Contents for April 13th, 2026
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Pat Steir, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
Glen Baxter, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
1. Eddy Falconer, FF Alumn, at Maiden Mother Crone, Little Rock, AR, thru April 30
2. Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Helen Varley Jamieson, FF Alumns, at Munich, Germany, May 5
3. Mrinalini Aggarwal, Francheska Alcántara, FF Alumns, at Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, opening June 21
4. Rev Billy, FF Alumn, at World HQ, Manhattan, April 22
5. Kim Jones, Charles Yuen, FF Alumns, at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, opening April 18
6. Đoan Hoàng Curtis, FF Alumn, Emmy nominations
7. Jayoung Yoon, FF Alumn, now online at Litang.community
8. Barbara Rosenthal, FF Alumn, at Sulla Luna, Manhattan, April 20
9. Lenora Champagne, FF Alumn, at Dixon Place, Manhattan, May 15-16
10. R. Sikoryak, Kriota Willberg, FF Alumns, at Industry City, Brooklyn, April 18-19
11. elin o’Hara Slavick, FF Alumn, at Santa Ana College/Santora Arts Building, CA, thru May 2, and more
12. Ann Rosen, FF Alumn, at Soho Photo Gallery, Manhattan, Apr. 15
14. Power Boothe, Lucio Pozzi, FF Alumns, at Art Cake, Brooklyn, thru May 30
15. Ann Hamilton, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
16. Nadia Coen, FF Alumn, at Dumbo Open Studios, Brooklyn, Apr. 18-19
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Pat Steir, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
Please visit this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/arts/design/pat-steir-dead.html
Thank you.
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Glen Baxter, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
Please visit this link:
https://hyperallergic.com/remembering-glen-baxter-pat-steir-melvin-edwards
Thank you.
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1. Eddy Falconer, FF Alumn, at Maiden Mother Crone, Little Rock, AR, thru April 30
Eddy Falconer, FF Alum, is showing drawings, paintings, and the short video Mood Circus throughout April at Maiden Mother Crone, 420 E. 21st Street Suite E, Little Rock, AR, 72206
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2. Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Helen Varley Jamieson, FF Alumns, at Munich, Germany, May 5
Please visit this link to a screening of Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens’ latest film and a performative walk/ritual:
https://www.magdalenamuenchen.de/playing-with-fire-beth-stephens-and-annie-sprinkle
Thank you.
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3. Mrinalini Aggarwal, Francheska Alcántara, FF Alumns, at Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, opening June 21
Please visit this link:
Thank you
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4. Rev Billy, FF Alumn, at World HQ, Manhattan, April 22
Fun Run with The Chxrch of Stop Shopping
On Earth Day Wednesday the 22nd we’ll gather at 12:00 noon at the new World HQ (“monstrous eco-obscenity” -The Guardian) on Madison Avenue between 47th and 48th streets. Four blocks up from Grand Central.
Please wear business casual attire, banker-like if possible, a briefcase helps. Race officials (singers) will safety pin to your shirt the CHASE STOP YOUR CLIMATE CHANGE on canvas tags for that ‘marathon runner’ look. Round and round the monster fortress! We’re on public property like runners all over the city, and yes our lawyer will be there – so no arrest risk in this action.
(Most of you know all this: Chase is three years running the largest bank in the world, and since the Paris Climate Agreement the top fossil fuel investor, nearing $500 billion in fossil spending in that time. Jamie Dimon in 2025 earned? $3 million per business day….)
Noon Wednesday Earth Day Apr 22nd
Chase Bank Madison Avenue at 47th Street.
Earthalujah!
Billy, Savi, and the Running Radicals
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5. Kim Jones, Charles Yuen, FF Alumns, at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, opening April 18
The PIEROGI Flat Files and Open Book(s): Observations
at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
hosted by Monira Foundation
Opening Reception: Saturday April 18, 2026. 5–7pm
Spring Open Studios: Sunday May 17, 2026. Noon–6pm
888 Newark Ave Jersey City, NJ 07306 Ground Floor Galleries
Pierogi’s traveling Flat Files are on the road again and will be on view at Mana Contemporary Jersey City for an extended stay. They will house portfolios of original works by 350 artists with a selection of works displayed in the gallery. Access and participation, on the part of both artists and viewers, was the original and remains the central idea of the Pierogi Flat Files. One of the goals is to demystify the art viewing process by allowing people to view a large and eclectic group of original artworks in portfolios. The viewer becomes a participant in this interactive curatorial project, relying on their own confidence and discretion. With this exhibition, we hope to broaden the viewing experience and to bring the audience back to an in-person, visceral viewing where they can see and hold original artworks in hand.
Open Book(s): Observations
Including work by—
Seongmin AHN, Noriko AMBE, Michael BALLOU, Dawn CLEMENTS, Brian CONLEY, Hugo CROSTHWAITE, Ri DYM, Ellen HARVEY, Moses HOSKINS, Kristen JENSEN, Kim JONES, Sean MELLYN, Marilla PALMER, William POWHIDA, Mike RADER, Mark REYNOLDS, David SCHER, Guy RICHARDS SMIT, Tim SPELIOS, Oriane STENDER, Tavares STRACHAN, Jude TALLICHET, David WELLS, Charmaine WHEATLEY, Martin WILNER
“Open Book(s)” is an ongoing exhibition hosted by Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary. This iteration, curated by Pierogi, includes works by twenty-five artists who present books as objects in transformation; some sculpted or painted, some sketch books, and others depictions of a place and time.
Also on view —
Ward Shelley and Douglas Paulson’s “Archive: Troll Hole”
and
Mana Contemporary
888 Newark Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Ground Floor Galleries
Accessible by PATH train and car, with parking on site
@pierogigalleryreal @monirafoundation @manacontemporary
PIEROGI 175 NORTH 9TH STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11211
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6. Đoan Hoàng Curtis, FF Alumn, Emmy nominations
We got 5 EMMY NOMINATIONS!!! I woke up to this incredible news for TURNING POINT: THE VIETNAM WAR, the Netflix series I produced with the most amazing team, director, and star subjects. My heart is so full thinking of the extraordinary people who carried this trauma caused by war and devastation for decades and trusted us with their heartbreaking stories — and of the deep care our entire team took to research, tell, sonify, and visualize the Vietnam War in a way that honors how profoundly it shaped generations and nations. THANK YOU #emmys @televisionacad @brian.knappenberger @huisenga @bo.kov @ceejthesiege @tommytraveler @morirothman Sabrina Parke, Clare Tucker @kevenmcalester Sarah Villareal, Helen Magowan, Lanice Joseph Cheyenne Tan, Sean Jarett, Darshan Kembhavi, Michelle Witten, Aaron Howell,
@netflix @lelyhayslip @franksnepp @johnghilain @viet.thanh.nguyen.writer @chiccanfora @jayvisit @seanmics
@johndragonetti #ohsaigon Many many more
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7. Jayoung Yoon, FF Alumn, now online at Litang.community
Excited to share my recent interview with the Li Tang Editorial Team — “Weaving Thought into Matter.”
https://litang.community/2026/03/31/weaving-thought-into-matter-new-york-based-artist-jayoung-yoon/
@litang.community
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8. Barbara Rosenthal, FF Alumn, at Sulla Luna, Manhattan, April 20
Barbara Rosenthal (FF Alum) will present a featured reading of “Chapter 30: Jewel Swims Out,” from WISH FOR AMNESIA, her novel of 52-years in progress, 19 proto-editions (Deadly Chaps Press), on
April 20 at
Sulla Luna,
41 Carmine St, NYC.
Other featured readers are Stephen Paul Miller, Dorothy August Friedman and Anthony Haden-Guest, in the WordShedNYC reading series curated by Leah Elimeliah.
Barbara Rosenthal’s novel explores perfectionism, particularly regarding human development, circling around the family of Jack Rubin, the son of Holocaust heroes who develops a messianic complex. In “Chapter 30: Jewel Swims Out,” his teenaged daughter swims out beyond her depth one night in Ostia, on the outskirts of Rome, while her godmother, Beatrice, is entangled with a lover on the shore.
Two editions of the novel are on sale at Printed Matter:
https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/43371
https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/46759
and a third they had been selling is currently out of print:
https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/47573
More about the novel, with development and reviews, including raves and recommendations in “Kirkus,” “American Book Review” and “Afterimage”:
The hundreds of thousands of pages, bound and unbound, pasted up, digitized, loose, etc, are now in two university archives:
The City University of NY / Queens College. Barbara Rosenthal Papers
Carnegie Mellon University. Barbara Rosenthal Collection
More about these can be found here:
https://barbararosenthal.org/frameFourteen.htm
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9. Lenora Champagne, FF Alumn, at Dixon Place, Manhattan, May 15-16
Good evening!
I’ve very excited and hope you can come!
Friday May 15 and Saturday May 16 @ 7:30 p.m. I will perform my new solo.
Dixon Place presents
Ordinary Day
at Dixon Place at 161A Chrystie Street in NYC.
It’s work-in-progress (i.e., few, if any, bells and whistles).
The Dixon Place Cocktail Lounge is open before & after the show;
you can even take your drink into the theater!
Bar proceeds directly support DP’s artists & mission.
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10. R. Sikoryak, Kriota Willberg, FF Alumns, at Industry City, Brooklyn, April 18-19
Hi all,
Back for more! I’ll be hosting a Carousel comics performance at BICS: The Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase on Saturday, April 18 at 1pm.
And I’ll be selling books with Kriota at BICS all weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19. Free Admission!
Carousel at BICS, Saturday, April 18 at 1 pm.
Live comics readings and visual performances by exhibiting artists.
Featuring all new guests!
Kevin Alvir
Sarou Armstrong
Lisa Burdige & John Hazard (Background Noise Comic)
Chuck Kaslow
Sadie Levine
Hosted by R. Sikoryak
BICS Programming is at the Fort Hamilton Distillery in Building 6 of Industry City, right next door to BICS! There will be plenty of signage and volunteers on site to help you find your way.
BICS is at The Box Factory at Industry City, 51 34th St. Brooklyn, NY 11232
Info:
https://www.brooklynindependentcomicsshowcase.com/programming#panels
https://www.brooklynindependentcomicsshowcase.com
details below
BICS on Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, 2026
Kriota Willberg and I will be featuring our latest mini-comics plus all of our other books.
Table 302
The Box Factory at Industry City
51 34th St
Brooklyn, NY 11232
https://www.brooklynindependentcomicsshowcase.com
At our table, we’ll have copies of the recent mini comic anthology, “Pretty Dirty.” I drew the cover and Kriota and I both contributed 1-page comics.
We’ll also have copies of my brother Joe Sikoryak’s complete graphic memoir, When We Were Trekkies, in a box set.
https://www.joesikoryak.com/when-we-were-trekkies
Free Admission for all events!
https://www.brooklynindependentcomicsshowcase.com/map
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11. elin o’Hara Slavick, FF Alumn, at Santa Ana College/Santora Arts Building, CA, thru May 2, and more
elin o’Hara slavick’s solo show of collages, Everyone Stands Beneath Their Own Dome of Heaven or Hell, opened April 4 at Santa Ana College’s downtown gallery in the Santora Arts Building, Santa Ana, CA. The show is up until May 2. She also has work in Biennial Means Necessary, opening April 13 at Jane’s Room in NYC. She’s giving a lecture at Sarah Lawrence College (her alma mater) April 21, 1:30pm.
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12. Ann Rosen, FF Alumn, at Soho Photo Gallery, Manhattan, Apr. 15
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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13. Nina Sobell, FF Alumn, Spring news
Hello and Happy springtime to you!
Spring is finally here, so here is some good news;-)
Wishing you the very best,
Nina
GammaTime in Our Verse – A Collective Consciousness Experience
The European Cultural Centre in conjunction with the Venice Biennale
Palazzo Mora on Strada Nova in Cannaregio, Venice. In collaboration with Ed Bear.
May 11th 2:30 – 3:30
Wilderness
An uncultivated mythic world, a place to explore or to hide; the dichotomy of beauty and danger is the theme where my
Videos, Is: Not About 3:27 2026 and UnSeen UnHeard 6:06 2020 will be shown, together with works by other United Media Artists including James Bloom, Fernanda D’Agostino, Terry Flaxton, Will Pappenheimer, John Sanborn, Nataša Prosenc Stearns and Tamiko Thiel.
European Cultural Center at the Palazzo Mora on Strada Nova in Cannaregio, Venice in conjunction with the Venice Biennale
May 9th – November 29th, 2026.
Reveal: Anima Mundi – Rituals, Consciousness and Visions
Persistent Visions 3:05 2023
Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello with the United Media Artists presented by the European Cultural Centre also in conjunction with the Venice Biennale
May 20th – July 31, 2026
Internal Message Search II
Solo show: Various Artists Gallery 19 Essex Street, New York
curated by Scott Kiernan — A retrospective, with new work to be revealed.
GammaTime in Our Verse participatory Performance on the night of the opening with a calendar of subsequent performances issued closer to the opening:
June 4 – August 2
Artist Books of Loss and Healing
The exhibition brings together artist books centered on love, loss, grief, healing, and the many ways these experiences ask us to process.
Opens during Upstate Art Weekend, June 25 to 29th, and continues on weekends until mid-August.
Thank you.
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14. Power Boothe, Lucio Pozzi, FF Alumns, at Art Cake, Brooklyn, thru May 30
American Abstract Artists is pleased to announce our 90th Anniversary Exhibition, featuring work by 90 current members at ART CAKE in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The exhibition continues the tradition of anniversary shows that honor AAA’s formation in 1936, and the group’s history of continuous activity since then.
Works have been selected by independent curator Saul Ostrow, who states:
The exhibition Abstract by Definition: An Index is an invitation to consider the diversity of what “abstract” means. By juxtaposing contrasting works, the installation is intended to orchestrate an internal dialogue that reflects on the nature of abstract art across several realms—philosophical, historical, etymological, and symbolic.
ABSTRACT BY DEFINITION: AN INDEX
American Abstract Artists—90th Anniversary Exhibition
Curated by Saul Ostrow
April 11–May 30, 2026
Opening Saturday, April 11, 5–8p
Gallery Hours: Fri/Sat/Sun Noon–6p
Featured Artists:
Alice Adams • Liz Ainslie • Steven Alexander • Eve Aschheim • Emily Berger • Jeffrey Bishop • Susan Bonfils • Power Boothe • Sharon Brant • Marvin Brown • Sharon Butler • Jacob Cartwright • James O. Clark • Beth Dary • Matthew Deleget • Rob de Oude • Gabriele Evertz • Laurie Fendrich • Joanne Freeman • Cris Gianakos • Carrie Golkin • Gary Golkin • Gail Gregg • James Gross • Lynne Harlow • Carl E. Hazlewood • Mara Held • Pinkney Herbert • Daniel G. Hill • Gilbert Hsiao • Rhia Hurt • Phillis Ideal • Julian Jackson • Erick Johnson • James Juszczyk • Cecily Kahn • Marthe Keller • Iona Kleinhaut • Sarah McDougald Kohn • Victor Kord • Jane Logemann • Stephen Maine • Russell Maltz • Nancy Manter • Joanne Mattera • Tom McGlynn • Creighton Michael • Manfred Mohr • Judith Murray • Lisa Nanni • Christian Nguyen • Megan Olson • Jim Osman • Alex Paik • John T. Phillips • Don Porcaro • Corey Postiglione • Lucio Pozzi • Debra Ramsay • David Reed • Leslie Roberts • Dorothea Rockburne • Marcy Rosenblat • Ce Roser • Irene Rousseau • David Row • Anne Russinof • Cordy Ryman • Lorenza Sannai • Karen Schifano • Mary Schiliro • Claire Seidl • Edward Shalala • Sonita Singwi • Susan Smith • Melissa Staiger • Audrey Stone • Jason Stopa • Li Trincere • Kim Uchiyama • Clover Vail • Vera Vasek • Don Voisine • Merrill Wagner • Stephen Westfall • Mark Williams • Thornton Willis • Patricia Zarate • Tamar Zinn • Nola Zirin
About the Curator
Saul Ostrow was trained as an artist, but since the 1990s he has primarily worked as an independent critic, curator, and educator. Since 1986, he has curated over 70 exhibitions in the US and abroad. He has served as Co-Editor of Lusitania Press (1996–2004) and as the Editor of the book series Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture (1996–2006), published by Routledge. Presently, he is Art Editor at Large at Bomb Magazine. In 2010, he founded Critical Practices Inc., an all-volunteer, non-profit organization whose projects include curatorial projects, open forums, and a broadsheet publication.
About AAA
American Abstract Artists was founded in 1936 in New York City. Its aim was to serve as an exhibiting organization and a forum for discussion at a time when American abstract art was facing critical neglect. Early members had ties to the W.P.A. Federal Art Project and A.E. Gallatin’s Gallery of Living Art and many were former students of Hans Hofmann.
Beginning with their first public exhibition in 1937, the group’s shows had an inestimable impact on raising awareness of abstract art in the United States. The organization became an important artistic hub for European artists, including Piet Mondrian and Josef Albers, who were emigrating from war-torn Europe. Early members like Lee Krasner and Ad Reinhardt were instrumental in forming a distinct strand of American abstract art.
Throughout its 90 year history of continuous operation, AAA has served to foster dialogue among members and present their work collectively to the public. The group is one of the few 20th century art organizations that has remained active in our current century and, thanks to its longevity, the group now offers a uniquely multi-generational viewpoint.
About Art Cake
Art Cake was founded in 2019 by brothers Cordy and Ethan Ryman to provide creatives with space for production and events in New York City. Located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Art Cake also sponsors an artist residency program, which provides affordable workspaces to artists from around the world working in a variety of fine art disciplines, with an aim to build and support a diverse community of artists.
Support AAA
American Abstract Artists is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Tax-deductible donations to American Abstract Artists help to fund its public programs and exhibitions. All donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Donations are accepted either by check or Zelle payment.
Send Checks payable to American Abstract Artists to:
American Abstract Artist, Inc.
c/o Erick Johnson, Treasurer
54 White Street, Apt 5
New York, N.Y. 10013
Zelle payments can be sent to: aaatreasury1@gmail.com
Note: Please add a memo indicating the payment is a donation.
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15. Ann Hamilton, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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16. Nadia Coen, FF Alumn, at Dumbo Open Studios, Brooklyn, Apr. 18-19
the inclining experiment
DUMBO OPEN STUDIOS
I will be participating in
DUMBO OPEN STUDIOS
April 18–19, 12–6 PM
68 Jay Street, Studio 511, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY 11201
MAGIC SQUARE, 2026, 32”w x 48”h
I will be showing a new series of
MAGIC SQUARES & SHARD MIRRORS
along with recent work.
(Follow the orange arrows on the floor to my studio.)
Hope to see you there!
the inclining experiment
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