-the-winners/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-10.01.57-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T130000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250430T195510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T175136Z UID:10000764-1746532800-1751374800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Vija Vetra ClassYoga\, Falun Gong and Indian Dance hand movements DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/vija-vetra-classyoga-falun-gong-and-indian-dance-hand-movements/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House CATEGORIES:non-event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-04-30-at-2.57.11-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250417T194220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T201003Z UID:10000756-1746392400-1746392400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Icon: David Greenspan actor and playwright DESCRIPTION:Sunday May 4\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestberth Community Room\n155 Bank Streety\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NYT 100124 \nWestbeth Artists Residents COunceil (WARC) designed the Icons project to honor Westbeth artists who have continued to work in the arts and a are an inspiration to others. \nSix-time Obie recipient David Greenspan (The Patsy\, Strange Interlude\, Four Saints in Three Acts\, On Set With Theda Bara)\, Drama Desk nominee Mona Pirnot (I Love You So Much I Could Die) and two-time Obie recipient Ken Rus Schmoll (Middletown\, The Internationalist\, Telephone\, Map of Virtue). \nDavid Greenspan has appeared in his plays Dead Mother\, She Stoops to Comedy\, Go Back to Where You Are\, I’m Looking for Helen Twelvetrees\, The Memory Motel and his solo plays The Argument and The Myopia\, performed solo renditions of three American plays from the 1920’s: Barry Conners’ comedy The Patsy\, Eugene O’Neill’s six-hour\, nine-act drama Strange Interlude\, Gertrude Stein’s experimental Four Saints in Three Acts and solo renditions of Stein’s lectures Plays\, Composition As Explanation and What Are Masterpieces and acted in many contemporary plays\, notably Terrence McNally’s Some Men\, Joey Merlo’s solo play On Set With Theda Bara and revivals of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band and Goethe’s Faust. Honors include Guggenheim\, Lortel and Fox fellowships\, Alpert\, Lambda Literary\, Helen Merrill Playwriting awards\, a RUTHIE and six OBIES. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-icon-david-greenspan/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Green-sq--e1744918911847.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T222731 CREATED:20250418T192044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T201142Z UID:10000758-1746212400-1746216000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:FIRST FRIDAY MUSIC: THE BARRYTONES DESCRIPTION:Click Image to enlarge \nFriday May 2\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nThe BarryTones. We are a dance band playing danceable rockabilly\, blues\, rock and country music. We play a mix of originals and classic favorites. The BarryTones include Westbeth’s own Barry Temkin on guitar\, Michael Moss on sax\, Bill Dotts on bass and Craig Howe on drums\, along with Natasha Gollin on vocals\, Violizzy on fiddle\, Jim Meigs on blues harp. \nBring your dancing shoes!\nFREE URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-the-barrytones/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-BarryTones-Instagram-Post.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR