Contents for November 4th, 2024
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robert C. Morgan, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
1. Franklin Furnace, now online, at Its In Queens podcast
2. Micki Watanabe Spiller, FF Alumn, at Flushing Town Hall, Queens, Nov. 7
3. Dan Kwong, FF Alumn, now online at LATimes.com
4. Shaun Leonardo, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
5. Francheska Alcántara, Sungjae Lee, FF Alumns, named Queer/Art Fellows 2025
6. Nao Bustamante, FF ALumn, at Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 13
7. Alva Rogers, FF Alumn, now online at Instagram.com
8. Jessica Blinkhorn, FF Alumn, now online at TheGAVoice.com
9. Kathy Brew, FF Alumn, at Anthology Film Archives, Manhattan, Nov. 7
10. Robbin Ami Silverberg, FF Alumn, at Center for Book Arts, Manhattan, Nov. 14
11. Agnes Denes, FF Alumn, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Nov. 1, 2024-Jan. 2026, and more
12. Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, now online at https://www.irinadanilova.net/votehere24.html
13. Terry Berkowitz, Jim Costanzo, Peter Cramer, Guerrilla Girls, Joshua Harris, Pablo Helguera, G.H. Hovagimyan, Alex Melamid, Arlene Rush, Gregory Sholette, Jack Waters, Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, FF Alumns, at WhiteBox, Manhattan, opening Nov. 5
14. Terry Berkowitz, FF Alumn, at Proyectos Raúl Zamudio, Manhattan, thru Nov. 10
15. Yael Kanarek, FF Alumn, now online at JWeekly.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robert C. Morgan, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
Please visit this link:
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/art-critic-dies-at-81/6620
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Franklin Furnace, now online, at Its In Queens podcast
Please visit any of these links to a 20 minute podcast about Franklin Furnace with Harley Spiller, Ken Dewey Director:
Soundcloud – https://soundcloud.com/jeff-simmons-893374819/its-in-queens-featuring-harley-spiller-of-franklin-furnace
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtYBQluLPyI&feature=youtu.be
Twitter – https://x.com/itsinqueens/status/1851398613856842080?s=43
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. Micki Watanabe Spiller, FF Alumn, at Flushing Town Hall, Queens, Nov. 7
Dear friends,
Good evening!
We would like to let you know that Southeast Queens Artist Alliance submitted a selection of zines/artist’s publications from our collection to “The World’s Borough,” an upcoming exhibition at Flushing Town Hall in Queens. Micki Watanabe Spiller’s work was selected because it is neighborhood based and exemplifies something about Queens (immigration, communities that make Queens their home, local history, etc). We decided to participate in the exhibition to bring more attention to our zine library and the wonderful artists who have shared work with us, beyond the outdoor events we’ve been doing since launching our mobile museum and zine library in 2019.
Opening reception:
Thursday, November 7th
Member Preview: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Public Viewing: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Location:
Flushing Town Hall Gallery
137-35 Northern Blvd
Flushing, NY
Link for additional info:
https://flushingtownhall.org/event-detail.php?id=725
(More info about the SEQAA zine cart/mobile museum:
https://www.seqaa.org/2019-zine-cart)
Warm wishes,
Rejin Leys
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3. Dan Kwong, FF Alumn, now online at LATimes.com
As Shohei Ohtani takes center stage, remembering when he’d have been in a prison camp
An amateur game at Manzanar to commemorate Japanese American internment during WWII coincided with the World Series opening weekend in Los Angeles.
Thank you. Domo Arigatou Gozaimasu.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4. Shaun Leonardo, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5. Francheska Alcántara, Sungjae Lee, FF Alumns, named Queer/Art Fellows 2025
Queer|Art is thrilled to announce the incoming Fellows for the 2025 Queer|Art|Mentorship (QAM) program cycle! Now in its 14th year, our celebrated year-long creative and professional development supports both remote and in-person participation between emerging and established LGBTQ+ artists from across the country. Join us in giving a warm welcome to:
Nathan Storey (Visual Art)
Francheska Alcántara (Visual Art)
RIDIKKULUZ (Visual Art)
AZ Espinoza (Performance)
SUNGJAE LEE (Performance)
Reed Rushes (Performance)
Lee Painter-Kim (Literature)
Ray Levy Uyeda (Literature)
MK Thekkumkattil (Literature)
Yash Zhang (Film)
Saudade Toxosi (Film)
Jovan James (Film)
QAM was established in 2011 to address the loss of creative mentors for younger LGBTQ+ artists, due to the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis. Over the past decade, a vibrant intergenerational community of over 190 LGBTQ+ artists has emerged, and a legacy of creative resilience has been carried forward. We are incredibly proud to welcome these twelve new creatives to the QAM family! Learn more about the Fellows at queer-art.org/mentorship❣️
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6. Nao Bustamante, FF ALumn, at Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 13
Book Party, Exhibition Viewing, and Conversation
Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam
by Wendy Kline
Join us for an evening with Medical Historian Wendy Kline
and Artist Nao Bustamante
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, 6-8:30 p.m.
“Exposed is not just a history lesson: it’s a call to action, a demand for greater transparency and accountability, and a beacon of hope for more equitable healthcare. A compelling and indispensable read.” – Rana Awdish, M.D., author of “In Shock: How Nearly Dying Made Me a Better Intensive Care Doctor”
In celebration of BLOOM, our exhibition with Nao Bustamante – which proposes a bold redesign of the vaginal speculum – Track 16 Gallery is pleased to present a public conversation between noted medical historian and author Wendy Kline and Bustamante on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
In 2021, after reading a review of BLOOM while it was on display at ARTpace in San Antonio, Texas, Kline contacted Bustamante and flew out to see the show. This encounter led to years of dialogue between the two centering on the history of the pelvic examination. Now, Kline has written about Bustamante’s work in a chapter of her new book, Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam, released just last month by Polity Press.
In Exposed, Kline uncovers the procedure’s fascinating—and often disturbing—history. From gynecological research on enslaved women’s bodies to nonconsensual practice on anesthetized patients, the pelvic exam as we know it today carries the burden of its sordid past. Its story is one of pain and pleasure, life-saving discoveries and heartbreaking encounters, questionable procedures and triumphant breakthroughs. Drawing on previously unpublished archival sources, along with interviews with patients, providers, and activists, Kline traces key moments and movements in gynecological history, from the surgeons of the nineteenth century to the OB/GYNs of today.
About the Author
Wendy Kline, Ph.D., Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine at Purdue University, is internationally recognized for her scholarship in the history of medicine, history of women’s health and the history of childbirth. She is the author of four major books focusing on sexuality and reproduction: Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam (Polity Press, 2024); Coming Home: How Midwives Changed Birth (Oxford University Press, 2019, Bodies of Knowledge: Sexuality, Reproduction, and Women’s Health in the Second Wave (U. of Chicago Press 2010); and Building a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom (U. of California Press, 2001). She has appeared in the Netflix documentary, Sex, Explained, as well as the PBS documentary, The Eugenics Crusade. Her research has been funded by major fellowships, including a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar fellowship, a British Academy Fellowship, and a Huntington Fellowship. Kline is also a professional violinist, currently principal second with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra.
About the Artist
Nao Bustamante is a legendary Chicanx artist, residing in Los Angeles, California. Bustamante’s precarious work crosses multiple mediums. Bustamante has presented in galleries, museums, universities and underground sites all around the world. She has exhibited, among other locales, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the New York Museum of Modern Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sundance International Film Festival/New Frontier, Outfest International Film Festival, El Museo del Barrio, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, First International Performance Biennial, Deformes in Santiago, Chile and the Kiasma Museum of Helsinki. She was also an unlikely contestant on the TV network, Bravo’s “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.” Nao Bustamante is an alum of the San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres program and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Currently she holds the position of Professor of Art at the USC Roski School of Art and Design.
Track 16 Gallery is part of PST ART as a Gallery Program Participant. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
RSVP
TRACK 16 GALLERY
1206 MAPLE AVE, SUITES 100 & 1005, LOS ANGELES, CA 90015
+1-310-815-8080
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6pm and by appointment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
7. Alva Rogers, FF Alumn, now online at Instagram.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBsn-Llu7vj/?igsh=bzJxYzZvcmFyMTVm
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8. Jessica Blinkhorn, FF Alumn, now online at TheGAVoice.com
Please visit this link:
https://thegavoice.com/outspoken/awake-and-waiting/
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
9. Kathy Brew, FF Alumn, at Anthology Film Archives, Manhattan, Nov. 7
On Thursday, November 7th @ 7:30 pm, Anthology Film Archives presents Homage to Ricardo Nicolayevsky (1961-2024): Un Poeta en New York.
Known for experimental work that delved into themes of gender and sexuality, Ricardo Nicolayevsky was an influential and multifaceted queer Mexican artist who pushed past cultural and formal structures at every turn to create his own style of transgressive lyricism. His creative endeavors spanned various disciplines, including music, cinema, video, literature, and cabaret.
Born in Mexico City in 1961, Nicolayevsky moved to NYC in 1982. There, he studied musical composition and musicology while earning a BFA in Cinema Studies from New York University. During this formative period, Nicolayevsky’s most significant work began to emerge through film. He used Super 8 and 16mm cameras to document the vibrant creative community around him—comprising young New York artists, friends from Mexico, and notorious New York luminaries of the era (hello Michael Musto!).
His films featured experimental in-camera techniques, innovative editing, and original musical scores, creating multilayered portraits that explored diverse personas, desires, and cinematic influences. His work drew from sources such as Lumière (if Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory were made while on mushrooms), the Surrealists, Warhol, Kenneth Anger, and beyond. The full impact of his work, later termed “Lost Portraits”, became evident only years later, receiving significant acclaim in the 1990s and 2000s.
This program, curated with Nicolayevsky’s close friend and creative partner-in-crime, media artist Ximena Cuevas, and organized by Kathy Brew, Carlos A. Gutiérrez, and Maria-Christina Villaseñor, honors Nicolayevsky’s enduring legacy by screening a selection of “Lost Portraits” alongside later works.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10. Robbin Ami Silverberg, FF Alumn, at Center for Book Arts, Manhattan, Nov. 14
Book Launch: Vico’s Spiral: Half Century of Artists’ Books
with Robbin Ami Silverberg
Friday, November 14, 6:30pm︎ In-person at CBA Suggested donation
Join us for the launch of Vico’s Spiral: Half Century of Artists’ Books, the exhibition catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same name, celebrating Center for Book Arts’ 50th Anniversary. The publication features an introduction by Robbin Ami Silverberg, essays by Carole Naggar and Kinohi Nishikawa, a complete illustrated checklist of the artwork in the exhibition, and lists of international artists’ books exhibitions compiled by global researchers. Additionally, it includes curated lists of significant publications by book artists, collectors, curators, and other professionals in the field.
rsvp https://centerforbookarts.org/calendar/book-launch-vicos-spiral-half-century-of-artists-books
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
11. Agnes Denes, FF Alumn, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Nov. 1, 2024-Jan. 2026, and more
Systems of Logic / Logic of Systems: The Art and Mind of Agnes Denes
The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
December 12, 2024 – June 1, 2025
Save Land. United for Land
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
December 6, 2024 – June 1, 2025
Shifting Landscapes
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
November 1, 2024 – January 2026
Science / Fiction. A Non-History of Plants
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
October 16, 2024 – January 19, 2025
Mutual Aid – Art in Collaboration with Nature
Castello di Rivoli, Turin
October 10, 2024 – March 23, 2025
Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960–1991
Mudam Luxembourg
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
September 20, 2024 – February 2, 2025
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12. Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, now online at https://www.irinadanilova.net/votehere24.html
In case it may be of interest in these final days before the election,
Quadrennial Project VOTEHERE
Vote is online only and strictly anonymous, the sender’s information is coded and hidden.
Vote Here:
https://www.irinadanilova.net/votehere24.html
With hope for the best,
thank you for your time,
Irina
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
13. Terry Berkowitz, Jim Costanzo, Peter Cramer, Guerrilla Girls, Joshua Harris, Pablo Helguera, G.H. Hovagimyan, Alex Melamid, Arlene Rush, Gregory Sholette, Jack Waters, Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, FF Alumns, at WhiteBox, Manhattan, opening Nov. 5
EndGame at WhiteBox
9 Avenue B
November 5-December 4
Opening from 6P to Midnight on Election Day, November 5
https://whiteboxnyc.org/2024/les/en-game/
The exhibition serves as both a layered composition and a proactive expedition, using artistic forms to challenge threats to the common good. Its range of expressions speaks to pressing issues—from social inequality, the housing crisis, immigration, and institutionalized violence, to racial and gender tensions, nationalism, and environmental degradation. Each curator selects one to three artists to present medium-to-small-scale visual, literary, filmic, or performative works, encouraging an intimate yet wide-ranging engagement with these themes.
Artists: Crackhead Barney, Terry Berkowitz, Tania Candiani, Peter Cramer, Jim Costanzo, Nate Dallimore, Dirty Churches, Jason File, Noah Fischer, Carla Gannis, Guerrilla Girls, Joshua Harris, Pablo Helguera, G.H. Hovagimyan, John Jackson, Enrique Ježik, Nina Leo and Moez Surani, Ferran Martin, Mark Stephen Meadows, Alex Melamid, Jason Mena, the29.art featuring GetOutTheVote.art artists, Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, Simonetta Moro, Ivan Navarro, William Powhida, Lorenzo Pace, Paris 68 Redux, Pasha Radezski, Shama Rahman and Olive Gingrich, Duke Riley, Arlene Rush, Avelino Sala and Eugenio Merino, Franck Saïssi, Raphaele Shirley and Al Ramos, Gregory Sholette, Federico Solmi, Alesha Stupin, Rob Strati, The29.art, Jon Tsoi, Jack Waters, Monika Weiss, Phyllis Yampolsky, and others.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14. Terry Berkowitz, FF Alumn, at Proyectos Raúl Zamudio, Manhattan, thru Nov. 10
Hell is Empty and All the Devils are Here
Proyectos Raúl Zamudio, 78 Jane Street
November 2-10
Opening November 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
15. Yael Kanarek, FF Alumn, now online at JWeekly.com
Please visit this link:
https://jweekly.com/2024/10/31/why-im-rewriting-the-torah-with-women-at-the-center
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For subscriptions, un-subscriptions, queries and comments, please email mail@franklinfurnace.org
Join Franklin Furnace today:
https://franklinfurnace.org/membership/
Goings On for Artists is compiled weekly by Rohan Subramaniam, FF Intern, Summer/Fall 2024
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~end~~
