Contents for May 16, 2022
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Weekly Spotlight: Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, two new films, STOP WAR and more
1. Nancy Buchanan, Barbara T. Smith, FF Alumns, live and online at Avenue 50 Studio, LA, CA,
May 21
2. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles, FF Alumn, at University Settlement House, Manhattan
3. LAPD, FF Alumns, at Spring Street Community Garden, LA, CA, May 28
4. Coreen Simpson, Renee Cox, FF Alumns, at Fotografiska NY, Manhattan, thru August 28
5. Alvin Eng, FF Alumn, on NY1 Live at Ten, now online, and more
6. Carmelita Tropicana, Juana Valdés, FF Alumns, received 2022 Latinx Artist Fellowship
7. Norm Magnusson, FF Alumn, at Morton Memorial Library, Rhinecliff, NY, May 21-22
8. Cheri Gaulke, FF Alumn, receives San Luis Obispo International Film Festival award 2022
9. Alan W. Moore, Marc H. Miller, Yasmin Ramirez, FF Alumns, at Howl! Happening Gallery, Manhattan, May 28
10. Guerrilla Girls, Martha Wilson, FF Alumns, at Louvre Museum, Paris, France, May 30
11. Deb Margolin, FF Alumn, now online at PlaywrightsHorizons.org
12. Jim Johnson, FF Alumn, at Boulder Public Library, CO, thru June 22
13. Cyrilla Mozenter, FF Member, at Portland Art Museum, OR, May 21-Nov. 20
14. Jay Critchley, FF Alumn, at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, May 20-June 25
15. Nancy Azara, FF Member, now online at 4W.pub
16. Roberta Allen, FF Alumn, new video now online at YouTube.com
17. Charles Dennis, FF Alumn, at Green Kill Gallery, Kingston, NY, May 26
18. Brahna Yassky, FF Alumn, at The Brotherhood Synagogue, Manhattan, May 18
19. Iris Rose, FF Alumn, at Pangea, Manhattan, May 22
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Weekly Spotlight: Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, two new films, STOP WAR and more
On Monday, May 9, 2022, Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, made two films at sites in upper Manhattan, each entitled STOP WAR. The first, 1 minute and 6 seconds long, was filmed by the artist in front of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation. The second, a silent film 1 minute and 14 seconds long, was filmed by the artist in front of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral. Irina , a native of Kharkiv, Ukraine now living in Brooklyn, reports “with the incessant flashing lights at both locations, and with the police not letting me do much, I edited and completed these videos at home.”
In addition to the films, Irina Danilova has also been creating a War In Ukraine National Flags series.
Please visit this link: https://www.irinadanilova.net/WarInUkraine.html
dyakuyu=thank you.
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1. Nancy Buchanan, Barbara T. Smith, FF Alumns, live and online at Avenue 50 Studio, LA, CA,
May 21
Choices: A Reproductive Rights Exhibition
Exhibiting Artists: Candice Greathouse, Cidne Hart, Cora Ramirez Vasquez, Dearantler, G. E. Vogt, Giovanna Pizzoferrato Ribeiro, Jamie Naqvi, Kailani McDaniel, Kathryn Pitt, Leticia Velasquez, Mariona Barkus, Mayce Keeler, Meloria Walters, Nancy Buchanan, Rebecca Nabarrete, Sarah Wilson, Shula Singer Arbel, Valerie Darling, and Veronica An
This timely and urgent exhibition will address the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the constitutional right to privacy:
“is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy” Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
The Supreme Court’s decision made abortion safer and more accessible at a time when 17 percent of all deaths due to pregnancy and childbirth were the result of illegal abortion.
Avenue 50 Studio presents Choices in light of the recent right wing efforts to overturn the right to abortion.
Opening Saturday, May 21, 2022 at Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Zoom event in conjunction with “How We Are in Time & Space: Nancy Buchanan, Marcia Hafif, & Barbara T. Smith”:
Watch the video program:
https://watch.eventive.org/howweare/play/6273601636ab4a02969df91f
Discussion of Videos, Saturday, May 21, 2022 : 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM PST
Location: Online Event via Zoom
RSVPs Required, Free
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-zuyTKSFTby3A3yYWUgx6g
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2. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles, FF Alumn, at University Settlement House, Manhattan
2022/23 Performance Project Cohort / Artist-in-Residence
https://www.universitysettlement.org/programs/arts/performance-project/
Welcome and congratulations to our 2022/23 Artists-in-Residence: MODArts Dance Collective (MADC), Philip Santos Schaffer (they/he), Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles (he/him), and Tuânminh Albert Đỗ (he/him/em)! These artists will work with the @univsettlement community to create new art and performances over the coming year. Over the next week, we’ll share more about these amazing artists and the projects they’ll be working on.
MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) Photo: Sean McInnis
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles (he/him) Photo: Wady Cespedes Rafula
Tuânminh Albert Đỗ (he/him/em) Photo: Momo Takahashi
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3. LAPD, FF Alumns, at Spring Street Community Garden, LA, CA, May 28
WALK THE TALK
Skid Row Visionaries
celebrated
Parade Brass Band Performance Visual Art
Saturday, May 28, 2022, from 12 – 4pm
Starts at 12 noon (12:00pm) at the Spring Street Community Garden,
220 S. Spring St. LA 90012
and travels to Gladys / General Jeff Memorial Park,
808 E 6th St. Los Angeles, CA 90021.
Walk the Talk 2022 is the 6th iteration of the Los Angeles Poverty Department’s biennial, peripatetic performance: an on-going chronicle of the accomplishments of Skid Row people and their visionary initiatives. Walk the Talk is a parade with a New Orleans Second line brass band and attendees dancing down the street from one performance site to the next while holding aloft portrait / collages of each honoree designed by Dakari Akil.
Join us as we, Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), perform scenes honoring organizer and musician Mr. Pancake (at the Spring Street Garden), advocate and poet Suzette Shaw (at the New Genesis Hotel), musician and impresario Unkal Bean (at 5th and San Julian), punk band singer, theater maker and activist Chella Coleman (at 6th and San Julian), singer, music therapist and co- Director of Urban Voices Project Kate Richards-Geller (at the Union Rescue Mission), visual artist, rapper and activist Crushow Herring (at the site of the former Umeya Noodle Factory, where CruShow is designing a mural), cultural organizer and government consultant Alisa Orduña (at the ReFresh Spot), and drummer and healer Ray Lewis (at General Jeff Memorial Park).
This year, Los Angeles Poverty Department is thrilled to have so many valuable partners jumping in to realize this year’s performance / parade, starting with our Skid Row Arts Alliance partners Street Symphony, Urban Voices Choir, Piece by Piece and Creative I. Street Symphony is once again bringing the brass band to keep us dancing down the streets from one performance site to another. Urban Voices Choir is going be calling us to attention before each LAPD scene. The L.A. Catholic Worker is once again lending us shopping carts to stash and transport our sound system.
Funder credits: Walk The talk is a project of the Los Angeles Poverty Department and our Skid Row History Museum & Archive. This year’s Walk the Talk is made possible in part by grants from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, and The National Endowment for the Arts, The Mike Kelley Foundation, The Kindle Project, LA Arts Recovery Fund, and funding provided by the special interest license plate featuring the image of Snoopy, with permission and support from Peanuts Worldwide (Section 5169 of the Vehicle Code) for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.
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4. Coreen Simpson, Renee Cox, FF Alumns, at Fotografiska NY, Manhattan, thru August 28
Black Venus: A survey of the legacy of Black women in visual culture
May 13-August 28, 2022
Curated by Aindrea Emelife
at
Fotografiska NY
281 Park Ave South
New York, NY 10010
https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/exhibitions/black-venus/
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5. Alvin Eng, FF Alumn, on NY1 Live at Ten, now online, and more
As a longtime NY1 viewer, it was thrilling and surreal to be interviewed by Cheryl Wills on NY1 Live at Ten Monday night. It was gratifying that my memoir, “Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond” resonated with Cheryl, who is also a Queens native! Here’s a link to the interview video: https://youtu.be/OaWPbDp_1z8
Book comes out next Tuesday, May 17!
Virtual and In-Person book launch is May 20––more info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/5777577805590677
To pre-order the book: https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531500368/our-laundry-our-town/
#ourlaundryourtown #AAPIHeritageMonth #fordhampress
Thank you. Alvin
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6. Carmelita Tropicana, Juana Valdés, FF Alumns, received 2022 Latinx Artist Fellowship
I am excited and honored to announce that I am the recipient of the 2022 Latinx Artist Fellowship!
This fellowship supports some of the most compelling Latinx visual artists working in the United States today. It is an honor to be recognized and to be in the company of brilliant artists that make up this cohort!
Tanya Aguiñiga, Candida Alvarez, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Maria Gaspar, Jay Lynn Gomez, Lucia Hierro, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Koyoltzintli, Leslie Martinez, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, Las Nietas de Nonó, Carmelita Tropicana (Alina Troyano), Juana Valdés, and Vincent Valdez.
Fellowship codesigned and managed by U.S. Latinx Art Forum in collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts. Cofounded by Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation
https://mellon.org/programs/arts-and-culture/latinx-artist-fellowship/
#LatinxArtistFellowship #LatinxArt #Latinx #contemporaryart #artists #art #arthistory #museums Tanya Aguiniga #candidaalvarez #MaríaMagdalenaCamposPons #mariagaspar #jaylynngeezy #luciahierro #ConsueloJimenezUnderwood #koyoltzintli #lesliemartinez Amalia Mesa-bains
Rosemary Meza-DesPlas Las Nietas de Nonó Carmelita Tropicana James Michael Olidan Costales
Juana Valdés
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7. Norm Magnusson, FF Alumn, at Morton Memorial Library, Rhinecliff, NY, May 21-22
Norm Magnusson, FF Alumn performs “Norm’s Memory Sale” at the Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff, NY. May 21 (6pm) and May 22 (4pm)
Instead of just having a regular yard sale to get rid of his old stuff, artist Norm Magnusson has created stories of humorous or poignant fictional provenances for each object. He’ll be performing these short stories interspersed with amusing musical punchlines provided by guitarist Peter Dougan (5/21) or Steve Mosto (5/22). The objects themselves will, of course, also be for sale. Plus exorbitant shipping and handling charge.
Running time, approx. 75 minutes
Suggested donation $20
contact: sandy@mortonrhinecliff.org, 845-876-2903 or: Norm Magnusson @917-686-0451
Tickets and more details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/norms-memory-sale-saturday-tickets-329177507787
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8. Cheri Gaulke, FF Alumn, receives San Luis Obispo International Film Festival award 2022
News from @insidethebeautybubblefilm: We are over the moon to share Inside the Beauty Bubble won Best Doc Short Audience Award at the 2022 @slofilmfest! Thank you San Luis Obispo International Film Festival we ❤️ you!
#sanluisobispo #womendirectors #femalefilmmakers #shortdocumentary #grateful #filmfestivals
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9. Alan W. Moore, Marc H. Miller, Yasmin Ramirez, FF ALumns, at Howl! Happening Gallery, Manhattan, May 28
Panel discussion on the occasion of the launch of
Alan W. Moore, “Art Worker: Doing Time in the NY Artworld”
(Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Press, 2022)
Howl! Happening gallery
6 E 1st St Saturday, May 28 at 7pm
The title of the talk is: “A World in Which…” an allusion to the Zapatista slogan, “A world in which many worlds fit.” (“Un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos”.)
The idea is that the NYC artworld of the ‘70s and ‘80s was far more fluid and changeable, with many more positions for its different actors to inhabit than the artworld of today. The market rules in all spheres of image-making, enforced by super-high valuations of traditional artwork, and global social media and streaming platforms. Confirmed participants: Marc H. Miller, Yasmin Ramirez, Leonard Abrams, Alan W. Moore, Stephen Zacks.
Books will be available; JoAAP order page (ships from Leipzig):
Alan W. Moore
New book out! “Art Worker: Doing Time in the NY Artworld” (JoAAP, 2022)
tour schedule below….
blogspot Occupations & Properties / Art Gangs
alanwmoore.net
Twitter @joeblowenarbol
book download links: http://occupationculture.net/
Art Worker Launch Events
NYC May 2022
12 May — “Sidewalk launch” of Art Worker at Printed Matter, St. Marks
14 May — Reading at ETG Book Cafe, Staten Island
19 May — Presentation at MoRUS museum, Ave. C
28 May — Panel discussion at Howl Happening gallery, LES — “A World in Which…” an allusion to the Zapatista slogan, “A world in which many worlds fit.” (“Un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos”.) The NYC artworld of the ‘70s and ‘80s was far more fluid and changeable, with many more positions for its different actors to inhabit than the artworld of today. The market rules art, and global social media and streaming platforms have replaced independent media. Discuss. Confirmed participants: Marc H. Miller, Yasmin Ramirez, Leonard Abrams, Alan W. Moore; Stephen Zacks invited.
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10. Guerrilla Girls, Martha Wilson, FF Alumns, at Louvre Museum, Paris, France, May 30
Colloque Art et Engagement
Monday May 30th 2022 from 12pm to 5:30pm
Auditorium of the Louvre Museum
This year, we have the pleasure of welcoming the following speakers:
FEMEN, non profit
Guerrilla Girls, artist collective
Martha Wilson, artist in conversation with Camille Morineau, curator, art historian and founder of the nonprofit AWARE
Sophie Beau, co-founder of the nonprofit SOS Méditerranée
Lina Ghotmeh, architect
and more to come!
Please find the link to RSVP to the event:
Also, we would be happy to welcome you after the symposium that evening to our party in celebration of Thanks for Nothing’s 5 years
Thanks for Nothing celebrates its 5 years
Monday May 30th 2022 at 7:30pm
Le Perchoir Ménilmontant, 14 Rue Crespin du Gast, 75011 Paris
The evening will be the occasion to sip a cocktail on a beautiful rooftop among friends, and look back on our projects over the last 5 years. We will also be happy to present our upcoming programming, notably our Art and Solidarity Center : La Collective, opening in 2025 in collaboration with La Ville de Paris, Emmaüs Solidarité, Refugee Food and Maksense. 4 000 m2 of exhibitions, artist residencies, performances, conferences, emergency housing for refugees, delicious food from around the world, an incubator for inspiring socially driven new projects and more on the grounds of the former Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, Paris 14th.
Please find more information here: https://thanksfornothing.fr/project/la-collective/
Link to RSVP to the party : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/thanks-for-nothing/evenements/soiree-5-ans-thanks-for-nothing
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11. Deb Margolin, FF Alumn, now online at PlaywrightsHorizons.org
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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12. Jim Johnson, FF Alumn, at Boulder Public Library, CO, thru June 22
I’m happy to announce that Word Into Art is now on view at the Boulder Public Library . Word Into Art highlights the versatile and vibrant ways that text and art intertwine. These contemporary artists and writers use language as a powerful visual tool to reflect culture, politics, social justice or simply the beauty of the alphabet on canvas.
Co-curated by Jim Johnson and Jennifer Heath, the exhibition will be open to the public at the Boulder Public Library Main Branch during regular library hours from May 6 – June 22. Here are a few examples of what you can expect to see in this unique exhibition of paintings, sculpture, prints, artists’ books, posters and ephemera. There are a number of examples of concrete poetry, some poetry broadsides and Cartoneras. There’s even a typewriter where you can compose your own concrete poem, message or story.
The show will close on June 22, with a reception for the artists and viewers from 4:30-6:30 PM.
As Lawrence Weiner once famously said, learn to read art.
Jim Johnson
jim@discopie.com
www.discopie.com
@coaster_break
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13. Cyrilla Mozenter, FF Member, at Portland Art Museum, OR, May 21-Nov. 20
Making a Mark: Contemporary Drawings
Portland Art Museum – Portland, OR
May 21 – Nov 20, 2022
I am pleased that my work will be included in Making a Mark.
The exhibition features contemporary works on paper gifted to the Portland Art Museum by noted collectors of drawings Werner H. and Sally Kramarsky.
I knew Wynn Kramarsky at critical moments in my development as an artist.
He mattered to me.
Seeing him seeing my work in the studio was potent.
He was present to it.
Kramarsky sensed that the two small works of mine in this exhibition would be generative. They are remembrances of a studio visit. He understood their significance. They are immediate forerunners of a larger wall work “Hurt,” 1992, as well as a work on paper made the same year. Later he introduced me to the work of Lenore Tawney, whose work he also collected. She was a pioneer in the use of textiles, and he lamented her work’s categorization as craft at that time. It was a particular privilege to see the subtle Agnes Martin and Eva Hesse drawings on his office walls on a regular basis.
In the decades since, I have continued with an expanded concept of drawing as my work continues to hover in the space between two and three dimensions. I have continued, too, with organic materials, hand stitching, letterforms, and textiles. For the last twenty years, industrial wool felt has been my primary material. Some of the larger examples have a tapestry-like presence.
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14. Jay Critchley, FF Alumn, at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, May 20-June 25
I’m fortunate to be introducing a visionary artist to the world, Michael J. Andrews.
http://www.jaycritchley.com/introducing-michael-andrews.html
Introducing Michael J. Andrews
Co-curated by Berta Walker and Jay Critchley
May 20- June 25, 2022
Berta Walker Gallery
208 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
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15. Nancy Azara, FF Member, now online at 4W.pub
Please visit this link:
https://4w.pub/nancy-azara-the-shaman-is-a-feminist-artist/
Thank you.
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16. Roberta Allen, FF Alumn, new video now online at YouTube.com
Video made by The Writer’s Brush briefly spans 50 years of my art.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5za6ZvVDFnU
Roberta Allen
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17. Charles Dennis, FF Alumn, at Green Kill Gallery, Kingston, NY, May 26
Hello friends,
I’m excited to be performing my ongoing performance project “Recycle Me”
featuring a live musical score by guitarist Sal Cataldi a.k.a. Spaghetti Eastern Music, at the Green Kill Gallery in Kingston, NY Thursday May 26 at 8pm.
The performance can be viewed live in the gallery space or via a YouTube livestream.
Tickets and info about the event are available here:
https://greenkill.substack.com/p/three-by-charles-dennis-may-26-8?s=r
I hope you can join me.
Cheers, Charles
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18. Brahna Yassky, FF Alumn, at The Brotherhood Synagogue, Manhattan, May 18
Please join me on Wednesday May 18th at 7pm for my first in person reading, talk and signing of my debut book SLOW DANCING WITH FIRE a Memoir of Resilience at The Brotherhood Synagogue 28 Gramercy Park S.
See you there
xxx
Brahna
“Slow Dancing With Fire”
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19. Iris Rose, FF Alumn, at Pangea, Manhattan, May 22
Iris Rose
The Audacious Years, 1978-1982
The Audacious Years tells the roller coaster story of Iris Rose’s years in a punk rock band, The Stingers, in Long Beach, CA.
Christopher Berg on keyboard and piano
Mark Lerner on Bass
Sunday May 22 7 pm
Pangea
178 2nd Ave NYC 212-995-0900
Tickets https://bit.ly/3L1B4U4
$20 online, $25 at door, cash only
$20 food/drink minimum
Proof of vaccination and photo ID required for all audience members
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