Contents for May 20, 2024
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
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- Carlos Martiel, FF Alumn, 2024 NYC Artadia Awardee
- Louise Diedrich, FF Alumn, at Push/Pull, Seattle, WA, thru May 31, 2024
- Micki Watanabe Spiller, FF Alumn, at Espresso 77, Jackson Heights, Queens, June 12
- Jodie Lyn-Kee Chow, FF Alumn, receives 2024 Queens Arts Fund grant
- Patty Chang, Yong Soon Min, Bruce Yonemoto, FF Alumns, at ICA, Los Angeles, CA, thru July 28
- Penny Arcade, FF Alumn, at Joe’s Pub, May 30
- Gilda Perlman, FF Member, at Westwood Gallery NYC, Manhattan, thru June 29
- Mitzi Humphrey, FF Alumn, at Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, opening June 28
- Nancy Azaara, Susan Bee, Susan Happersett, Kumi Korf, Warren Lehrer, Marianne R. Petit, Miriam Schaer, Buzz Spector, Marilyn Rosenberg, FF Alumns, at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland, UK, thru June 29
- Max Gimblett, FF Alumn, at Bienvenu Steinberg & J, Manhattan, opening May 23
- Victoria Keddie, FF Alumn, at Museum Angewande Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, thru July 28
- Peter Downsbrough, FF Alumn, at Large Glass, London, UK, thru June 15
- Warren Lehrer & Judith Sloan, FF Alumns, new publication
- Richard H. Alpert, FF Alumn, at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, opening June 6
- Mel Watkin, FF Alumn, spring news
- Jenny Holzer, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
- Peculiar Works Project, FF Alumn, at Museum of Jewish Heritage, Manhattan, June 6
- Yura Adams, FF Alumn, at Front Gallery, Houston, TX, thru June 15
- Pamela Enz, FF Alumn, at Cabaret Space, Manhattan, May 26
- Alfredo Jaar, FF Alumn, awarded IV Mediterranean Albert Camus Prize.
- Mark Bloch, Robert Morgan, FF Alumns, now online at WhiteHotMagazine.com and more
- Ellen Rothenberg, FF Alumn, at Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Chicago, IL, thru July 14
- Hannah Tierney, FF Alumn, at Five Myles, Brooklyn, thru June 30
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1. Carlos Martiel, FF Alumn, 2024 NYC Artadia Awardee
@artadia We are pleased to announce the 2024 New York City Artadia Awardees: American Artist, Carlos Martiel and Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, the Bank of America Artadia Award recipient!
Many thanks to our wonderful jurors: Taylor Jasper, Assistant Curator, Walker Art Center; Eileen Jeng Lynch, Director of Curatorial Programs, The Bronx Museum; Diana Nawi, Independent Curator; and Xuxa RodrÃguez, the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
To read about it on our website, click the link in our bio!
@a_____rtist @martielcarlos @alonglastname @jasper_taylor_jasper @eileenj8 @nawinawinawi @xuxarodriguezphd @bankofamerica
#art #artistgrant #artadiaawards #newyorkcityartist #artadianewyorkcity #artistgrant #visualartist #visualart #contemporaryart #grantfunding
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2. Louise Diedrich, FF Alumn, at Push/Pull, Seattle, WA, thru May 31, 2024
Louise Diedrich, in A Whistling Kettle: Haiku Comics
A group show of 23 artists May 2024 Push Pull, 2000 NW Market St, Seattle WA
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3. Micki Watanabe Spiller, FF Alumn, at Espresso 77, Jackson Heights, Queens, June 12
Hello friends,
Join us on Wednesday, June 12 for artist talks by Micki Watanabe Spiller and Sam Ita.
The talk begins at 8 pm at Espresso 77 cafe at 35-57 77th St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. We invite you to arrive around 7 pm, settle in with a drink and/or food, and grab a seat. Espresso 77 is pleased to offer a happy hour until 8 pm for our event (second drink is half price).
The evening starts with artist Sam Ita presenting a short talk about his paper engineering works. Sam will be followed by featured speaker Micki Watanabe Spiller who will discuss her book-inspired art practice.
A Q&A will follow these talks.
The event is free, but the purchase of a beverage or food item is strongly requested in support of our venue partner Espresso 77.
Event will also be live streamed via our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/jharttalks
Bios
Micki Watanabe Spiller is a reader, paper purist, and a lover of books. She creates works using them as source material and her studio practice can be evenly divided into reading, writing, and making. Though her background is in sculpture, she also combines performative aspects creating moments where storytelling can take place. When not teaching at Parsons School for Design and Pratt Institute, or making things in her studio, she can be found on long bike rides around the city.
Instagram @mickispiller
Originally from Upstate New York, on the Canadian border, Sam Ita attended art school in Brooklyn. A classified ad in The Village Voice led to his first job in paper engineering. Having created over thirty titles, he is best known for his Pop-up Graphic Novels adaptations of literary classics. His books have been featured in various publications, including Publisher’s Weekly, The Comics Journal, The Kirkus Review, The Christian Science Monitor, The School Library Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Paper Craft 2, Fully Booked; Ink On Paper Design & Concept for New Publications, Playing With Pop-Ups, The Art of Pop-Up Eye-Ai Magazine.
Instagram @sammyita78
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4. Jodie Lyn-Kee Chow, FF Alumn, receives 2024 Queens Arts Fund grant
Please visit this link:
https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/queens-arts-fund/2024-recipients/
Thank you.
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5. Patty Chang, Yong Soon Min, Bruce Yonemoto, FF Alumns, at ICA, Los Angeles, CA, thru July 28
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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6. Penny Arcade, FF Alumn, at Joe’s Pub, May 30
56 years into Penny Arcade’s performance career she is still creating new forms as she has done since 1968
Now reinventing the memoir Penny Arcade and her long time collaborator of 33 years Steve Zehentner create a transcendent evening of poetic text and original songs
as they spin the mysterious essences of memory and presence . The Art of Becoming is a 9 part episodic performance piece equal parts memoir , biography,
history, and philosophy Episode #3 Superstar Interrupted covers 1967-1974 and reveals the legendary NY underground .
After two sold out shows Joes Pub has added thursday May 30th 9:30pm
read more here
https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2024/p/penny-arcade
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7. Gilda Perlman, FF Member, at Westwood Gallery NYC, Manhattan, thru June 29
Loft Law: Photographs by Joshua Charow
Curated by James Cavello
Exhibition Dates:
May 16 – June 29, 2024
Westwood Gallery NYC presents Loft Law: Photographs by Joshua Charow, the first solo exhibition for New York-based documentary photographer and filmmaker Joshua Charow (b. 1998), curated by James Cavello.
This is Charow’s premiere exhibition of his photographs and short documentary films on New York artists.
The exhibition includes forty photographs by Charow and twenty works of art by eleven of the artists featured in the photographs: Carmen Cicero, Loretta Dunkelman, Betsy Kaufman, Kimiko Fujimura, Joseph Marioni, Carolyn Oberst, Marsha Pels, Gilda Pervin, Steve Silver, Mike Sullivan, and Jeff Way.
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8. Mitzi Humphrey, FF Alumn, at Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, opening June 28
artspaceorg@gmail.com
Artspace in Richmond Present Radius 250, its 10th Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition
The Show Opens June 28, 2024, and Continues until August 17, 2024
Prizes to Be Awarded at the Opening Reception on Friday, June 28, from 6 – 8 p.m.
The Artspace biennial juried art show, Radius 250, will feature selected work by artists living or working within a 250-mile radius of Richmond, Virginia. Artwork chosen for this exhibit will be judged and selected by juror Caroline Wright, owner of Richmond-based Caroline Wright Art Advisory. Ms. Wright will give a talk and present awards for outstanding work at 6:30 p.m. on June 28. A Spotlight exhibit for Artspace members Susan Cary, Heidi Thacker, and Dana Frostick will also run from June 28 through July 23. Artspace will hold a second reception on July 26, from 6 – 9 p.m. for a Spotlight exhibit by Artspace members Min Enghauser, Michael Pierce, and Amy Smith. Artspace, founded in 1988, launched its Radius 250 exhibit in 2005 to help promote a wide variety of high-caliber work created by artists in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the U.S. Once every two years, Artspace selects a juror from the region and issues a call for submissions to all artists working with any media within the radius, which roughly extends north to south from Philadelphia, PA to Wilmington, NC.
About the Juror:
Caroline Wright founded Caroline Wright Art Advisory in 2017 to help individuals, institutions, and corporations build dynamic and meaningful art collections.
She earned an M.A. in Modern and Contemporary Art from the University of Virginia and her B.A. in Art History, Journalism, and Studio Art from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. She completed studies at the Slade School of Fine Art and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Ms. Wright has worked at the National Gallery of Art, at the Visual Arts Center as Director of Exhibition Programming and Curator, and as adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has also served as a board member and vice chair of acquisitions for the North Carolina Museum of Art and served on the Virginia
Commission for the Arts grant review panel.
About Artspace: Artspace is a nonprofit, artist-run organization of experienced professionals as well as emerging artists who work in a variety of mediums including clay, encaustic, interactive installations, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, and more.
Artspace Gallery Hours: 12-4 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday or by private appointment.
Address: 2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225. Stratford Hills Shopping Center.
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9. Nancy Azaara, Susan Bee, Susan Happersett, Kumi Korf, Warren Lehrer, Marianne R. Petit, Miriam Schaer, Buzz Spector, Marilyn Rosenberg, FF Alumns, at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland, UK, thru June 29
May 18 to Saturday, June 29, 2024 Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
Though based in New York City, CENTRAL BOOKING is an international artist-run gallery specializing in the book as art, art and science projects and collaborations with cultural institutions. CENTRAL BOOKING focuses on the breadth and depth of the book works of the more than 30 plus of our distinguished artists who live, work and are from New York. The historical structure of the Gracefield Arts Centre provides the ideal venue to showcase the more traditional idea of the artist’s book as a hand held object, along with the expansion of it through sculptural installations: works that utilize the walls, floors, ceilings, and even staircases. Materials to explore include paper, but go well beyond an image on a flat surface; many of these artists approach the book as the sculptural object it is, therefore incorporating metal, stone and digital elements into their work. In appreciation of the Scottish contribution of sandstone to the essence of architectural New York, some of the artists draw their inspiration from the subject, others deal with ecology and the waters that surround us, still others those of social and political issues, as do some draw you in with texture, color and subtle cuts. With the exhibition, we intend to highlight the full scope of what book art is in the contemporary world through the eyes of New York artists.
Curator: Maddy Rosenberg
Participating New York Artists:
Golnar Adili
Desirée Alvarez
Rosaire Appel
Nancy Azara
C Bangs
Susan Bee
Don Burmeister
Maureen Cummins
Donna Maria de Creeft
Deborah Adams Doering & Glenn N. Doering/DoeProjekts
Evelyn Eller
Anne Gilman
Janet Goldner
Susan Happersett
Kumi Korf
Warren Lehrer
Despo Magoni
Max Marek
James Martin
JoAnne McFarland
Agnes Murray
Florence Neal
Marianne R. Petit
Maddy Rosenber
Marilyn R. Rosenberg
Alan M. Rosner
Susan Rostow
Miriam Schaer
Ilse Schreiber-Noll
Buzz Spector
Mary Ting
April Vollmer
Ellen Wiener
Dasha Ziborova
Guest Scottish Artists: Hugh Bryden; Linda Mallett
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10. Max Gimblett, FF Alumn, at Bienvenu Steinberg & J, Manhattan, opening May 23
Dear Family, Friends, and Colleagues,
We are excited to invite you to the opening of Max’s solo exhibition of new paintings at Bienvenu Steinberg & J in New York. Please see the press release below for more info. The opening is Thursday, March 23 from 6-8PM. The press release, address, and more are below.
Hope to see you at the opening!
Very best,
Matt Jones
Studio Manager Max Gimblett Studio
Bienvenu Steinberg & J is honored to present The Alchemist, a show of recent paintings by Max Gimblett. The exhibition’s focus is on the 88-year-old artist’s iconic quatrefoil canvases that are noteworthy both for the spiritual universality of their form and for their sumptuous use of color, light, and precious metals. In a text addressed to the artist, Lewis Hyde, scholar and essayist, writes, “You take gold to be a sign of consciousness, of alchemical transformation, of the precious and sublime… The precious metal in your work is to be understood spiritually, not literally; it bespeaks the promise of psychic transformation and healing. It is a joining of opposites.”
The Alchemist is the artist’s first solo appearance in New York in more than a decade. Born in New Zealand in 1935, Gimblett traveled extensively before settling in New York in 1972. His work draws on a broad range of aesthetic, intellectual and spiritual traditions that overarch the divisions between East and West. Beginning in 1983, and continuing today, Gimblett’s practice deploys the gestural dynamics of both Abstract Expressionism and Zen calligraphy onto richly layered and endlessly diverse metallic quatrefoil surfaces. While continuing to create paintings in a broad range of formats Max Gimblett’s evocation of the quatrefoil as a signifier of spirituality calls to mind the symbol’s presence in myriad cultures ranging from Buddhist mandalas to Christian rose windows. According to Chris Saines, Director of the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, “A Gimblett quatrefoil makes a contemporary object of that historic space then shifts
its meaning at the surface, searching for the particular in the face of the universal.”
The Alchemist
Max Gimblett
Opening Reception: May 23, 6 – 8 pm
May 23 – June 23, 2024
Bienvenu Steinberg & J
5 Walker Street
New York, NY 10013
202 651 0993
Max Gimblett is a painter, calligrapher, and Rinzai Zen monk. Gimblett’s paintings are a harmonious postmodern synthesis of American and Japanese art. Often working on shaped panels or canvases — tondos, ovals, and his signature four-lobed quatrefoil — he marries Abstract Expressionism, Modernism and Spiritual Abstraction with mysticism and traditions of Asian calligraphy. Masterful brushwork, an eccentric and sophisticated color sense and sensuously lush surfaces are punctuated with gilding in precious metals – a nod to alchemy, the Presbyterian Church of Scotland (in which he was raised), and Japanese lacquerware, ceramics, and temple art.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1935, Max Gimblett studied at the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1960s and has since traveled, taught and exhibited extensively across the globe. Gimblett’s work is included in major museum collections worldwide, including the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki.
For all enquiries email michael@bsandj.com.
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11. Victoria Keddie, FF Alumn, at Museum Angewande Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, thru July 28
CONTACT ZONES
Pamela Breda, Victoria Keddie, Sajan Mani
Opening
May 16, 7pm
Registration is not required.
Museum Angewandte Kunst
Schaumainkai 17
60594 Frankfurt am Main
CONTACT ZONES — Pamela Breda, Victoria Keddie, Sajan Mani is the second collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) and the Museum Angewandte Kunst. The initiative for this joint exhibition came from INHABIT, the Institute’s artist-in-residence program, which hosts two guest artists from different artistic disciplines each year for four months to pursue their work in dialogue and exchange with the researchers. This exhibition of the third and fourth iteration of INHABIT presents the works of Pamela Breda, Victoria Keddie, and Sajan Mani that were created during their residencies, in the context of a scientific research institute. The exhibition is curated by Eike Walkenhorst.
In her film ,,Marked by Intensity“, Pamela Breda sketches a future scenario in which advanced artificial intelligence blurs the boundaries between human and machine actors and poetically introduces us to the challenges of human relationships and interactions with AI systems. It’s a scenario in which AI is a new species and separate entity alongside plants, animals, and humans, and where the question of coexistence in this structure has yet to be negotiated. The film prompts the question of the necessity for a “human in the loop” — a human presence capable of comprehending, monitoring, and guiding AI processes. It thereby underscores the importance of philosophical, ethical, and artistic guidance when it comes to navigating the ongoing and future discourse surrounding AI environments and processes, as they become increasingly integrated into all aspects of social life.
Victoria Keddie focuses on the ongoing transformation of spoken language exploring the auditory and rhythmic nuances of phonetic expression in her multimedia and expansive installation ,,Pshal P’shaw” through text, sound, video, data, and customized learning software, inspired by the architectural renderings of German painter and architectural theorist Hermann Finsterlin. Delving into the sonic landscape of 8 diphthongs in US English, recorded with participants from diverse backgrounds, the project explores the primal essence of phonetic expression and its impact on the oral landscape. Introducing software as a discerning partner, the project resonates with the cadence of oral discourse, shaping sonic outcomes and manipulating variables intentionally. This approach offers a unique perspective on phonetics and linguistic evolution, encouraging reflection on the interplay between human expression, technological innovation, and evolving human experiences.
Sajan Mani works along his biography of Dalit history and the colonial history of Kerala creating an alternative narrative that counters the muteness and oppression of his ancestors with a different visibility. Based on photos found in ethnographic collections in Germany, which contain indigenous and Dalit communities from Kerala, Sajan Mani subverts the oppressive structures of colonial racist perspectives and transfers these visual representations onto natural raw rubber sheets – a medium that has a deep connection to the legacy of his family’s labor. Using his mother tongue Malayalam and Dalit protest songs Mani creates an extensive performative installation that forms a temporary archive of resistance. The various works that are present in the exhibition in different forms and mediums all bestow visibility and dignity upon Dalit knowledge and its history.
In addition, there will be a Collections Room, which showcases contributing texts, research, and drawings by each of the artists. Mani’s framed works on paper will be on view, as well as lightbox images by Breda. There will be a vinyl record of phonetic arrangements by Keddie to listen to. The record will be formally released through raster media (DE) in June.
Additional programming involves a live performance by Keddie with her neural instrument on Saturday, June 29th at MAK.
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12. Peter Downsbrough, FF Alumn, at Large Glass, London, UK, thru June 15
After Mallarmé Part II
…contingency, the operator…
16 May—15 June 2024
Dear Friends,
Part II of ‘After Mallarmé’, the group show in three parts curated by Michael Newman, begins on 16 May. Part II features works by Toby Christian, Hendl Helen Mirra, Susan Morris, Peter Downsbrough and Joëlle Tuerlinckx.
Contingency is a state of potential, where things could turn out otherwise. Chance may be the outcome of a procedure, like throwing dice. The work of art becomes an ‘operation’. During Mallarmé’s speculative book performance, an ‘operator’ was to place pages at random on the shelves of a lacquer cabinet. Might the art work achieve a condition of necessity without abolishing chance?
If you have not yet visited Part I (the page…the place…) this week is your last chance, it ends on Saturday 11 May!
Looking forward to seeing you.
Charlotte
Large Glass
392 Caledonian Rd London N1 1DN
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Warren Lehrer & Judith Sloan, FF Alumns, new publication
Please join us for
Upcoming Launches for Two New Books
by Warren Lehrer
Including reading/performances with Najla Said, Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan
May 31, 6:30pm
Double Book Launch at the Center for Book Arts, Manhattan
event is free but seating is limited RSVP
June 1, 4pm
Double Book Launch at the Topaz Arts, Queens
event is free but seating is limited RSVP
It would mean so much to see you there.
Warren Lehrer Launches Two New Books That Depict Stories of Survival and Push Boundaries of What a Book Can Be
Jericho’s Daughter is Lehrer’s anti-war, feminist reimagining of the biblical tale of Rahab, the Canaanite “harlot” who lived in a mud hut inside the wall of Jericho. This beautifully produced, full-color book is illuminated with original images and objects created by acclaimed painter/artist Sharon Horvath, bound in dos-Ã dos binding, once used to bind Old and New Testaments together. Riveted in the Word is a dynamic electronic book that portrays the journey of a writer regaining language after a devastating stroke; original soundtrack by Andrew Griffin, programmed by Artemio Morales. Both books are written and designed by Lehrer and employ bifurcated structures revealing lives torn apart and beginning anew.
More about Jericho’s Daughter
“Lehrer’s text and Horvath’s images revive the story of Rahab with resonance for unfolding events in the 21st century, but also emphasizing a feminist revision to the stigmatization of her self-determination and independence. Rahab’s entreaty to end the cycles of violence that have been part of the long history of Israel and Gaza could not be more relevant. This book will provide its own enduring legacy as a document of this moment in time.” Johanna Drucker, leading visual literature scholar, author of countless books including Testament of Women
More about Riveted in the Word
A new kind of ebook, Riveted in the Word is inspired by the true story of a woman’s hard-fought battle to regain language after a devastating stroke. Written and designed by Warren Lehrer, this multimedia book app places the reader inside the mind of a retired history professor as she recalls her journey with Broca Aphasia. The custom interface toggles between columns of text that readers navigate at their own pace, and animated sections that evoke gaps between perceptions (thoughts, memories, desires) and the words needed to communicate. This deeply moving story about overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles is told in a dynamic new way, with kinetic typography and an original soundtrack by composer, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Griffin. Programmed by web/electronic literature developer Artemio Morales at AltSalt, this e-edition of Riveted in the Word, is made for iPad, iPhone, and Mac computers (System 12 and above).
“Warren Lehrer’s new creation, Riveted in the Word, goes beyond the conventional limits of the e-book to plunge us into a veritable typographic cinema. The text — an interior narrative of a writer regaining language after a massive stroke — comes to life to the rhythm of a spellbinding soundtrack, creating a delicate choreography in a minimalist, vaporous space. An unforgettable, original, rare, and emotionally-charged reading experience.” Frédéric Chauvreau, Editorial Director Revue Poésies Plastiques
If you can’t make the book launches in NYC and one coming up in Blue Hill Maine, August 3rd, and you want to order advance copies of the books:
Buy Jericho’s Daughter https://earsay.org/shop/
Pre-order Riveted in the Word expected May 31, 2024 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/riveted-in-the-word/id1588132518
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14. Richard H. Alpert, FF Alumn, at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, opening June 6
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
California Jewish Open
Show dates: 06 – 10/20/2024
Opening reception: Thursday, 06/06, 5 – 6:30pm
How are artists looking to the many aspects of Jewish culture, identity, and community to foster, reimagine, hold, or discover connection?
Richard H. Alpert is included in a group of forty-seven artists invited to exhibit in the California Jewish Open at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, reflecting on their connection to Judaism, the world, and their own history. Through a wide range of media, including paintings, sculptures, interactive video games, video works, photographs, and more, the California Jewish Open illustrates some of the myriad ways in which these artists’ Jewish identity informs their connection to the world at large — and offers a window into the universal human need for connection in all its complexity.
This exhibition is guest-curated by Elissa Strauss, artistic director of LABA Bay Area, a Laboratory for Jewish Culture and author of the upcoming book When You Care.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
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15. Mel Watkin, FF Alumn, spring news
Hello All:
I have had a good spring with publication of two of my Notebook of Notes artist’s book pages in Grassroots Literary Magazine and being the invitational artist juror at the Sharp Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Also, with the inclusion of my work in group exhibitions at Woman Made Gallery and ARC Gallery in Chicago. Plus a few of my artist’s book are available at Quimby’s in Chicago — a bookstore full of zines.
But my big news is that I have a solo show at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn in opening August 3rd. Below is a portion of “Revolving Cycle” — a 44 foot long drawing of a tree cycling through the seasons of the year. To see the whole drawing please join me for the opening or stop by. Stay tuned for more info!
Best, Mel
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16. Jenny Holzer, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Jenny Holzer Shines New Light in Dark Places
Thank you.
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17. Peculiar Works Project, FF Alumn, at Museum of Jewish Heritage, Manhattan, June 6
Good Jew
Written by Frank Blocker and Murray Scott Changar
Directed by Jamibeth Margolis and Starring Frank Blocker
Please, mark your calendar now for this One-Night-Only special event
Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 7pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Edmond J. Safra Hall
36 Battery Place, NYC
tickets: https://mjhnyc.org/events/goodjew/
more info: https://good-jew.com/
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18. Yura Adams, FF Alumn, at Front Gallery, Houston, TX, thru June 15
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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19. Pamela Enz, FF Alumn, at Cabaret Space, Manhattan, May 26
“Casablanca Reviving Democracy” is a political fiction excerpted from Pamela Enz & Alexandra Guerineaud’s film script for AIRTIME a visceral reaction to today’s roiling political landscape. Echoing its source material it asks”How are we to find our own way amid a capitalist society that continually commodifies our liberty?
Featuring: Elizabeth Yeoman Vincent Santvoord Jimena Herrero & Diego Chiri
World premiere:
May 26th 8:30pm Cabaret Space
@Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 2024
Donations appreciated!!!
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20. Alfredo Jaar, FF Alumn, awarded IV Mediterranean Albert Camus Prize.
Alfredo Jaar is the recipient of the IV Mediterranean Albert Camus Prize.
The prize, awarded every two years, honors the career of a person whose work engages with contemporary Mediterranean challenges. It recognizes the career and work of a creator or thinker who is a witness to and participant in their times, in the tradition of Albert Camus. The Mediterranean Albert Camus Prize is a unique award, awarded to a single person whose work belongs to one of the following disciplines: Journalism, Literature, Music, Plastic arts, Thought and Visual arts. It recognizes an important figure, whatever their practice area, for their entire career, valuing the impact of their work and person on contemporary Mediterranean society. Alfredo Jaar joins previous honorees Mona Hatoum (2018), Edgar Morin (2020) and Mathias Énard (2022).
The award recognizes Jaar as a universal artist who transcends territories and cultures and a creator whose work, in constant resonance with the convulsions of the world, opens the doors to possible futures. Always respecting others, in a commitment to the service of social justice, his poetic work reaches all audiences, sparks dialogue and provides keys to understanding the world.
https://www.trobadescamus.com/en/prizewinning/alfredo-jaar/
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21. Mark Bloch, Robert Morgan, FF Alumns, now online at WhiteHotMagazine.com and more
Hello I am sharing three articles, one about a show of recent Robert Morgan paintings, one I wrote about disappearing coral reefs and a Korean American artist, Regina Kim, who makes art about them and finally a review of a recent show I was part of at Paris Koh Gallery.
Thanks so much!
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/love-at-david-richard-gallery/6401
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/gallery-explores-coral-reefs-crisis/6399
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22. Ellen Rothenberg, FF Alumn, at Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Chicago, IL, thru July 14
Friends –
Please join us for a public reception on Thursday, May 23 from 5:00-7:00pm at the Neubauer Collegium,
to celebrate the exhibition WORKS BY: Tony Lewis with Bethany Collins, Devin T. Mays, and Ellen Rothenberg,
Learn more:
WORKS BY curated by Dieter Roelstraete
exhibition: May 1-July 14
Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
773-795-2329
neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu
Gallery hours: M—F, 9—4
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in events at the Neubauer Collegium should contact collegium@uchicago.edu.
Ellen Rothenberg
Professor, Adj.
Dept. of Fiber and Material Studies
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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23. Hannah Tierney, FF Alumn, at Five Myles, Brooklyn, thru June 30
WHY??
Hanne Tierney
Installation and performances
on Men and War
Installation on view: May 25 – June 30, 2024
Installation opening: Sat., May 25, 5:30-8pm
Performances: May 30 – June 29, weekly Thurs.-Sat., 6:30pm
Click here to RSVP for the performances
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/why-tickets-886510004287
More details
http://fivemyles.org/why
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