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:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD 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:20250110T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20241113T003757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T222242Z UID:10000693-1736496000-1737910800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:PAIRIDAĒZA Group Show An exploration of the paradise garden's utopian ideal. DESCRIPTION:Last Weekend – Closes Sunday Jan 26\, 2025\n\nVideo features the work of Krista Gay\, Ali Kaeini\, Kitty Rauth\, Sam Sherman\, and Sasha Fishman. \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 \nOpens Friday January 10\, 2025 6pm – 8pm \nShow dates: January 11 – Janury 26\, 2025 \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\,NY\nGallery Hours: Wed – Sun 1pm – 6pm \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present Pairidaēza\,a group exhibition featuring works by Sam Sherman\, Krista Gay\, Ali Kaeini\, Sasha Fishman\, Kate Stone\, Kitty Rauth\, and Charlie Manion. \nCurated by Celeste del Valle. \nConjuring imaginations of absentminded leisure\, luxury\, and eternal life\, the mythic concept\nof paradise is both a primeval place of origin and an imminent\, realizable future promised to\nthe virtuous few. Even in our “secularism\,” this notion continues to occupy a significant\nplace in our collective consciousness. \nThe word “paradise” can be traced through Latin and Greek to a relative of the Iranian\nlanguage Avestan\, the scriptural language of Zoroastrianism. Its near-Avestan root words\nshape the compound word Pairidaēza\, which translates as “to make or form a wall” and\n“enclosed garden.” \nIn his description of Paul Klee’s 1920 monoprint Angelus Novus\, Walter Benjamin wrote of\nthe angel of history: a creature facing backward towards the wreckage of the past\, forcibly\npropelled into the future by “a storm blowing from Paradise\,” which has “caught in his\nwings with such violence that [he] can no longer close them\,” despite the angel’s wish to\n“stay\, awaken the dead\, and make whole what has been smashed.”\nTaking Benjamin’s description of the storm in paradise as a cynosure\, this exhibition\nchallenges the paradise garden’s utopian ideal with questions its etymology implies: who is\nthe garden for? For what function is the wall designed? At what cost is the garden\nmaintained? \nThe artists brought together in this exhibition explore the tensions and questions inherent to\nthe paradise garden through varied media\, methods\, and narratives. Emblems of ritualism\nare interrupted and defanged\, exposing cracks in the walls where a new telos may emerge.\n– Celeste del Valle \nPlease join us for the opening reception of PAIRIDAĒZA on January 10\, 2025\, from 6-8\nPM. The exhibition will be open to the public Wednesday through Sunday\, 1-6 PM from\nJanuary 11 through January 26\, 2025. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-presents-pairidaeza-group-show-an-exploration-of-the-oparadise-gardens-utopian-ideal/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/PAIRIDAEZA-FINAL_Digital.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241228T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20241106T040600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T161145Z UID:10000676-1732366800-1735408800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Visual Artists Winter Show 2024 DESCRIPTION:Westbeth Gallery is OPEN on Thanksgiving Day \nShow Dates: Nov 23 – Dec 28\, 2024\nWed- Sun 1pm – 6pm \nCelebrated the recent work of of 100 Westbeth Visual Artists in photography\, fine art prints\, sculpture\, multi-media\, painting\, and installation. \nPhotos of Opening Night\nClick image to start slide show URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-visual-artists-winter-show-2024/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WinterShow-SUE-THISEdited2_Online_1080_2024.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241111 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240810T121212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T163031Z UID:10000580-1729814400-1731283199@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Global Art Project: CrossingBorders We Are All Immigrants DESCRIPTION:NEW PHOTOS OF EXHIBITON\nClick Image to start Slideshow\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \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 o enlarge \nOctober 25th -November 10th\, 2024\nOpening Reception\nFriday October 25th 6-8pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street at Washington\nNew York City \nExhibition Hours\nWednesday – Sunday\n1-6pm and by appointment\n\nCurators: Carl Heyward\, Akiko Suzuki\, Mikel Frank\, Joanne Rogers \n \n Inspirational 89 Art Magazine features a profusely illustrated article on the exhibition. GLOBAL ART BORDERS #inspirational 89 – GAP feature \n \nClick to enlarge \nCrossingBorders: WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS\nAn exhibition of works by members of Global Art Project\, an international multimedia collaborative collective with over 90 members operating in 19 different countries.\nExhibition Concept: \nThe Borders are wide\, various\, concrete and philosophical\, offering an illusion of safety and definitive organization of reality buttressed by or colliding with the shifts in perception\, power alignments\, cultural imperatives and agendas at play at any given moment both on the international and the personal\, subjective stage.\nBorders as a theme not defined\, but implied. The obvious way to look at Borders is as it relates to geographic demarcation and via socio-political implications\,however\, the artists in this exhibition take it one step further examining Borders that confound and limit us personally; Borders to be psychologically challenged\, broken through and/or accepted.\nCrossingBorders: WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS poses the question\, “Where can we find a safe haven?”\nWith immigration looming large as a hot button item politically\, polarizing as well as unifying\, this exhibition will touch demonstrate the many ways artists create works that deal with this question. From the lack of compassion to international and jurisdictional walls being built\, the exhibiting artists dive deeply into depictions of ethnocentric responses and unreasonable blockages to the ever present desperation of immigrants trying to find a home/country they can feel safe in when they do not feel safe in their own. \nIn photographs\, paintings\, monumental sculptures\, installations and performance CrossingBorders offers insight into concerns ranging from gender transformation\, the Atlantic slave trade\, the DNA of consolodation as well as the immigrant at the border\, on the shore welcomed or washed out.\nThe Westbeth exhibition is curated by artist Carl Heyward and GAP founding member Akiko Suzuki. \nClick to enlarge \n*CrossingBorders travels to Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery in Charlotte\, NC with artist Mikel Frank and VAPA co-founder and director of the gallery Joanne Rogers joining the curatorial team November 16\, 2024 -January 4th\, 2025.*\n“What Borders are you willing to cross?”\nAdditional info/photos/interviews upon request: \nartspeak2020@yahoo.com\nGLOBAL ART PROJECT \nhttps://www.instagram.com/globalartproject/\nhttps://globartproject.wixsite.com/globalartproject-art\nShow Preview\nClick image for slide show URL:https://westbeth.org/event/global-art-project-presents-crossing-borders-we-are-all-immigrants/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:Current,past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GLOBAL-SQ-ART-PROJET-SIGN-CROSSING-FLYER-LOGO-BORDERS_Mesa-de-trabajo-1-copia-2.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240813T020007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T235326Z UID:10000643-1727442000-1729447200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:UP CLOSE FROM AFAR Group Exhibition. Plus newly published review DESCRIPTION:THE FRONT ROW CENTER REVIEW\nHolli Harms Oct 2024\nExcerpt\n“The Visual Arts Chair/Gallery directors are artists themselves. Valérie Hallier is the current\nVisual Arts Chair/Gallery director and she has curated an art exhibit this Fall at Westbeth\nGallery that is awe-inspiring. Entitled “Up Close From Afar\,” it is masterful. It is eclectic\,\nlustrous\, thought provoking\, and an eye-catching exhibit of art in multiple constructs. Sculptures\nusing fabric and taxidermy\, paintings with elaborate colors and textures and saturated strokes of\nblack and white hanging by what can only be described as a spider’s web.” \nRead the entire review HERE \nClick to enlarge \nSeptember 27 – October 20\, 2024\nCurated by Valérie Hallier \nFeaturing artists:\nKhaila Batts\, Kelly Boehmer\, Nell Breyer\, Sandra\nCavanagh\, Marie-Chloé Duval\, Rina Dweck\,\nPauline Galiana\, Allan Gorman\, Honglei Li\nAlex W. Rader \nArtist Reception and Opening: Friday\, September 27\,\n2024\, 6pm-8pm \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present this group exhibition featuring selected artists from our 2024 open call and curated by Valérie Hallier\, Westbeth current Visual Arts Chair and Gallery Director. \nThe group show explores eclectic artistic perspectives on our contemporary moment in the West. \nThrough an array of mediums\, including drawing\, painting\, sculpture and installation\, artists from Asia\, Europe and from within the United States\, offer detailed views\, up close and afar\, from their multicultural perspectives on contemporary existentialism. \nKhaila Batts: ”In the realm of contemporary existentialism\, my work delves into the individual’s quest for meaning and authenticity\, navigating the complexities of existence and identity within the modern context.” \nKelly Boehmer: “I sew soft sculptures that portray a tragic sense of humor\, celebrating the hidden beauty I find in anxieties. I find humor in my struggles with social anxiety\, and changes in my body\, all my attempts to be [comfortable in my own skin]. While the imagery is often grotesque\, the flayed and molting creatures symbolize positive change\, growth\, and transformation.” \nNell Breyer: Nell Breyer is an artist working at the intersection of media\, movement and the public domain. She uses mark-making and the moving body to explore how we perceive and understand human movement’s delineation of shared space and calibration of place. \nSandra Cavanagh: Interested in the pairing of form and message\, and formal variations on a theme\, I sustain a figurative focus in reaction to current and historical narratives including my own. Recent global events have led me to considerations of mortality and loss of innocence in cross generational stories\, the usefulness of art’s centuries old regard of myth\, foundational stereotypes and the mundane occurrence of violence. \nMarie Chloé Duval: My interest in painting is based on a desire to translate my analysis and interpretation of society\, building on my academic background studying social issues. By deliberately obstructing some elements and removing others\, I leave space for interpretation\, suggesting the confusion of the perceptual state we live in\, inviting the observers to question their role in the world. Rina Dweck: Rina AC Dweck makes work riddled with juxtapositions. Organic next to synthetic\, readymade alongside handmade\, real vs. fake\, past beside present. Her use of hair as a material signifier tethers her to explorations on identity\, femininity\, religion\, and freedom. Born and bred in New York City\, and raised in an immigrant community\, Dweck grew up surrounded by lively histories and intense contrast. This upbringing embedded a propensity toward reimagining\, and the belief in the beauty of difference as a source of possibility. \nPauline Galiana: My work blends noble and mundane\, materials\, deconstructing and reconstructing them into hybrid forms. I waste nothing. My processes are both obsessive and meditative\, combining meticulous planning and patient execution. My formal compositions\, often featuring rigorous grids\, reflect instinctive states of mind and reveal meaning through unexpected encounters and the beauty of entropy. \nAllan Gorman: ”I’m drawn to the built environment—the spaces we construct\, the boundaries we navigate\, and the edges where materials and light converge. There’s a mystery and escapism in my world that both obstructs and reflects nature\, and in my art I attempt to capture the audacity and ambition of these spaces. I’m fascinated by traces of human evidence left behind in hallways\, stairwells\, and empty offices.” \nHonglei Li: “As Chinese immigrant artists\, we strive to create artwork that can make a strong voice for the Asian immigrant community. Our experience as immigrants who struggled at the bottom of American society has informed and shaped our art\, which focuses on human suffering and injustice in societies. “ \nAlex W. Rader: As a third culture individual\, discovering the language of painting has been a vital component in her artistic development. Today\, she uses painting as a means of expressing the ineffable anxieties around womanhood. The role of representational painting proves to be an effective tool to evoke care\, devotion\, and time. With this\, the theme of home has entered her work\, providing new combinations of objects in uneasy domestic interiors. \nContact: Valérie Hallier (718) 414 9889 – westbethgallery@gmail.com – vhallier@gmail.com \nGallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday\, 1pm–6pm and by appointment \nClosing Events/ Artists talks: Saturday October 19 & Sunday October 20th during Westbeth Open House events. \nWestbeth Gallery\, 55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014 www.westbeth.org \nOPENING NIGHT Sept 27\, 2024\nClick image to start slideshow. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/up-close-from-afar-group-exhibition/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/UP-CLOSE-WEB-CORRECTED_SQ4Insta-copy.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240829T024327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T223532Z UID:10000572-1724850000-1726423200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Art Lives Here: Collecting An Art Fair At Westbeth Gallery DESCRIPTION:Selected Photos from the Show\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \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 \nAugust 28th – September 15th\, 2024\nOpening Reception August 28\, 2024\, 6:00-9:00 pm\n \nWestbeth Gallery\n57 Bethune St\nNew York\, NY \nGallery hours Wednesday – Sunday 1:00 – 6:00pm \nArt Lives Here: Collecting is curated from the viewpoint of collecting contemporary art and\nbuilding a collection over time. ALH founder and chief curator Connie Lee led the curatorial\nteam of Alison Cuomo\, Karen Fitzgerald and Jim Richards. \nEach of the 4 rooms at the iconic Westbeth Gallery are curated with a unique theme within the larger cohesive exhibition. \nArt Lives Here: Collecting will feature the work of 52 contemporary artists. All are members of\nALH’s growing community of artists from New York City\, the U.S.\, London\, Berlin and Buenos\nAires. \nArtists:\nCheryl Aden\, Monique Allain\, Karin Bandelin\, Beth Barry\, Sylvia Battistuzzi\, Capucine Bourcart\,\nCarol Bouyoucos\, Andree Brown\, Karin Bruckner\, Elan Cadiz\, Ingrid Capozzoli Flinn\, Airco\nCaravan\, Marta Chilindron\, Heather Cox\, Jaynie Crimmins\, Alison Cuomo\, Yael Dresdner\,\nJoanne Dugan\, Katherine Earle\, Roberta Fineberg\, Karen Fitzgerald\, Laurence Elle Groux\,\nEileen Hoffman\, Monair Hyman\, Carmen Isasi\nJulia Justo\, Natalya Khorover\, Salem Kreiger\, Beatrice Lebreton\, Lynn Lieberman\, Barbara\nLubliner\, Donnelly Marks\, Elizabeth McAlpin\, Cinzia Meneghello\, Gail Meyers\, Tomo Mori\,\nStephanie Mulvihill\, Carol Paik\, Jim Richards\, Elizabeth Riley\, Jorge Luis- Rodriguez\, Gale\nRothstein\, Hiroshi Shafer\, Barbara Sherman\, Deborah Sherman\, Mel Smothers\, Susan Stair\,\nEmily Stedman\, Geoffrey Stein\, Glenyse Thompson\, Ellen Weider\, Michael Wolf. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/art-lives-here-collecting-an-art-fair-at-westbeth-gallery/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ART-LIVES-HERE-SQ-Collecting-IG-PROMO-copy.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240816T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240709T015825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T205859Z UID:10000553-1722517200-1723831200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:ESKFF / / Galleri Ramfjord - A Tribute DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nOpening Thursday Aug 1\, 2024 6pm – 9pm\nAugust 1 – August 16\, 2024 \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nWed – Sun 1pm – 6pm \n \nPHOTOS OF SELECTED WORK\nClick image for 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 \nCelebrating a 10 year long collaboration\, highlighting works from artists in residency programs at ESKFF over the years. \nThe Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation (ESKFF) was founded in 2009 by its namesake who became inspired through her personal experience as a collector and entrepreneur. The Foundation was established to encourage collaboration and dialogue between artists\, art administrators\, collectors and art institutions. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/eskff-galerie-ramfjord-a-tribute/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ESKFF-_SQ-galleriramfjord-digital-NEW-e1721056821354.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240629T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240310T190937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T125715Z UID:10000547-1719666000-1721239200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:WHITNEY STAFF ONLY ART SHOW DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO ENLARGE \nJune 29 – July 17\, 2024 \nFree and open to the public \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nWednesday–Sunday\, 1–6 pm \nFrom its origins in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s Greenwich Village studio in 1914 to its relocation to the Meatpacking District in 2015\, the Whitney Museum of American Art has always sought to support living artists at critical moments in their careers. \nMany of the Museum’s staff members\, who make the Museum’s exhibitions\, programs\, publications\, and day-to-day operations possible\, are artists themselves. For the seventh time in its history\, the Whitney Staff Art Show will be held in a public space\, offering staff an opportunity to share their work and deepen connections with one another as well as a wider public audience. \nFor the seventh year in a row\, the Whitney’s Staff Art Show will be held in a public space\, offering staff an opportunity to share their work and deepen connections with one another as well as a wider audience. This year’s exhibition will include the work of over ninety artists\, presenting a wide range of mediums\, including painting\, sculpture\, drawing\, photography\, printmaking\, collage\, and video\, and reflecting the diversity of artistic practice among the Whitney’s talented staff. \nSTAFF ONLY is organized by colleagues from various departments throughout the Museum.  \nThe exhibition is free and open to the public\, Wednesdays through Sundays from 1 to 6 p.m.and will be part of West Side Fest\, a celebration of arts and culture on the West Side of Manhattan\, July 12–14.2024 \nArtist Participants \nRamon Cintron\nalondra acevedo\nCrystal Aguila Morales\nFidel Alleyne\nStephanie Alifano\nScarlet-Frances Alonzo\nAlyssa Andrews\nMax Bell\nAnna Bida\nCorey Braxton\nMitsuko Brooks\nNatalee Cayton\nJaqueline Cedar\nViridiana Choy\nAseeli Coleman\nSpencer Compton\nHeather Cox\nKeira DiGaetano\nKasim Earl\nShanique Emelife\nDavid Ertel\nSarah Fortini\nDebora Francis\nMelinda Freudenberger\nEmma Gabel\nBehrang Garakani\nKarina B. García Labrana\nJohn Gaudio\nJesse Gelaznik\nAlana Giarrano Oula\nClaire Golder\nNora Gomez-Strauss\nAbigail Hack\nFelicia Huguley\nJunichiro Ishida\nEmily Jacoby\nArmando Jaramillo Garcia\nJennifer Jhagroo\nCaitlin Jones\nChris Ketchie\nKIKIISUN\nTom Koehler\nTom Kotik\nDenise Kupferschmidt\nCaroline LaCava\nMidrene Lamy\nMeredith Lawhead\nDavid Liburd\nRob Lomblad\nIris Ward Loughran\nEleanor Lovinsky\nJonita Luti\nDoug Madill\nGenevieve Martinez\nElissa Medina\nKristyna and Marek Milde\nVictor Moscoso\nMeer Musa\nWilliam Norton\nMeg O’Brien\nJustin Ortiz\nJason Philliips\nAnna Piwowar\nEliza Proctor\nGreg Reynolds\nMelissa Robles\nVíctor Ignacio\nJoshua Rosenblatt\nLynnette Therese Sauer\nLisa Saunders\nJosephine Schoen\nLaura Schwarz\nIrene Shifman\nElisabeth Skjærvold\nJim SKULDT\nNathan J. Smith\nEve Soleil\nCree Solomon\nNatalia Sterling\nJosephine Tam\nAdin Tannin\nSarika Tatineni Doppalapudi\nJoseph Teliha\nEva Tenby\nDavid Tufino\nKhaleiah Vasquez\nYuYu Vega\nEric Vermilion\nCynthia Laureen Vogt\nJosh Wertheimer\nChristine Zheng\n  URL:https://westbeth.org/event/whitney-staff-only-art-show/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WMAA_Staff-Only_SQ-Social_FINAL_240613.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240601T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240416T202402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T020808Z UID:10000521-1717246800-1718992800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Synonymms: Rutgers University MFA Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Synonymms\nJune 1 –June 21\, 2024\nOpening Reception Saturday June 1\, 2024 6pm – 8pm \nGallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 1pm – 6pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune St\nNew York\, NY \nSynonymms with an additional m presents artwork by twelve artists who are also Rutgers\nUniversity’s 2024 Visual Arts MFA Graduate cohort. \nArtists\nSandra SK Amoabeng\, Angela Bidak\, Maura Torres Díaz\, Alfred Dudley III\, Em Gallagher\, Jason Hirata\, Andrew Kennedy\, Kabi Raj Lama\nMaisie Luo\, Park McArthur\, Justin Nalley\, Nick Newlin\, Adi Blaustein Rejtö\, Anton Varga. \nThis capstone exhibition is an occasion to consider the artists’ disparate practices following two years of graduate study. While this study in a formal sense has ended\, it continues through frequently collaborative and/or collective activities such as teaching\, organizing\, mentoring\, and archiving facilitated by and for the show’s participating artists. Like the artists departing their graduate program\, Synonymms’s organizers\, Park McArthur and Jason Hirata\, are leaving their current roles at Rutgers as well\, and will present artwork also\, bringing the total number of exhibiting artists to fourteen. \nThe artists in this exhibition are part of a greater half-century of Rutgers University arts education that prioritizes experimentation across artistic media and disciplines. \nThe exhibition was realized with the support of Art & Design Department faculty and staff as well as that of Westbeth Gallery’s Director Valérie Hallier and Gallery Coordinators. This iteration of the Rutgers in New York exhibition series returns\, for a third time\, to Westbeth–a complex of homes\, artists’ studios\, and arts organizations living at the intersection of West\,\nBethune\, Washington\, and Bank Streets. \nPlease join the artists for an opening reception Saturday\, June 1\, 6–8 p.m. \nWestbeth Gallery courtyard 55 Bethune Street New York\, New York 10014.\nThe building’s courtyard faces Bank Street and provides step-free access to Westbeth Gallery.\nWestbeth Gallery is open Wednesday–Sunday 1–6 p.m. \nMask: If you are able to\, please wear a mask inside the gallery. \nFor remote or in person tours\, press inquiries\, access\, more information\nplease email: rutgers.ny@gmail.com\nor visit\nmasongrossgalleries.rutgers.edu/synonymms. \nFor more information about the Art & Design Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts\nRutgers University please visit: masongross.rutgers.edu/degrees-programs/art-design. \nFor more about Westbeth Gallery please visit: https://westbeth.org/about/westbeth-gallery. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/synonymms-rutgers-university-mfa-art-exhibit/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SYNONYMMS-_square-REV_RUinNY_FINAL.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240229T224630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T011459Z UID:10000479-1712149200-1713722400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Mind Leaves Body: Elisabeth Condon\, Susan Luss\, Alyse RosnerReview by Art Spiel DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nApril 3 – April 21\, 2024 \nOpening Reception: Wednesday April 3\, 2024 at 6pm – 9pm \nWalk Through: Saturday April 6\, 2024 at 2pm \nPanel Discussion: Wednesday April 17\, 2024 at 7pm\nwith Amy Talluto.\nAmy Talbot is a painter and sculptor who lives and works in Upstate NY. In 2018 the was awarded a NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellowship in Painting and was an Art Forum Critics Pick for her solo exhibition at Black & White Gallery. She has recently shown her work at Auxier Kline Gallery\, Jeff Bailey Gallery\, The Berkshire Botanical Gardens\, the Samuel Dorsey Museum\, Geoffrey Young Gallery and Wave Hill Gardens\, She is the host and producer of the Pep Talks for Artists Podcast. \nClosing Reception: Sunday April 21\, 2024 at 5pm – 7pm \nFeatured Artists: Elisabeth Condon\, Susan Luss\, Alyse Rosner \nMind Leaves Body features works by three painters who explore nature\, city dwelling\, and décor through creative processes that blur distinctions between inside and outside\, interior and exterior\, and intuition and physicality. Their flexible\, large-scale pieces propose\, in the words of essayist Paul D’Agostino\, that\, “If it sometimes seems as though the artist’s mind leaves the artist’s body\, then it’s because the artist’s mindless body is often the more fluidly productive one in the studio.” \nReview by Art Spiel \nWhen Elisabeth Condon noticed an Open Call for a show at Westbeth\, she immediately thought of artists Alyse Rosner and Susan Luss\, whose process-oriented approach perfectly matched her vision for a collaborative project. They all agreed to come together\, planning to let the installation unfold over four days\, allowing their work to merge and shape the exhibition dynamics. Their setup process—discussing\, reshaping\, and improvising in the gallery—revealed more profound interconnections. The trio’s improvisational method produced an exciting viewing experience analogous to a live jazz ensemble with distinct leitmotifs.em> URL:https://westbeth.org/event/mind-leaves-body-elisabeth-condon-susan-luss-alyse-rosneropens-r-review-by-art-spiel/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MIND-LEAVES-BODY-SQ-1080-x-1080-pixels-300-dpi-CMYK.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240304T170627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240324T200030Z UID:10000459-1709730000-1711216800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Women on the Verge Exhibition of Artists Affiliated with the29.art DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nMarch 6 – March 23\, 2024 \nOpening Reception: Wednesday\, March 6\, 2024 6pm – 8pm\nNote: The Westbeth Gallery will open at 6pm on that day. \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\, NY\, NY\nGallery hours: Wednesday-Sunday\, 1-6 pm and by appointment \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present Women on the Verge\, a group exhibition of artists\naffiliated with the29.art\, a digital platform seeking to create opportunities for self-identified\nwomen working in the arts. It is a group of more than twenty-nine well-established\, mid-career\, and emerging artists\, diverse in practice\,\nmedium\, age\, ethnicity\, and background. \nThe exhibition is curated by Kathy Brew and features films\, art\, poetry\, and performance. \nParticipating Artists \nKathy Brew\nYoshiko Chuma\nMartha Edelheit\nMichelle Handelman\nJulia Heyward\njennifer jazz\nPamela Lawton\nStefani Mar\nAline Mare\nLucia Maria Minervini\nHelen Oji\n \nJanet Panetta\nJeanne Quinn\nMelinda Ring\nFelice Rosser\nLynne Sachs\nSusan Salinger\nMM Serra\nShelly Silver\nPamela Sneed\nLila Zemborain \nFor press inquiries and appointments\nSusan Salinger (917) 327-6201 or Kathy Brew (917) 592-4134 \nMore info: the29.art URL:https://westbeth.org/event/women-on-the-verge-exhibition-of-artists-affiliated-with-the29-art/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WOMEN-ON-VERGE-WITH-NAMES.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240203T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240224T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20231128T023130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T175741Z UID:10000445-1706965200-1708797600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Dana Gordon Signs of LIfe Paintings from 2023 DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nFeb 3- Feb 24\, 2024\nOpening Reception\nSunday Feb 3\, 2024 5pm – 7pm \nThe Westbeth Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of 25 paintings from 2023 by Dana Gordon. \nDana Gordon is an American abstract painter who began his art career working\nas assistant to Tony Smith and George Sugarman in the late 1960s in New York. He studied painting at Brown University and Hunter College\, and photography with Aaron Siskind in Chicago. He was a professor of art\, mainly in the 1970s\, and his avant-garde films have been featured at MoMA and internationally. \nGordon’s painting has been seen in fifteen solo shows and many group shows in New York\,\nChicago\, Paris\, and Boca Raton\, including at such galleries as Andre Zarre\, Charles Cowles\,\n55 Mercer\, and The Painting Center in Manhattan\, and Sideshow in Brooklyn. \nIn 1974\, after making three-dimensional and shaped canvases and other avant-garde\nexperiments for about nine years\, Gordon decided to “start over”\, to find his own language\nof art. He put a simple white chalk mark on a piece of black paper\, and let things develop\nfreely from there. The marks went not only toward strokes and their arrangements\, lines\,\noutlines\, and abstract or figurish shapes\, but inevitably toward proto-languages\, too. He\nretained the use of pure color so essential to abstraction. \nGordon’s recent paintings (and writings) energize a revitalized appreciation of abstraction\nand its connection with the old and the new. \nDana Gordon was one of the principal founders of The Painting Center in New York in\n1993. In the same year one of his paintings was reproduced as the front cover of the Paris\nReview (issue no. 129). \nGordon’s work is in many collections\, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art\, M.I.T.\,\nAdelphi University\, and the Royal Belgian Film Archive\, and of Edward Albee\, Virgil\nThomson\, Hilton Kramer\, and James Panero. \nHis art received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Fdn.\, Rauschenberg’s Change Fdn.\,\nand university research grants\, and residencies at the Edward Albee Fdn.\, the Triangle Workshop\,\nand the Millay Colony. In 1978 he was the “runner-up” for the NEA’s US/UK Bicentennial Exchange Fellowship. \nCritical acclaim for Gordon’s work has included the L.A.Times\, 1978: “… for purists and\npioneers in pursuit of new perceptions.” John Russell in the NY Times in 1987 “…well\nworth seeking out…a painter of whom it would be good to see more.” Helen Harrison\, NY\nTimes\, 1994: “…beautiful paintings\, filled with the controlled exuberance of a carefully\norchestrated spectacle.”\nGrace Glueck\, NY Times\, 1997: “… a very lively eyefest.” James\nPanero\, in the New Criterion\, 2014: “While many artists paint widely\, Gordon paints\ndeeply…. Gordon knows ‘what only painting can do.’ ” David Cohen\, of Art Critical\, on\nGordon’s 2018 Paris show “Lucky Paris.” \nGordon has written about art for The Wall Street Journal\, The New Criterion\, The New\nYork Sun\, Commentary\, Delicious Line\, The Jerusalem Post\, and Painters’ Table.\nGordon says: “To paint I get into a frame of mind where I can bring everything to bear\,\nfocused on the moment of painting. A given subject is too limiting; painting’s potency is\ncomprehensive and open-ended and develops its own subject\, if allowed to. Abstract\nform underlies all visual art; form’s content expresses intellect and feeling. Painting is as\nalive as ever: after millenia why would our little era not have it\, it’s a sign of life. All art\nis now; in art there are no “other” cultures. My painting does not subvert\, it upholds art\nand reaches for beauty.” \nNext to the Hudson River\, in Manhattan’s West Village\, The Westbeth Gallery is an\nindependently curated gallery run by artists living in Westbeth\, a historic artist residence\nin a building converted in 1970 from the Bell Telephone Laboratories and on the National\nRegister of Historic Places.Westbeth also houses The New School for Drama\, and The Kitchen. \nHome Page image: Sea of Possibility (detail) oil on canvas 64 x 72 inches 2023 \nMore info: danagordon.art\n1danagordon@gmail.com\nInfo: westbethgallery@gmail.com URL:https://westbeth.org/event/dana-gordon/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DanaGordon_-SQ-11x8.5_RGB.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250101 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240106T230102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T165605Z UID:10000447-1704499200-1735689599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Gallery 2024 Exhibitions Calendar DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-2024-exhibitions-calendar/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Westbeth-Gallery-REV-2024-Exhibition-Calendar.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240105T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20240111T133345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T193309Z UID:10000438-1704474000-1706209200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Beyond the Surface: Constructing DestructionGroup Show DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nShow Dates: January 5 – January 25\, 2024 \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to launch its 2024 season with “Beyond the Surface: Constructing Destruction.” Curated by Vida Geranmayeh and Daniel G. Hill\, this exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists who challenge and expand the boundaries of painting\, drawing\, and sculpture. \nFeaturing Artists:\nGail Biederman\, Lily de Bont\, Daniel G. Hill\, Kathleen Kucka\, Steven Millar\, Gelah Penn\, David Rhodes\, Mary Schiliro\, Howard Schwartzberg\, Jan Maarten Voskuil \n“Beyond the Surface: Constructing Destruction” navigates the nuanced space between creation and disruption\, with a focus on transformative techniques and the integral role of materials in the creative process. The exhibition re-contextualizes the traditional mediums of painting and sculpture\, as each artist explores the dynamic interplay of contrasting transformations. In an era marked by global challenges\, the exhibition positions art as a platform for dialogue and positive change. It confronts self-censorship\, extends the reach of artistic expression\, and encourages viewers to investigate uncharted territories. By reexamining the familiar\, these artists discover new paths within established genres\, inspiring viewers to question and reconsider prevailing artistic notions. The exhibition underscores the importance of mastery of craft in achieving innovation\, often leading to an expansion of artistic boundaries. \nGail Biederman utilizes felt and yarn\, creating psychogeographic maps in her large-scale installations and intimate works on paper\, drawing upon experience and memory. \nLily de Bont radically reimagines the painter’s linen\, deconstructing the canvas into loose threads\, leading to complex compositions where gravity plays a pivotal role. \nDaniel G. Hill explores the physical and metaphorical roles of gravity in art\, creating self-reflexive pieces that provoke wonder and contemplation. \nKathleen Kucka uses burning as a transformative technique\, exploring rebirth and destruction through a personal language of forms and patterns. \nSteven Millar draws inspiration from diverse allusions\, from atmospheric phenomena like rainbows to symbolic objects such as memorial stones. Merging the handmade\, fabricated\, and found\, his pieces cultivate unique forms of expression. \nGelah Penn’s site-responsive installations and wall constructions blur the lines between drawing and sculpture\, orchestrating events of perceptual incident and psychological unease. \nDavid Rhodes’s paintings feature material brevity\, elemental facture and compelling visuality. He uses only black paint on canvas. The complex figure ground configurations and rhythmic pattern are typical. \nMary Schiliro experiments with acrylic paint and Mylar\, exploring the tangible versus the ephemeral as metaphors for the human condition. Her work expands the boundaries of painting and presents new possibilities for presentation. \nHoward Schwartzberg uniquely employs paint and canvas to craft shapes\, pushing beyond traditional painting boundaries and exploring the canvas’s multidimensional roles in artistic expression. \nJan Maarten Voskuil stretches painting into the third dimension\, cutting and reconstructing canvases into modular forms that blur the lines between painting\, sculpture\, design\, and architecture. \nContact: Vida Geranmayeh (917) 838-1774 vida@gallerygeranmayeh.com \nGallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday\, 12pm–6pm and by appointment \nClosing Event/Artist Reception: Thursday\, January 25\, 2024\, 5-7pm \nWestbeth Gallery\, 55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014 www.westbeth.org URL:https://westbeth.org/event/beyond-the-surface-constructing-destructiongroup-show-2/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Construction-DestrucT-SQ-REV-_1080x1080_Constructing-Destruction_white.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231228T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20231031T030607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231229T003024Z UID:10000422-1700208000-1703782800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Winter Show of Westbeth Visual Artists DESCRIPTION:Postcards of the work exhibited in the Winter Show are now\, for the first time\, available for purchase at the Gallery. Here are some representative examples:\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \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 \nNov 17\, 2023 – Dec 28\, 2023\nOpening Reception: Friday Nov 17\, 2023 6pm – 8pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY \nGallery Hours: Wed – Sunday 1pm – 6pm \nWestbeth Gallery is proud to present its annual year-end exhibition celebrating the work of Westbeth artists in painting\, sculpture\, printmaking\, mixed media\, public art\, installation\, photography\, video and film. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-winter-show-2-of-westbeth-visual-artists/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/WinterShow_Poster2023_1-1_1080.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230925T191830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T015549Z UID:10000400-1696597200-1698602400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:DADS: A Group Exhibition of Artists Who Are Also Fathers DESCRIPTION:Westbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune St\, New York\, NY \nShow Dates: Oct 6 – Oct 29\, 2023 \nGallery hours: Wednesday – Sunday 1-6pm and by appointment. \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present Dads\, a group exhibition of artists who are also fathers\, on view at its’ Richard Meier designed courtyard location\, 55 Bethune Street in the West Village of New York. The show is curated by artist James Gortner. \nRarely in the contemporary art conversation is family and fatherhood considered a defining characteristic of an artist’s life\, motivation\, and/or artistic practice\, and it is dismissed as a barrier to the full realization one’s artistic potential. The featured artists have many differences – different stages in their careers\, diverse backgrounds and work across many mediums – but they are all dads who make art. It is the point of this exhibition to highlight a unique kind of familial artist identity\, and activate your feelings about each work knowing this identity is present. \nThe Dads exhibition will survey artworks by the following 36 artists: \n\nGregory Amenoff\nAnthony Boone\nGerald Cannon\nStanley Casselman\nJean Clanche\nGrayson Cox\nMark Dion\nBrock Enright\nDomenic Esposito\nJames Gortner\nMichael Guillard\nStephen Hall\n \n\nAdam Handler\nMarc Handelman\nBradley Hart\nHans Haveron\nJon Kessler\nGene Kiegel\nRick Klauber\nReiner Leist\nHenry Leutwyler\nRob MacInnis\nMatt Mullican\nAntonio Murado \n\n\nJeff Muhs\nYigal Ozari\nNick Paparone\nMourrice Papi\nFahamu Pecou\nRobert Roest\nMeir Srebriansky\nJacob Taylor\nFrancisco Vidal\nTomas Vu\nJohan Wahlstrom\nMark Zimmerman \n\n\n\nFor all appointments and press inquiries\, contact\nJames Gortner +1 310 463 9778 JamesGortner.art@gmail.com \nDADS OPENING RECEPTION Oct 13\, 2023 URL:https://westbeth.org/event/dads-a-group-exhibition-of-artists-who-are-also-fathers/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DADS-Show-8.5x11_FINAL-updated-e1695669347638.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230808T164156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T192151Z UID:10000359-1694073600-1695920400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Ken Wade: Selected Retrospective DESCRIPTION:September 7th – 28th\, 2023\nGallery hours: Wedn-Sunday 1-6PM \nOPENING\, Thursday\, September 7 2023\, 6-8 pm. \nWestbeth Gallery\n155 Bank Street\nEnter through courtyad\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nKen Wade moved into WestBeth Artist Housing on January 1\, 1970 where the artist has lived and worked for 53 years. This September\, Wade will be opening a one-person Selective Retrospective with drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures dating from 1964 to the present. \n“I began making art in the early 1960s while living on the Island state of Tasmania; 125 miles off the SE coast of Australia. Four years later\, back in the USA\, my first American exhibition (1968) was at the Corcoran Museum\, Washington DC; I exhibited a series of large Zig-Zag paintings.\nThe images to follow represent selected work from early 60s (Tasmania/Melbourne)\, work done in Washington (67-69)\, ultimately concluding with NYC during the 70s-80s up to the present.\nOn New Years’ day 1970\, my family and I moved from Washington\, DC into the WestBeth Artist Housing. With us\, a huge crate\, that had followed us from Melbourne\, to London\, to Washington DC to New York City. The crate was packed solid with paintings and drawings that I had done in Australia\, and weighed nearly 1500 lbs . We gratefully accepted management’s offer of storage space in the basement facing the Westside Highway.\nLong story short—there was a flood.\n‘BIRD IN THE BUSH’ #9 was one of many dozens of BIRD’s & NUDE’s in the BUSH I painted during my 2 years in Tasmania. BIRD# 9 is the only painting from the crate that survived Westbeth’s first flood. ” \nMore about Ken Wade and his work at Westbeth Artist Page: Ken Wade URL:https://westbeth.org/event/ken-wade-selected-retrospective/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/KenWade_Instagram.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230721T182543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T141725Z UID:10000356-1691049600-1692810000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westside Exposure: Whitney Staff Art Show 2023 DESCRIPTION:August 3 – 23\, 2023\nOpening Reception\nThursday Aug 3\, 6–8 pm \nGallery Hours\nWednesday–Sunday\, 1–6 pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY\n \nFrom its origins in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s Greenwich Village studio\, in 1914\, to its relocation to the Meatpacking District in 2015\, the Whitney Museum of American Art has always sought to support living artists at critical moments in their careers. Many of the Museum’s staff members\, who make the Museum’s exhibitions\, programs\, publications\, and day-to-day operations possible\, are artists themselves. \nFor the sixth time in its history\, the Whitney’s Staff Art Show will be held in a public space\, offering staff an opportunity to share their work and deepen connections with one another as well as a wider audience. \nWestside Exposure is organized by a number of colleagues from various departments throughout the Museum. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westside-exposure-whitney-staff-art-show-2023/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Westside-Exposure_SQ-Letter-e1689963307744.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230630T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230612T004352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230730T212308Z UID:10000337-1688112000-1690563600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Unnatural Processes Group Exhibition Closing Party DESCRIPTION:Closing Party Thursday July 27 6p – 8p\nOpening Reception: Friday\, June 30\, 2023 6pm – 8pm\nOn View: June 30–July 28\, 2023\nHours: Wednesday–Sunday\, 1–6pm \nWestbeth Gallery\, 57 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014 \n“Throwing light onto the unnatural\, reflecting on and exploring new connections with non-human systems.” \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present a group show curated by Valérie Hallier. Unnatural Processes is an exhibition that asks the questions: What is “Nature”? What is “Natural”? \nArtists:: Aston Philip\, Christina Massey\, Jean Foos\, Katherine Bennett\, Linda Loh\, Roxane Revon\, Tessa Grundon and Valérie Haller. \nNature is an all encompassing entity that exists without humans. Yet\, it is impossible to think of humanity as an entity that could exist without nature. Seeing humanity and all its actions as part of nature is more reasonable. French anthropologist\, Philippe Descola\, observes 4 ways of “being” in the world as humans: animism\, totemism\, analogism and naturalism. If we agree that our thought processes are firmly welded into Western philosophy\, prizing the rational\, scientific\, and logical\, we can then agree that we embody naturalism. Yet as artists we are open to other ways of being\, thinking\, and seeing. The work of the eight international artists featured in this show revisits our contemporary relationship with the non-human. A great variety of mediums and processes are all centered around new ways to visualize and interact with our environment: virtual\, real\, or re-created. \nLinda Loh’s virtual world reveals fleeting spaces beyond everyday experiences. Roxane Revon maps out the underground ecosystem of specific locations. Similarly\, Tessa Grundon’s work is rooted in “places”\, reflecting on our current Anthropocene. Aston Philip creates an ecosystem of the painters tools and materials with each part incorporated and recycled. Jean Foos\, Valérie Hallier and Christina Massey’s mixed media sculptures each bring new life to discarded objects\, eloquently commenting on consumerism and climate change. Foos\, Hallier and Massey also give a nod to Surrealism as they fabricate pieces with unexpected\, “unnatural” combinations. Katherine Bennett’s interactive installation is inspired by hidden networks drawing upon marine organisms and communication networks. \nAbout the Artists\n_____________________________________________________________________________ \nAston Philip is a painter who has expanded his practice into a process based ecosystem. This includes collaging\, weaving and sculpting cured paint-skins and chips and incorporating the tools of painting back into his works. Aston’s fascination with the interconnected systems and relationships in the natural world direct his own purview of painting. \nJean Foos paints patterns on found objects. Stacking shapes to make a totem or arranging branches into a colorful standing bundle\, she gives them a new power and dimension. The title of Foos’ tower\, Convulsive Beauty in the Fur Teacup Bar\, evokes Méret Oppenheim’s surrealist objects and her thinking about the concrete realization of irrationality. “I respond to shapes\, natural (fallen tree branches) and unnatural (manufactured packaging material). I am not a sculptor\, per se\, my forms are available ready-made.” \nValérie Hallier improvises with collected pressed flower petals of many colors and shapes to create abstract collages that reflect her inner workings. Inspired by Surrealist automatism\, the artist tries to suppress conscious control over the visual result. This process expresses the longing for a communion with the world around her. \n–Hallier’s work follows an integrative continuum that utilizes technology\nas tool and object\, generating an exquisite tension between the humanistic\nand mechanistic sense of Being.” —Judith Escalona \nChristina Massey’s mixed media sculptures are created with blown glass\, repurposed aluminum sourced from craft beer cans\, and other found materials such as wire\, copper and plastics. The sculptures appear organic\, like surreal alien plant forms. These bulbs act as crystal balls in a sense\, a commentary on the predictive nature of trying to measure and adapt to Climate Change. \nKatherine Bennett’s interactive installation\, Luciferins\, is about making network traffic perceptible\, and by extension\, our awareness of the ubiquitous digital infrastructure that surrounds\, connects\, and ultimately tracks us. Viewers walk through large felted structures\, awakening graphical portals depicting invisible network traffic of popular websites\, sound from other locations\, and\nairwave activity. \n“One’s physicality makes the work come to life—just as a swimmer makes bioluminescent marine organisms illuminate\, generating luciferins (a light-emitting compound). Suddenly\, one can see the invisible activity that surrounds them.”\n—Katherine Bennett \nRoxane Revon is a multidisciplinary artist and scenographer examining the inner workings of “nature” and intrigued by the symbiotic relationships between humans and vegetal beings. She makes her viewers question their relationship to the earth and the various forms of life that grow in and out of it. Revon zooms in on the invisible\, making us take a deeper look at our own origins and foundations. She brings us to a place of restored fertility and rebirth\, allowing for new ways of grounding and reviving visions of the self. \nLinda Loh navigates the elusive form and materiality of digital space with transformed sources of light. Motivated by curiosity\, she thinks digital media is as slippery as the nature of mind; her abstract composites leave little obvious for the rational mind to grasp. Her work for this exhibition is a luminous\, color-saturated\, non-ordinary ‘world’\, revealing fleeting spaces beyond everyday experience. \nTessa Grundon uses material from nature as well as man-made elements. Her work is deeply rooted to the history of a place\, as she considers the geological age with human activity being the dominant influence on the landscape and climate. Our environment is ever-changing: the rising and increasingly polluted tides; man’s effect on community and landscape; and man’s shared visual language of natural forms. All of these come together is Grundon’s work as she explores contemporary environmental issues. \nARTIST BIOS\n_______________________________________________________________________________ \nKatherine Bennett is a new media\, fiber\, and installation artist\, who builds interactive systems exploring our emerging futures of the digital experience. She codes and incorporates sensors\, electronics\, fibers and computer vision to create her pieces. She is fascinated by the liminal spaces created by digital communities and the cultural changes that result. She is a NYSCA recipient and has been awarded many grants\, including Harvestworks. She has exhibited at Inst-Int\, ISEA\, Maryland Art Place\, ZKM\, Indianapolis Art Center and The University of the Arts. She runs LadyK Studios in Brooklyn.\nhttps://www.katherinebennett.net/ @ladykstudios/ \nJean Foos paints found objects with rich colors and patterned surfaces. For her site-specific installations Foos favors ad hoc urban settings\, such as long-abandoned buildings and community gardens. Her sculptures have been exhibited at Local Project Art Space LIC\, Hal Bromm Gallery\, Empirical Nonsense Gallery\, York College (CUNY)\, King Manor Museum\, Susquehanna Art Museum\, La Mama Galleria\, Governors Island (4heads AIR)\, and Le Petit Versailles Garden.\nhttps://jeanfoos.com/ @foosnyc \nTessa Grundon is a British artist working on both sides of the Atlantic. Her work is rooted in “place” using elements of the landscape to explore environmental issues. In recent years she has been based on Governors Island in NYC Harbor working with arts and science organizations including SWALE\, Urban Soil Institute\, NYU Gallatin’s “Wetlab”\, Works on Water\, Underwater New York and the Virtual Volcano Observatory focusing on engagement with the environment and education. She works with Artist Space as a teaching artist on the Lower East Side and past residencies and partnerships include Brooklyn Navy Yard\, Art.Earth\, I-Park Foundation\, Wave Hill\, PLACE Collective and Sail Britain.\nwww.tessagrundon.com @tessa.grundon \nBorn in France\, Valérie Hallier came to NYC with a Fulbright Scholarship and graduated from the SVA in Computer Arts. Early multimedia work received prizes at ACM Siggraph\, SCAN Arts Symposium\, Ars Electronica and Anima Mundi. Using a wide swath of mediums\, Hallier redefines the art of portraiture and self-portraiture in the forms of immersive installations\, interactive public art and two-dimensional renderings. Hallier is the recipient of grants from Contemporary Art Foundation\, NYSCA\, and Wave Farm. Her work has been shown internationally. Residencies include Pioneer Works\, NARS Foundation\, Trestle ArtSpace\, Harvestworks\, LMCC Arts Center and 4Heads Portal in NYC.\nwww.valeriehallier.com @multiplemedia_artist \nLinda Loh Linda Loh is an Australian visual artist whose multimedia works navigate digital space with transformed sources of light. Before and after graduating from SVA in 2021 with an MFA in Computer Arts\, she has participated in various international exhibition projects. Most recently she was engaged in an innovative curatorial project\, culminating in an exhibition at Untitled Miami in December 2022.\nhttps://lindaloh.com/ @__lindaloh__ (2 underscores at each end) \nChristina Massey is a mixed media artist using repurposed materials in her nature inspired abstractions. Her work ranges from painting to sculpture and installation and has won several awards including two Brooklyn Arts Council grants\, an FST StudioProject award and the EFARBPS SIP Fellowship. Her sculptural paintings can currently be seen at the off-site location for Court Tree Collective in midtown Manhattan and as a solo installation at the Gallery for ARTFul Medicine at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx\, NY.\nwww.cmasseyart.com @cmasseyart \nAston Philip exhibits his unique paintings\, paint tapestries and colorful paint brush installations with Beekman Arts Club projects and galleries. Aston has previously been included in notable exhibitions in Australia including the Sulman Prize for painting at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Award at Artspace\, Sydney. This month he is simultaneously showing in the exhibition “Wild Things’ with the Beekman Art’s Club in Hopewell Junction NY.\nwww.astonphilip.com @aston_philip \nRoxane Revon is a multidisciplinary artist and scenographer examining the inner workings of “nature” and intrigued by the symbiotic relationships between humans and vegetal beings. She recently collaborated with the ABT choreographer Jessica Lang on “Shades of Spring” at the Joyce Theater and is currently showing her artwork and installations at Cinema Supply Gallery in Chelsea.\nwww.roxanerevon.com @roxane_revon URL:https://westbeth.org/event/unnatural-processes/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/UNNATURAL-PROCESSES-.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230530T001521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230629T133231Z UID:10000207-1685520000-1687626000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Playback : Rutgers MFA Group Show DESCRIPTION:May 31–June 24\, 2023\nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune St\nNY NY \nRobbie Acklen\n(Sisag) Clio Bravo Idrobo\nDebra Cartwright\nEliza Lu Doyle\nGrace Haynes\nAmanda Horowitz\nHongzhe Liang\nDesiree Morales\nNora Normile\nKhairullah Rahim\nCarrie Marie Schneider\nJennifer Shear\nSacha Vega\n\n\nPlayback\, a group exhibition at Westbeth Gallery\, links the interplay among biography\, narrative\,\nand experience across a disparate set of artistic practices developed by Rutgers University visual\nart MFA graduates.\nThe artists in this exhibition\, as well as those who organized it\, are part of a half-century of Art\n& Design graduate education at Rutgers University prioritizing experimentation across artistic\nmedia and disciplines. \n First year MFA students Em Gallagher\, Andrew Kennedy\, Kabi Lama\,\nMaura Torres\, and Anton Varga have joined instructors Park McArthur and Jason Hirata in\norganizing a presentation of their graduating peers’ work. \nAlongside the artistic positions\npresented here\, Playback is an occasion to consider again the exhibition form as it unfolds\nalongside the interrelated activities animating Westbeth–a complex of homes\, artists’ studios\, and\narts organizations residing in a former Bell Laboratories building. \nPlease join us for an opening reception Wednesday\, May 31\, 6–8 p.m. \nAt 7 p.m. Sacha Vega will debut a performance in Westbeth’s courtyard.\nGuests are encouraged to bring headphones for live performance audio. \nWestbeth Gallery 55 Bethune Street New York 10014 is open Wednesday–Sunday 1–6 p.m.\nThe building’s courtyard faces Bank Street and provides step-free access to Westbeth Gallery.\nPlease wear masks inside the gallery. \nFor remote or in person tours\, for access or press inquiries\, or for further information please email: rutgers.ny@gmail.com or visit https://art.rutgers.edu/playback/. \nFor more information about the Art & Design Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts Rutgers University please visit: masongross.rutgers.edu/degrees-programs/art-design. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/playback-rutgers-mfa-group-show/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Playback-9x9_IG.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230526T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230415T210347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T195608Z UID:10000196-1683291600-1685124000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Isa Ho: Resonance - Westbeth Project DESCRIPTION:May 5 – 26\, 2023\nOpening Reception: May 5\, 2023\, 6-9pm\nTalk: May 11\, 2023\, 6-7pm by Christopher Phillips \nGallery Hours: Wednesday-Sunday\, 1-6pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nIn 2013\, I received a New York Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) and headed to New York to take up my residency. I lived in Apartment 355G of the Westbeth social housing complex\, a celebrated artists’ community. The Westbeth building has 384 rooms\, one of which is owned by the ACC headquarters in New York. \nWestbeth was established in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts and the J.M. Kaplan Fund\, who transformed the 13 buildings of Bell Labs into a model artists’ residence. Since 1970\, Westbeth has provided art workers with spaces at preferential rates where they can apply to live and set up studios for life.That has made it a home for actors\, writers\, directors\, painters\, dancers\, musicians\, and other types of art workers\, who have a profound impact on New York’s cultural life. Residents have included photographer Diane Arbus\, stage actor David Greenspan\, dancer Merce Cunningham\, video art pioneer Nam June Paik\, and Robert De Niro Sr.; movie star Vin Diesel spent his childhood there. \nTom Duncan. Photo: Isa Ho \nAt the end of October 2012\, Hurricane Sandy swept across the eastern United States\, causing heavy losses\, and in January 2013\, I arrived at Westbeth\, which was then still recovering from the disaster. The artists there had lost none of their passion for life\, despite the serious damage and disruption the storm had brought to their lives. \n Westbeth Project\, as a creative project\, is an examination of life. Living in this time of rapid change can make us all feel uneasy\, excited\, and curious about the outside world. As we face a future full of uncertainty\, I explore in this Westbeth Project the possibility of a different way of looking at things. \nKaren Santry Photo:Isa Ho \nWestbeth demonstrates the importance of long-term policy planning in several ways. First\, Westbeth’s development process began in 1967 and took several years\, requiring sustained planning and policy support to achieve. As the first federally-funded artist housing project and the first cultural institution and architectural landmark recognized by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission\, Westbeth has a significant historical impact. Second\, Westbeth has become a cultural center and vital resource for artists and the LGBTQ community in New York City and beyond. Providing artist housing and creative spaces for the community\, as well as serving as a venue for art exhibitions and performances\, Westbeth’s impact extends beyond individuals and local areas\, having profound effects on the community and cultural ecology. Finally\, to maintain its long-term sustainability and development\, Westbeth requires its own long-term planning and management\, as well as policy support\, such as federal funding and landmark preservation. \nis a microcosm of the city\, representing the amount of effort and accumulation needed to make New York City what it is today. Its charm and allure make it a destination for many. Overall\, Westbeth serves as a successful example of how long-term planning and sustained policy support can promote community and cultural development. \nThis exhibition embodies my memories\, which I share with the artists. I captured the essence of these beautiful and powerful people in my own way. The exhibition showcases a selection of works from 2013 to the present\, including photography\, videos\, and documentaries\, as well as a new NFT installation created in collaboration with artist Chen\, Zhao-Hua. Additionally\, the exhibition features portraits of the artists displayed alongside their work at the Westbeth artist housing. \n After the three long years of the pandemic\, being able to return to the Westbeth exhibition and meet the artists was a deeply emotional experience\, with many artists having passed away. The sadness and longing had been reflected upon for a long time. Perhaps I will never see many of them again\, but their works and stories continue to be passed down\, still influencing the world. This may be the value of life and art. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/isa-ho-resonance-westbeth-project/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Isa-Ho-web-@300x-100-final.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230331T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230428T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230414T161104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T134430Z UID:10000166-1680267600-1682704800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Luminous Elsewheres DESCRIPTION:Luminous Elsewheres features the work of artists who have honed a vision of a personal ‘elsewhere’ that embodies its own radiant dimensionality. These visual explorations open up new ways of seeing\, feeling and perceiving. Sourced primarily through intuition and the process of art making itself\, the works included in this exhibit bring viewers closer to what Susan Sontag described as “the luminousness of the thing in itself.” Organized by Karen Fitzgerald\, Deborah Barlow and Alison Cuomo. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/luminous-elsewheres/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Luminous-Elsewheres.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230228T232248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T023443Z UID:10000154-1677916800-1679677200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Joan Hall: Themes and Dreams Retrospective DESCRIPTION:THEMES AND DREAMS\nJoan Hall Retrospective at Westbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY \nMarch 4-24\, 2023\nOpening Reception – Saturday\, March 4\, 6-8 pm \nThemes and Dreams\, a retrospective of collage and assemblage illustration by New York-based artist Joan Hall\, will be on view at the Westbeth Gallery from March 4-24\, 2023. Self-curated with input from independent curator Lilly Wei\, the exhibition will feature seven distinct bodies of work and that explore modernist strategies of fragmentation and re-composition. Produced over a 50-year career\, the 100 pieces in the exhibition will be exhibited together for the first time charting the depth and breadth of Hall’s varied interests and talent. \nSince 1970\, Joan Hall has been using collage and assemblage to explore different cultures\, times and places. She creates imaginary spaces and newly arranged realities that have dreamlike qualities infused with humor and irony. Her assemblages tell stories by giving found objects new meanings resulting from unexpected juxtapositions and placements. \nExhibition Highlights \nPARROQUIN DREAMS – Collages inspired by the magic and fantasy of the Parroquia\, a grand neo-gothic church in San Miguel de Allende\, Mexico\, known for its soaring pink spires and lofty ornate sanctuary. \nMEXICO MI AMOR – Collages featuring various landmarks in Mexico. \nTHE PARIS PROJECT – Assemblages inspired by drawings of everyday objects by a young French art student found by Hall in a Paris flea market. After finding the six original drawings\, Hall set out to find the actual objects in the drawings to combine them and related objects in assemblages. Hall made the additional drawings to expand the series.\nICONS – Found object assemblages that combine natural and man-made objects creating archetypal figures. \nSTRINGS ATTACHED – A play on traditional needlepoint with edgy subject matter made with embroidery hoops\, thread and burlap printed with photographic images.\nBOXED DREAMS – Surrealistic fantasies made with found objects in wooden boxes. \nTHE PARCEL PROJECT – Mixed media parcels ostensibly sent to Hall from all over the world. Each parcel has an image of a landmark from where it was sent. \nJILL’S ROOM – A mixed media\, interactive art piece composed of three boxes – Room 1\, 2\, and 3. The viewer looks through an opening in the box and sees a furnished room. Using mirrors\, the room appears to change\, creating illusion of infinite space. The viewer is reflected inside the room. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/joan-hall-themes-and-dreams-retrospective/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Joan-Hall-Gallery-SQ-Exhibition-6-LETTER-SIZE-copy.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230201T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20230103T231930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230513T020345Z UID:10000138-1675238400-1702746000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:2023 Westbeth Gallery Calendar DESCRIPTION:February 1 – February 26\nPAROXYSM Group Show curated by Alison Pirie(outside Westbeth)\n\nParoxysm is a group exhibition featuring 57 artists based in the tri-state area and abroad working across sculpture\, photography\, video\, painting\, and performance. The artists in the show examine and diagnose the physical\, mental\, and social symptoms of our disordered world\, exploring concepts of building\, accumulating\, amassing\, and the resulting spasms\, bursts\, explosions\, and attacks. \n\nMarch 1 – March 26\nJOAN HALL: A 50 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE SOLO SHOW (Westbeth)\n\nJoan Hall’s retrospective presents different groups of work in the mediums of collage and assemblage. Each room in the gallery is devoted to a series of work created at different stages of the artist’s life: Icons (figurative assemblages)\, collage\, room and parcels (assemblages utilizing mirrors so the viewer sees themselves as if inside)\, string attached (a contemporary spin on old fashioned embroidery)\, the Paris project (conceptual mixed-media assemblages) and box constructions (Surrealistic found-object assemblages). \n\nMarch 29 – April 30\nLUMINOUS ELSEWHERES (outside Westbeth)\n\nLuminous Elsewheres features the work of artists who have honed a vision of a personal ‘elsewhere’ that embodies its own radiant dimensionality. These visual explorations open up new ways of seeing\, feeling and perceiving. Sourced primarily through intuition and the process of art making itself\, the works included in this exhibit bring viewers closer to what Susan Sontag described as “the luminousness of the thing in itself.” Organized by Karen Fitzgerald\, Denise Manteau and Alison Cuomo. \n\nMay 3 – May 28\nISA HO: RESONANCE – WESTBETH PROJECT (outside Westbeth)\n\nThis exhibition embodies my memories\, which I share with the artists. I captured the essence of these beautiful and powerful people in my own way. The exhibition showcases a selection of works from 2013 to the present\, including photography\, videos\, and documentaries\, as well as a new NFT installation created in collaboration with artist Chen\, Zhao-Hua. Additionally\, the exhibition features portraits of the artists displayed alongside their work at the Westbeth artist housing. Through close contact for a long period of time\, Isa Ho interviewed the tenants and used photography to explore the possibilities of life in different circumstances. 3D installations in the exhibition\, using video and photography\, reproduce the adaptations that the artists had made to their living space as their bodies aged. \n\nMay 31 – June 25\nRUTGERS UNIVERSITY GROUP SHOW: PLAYBACK (outside Westbeth)\n\nPlayback\, a group exhibition at Westbeth Gallery\, links the interplay among biography\, narrative\,and experience across a disparate set of artistic practices developed by Rutgers University visual\nart MFA graduates. First year MFA students Em Gallagher\, Andrew Kennedy\, Kabi Lama\,Maura Torres\, and Anton Varga have joined instructors Park McArthur and Jason Hirata inorganizing a presentation of their graduating peers’ work. \n\nJune 28 – July 30\nVALERIE HALLIER – UNatural PRocesses- GROUP SHOW (Westbeth)\n\nThe group show questions what we call “nature” and “natural”. In many other civilizations\, the word nature doesn’t exist to differentiate the non-human from the human. Through the work of 8 international artists\, the show revisits our contemporary relationship with the non-human through each artist’s unique way of working with their material be it raw\, weaved\, painted\, recycled\, coded or virtual. \n\nAugust 2 – August 27\nTHE WHITNEY – GROUP SHOW (outside Westbeth)\n\nThis recurring annual group show presents the Whitney museum’s staff selection of artworks. \n\nAugust 30 – September 24\nKEN WADE – 58 YEAR OF ART MAKING (Westbeth)\n\nThis retrospective presents 58 years of art making spanning 3 favored traditional mediums; drawing\, painting and sculpture. \n\nOctober 4 – October 29\nJAMES GORTNER – DADS – GROUP SHOW (Westbeth)\n\nThis is a show about “Dads” who make art\, working across all mediums from painting and sculpture to performance and\nvideo. This show has included Dads of all kinds to umbrella the term as those who can identify with their own idea of what a dad can be. Though all the Dads in this show have been profoundly affected by their experience as Dad\, their work may not directly show it. \n\nNovember 11 – December 16\nWESTBETH WINTER SHOW GROUP SHOW 2023 Westbeth)\n\nThis annual group show celebrates all Westbeth’s visual artists\, presenting in one show 70 to 80 different practices through one artwork. \nNote: Calendar dates generally indicate when an exhibitor takes over the Gallery\, and includes installation\, run of the show\, and de-installation. Check the Westbeth Home Page publicity for the date of the opening reception and exact exhibition dates\, whenever they are posted. \nTo inquire about using the gallery for q reading\, performance or other event\, contact westbethgallery@gmail.com.\nFor more info about the Gallery\, click HERE URL:https://westbeth.org/event/2023-westbeth-gallery-calendar/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:non-event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-GALLERY-CALENDAR.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20221128T232958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T024414Z UID:10000127-1670522400-1670527800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Village Preservation Panel at Westbeth Winter Show : Diana Jensen\, James Gortner\, Valerie Hallier\, Stephen Hall\, Christina Maile\, Mourrice Papi DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 8\, 2022 6:00pm – 7:15pm\nIn-Person \nLocation: Westbeth Gallery\, 155 Bank St\, New York\, NY\nEnter through Courtyard \nFree\, Pre-Registration Required. Seating is limited. \nRegister Here:\n Village Preservation and Westbeth Panel \nBelatedly celebrating Westbeth Artists Housing’s 50th anniversary\, Westbeth Gallery’s Winter Show presents a selection of remarkable new work created by over 75 emerging and established Westbeth artists. \nOn the evening of Thursday\, December 8th\, Village Preservation will invite our community to come visit the exhibition followed by a panel with artists from Westbeth to discuss this iconic Greenwich Village institution\, its history\, the importance of its preservation\, and the work of artists in this unique space. \nThe Winter Show is dedicated to the ability of art to transform lives. \nDiana Jensen makes paintings on mylar and plexiglass that reference found vernacular photographs from the 1960s to the present day. Her current project\, World Traveler / Shelter at Home\, is inspired by a vast vintage travel slide collection. \nPainter James Gortner paints in a tempest of styles ranging from realism to abstraction and incorporates found objects and images from found paintings and crafts into his work as vehicles for contemplation of metaphysics\, transformation and self expression. \nBorn in Paris\, France\, Valérie Hallier came to New York with a Fulbright scholarship\, graduated from SVA in Computer Arts and since then\, her multimedia work has received prizes and is shown in Europe and in the US. \nStephen Hall is a self taught painter from Aberdeen\, Scotland\, who’s work for the past several years has been focused on climate change\, loss of habitat and general crisis facing our planet. \nChristina Maile is of Dayak and West Indian descent\, and trained as a landscape architect\, her writing and visual work references colonialism\, feminism and extinction. \nMourrice Papi is the Gallery Director and Visual Arts Chair for the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/village-preservation-panel-at-westbeth-winter-show-diana-jensen-james-gortner-valerie-hallier-stephen-hall-christina-maile-mourrice-papi/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Village-Preservation-with-Christina-etc_.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20221116T142916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221230T022230Z UID:10000126-1668862800-1671213600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Winter Show 2022 DESCRIPTION:November 19 – December 16\, 2022\nOpening Saturday Nov 19 4pm – 7pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY\nenter through courtyard URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-winter-show/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/WESTBETH-SQ-WINTER-SHOWimage1-e1668608752934.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221113 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20220902T021045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T020734Z UID:10000098-1665187200-1668297599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:PRINT PAINT: The interaction of printmaking and painting by 12 Westbeth artists DESCRIPTION:October 8 – November 12\, 2022\nOpening Reception Saturday Oct 8. 5pm – 8pm \nWalking Tour Artist Talk October 22\, 2022 3pm – 5pm\nPRINT/PAINT is an exhibition of twelve multidisciplinary and long-term Westbeth residents initially intended to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Westbeth Graphics Studio in 2020. After a two-year postponement due to the COVID pandemic\, the show opens with a new concept in Westbeth Gallery\, honoring the Graphics Studio and highlighting possibilities of printmaking by placing it in direct conversation with painting. \nBeyond these twelve artists\, within Westbeth\, there is an array of communities and sub-communities dedicated to a continued and specific practice. PRINT/PAINT is ultimately a celebration of the versatility of artists’ practices that thrive in the creative oasis where lifelong experimentation is encouraged and expected. Residency in Westbeth has offered these artists a platform to share their expressions in print and painting form with freedom and support. PRINT/PAINT is an example of what can be when access\, funding\, and support collide with an unfettered creative process. \n– from Introductory Essay by Izzy Nova \nParticipating Artists\nJuanita McNeely (b.1936\, St. Louis\, MO) moved to New York in 1967 and became entrenched in the city’s artistic community and feminist collectives. Her depiction of the human figure displays extreme physicality—pairing angst and pain in close tandem with a sheer pleasure of existence in body and mind. With the challenges of patriarchal discourse and illness from an early age\, McNeely’s art is a lifeline that transforms notions of who may and may not handle certain imagery. James Fuentes Gallery \nFrancia is an internationally exhibiting and collected artist and recipient of the Gottlieb Foundation\, NY Foundation for the Arts\, Nat’l Endowment for the Arts-Kentucky Arts Commission. Exhibitions include Musée des Beaux Arts\, Switzerland\, Interni D’Arte\,Italy.\, Mizel Museum\, CO\, Brooklyn Museum\, NYC; Indianapolis Museum\, IN; Hartwick College Museum\, NY; J.B. Speed Museum\, KY; Evansville Museum\, IN; Owensboro Museum\, KY; National Jewish Museum\, KY; and National Jewish Museum\, D.C. studiofrancia.com \nChristina Maile is a writer\, printmaker\, and a landscape architect. She received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant\, a Joan Mitchell Studio Grant and was twice awarded a Miriam Chaikin Foundation Grant for Writing. She co-founded the Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective Her work in the Feminist Artists Collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art\, NY\, the White Columns Gallery database of artists\, and is represented in many private collections. Christina Maile \nClaire Rosenfeld’s Figurative Expressionist paintings and prints have appeared in solo and group exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad. Among the residencies she has been awarded are Fundación Valparaiso\, Spain; Fundación Central Cultural\, Dominican Republic; Michael Karolyi Foundation\, France; MacDowell Colony\, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, and Ossabaw Island Project. Rosenfeld has a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University\, an MFA from Queens College\, and studied at the New York Studio School. Claire Rosenfeld \nCari Rosmarin is a State University of New York\, Buffalo and Hunter College\, NYC graduate. NYC exhibitions of her drawings and paintings include The Drawing Center\, June Kelly Gallery\, White Columns\, and The Bronx Museum of the Arts. Nationwide exhibits comprise Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo\, NY; Provincetown Museum\, MA; Nassau County Museum and the Islip Museum\, Long Island\, NY; Virginia Miller Gallery\, Coral Gables\, FL. She is in numerous private and corporate collections.Cari Rosmarin \nParviz Mohassel. A licensed architect\, his Ph.D dissertation dealt with the relationship of phenomenology to architectural drawings. He studied with Dan Rice\, a second-generation abstract painter whose gestural elegance and focus continues to inform Parviz’s work. A guest lecturer at Stony Brook University\, he has curated shows on abstract painting with themes of ambiguity and place. His work has been shown at Westbeth Gallery\, New Haven Open Studios\, Broome St Gallery\, and DIAA Gallery in Stonington\, ME.Parviz Mohassel \nWilliam Kennon has exhibited widely in New York\, most notably at Westbeth Gallery\, The Old Print Shop and Hirschl and Adler Galleries and the Galerie Benamou in Paris. His work is included in many private collections. Selected memberships and awards: Allied Artists of America\, Society of American Graphic Artists\, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant\, Allied Artists Bronze and Gold Medals. B.A. Washington University in Saint Louis\, MA Columbia University\, Art Students League. William Kennon \nSheila Schwid\, born in Milwaukee\, WI\, received her degrees from the University of Nebraska Omaha and Art Center School in Los Angeles. As an NYC resident\, she participated in 10th Street exhibits and happenings of Red Grooms in the 70s. Selected exhibitions include Antioch College\, Yellow Springs\, OH; Bienville Gallery\, New Orleans\, LA; and Provincetown Art Association Museum\, MA. Carter Burden Gallery\, NYC; AMP Art Market\, Provincetown\, MA; The Hemley Gallery\, Israel\, represents Schwid. Sheila Schwid \nJackie Lipton is a New York City based abstract painter\, printmaker\, educator andactivist. She has received grants from the Pollock-Krasner and Gottlieb Foundations as well as awards from NYFA and NYFAI\, and an NEA funded collaborative project. Her residencies include MacDowell\, Cummington Community of the Arts\, Virginia Center for Creative Arts\, and Boreas Gallery in Reykjavik\, Iceland. jackielipton.com \nGerald Marcus has shown his work in many exhibitions in New York City and internationally including\, The National Academy of Design\, New York; The Hollar Society\, Prague; The International Print Center\, New York; Smith College; the Prince Street Gallery\, New York and other museums and universities. He is a former president of The Society of American Graphic Artists. Gerald Marcus \nSimon Carr is a painter and printmaker\, living and working in New York City\, and upstate New York. His work is represented by the Bowery Gallery in New York and by the Alice Gauvin Gallery in Portland\, Maine. He received an MFA from Parsons School of Design in 1981. He teaches drawing at Borough of Manhattan Community College. for more information: Simon Carr \nBorn 1936 Cologne\, Germany\, Hans Haacke earned the equivalent of an MFA at Staatl. Werkakademie\, Kassel\, in1960. He moved to New York in 1965 and taught at The Cooper Union 1967 – 2002. An early contributor to institutional critique\, his works were censored or shunned by many art institutions. But they were also exhibited and collected by others worldwide. His most recent solo show was 2019 at the New Museum\, New York. Haacke shared a Golden Lion with Nam June Paik at the 1993 Venice Biennial. Hans Haacke \nAcknowledgements:\nSpecial thanks to James Fuentes Gallery for loan of Juanita McNeely artwork \nCatalog Design: William Kennon and John Turner \nExhibition Organizer: Christina Maile \nExhibition Co-organizers: Izzy Nova and Parviz Mohassel URL:https://westbeth.org/event/print-paint-at-westbeth-gallery/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/print-paint-SQ-Postcard-CURRENT-2.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220923T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20220901T153151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T002909Z UID:10000045-1663160400-1663956000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Whitney Staff Show DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/whitney-staff-show/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_3907.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220702 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20220528T011842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T135417Z UID:10000083-1654732800-1656719999@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Some Follow-Up Questions: Group Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Some Follow-Up Questions\nJune 9–July 1\, 2022\nOpening Reception Thurs June 9\, 2022 6PM – 8PM\nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nMasks required and provided \nPresented at Westbeth Gallery Some Follow-Up Questions is a group exhibition of work by: \nSteph Zimmerman\nMisra Walker\nBruno Smith\nAnoushé Shojae-Chaghorvand\nGabriel Sacco\nKaterina Pansera\nElla Kandel\nPerri Hofmann\nKyle B. Co.\nShamia Gaither\nMiranda Friedman\nPeggy Chiang\nStephanie Boyer\n  \n\nOrganized by Jen Shear\, Nora Normile\, Park McArthur\, and Jason Hirata\, the exhibition’s title comes from a Rutgers University course taught by McArthur and Hirata in the Spring of 2020 that focused on the multitude of roles and people who shape what we think of as conventions for experiencing\, distributing\, and conserving works of art. \nWestbeth Gallery is part of a residential complex that includes homes\, artists’ studios as well as exhibition and rehearsal spaces in what is now known as Westbeth Housing Development Fund Corporation\, a not-for-profit entity that inhabits a former Bell Laboratories building located at West and Bethune streets in New York City. Westbeth’s first residents moved in in 1970. \nThe artists in this exhibition\, as well as those who organized it\, are part of a half century of graduate degree education at Rutgers University that prioritizes research and experimentation across artistic media and disciplines. \nThe gallery is open Wednesday–Sunday 1–6pm. Tours by phone and in person are available.\nPlease call +1 929.618.4831 for a tour via Phone/Whatsapp/Skype. \nImages of the exhibition are available online at masongrossgalleries.rutgers.edu/questions \nWestbeth Gallery is located at 55 Bethune Street New York\, New York 10014 and online at https://westbeth.org/about/westbeth-gallery \nThe Art and Design Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey is located at 33 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick\, New Jersey 08901 and online at https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/degrees-programs/art-design URL:https://westbeth.org/event/some-follow-up-questions/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/RUTGERS-PARK-SHOW-SQ.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220421 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220528 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20220323T154015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220528T014645Z UID:10000064-1650499200-1653695999@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Bungalow Group Show DESCRIPTION:Westbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014\nApril 21 – May 27\, 2022 \nPrivate Opening for Westbeth residents: April 21\, 2022 6PM – 8PM \nPublic Opening Wednesday April 27\, 2022 6PM – 8PM\nSelma Akkari\, Thomas Blair\, Rachael Bos\, Don Tanani\, Shane Gabier\, Sylvie Hayes-Wallace\, House of Today x Lina Shamma\, Aniza-Imán Íñiguez\, Kelsey Isaacs\, Louis Osmosis\, Jack\nOtway\, Idris Salaam\, Milda Vizbar \nThomas Blair\, Untitled Painting for the Whitney Biennial (#4)\, 2021 Pigment on canvas This spring\, Bungalow opens a new exhibition at the historic artist colony Westbeth focusing on visual arts and design with a program of live events. Continuing our collaborative ethos\, the exhibition will include work by contemporary artists as well as former Westbeth residents\, and will feature a presentation curated by Beirut-based design platform House of Today. \nFounded in 1970 to provide affordable housing and studios for artists and their families\, Westbeth is a\nuniquely New York landmark. Pivotal figures in the downtown scene—including Diane Arbus\, Hans Haacke\, and Nam June Paik\, among many others—have called Westbeth home\, and it holds a legendary status in the city. Our presentation\, located in the Westbeth Gallery off the iconic Richard Meier-designed courtyard\, comprises four rooms\, each with a different visual and thematic through line. \nBungalow is a roving curatorial platform\, founded in 2021 by Saria Sakka\, Quinn Schoen\, and Abigail Tisch. We bring together artists working across a range of creative modes\, encouraging new and unexpected dialogues between their practices. \nbungalow.earth / @bungalow_earth URL:https://westbeth.org/event/bungalow-group-show/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BUNGALOW-SQ-GREY-1.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220402 DTSTAMP:20260430T122937 CREATED:20220302T210428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220415T213357Z UID:10000003-1646352000-1648857599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Light of Day: The Language of Landscape DESCRIPTION:A very short description. Very short. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/light-of-day-the-language-of-landscape/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LIGHT-OF-DAY-e1643836313719-1.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR