Contents for June 24, 2024
CONTENTS for (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
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1. Keioui Keijaun Thomas, FF Alumn, named 2024 Shandaken/Storm King residency recipient
2. Trey Speegle, FF Alumn, at Gallery 52, Rye, NY, thru July 21
3. Murray Hill, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
4. Alice Wu, FF Alumn, at Edge on the Square, San Francisco, CA, opening June 29
5. Liliana Porter, FF Alumn, at DIA Bridgehampton, NY, thru May 26, 2025
6. Guillermo Gómez-Peña, FF Alumn, named US Latinx Artist Fellow 2024
7. Javier Téllez, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
8. Magie Dominic, FF Alumn, at The Smithsonian
9. Jawolle Willa Jo Zollar, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
10. STooPS, FF Member, at Stuyvesant Avenue @ Decatur Street, Brooklyn, July 27
11. Peculiar Works Project, FF Alumns, at Governors Island, Manhattan, June 23 and more
12. Betty Tompkins, FF Alumn, at PPOW Gallery, Manhattan, opening June 28
13. Maureen Connor, FF Alumn, at Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain, thru July 19
14. Ann Hamilton, Kiki Smith, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
15. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, now online at WhiteHotMagazine.com
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1. Keioui Keijaun Thomas, FF Alumn, named 2024 Shandaken/Storm King residency recipient
Shandaken Projects and Storm King Art Center are pleased to announce the 2024 season of Shandaken: Storm King, welcoming ten participating artists and art collectives:
Saif Azzuz
Christopher Baliwas
Mark Anthony Brown Jr.
bree gant
MATERIAL GIRLS
Gabriella Moreno
Tendai Mupita
Bony Ramirez
Lyric Shen
Keioui Keijaun Thomas
The Shandaken: Storm King residency is a unique collaboration between Storm King and Shandaken Projects that has welcomed over 100 artists for a process-focused experience at Storm King Art Center since its founding in 2015.
This renowned opportunity supports working artists across multiple disciplines, in formats tailored to their unique needs. For the 2024 season, candidates responding to an open call application could apply to a cohort format, hosting three artists at a time, or an individuated format, for artists to be in residence alone with their families or as a collaborative group. Each format offers accommodation in a historic four-bedroom residency house with private studio spaces on Storm King’s grounds. The outcomes of each residency are largely determined by the participants themselves—the program does not require that any artwork be made during the residency.
Each participant will live and work onsite at Storm King for residencies ranging for two to four weeks each, June 17 through October 6, 2024.
Read about the residency program
https://www.shandakenprojects.org/storm-king/about
Learn more about our 2024 residents
https://www.shandakenprojects.org/storm-king/residents2024
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2. Trey Speegle, FF Alumn, at Gallery 52, Rye, NY, thru July 21
Hey kids, I just opened my More 80s POLAROIDS show at Gallery 52 upstate on Saturday which was also Patti Astor’s memorial service in NYC. She will be missed. She’s in the show along with other NYC Downtown icons, which is up through July 21. Come by and take a look. You can get my 80s Polaroid books @ treyspeegle.com/shop 4849 State Rt 52 @gallery_52 @therepopshop @pdavidebersole @pattiastor
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3. Murray Hill, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Is Murray Hill’s Showbiz Dream Finally Coming True?
Thank you.
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4. Alice Wu, FF Alumn, at Edge on the Square, San Francisco, CA, opening June 29
I am delighted to participate in the upcoming exhibition at Edge on the Square 藝在棱角 800 Grant Ave SF ~ please join us for the opening reception Sat 6/29! https://www.edgeonthesquare.org/walking-stories
Artists include Dohee Lee, Farhana Sobhan, Katie Quan, Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Hana Luna Her, Manon Wada, Mia Nakano, Miko Lee, Related Tactics, Trần Châu Hà and Tsim Nuj Vang and yours truly. See you soon!
Alice Wu
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5. Liliana Porter, FF Alumn, at DIA Bridgehampton, NY, thru May 26, 2025
Please visit this link for complete information about Liliana Porters yearlong exhibition at DIA Bridgehampton:
Thank you.
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6. Guillermo Gómez-Peña , FF Alumn, named US Latinx Artist Fellow 2024
Latinx Artist Fellowship
US Latinx Art Forum
Medford, Massachusetts
Part of the Latinx Art Visibility Initiative, led by Mellon Foundation and Ford Foundation
Fifteen artists living and working across the United States and in Puerto Rico have been awarded the 2024 Latinx Artist Fellowships by the U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF), a non-profit organization formed in 2015 to address the underrepresentation and underfunding of Latinx art. As part of the year-long Latinx Artist Fellowship program, each artist receives $50,000 in unrestricted funding to support their creative work, as well as opportunities to participate in public programs co-hosted by USLAF.
Recognizing the most compelling Latinx visual artists working in the United States today, the Latinx Artist Fellowship was established in 2021 to address a systemic lack of support, visibility, and patronage of Latinx visual artists—individuals of Latin American or Caribbean descent, born or long-living in the United States. To date, the fellowship program has supported 60 exceptional artists at all career stages, helping to establish essential connections, a lasting legacy, and a vibrant community of Latinx artists.
The 2024 cohort of fellows represent nine cities across the United States and Puerto Rico, and reflects the varied racial, ethnic, and gender identities within the Latinx community; the cohort includes Afro-Latinx, women-identified, queer, and transgender artists. Their artistic practices span painting, installation, ceramics, printmaking, photography, sound art, social practice, and performance, as well as site-responsive interventions.
“It is an honor to welcome this year’s Latinx Artist Fellows, who represent the rich cultural tapestry of Latinx identity in the United States,” said Adriana Zavala, Ph.D., Executive Director, U.S. Latinx Art Forum. “Each is on their own distinct career path, yet their engagement with themes of identity, social justice, immigration, spirituality, and decolonial aesthetics challenge dominant narratives and bring underrepresented perspectives to the forefront.”
The 2024 Latinx Fellows are:
Alberto Aguilar
Chicago, IL
Yreina D. Cervántez
Los Angeles, CA
Lizania Cruz
New York, NY
Jenelle Esparza
San Antonio, TX
Fronterizx Collective
(Jenea Sanchez & Gabriela Muñoz)
Phoenix, AZ
Joel Gaitan
Miami, FL
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
San Francisco CA
Maria Maea
Los Angeles, CA
Charo Oquet
Miami, FL
Pepón Osorio
Philadelphia, PA
Elle Pérez
Bronx, NY
Gadiel Rivera Herrera
San Juan, PR
Sandy Rodriguez
Los Angeles, CA
John Valadez
Los Angeles, CA
Chris E. Vargas
Los Angeles, CA/Bellingham, WA
The 2024 Latinx Artist Fellows were selected from nearly 200 nominees recommended by invited external nominators with Latinx art expertise, including curators at USLAF partner organizations, fellows from previous Latinx Artist Fellowship cohorts, and other arts practitioners. The jurors who selected the 2024 Latinx Artist Fellows from among the nominees were: Angelica Arbelaez (Rubio Butterfield Family Fellow, Whitney Museum of American Art), Rita Gonzalez (Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art of Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Cesáreo Moreno (Visual Arts Director and Chief Curator, National Museum of Mexican Art), Maria Elena Ortiz (Curator, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), Felipe Baeza (2023-2024 USLAF Latinx Artist Fellow), Sofía Gallisá Muriente (2023-2024 USLAF Latinx Artist Fellow), and Tina Tavera (2023-2024 USLAF Latinx Artist Fellow).
Established in 2021 with an initial five-year, combined commitment of $5 million from the Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the Fellowship is part of the Latinx Art Visibility Initiative, which is led by both foundations. USLAF administers the fellowship in collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts.
“This year’s cohort includes artists whose work has been recognized by major awards and shown in museums and galleries including the Hammer Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, LACMA, and MoMA PS1, as well as those who are at pivotal moments in their careers,” noted Mary Thomas, Director of Programs of U.S. Latinx Art Forum.“ The Latinx Artist Fellowship aims to support their potential for greater recognition while opening pathways for future institutional support and the development of important professional relationships.”
With the visibility and support provided by the Fellowships, artists in previous cohorts have been invited to join residencies, participated in major museum and gallery exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad, including planned solo exhibitions and career retrospectives, and have had works acquired by museums. The unrestricted funding of $50,000 has allowed them to cover costs such as rent for climate-controlled studios and hiring studio assistants, production teams, and fabricators to help them realize long-envisioned, large-scale projects.
“We celebrate these artists’ contributions to the art world and look forward to highlighting their practices for a national audience, in collaboration with our institutional partners, through a series of public programs throughout the year,” said Michelle Ruiz, Program Coordinator, U.S. Latinx Art Forum. ”As we continue to set the stage for future growth in the field, they serve as beacons of inspiration and encouragement for future generations of Latinx artists.”
The Latinx Artist Fellowship marks the largest of USLAF’s initiatives to provide direct support to artists, which also include micro-grant programs such as the Artist Mentorship Program, which launched in 2022, and the Charla Fund and Chispa, which provided pandemic relief funds to BIPOC artists.
Founded in 2015, USLAF is the only national organization exclusively dedicated to Latinx visual art and art history.
About US Latinx Art Forum
Since 2015, the U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF) has supported the creation of a more equitable art world by championing artists and arts professionals dedicated to Latinx art through research, studio practice, pedagogy, and writing. USLAF generates and supports initiatives that benefit an intergenerational network of over 900 members, and advances the vitality of Latinx art within academia, art institutions, and collections. USLAF’s current programs offer direct support to artists through the Latinx Artist Fellowship, an artist-led mentorship program, virtual public programs in partnership with museums, a digital publishing initiative that supports nuanced engagement with the ideas that animate Latinx visual artists’ practices, and in-person events centered around major exhibitions of Latinx art. Past initiatives have included data collection to track the growth of Latinx art history in academia, which in turn fueled advocacy efforts for greater representation of Latinx art; convenings with stakeholders to understand the urgent issues facing Latinx artists and cultural workers and the state of the field; and the Charla Fund and Chispa, micro-grant programs launched in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing threats to justice caused by systemic racism and xenophobia.
About The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Learn more at mellon.org.
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7. Javier Téllez, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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8. Magie Dominic, FF Alumn, at The Smithsonian
The Magie Dominic Caffe Cino Collection has been established at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. The collection includes extensive Caffe Cino. home of Off-Off Broadway, theater documentation, as well as writings about the Caffe. The collection is open to the public. This is the collection link:
https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.1596/ref1
Thank you,
Magie Dominic
http://magiedominic.blogspot.com/
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9. Jawolle Willa Jo Zollar, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
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10. STooPS, FF Member, at Stuyvesant Avenue @ Decatur Street, Brooklyn, July 27
Get ready to celebrate the rich cultural tapestry of Bed-Stuy at the STooPS 2024 Summer Festival!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 27th, as we pay homage to the legendary figures and enduring legacies that shape our vibrant community. Prepare for a day filled with captivating performances and dynamic artistic expressions, spanning generations and disciplines, right on the iconic stoops of our neighborhood. Don’t miss this unforgettable fusion of history, art, and community spirit at Bed-Stuy Legends & Legacies! Join us for an immersive experience that honors our roots and ignites our future.
We are partnering with the 200 Decatur St. Stuyvesant Ave. Block Association, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church & Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church to bring you this classic yet unique Summer Festival including a Block Party and Art Crawls.
Pre-register at linktr.ee/STooPS
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11. Peculiar Works Project, FF Alumns, at Governors Island, Manhattan, June 23 and more
Join us on an entirely new performance journey through NYC history!
The cast of the Manna-Hata Project pose as a group with the glowing words The Manna-Hata Project RESET superimposed on the bottom right corner of the photo
The Manna-Hata Project: RESET
Choose Your Location:
SUNDAY, JUNE 23 @ 7pm
Governors Island,
near Castle Williams
MONDAY, JUNE 24 @ 7pm
Chess at the Boardwalk,
Hudson Tower Park
We’re rebooting our sold-out 2013 production with a team of writers creating entirely new material to celebrate NYC history—with all of its high and low points! Join us for one of these upcoming sunset staged readings to launch the new direction for this project at two beautiful locations around New York Harbor!
RSVP NOW https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8Mxc33FtfHiyQIGhxt9ItLIuiBlL9-pa3bR9ffTUKvFwfHQ/viewform
Featuring: Oscar Castillo • Cherrye J. Davis • Gamal ElSawah • Christopher Hurt • Anthony Lalor • Angela Mourtazalieva • Grace Phelan • Catherine Porter • Danielle Soames • Nomi Tichman
Texts: Cherrye J. Davis • Conrado Falco • Barry Rowell
Original Music: Howard Fishman
Stage Manager: Heather Olmstead
Producers: Ralph Lewis • Catherine Porter • Barry Rowell
Director: Kathleen Amshoff
Photo of Governors Island beside Castle Williams and a photo of Chess on the Boardwalk in Manhattan with the names superimposed over them
Castle William (Governors Island) and Chess on the Boardwalk (Manhattan)
*Please note: the ferry from Governors Island to Brooklyn does not run after 6 pm (we thought it did!) but the ferry to Manhattan continues until 10 pm and is convenient to most subway lines.
We’re watching the weather VERY CLOSELY so please keep an eye out for any updates from PWP if we have to change the time/date/location!
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12. Betty Tompkins, FF Alumn, at PPOW Gallery, Manhattan, opening June 28
Please visit this link:
https://www.ppowgallery.com/exhibitions/betty-tompkins3#tab:thumbnails
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13. Maureen Connor, FF Alumn, at Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain, thru July 19
Hello friends and family!
I am pleased to announce the exhibition below! If you are anywhere near Madrid between now and July 19, I hope you will see it. Otherwise follow us @https://www.instagram.com/growinghistories/
https://www.howtoperformanabortion.com/projects
Galería Marta Cervera
Growing Histories: Ground Dispersions
Maureen Connor & Kadambari Baxi
Also featuring Negro púrpura, a film by Sabela Iglesias & Adriana Villanueva
June 19 – July 19, 2024
Opening June 19, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00
Growing Histories: Ground Dispersions An indoor garden in the shape of a map of Spain and Portugal, blooms in the gallery. Designed and assembled by architect Kadambari Baxi and artist Maureen Connor, this installation displays live plants historically used for abortion and fertility management, recent geolocated herb observations maps, reimagined plant-passports and data on current abortion laws. Collectively, these materials highlight the natural and cultural histories of plant medicines and reproductive control.
Also on view in the gallery is Negro Purpura, a film by Sabela Iglesias and Adriana Villanueva. It focuses on ergot, a fungus that infects farmed and wild grasses, such as rye. Another natural source for reproductive care, ergot became, for a time, the center of the pharmaceutical industry in 20th century Spain. Before then, ergot had been known for centuries by herbalists as an abortifacient when used in small amounts, a hallucinogen at higher doses and a deadly poison with prolonged use.
Since plants do not grow according to national boundaries (although sending them through borders is highly controlled), the wall-maps in the gallery expand beyond Spain. Crowdsourced observations of each herb across borders near and far is juxtaposed with legends listing uneven country-based abortion laws and public healthcare demands. According to the World Health Organization global data the legality of abortion across the world actually has little to no effect on abortion rates throughout the world; and their findings underscore: legal or not, abortions can, will, and do take place.
People have always had abortions. They always will. These histories cannot be controlled and will remain as they continue to disperse.
C/ Valencia 28
28012 Madrid
tel. + 34 913105036
info@galeriamartacervera.com
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14. Ann Hamilton, Kiki Smith, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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15. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, now online at WhiteHotMagazine.com
Please visit this link:
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/walks-through-door-at-lichtundfire/6444
Thank you.
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