Welcome to Westbeth

Westbeth Artists Housing was founded in 1970 in New York City to provide affordable housing for artists and their families. Its mission is to be a resource and generator of artistic endeavor for artists working in the fields of literary, visual, and performing arts.

Within the complex are spaces devoted to the creation and presentation of art by resident and guest artists, and by the arts organizations located here.

Events, exhibitions and workshops sponsored by Westbeth, often in partnership with cultural or community organizations, are offered at the Westbeth Gallery, the Westbeth Community Room and other venues at low cost or free to the public.

EVENTS
May 7 and May 8, 2022 at 8PM

Beth Soll: Earthly Dances in Troubled Times

Westbeth Community Room

April 21 - May 27, 2022

BUNGALOW: Group Show

Westbeth Gallery

ARTISTS
April 6 - June 17, 2022

Michelle Weinberg: Shuffling Liminal Episodes

Project ARTSpace

April 15 - June 19, 2022

Diana Jensen: World Traveler / Shelter At Home – Paintings

Susquehanna Art Museum, PA

Sunday April 24, 2022 at 1PM

Penny Jones & Company Puppets: Three Little Pigs

Westbeth Community Room

April 5 - April 28, 2022

Claire Rosenfeld: The Changing Earth

Revelation Gallery NYC

March 30 - May 1, 2022

David Greenspan in The Patsy

Abrons Art Center NYC

April 6 - Sept 5,, 2022

Veronica Ryan
2022 Whitney Biennial
OBE at Queens Birthday Honors

Whitney Museum of American Art

COMMUNITY
CLASSES + WORKSHOPS
Begins Mondays on November 1, 2021

Jennifer Gibson
Balance and Strength Training Free

Via Zoom

Wednesdays beginning Oct 27, 2021 at 11 am

Doron Tadmor
Feldenkrais Class
Resumes in Westbeth Community Room

Westbeth Community Room

January to December 2024

Eve Zanni
Sing Time Sessions

Westbeth Community Room

All performances, exhibitions and classes at Westbeth Gallery and Westbeth Community Room have been postponed until further notice.

We will reschedule our programming when the conditions allow.

Westbeth X Files or How the Tenants Saved Westbeth

Chapters 1, 2, and 3

Westbeth Chronicles
Life at Westbeth.

Gayle Austin writes about the night she had dinner with Westbeth's co-founder, Joan K Davidson

Westbeth In Memoriam

Christopher Berg, composer and pianist
Edward Hoagland, writer

Continuing Exhibitions
Westbeth Artists at Work

JOAN HALLCollages featured in year-long exhibition"Memories of the Future" at New Museum NYC

MICHAEL MOSS Roots to Shoots First Friday performance video by MOURICE PAPI

CHRISTOPHER BERG Nocturnes and Preludes played by Jeffrey Middleton in Memoriam

GIL EVANS Manuscripts acquired by Library of Congress Feb 2026

JOAN HALL Parroquiam Dreams II collages San Miguel de Allende to May 31, 2026

WARC OPPOSES demo of Dapolito Rec Center in letter to Mayor-elect Mamdani.

WESTBETH PIONEERING WOMEN ARTISTS Video

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AT WESTBETH

THE KITCHEN at Westbeth Exhibition and performance

WESTBETH OAC /GREENWICH HOUSE Classes and social services

THE NEW SCHOOL OF DRAMA Degree program for actors, directors, playwrights.