Contents for May 03, 2021
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1. Jessica Hagedorn, Autumn Knight, Daniel Joseph Martinez, FF Alumns, receive 2021-22 Rome Prize
2. Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Paul Henry Ramirez, FF Alumns, at DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, thru June 20
3. Jessica Hagedorn, Laurie Carlos, Constance DeJong, Robbie McCauley, FF Alumns, online at The Kitchen, May 4
4. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo, FF Alumn, live and online at Janes Walk Festival 2021, thru May 9
5. Modesto Flako Jimenez, FF Alumn, now online in The New York Times, and more
6. Graciela Cassel, FF Member, named Best Female Director, Barcelona International Film Festival
7. David Hammons, FF Alumn, now online in The Art Newspaper
8. Pope.L, FF Alumn, now online in the New York Times
9. Keijaun Thomas, FF Alumn, receives Queer/Art Illumination Grant
10. Agnes Denes, FF Alumn, at The Tate, London, and more
11. Susan Bee, FF Alumn, at Salon Zürcher, Manhattan, thru May 9
12. jc lenochan, FF Alumn, now online in The Brooklyn Rail
13. Regina Vater, FF Alumn, live online at Blanton Museum of Art, May 4
14. Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stephens, FF Alumns, Spring news
15. Ralph Lewis & Peculiar Works Project, FF Alumns, live online May 7
16. AA Bronson, FF Alumn, now online at Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan
17. Lucio Pozzi, FF Alumn, at Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo, Italy, May 8-June 19
18. Norm Magnusson, FF Alumn, now online in Chronogram
19. Marina Abramović, Barbara Kruger, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Yoko Ono, FF Alumns, now online in The New York Times
20. Sharon Hayes, Howardena Pindell, FF Alumns, at Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
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1. Jessica Hagedorn, Autumn Knight, Daniel Joseph Martinez, FF Alumns, receive 2021-22 Rome Prize
please visit this link:
https://www.aarome.org/news/features/announcing-2021-22-rome-prize-winners-italian-fellows
thank you.
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2. Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Paul Henry Ramirez, FF Alumns, at DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, thru June 20
Traveling exhibition:
Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of The Black & Hispanic Body in
Contemporary Art from the Collection of Dr. Robert B. Feldman
Peeler Art Center, Lower Gallery, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
(March 1 – June 20, 2021) Traveling exhibition.
Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of The Black & Hispanic Body in
Contemporary Art features works from the following artists: Nina Chanel
Abney, Farley Aguilar, Radcliffe Bailey, Yoan Capote, Nathaniel Donnett,
Mark Thomas Gibson, Luis Gispert, Clotilde Jiménez, Jennie C. Jones,
Samuel Levi Jones, Nate Lewis, Kyle Meyer, Lavar Munroe, Toyin Ojih
Odutola, Ebony G. Patterson, Lamar Peterson, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Paul
Henry Ramirez, Jamel Shabazz, Vaughn Spann, Shawn Theodore, Mickalene
Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Carlos Vega, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Nate
Young
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3. Laurie Carlos, Constance DeJong, Jessica Hagedorn, Robbie McCauley, FF Alumns, online at The Kitchen, May 4
Hello,
Please join me on the evening of May 4th for a fun look back into the future. It’s free, you don’t have to register or get out of your pajamas 🙂 Details are in the invite below.
On the night of, visit the following URL: https://onscreen.thekitchen.org/media/literature-at-the-kitchen-a-roundtable.
In the ’80s, I was privileged to collaborate with many incredible artists such as Urban Bushwomen, Craig Harris, Robbie McCauley, Laurie Carlos, and the Gangster Choir. I hope you enjoy the archived ephemera and recordings posted in the Kitchen’s Video Viewing Room, which you can view at: https://onscreen.thekitchen.org/media/literature-at-the-kitchen
Jessica Hagedorn, FF Alumn
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4. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo, FF Alumn, live and online at Janes Walk Festival 2021, thru May 9
“The Tree and I” / Nicolás DERE and John Butler at JANES WALK FESTIVAL 2021
This year, MAS is producing the Janes Walk Festival as a series of virtual encounters and self-guided walks!
Mon May 3rd- Sun May 9th
To access all of the versions of the self-guided walks of “The Tree and I” created by Nicolás and John Butler for CAll/WALKS go to: https://anchor.fm/cityaslivinglab/episodes/CALLWALK—The-Tree–I—Nicols-Dumit-Estvez-and-John-Butler-ed4frs/a-a20j3a7
It’s that time of year again! The Jane’s Walks Festival is on! This year, like last year, the festival is virtual…but includes both online programs and self-guided walks. CALL has three self-guided experiences available, including a new walk in Chinatown curated by one of our Pedestrian Observations project collaborators, Myles Zhang
#trees. #vancortlandtpark. #ilovethebronx. #theinteriorbeautysalon. #thesouthbronxrocks. #friendsofvancortlandtpark. #oliviageorgia. #marymiss. #callwalks. #tibbetsbrook. #daylighting. #water. #rivers. #audiotours. #selfguidedtour. # #janeswalkfestival. #nicolasdumitestevezraful. #ilovetrees. #treesofthebronx. #treesofnyc. #walking. #urbanparks. #nycparks
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5. Modesto Flako Jimenez, FF Alumn, now online in The New York Times, and more
please visit this link:
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thank you
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6. Graciela Cassel, FF Member, named Best Female Director, Barcelona International Film Festival
Congratulations to longstanding FF Member Graciela Cassel for being named Best Female Director for her film Oceans at the 2021 Barcelona International Film Festival.
Visit:
barcelonainternationalfilmfestival.com
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7. David Hammons, FF Alumn, now online in The Art Newspaper
please visit this link:
thank you
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8. Pope.L, FF Alumn, now online in the New York Times
please visit this link:
thank you
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9. Keijaun Thomas, FF Alumn, receives Queer/Art Illumination Grant
Keijaun Thomas, FF Alumn, is the recipient of Queer/Art’s inaugural illuminations grant for Black trans women. The New York-based artist receives a $10,000 cash award as well as studio visits from members of the judges’ panel.
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10. Agnes Denes, FF Alumn, at The Tate, London, and more
The pioneering artist Agnes Denes, who planted a wheat field against the backdrop of New York’s Twin Towers in 1982, one of her many landmark works of art around the globe, has raised a flag, “The Future is Fragile, Handle with Care,” above the roof of Tate Britain as a cultural call to action in response to the dual crisis of COVID-19 and climate change. The installation marks the conclusion of Healing Arts London and the launch of The Future is Unwritten Artists Response Fund to support artist-led projects contributing to improved mental, social and environmental health in the wake of the pandemic.
Leading UN environmental agencies have described the virus as nature’s first “warning shot” to civilizations playing with fire, a stark reminder of the need for cooperation across borders, sectors, and generations. Denes’s flag calls out for the urgency of a global response not only to climate change (as she has been doing through artworks created during the past fifty years) and but also to its connection to COVID 19. It symbolizes the need for a collective response to these crises and how that can be transformed into a paradigm shift with all sectors of society contributing to a new vision of the world, acting creatively in solidarity for the common good. According to the artist, “Global dialogue and action are more crucial now than ever.” The flag will remain on the masthead above Tate Britain until XXXXX.
Tate Representative comments, “The raising of Agnes Denes’s flag above one of the UK’s most iconic museums represents the launch of Healing Arts 2021 global campaign.Healing Arts London was produced by CULTURUNNERS as part of the World Health Organization’s Solidarity Series of Events. It brought together a cultural coalition of partners including University College London, Community Jameel, The Art Newspaper, WHO Foundation, Hospital Rooms, Vivobarefoot, and the National Centre for Creative Health to explore the role of art in community healing and improved mental wellbeing in the context of COVID 19.
About The Future is Unwritten Healing Arts Initiative
The Future is Unwritten facilitates urgent cooperation between the international arts sector and United Nations Agencies in order to accelerate implementation of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. It was launched by CULTURUNNERS in partnership with the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations, as part of the UN’s 75th Anniversary Program, UN75. The Future is Unwritten established the Healing Arts initiative in November 2020 under the auspices of the WHO Organization Arts & Health Program and in partnership with the WHO Foundation and Christie’s.
About the World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization works with 194 Member States across six regions and from more than 150 offices to achieve better health for everyone, everywhere. WHO’s Arts & Health Programme looks at the research agenda around the health benefits of the arts, in everyday life as well as an instrument in the field.
About the WHO Foundation
The WHO Foundation is an independent grant-making foundation that addresses the most urgent current and future global health challenges. Headquartered in Geneva and legally independent from WHO, the Foundation works with individual donors, the general public, and corporate partners to build a healthier world for future generations. It supports global public health needs, from prevention, mental health, and non-communicable diseases, to emergency preparedness, outbreak response and the strengthening of health systems.
FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE FLAG and further information about Agnes Denes, PLEASE CONTACT her representative LESLIE TONKONOW ARTWORKS + PROJECTS:
info@tonkonow.com;
www.tonkonow.com
About Agnes Denes
A primary figure among the concept-based artists who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, the American artist Agnes Denes is internationally known for works created in a wide range of mediums. Investigating science, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, poetry, history, and music, Denes’s artistic practice is distinctive in terms of its aesthetics and engagement with socio-political ideas. Born in Hungary in 1931, Agnes Denes was raised in Sweden and educated in the US. She has participated in more than 600 exhibitions at galleries and museums throughout the world and has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards.
http://www.agnesdenesstudio.com/
http://www.tonkonow.com/denes.html
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Sunflower Fields 2021, a new project for Prishtina the Autostrada Biennale in Kosovo by iconic feminist artist Agnes Denes. For complete details please visit https://autostradabiennale.org/
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11. Susan Bee, FF Alumn, at Salon Zürcher, Manhattan, thru May 9
Salon Zürcher, May 3-9, 2021
A Satellite Art Fair of Frieze at
Zürcher Gallery
For more info, visit:
https://www.galeriezurcher.com/salon-zrcher-24th-edition-11-women-of-spirit-part-3-may-3-9-2021
33 Bleecker St., NY, NY 10012
Opening on Monday, May 3, 6-8 pm, with mask and social-distance protocols.
On Sunday, May 9, there will be a closing reception, 5-7 pm.
Gallery hours: Tues-Sat., May 4-8, 12-8 pm. Sunday, May 9, 12-5 pm.
Happy to meet people at the gallery!
Online Viewing Room to Come.
SUSAN BEE WEBPAGE: http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/bee/
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12. jc lenochan, FF Alumn, now online in The Brooklyn Rail
please visit this link:
https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/artseen/jc-lenochan-UNDOING-WHITE-MESS
thank you.
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13. Regina Vater, FF Alumn, live online at Blanton Museum of Art, May 4
please visit this link:
thank you
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14. Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stephens, FF Alumns, Spring news
A Guggenheim Fellowship
Assuming the Ecosexual Position—New book.
Road trip book tour
New Website
Spring has sprung, and we, your playful, hardworking ecosexuals are harvesting the fruits of our labors. Let’s start with how Beth wrote a highly competitive Guggenheim Fellowship grant in the category of filmmaking– and got it! It brings good attention to our work, and will help us get other grants. We will use the grant to produce the third in our trilogy of environmental documentaries made with an ecosexual gaze, Playing with Fire.
The silver lining of the COVID quarantine for us was that we could finish the book we had been working on for five years. Assuming the Ecosexual Position—the Earth as Lover is available for presale at our wonderful publisher’s website, University of Minnesota Press, or just ask a bookstore near you to order it. We are happy to mail you a signed and decorated bookplate sticker. Email us your U.S. address and we’ll mail it out. (Anniesprinkle@me.com)
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/assuming-the-ecosexual-position
A book tour is in the works. This August/September we plan to go on a road trip in our camper-van crisscrossing the U.S.A. If anyone is interested in producing an event with us, we would love to schedule it. (Event details to be announced).
We have a beautiful new website sprinklestephens.org which features our collaborative work. Check it out. It will also be a hub for our new non-profit, E.A.R.T.H. Lab S.F. (Environmental Art, Research, Theory and Happenings, San Francisco. The Center will carry on our mission to produce art projects about serious environmental issues that also aim to make environmental art and activism more sexy, fun, and diverse.
Recent highlights–Annie was awarded the Tom of Finland Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Beth turned 60. We got both our vaccines and are feeling great!
April 29, 2021
Live Teleseminar with world-famous wise woman and herbalist Susun Weed; Ecosexuality with Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens at:
http://www.susunweed.com/teleseminars.html
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15. Ralph Lewis & Peculiar Works Project, FF Alumns, live online May 7
Ralph Lewis of Peculiar Works Project invites all FFers to join us at 6pm on Friday, May 7, 2021 for our entry in this year’s Jane’s Walk, presented by the Municipal Art Society. We’ll be Zooming in LIVE from the Penn Station Powerhouse, 13th Street Theater, 14-16 Fifth Avenue, Essex St. Market, Mulberry Community Center, and Elizabeth St. Garden with an important call to save NYC.
Janes Calling is a 30-minute, virtual performance by six diverse actresses, all channeling the legendary activist, Jane Jacobs. Join our Janes online for this live video conference, as they weave together speeches given by Ms. Jacobs over her extensive career (1957-2000). They’ll be calling in from six unique locations—NYC buildings and properties that are, at this moment, in danger of destruction—to share stories about the city we love. These unique backgrounds highlight Ms. Jacobs’ evolving ideas on big development, while drawing attention to the urgent need for historic preservation.
For FREE tickets “Sign Up” at: https://www.mas.org/events/janes-calling/
More info: http://peculiarworks.org/
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16. AA Bronson, FF Alumn, now online at Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan
please visit this link:
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/537?fbclid=IwAR2_sEjquWf9LTSHM156MP-WycuzXDA4puk9tBcWlEBkjc1BmfuEcJRdg8c
thank you
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17. Lucio Pozzi, FF Alumn, at Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo, Italy, May 8-June 19
FOLLA
Recent Color Crowd paintings 2020-2021
Rizzuto Gallery
Palermo, Italy
8 May – 19 June, 2021
Filling images and shapes into a container has been one of my recurring motifs since ever. Sometimes it’s spots and dots, lines and patterns, other times it’s faces and bodies. Every time different thoughts and emotions are triggered. I started large Black on White Crowd paintings filled with images of all kinds in 1996 as a counterpart to the abstractions of the Rag Rug group. After a while it became natural to add other colors. The bigger paintings in this show are divided by one or two caesurae, a kind of seam at which the forms on either side don’t match. There’s also a display of works on paper 1980-2017 tracing the kind of images that appear in the Crowd works. Lucio Pozzi
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18. Norm Magnusson, FF Alumn, now online in Chronogram
Norm Magnusson’s upcoming exhibition is included as one of Chronogram Magazine’s “4 Exhibits to See This Month” feature in their May issue.
Please visit this link:
https://www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/4-exhibits-to-see-this-month/Content?oid=12894569
thank you
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19. Marina Abramović, Barbara Kruger, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Yoko Ono, FF Alumns, now online in The New York Times
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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20. Sharon Hayes, Howardena Pindell, FF Alumns, at Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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Goings On is compiled weekly by Harley Spiller