Goings On | 07/01/2024

Contents for July 1, 2024

CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):

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Anton van Dalen, FF Alumn, In Memoriam

1. John Kelly, FF Alumn, summer news

2. Jessica Blinkhorn, FF Alumn, now online at WABE.org

3. John Ahearn, Joe Lewis, FF Alumns, at Salon 94, Manhattan, thru Aug. 16

4. Kiyo Gutiérrez, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles, FF Alumns, now online

5. Murray Hill, FF Alumn, throws first pitch at New York Mets Game

6. Ana Mendieta, FF Alumn, at Musée des beaux-arts La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, thru Oct. 27

7. Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, FF Alumn, now online at PlexusProjects.org

8. Debra Pearlman, FF Alumn, at Five Myles Plus Space, Brooklyn, July 4-31 and more

9. Quimetta Perle, FF Alumn, at 481 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, opening July 13

10. Julie Gribble, FF Member, receives Carle Honor for KidLit TV

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Anton van Dalen, FF Alumn, In Memoriam

Please visit this link:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anton-van-dalen-artist-dead-1234710960

Thank you

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1. John Kelly, FF Alumn, summer news

Dear Friends,

The broken arm I sustained 8 months ago is well on the mend – physical therapy has gotten me to about 85% mobility. This healing process is the main reason it has been a reasonably quiet year for me. With the year nearly half over, I wanted to let you know about some of the smaller events that I have been involved with ~

The long-anticipated We Started A Nightclub: The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge as Told by Those Who Lived It has been released!

Purchase the book HERE (https://someseriousbusiness.org/product/pyramid-cocktail-lounge/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1UEVNERvRkZmke8rJTflJi5PbrQ1_ECnGcB4ojsRpkdqUcmPD_cvz4IZs_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw)

We Started A Nightclub: The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge as Told by Those Who Lived It was released in conjunction with the exhibition Pyramid Pioneers (https://www.howlarts.org/event/pyramid-pioneers/) at Howl! Happening, as well as performances at Baker Falls, and a multi-page feature in New York Magazine (https://nymag.com/magazine/toc/2024-05-06.html).

East Village supergroup Rimbaud Hattie:

L-R: Doug Bressler, John Kelly, Heather Litteer, Julie Hair

I am thrilled to be included as one of 7 artists in the new LGBTQ+ NYC ARTISTS ARCHIVE PROJECT, spearhead by Alyce Dissette and Linda Chapman, with its launch at the recent exhibition of photographs at the BAM Rudin Family Gallery. To read an interview about the project with Amy Cassello, BAM’s newly appointed Artistic Director click HERE (https://www.autostraddle.com/lgbtq-nyc-artists-archive-project-at-bam/). The Archive’s new website is HERE (https://www.lgbtqartistsarchive.org/).

Performing with Doug Bressler at the Visual AIDS VAVA VOOM benefit honoring Philip Yenawine, Lola Flash, and Brian Butterick, at The City Winery on June 5, 2024.

One final thing. With my reduced performance schedule I decided to dive back into painting after many years, so I took a week-long intensive at the Art Students League: Portrait Painting with a Limited Palette with the fantastic Seattle-based painter and instructor Dominique Medici.

Have a great summer!

~ John

Donations to John Kelly Performance made through Fractured Atlas are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Follow the link to make a secure online donation or get information on how to donate by check.

DONATE (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/john-kelly-performance)

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2. Jessica Blinkhorn, FF Alumn, now online at WABE.org

Please visit this link:

https://www.wabe.org/podcasts/city-lights/2024-guggenheim-fellow-jessica-blinkhorn-savory-stories-monica-pearson/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR06bn1FywFg-iBy8hAVYx8qN79zUYjDnMxaeZS7yLjQ7flPu0ZAgju8fKU_aem_VZiFsUj6S_rrOxKj5fz55A

Thank you.

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3. John Ahearn, Joe Lewis, FF Alumns, at Salon 94, Manhattan, thru Aug. 16

John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres

“Walton Avenue & Friends” 

with essay by Joe Lewis 

On view through August 16

Salon 94 

3 East 89th Street, NYC

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4. Kiyo Gutiérrez, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles, FF Alumns, now online

The Interior Beauty Salon launches a conversation between Kiyo Gutiérrez, and Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel

https://www.interiorbeautysalon.com/kiyo-gutierrez

Gracias.

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5. Murray Hill, FF Alumn, throws first pitch at New York Mets Game

Please visit this link

https://www.instagram.com/murrayhill/reel/C8xtIMDM3Jb/?locale=ne_NP

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/526CDm5765AM93bC

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6. Ana Mendieta, FF Alumn, at Musée des beaux-arts La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, thru Oct. 27

Galerie Lelong & Co. is pleased to announce that Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin is on view at Musée des beaux-arts La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland through October 27, 2024. 

Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin brings together around 70 works covering more than fifteen years of production (1968-1985) of the Cuban-born, American artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985). The exhibition explores how the artist never ceased to reinvent herself, developing a new sculptural language, often ephemeral, sometimes performative, always nourished by her research into original myths and rock art. It does not intend to be retrospective nor exhaustive. It celebrates the relevance of a contemporary, political, and vibrant work. Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin includes works presented to the public for the first time, including four of her paintings made between 1969 and 1971, the reconstruction of installations, and a set of photographs, some of which were only discovered in September 2022.

The exhibition is conceived and produced by MO.CO Montpellier Contemporain, France, in collaboration with MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León and Musée des beaux-arts La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 

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7. Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, FF Alumn, now lone at PlexusProjects.org

Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga’s project “esfuerzo” is featured at Plexus Projects:

https://www.plexusprojects.org/ricardo-miranda-zuniga-esfuerzo

Conceived due to the 152,000 unaccompanied migrant minors at the Mexico/U.S. border seeking asylum in 2022, the interactive multimedia project “esfuerzo” combines workshops, storytelling, art, gameplay, website and a paper publication to inform and elicit a new U.S. immigration policy.

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8. Debra Pearlman, FF Alumn, at Five Myles Plus Space, Brooklyn, July 4-31 and more

First Language will open on July 4-31 at Five Myles Plus Space for 24-hour viewing and by appointment. This exhibition will include a selection of UV-printed aluminum works and collages. A conversation with Richard Vine on July 16 at 6:00 and a closing party and poetry reading on July 31 at 6:00 with Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Jennifer Firestone and Erica Hunt

A recent archival pigment print is on view in 100 Women of Spirit at Zurcher Gallery through July 19. A catalog is available.

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9. Quimetta Perle, FF Alumn, at 481 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, opening July 13

I am so happy to be included in Coney Island 3!  Please join me on July 13 for Opening Day, 1-6 pm.

481 Van Brunt St., Door 7.  Red Hook, Brooklyn

July 13-August 11, 1-6 pm.  Weekends Only.

Thank you, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition

Quimetta Per

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10. Julie Gribble, FF Member, receives Carle Honor for KidLit TV

I am overwhelmed. A Carle Honor for KidLit TV! Can I tell you I cried when I heard the news? I can’t express how much it means to me. KidLit TV is a labor of love buoyed by the support of my incredibly understanding hubby, my hunny bunny, who knows all about the hard work that goes into each project, and a fantastic team of authors, illustrators, educators, and filmmakers who love being part of our thriving kidlit community. I’m beyond thrilled to be included among this year’s outstanding honorees. XO Thank you! The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Ellen C. Oh We Need Diverse Books The Horn Book Uri Shulevitz 

https://www.carlemuseum.org/give-join/carle-honors

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