Contents for July 8, 2024
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Yali Romagoza, FF Alumn, on Governors Island, Manhattan, thru July 28
2. Beatrice Glow, FF Alumn, now online at https://creative-capital.org/projects/gilt-guilt/
3. Pablo Helguera, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumns, now online at InteriorBeautySalon.com
4. Ichi Ikeda, FF Alumn, at Tokyo Creative Arts Festival, Japan, July 28
5. Hector Canonge, FF Alumn, in Benin, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, Togo, thru July 21 and more
6. Ed Woodham, FF Alumn, at SVA, Manhattan, July 20
7. John Allen, FF Alumn, on Governors Island, Manhattan, July 12-Aug. 11
8. Cave Dogs, FF Alumns, at Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta, ME, July 19-20
9. Ken Butler, FF Alumn, at Front Room Gallery, Hudson, NY, opening July 13
10. John Ahearn, James Casebere, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
11. Grace Roselli, FF Alumn, receives 2024 Brooklyn Arts Council Local Arts Support grant
12. Mark Bloch, Yoko Ono, FF Alumns, now online at NewArtExaminer.net
13. Sarah H. Paulson, FF Alumn, at Pulp, Holyoke, MA, opening July 13
14. Roberley Bell, FF Alumn, at TurnPark Art Space, West Stockbridge, MA, opening July 13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Yali Romagoza, FF Alumn, on Governors Island, Manhattan, thru July 28
Good morning!
I’m excited to invite you to the opening day of “Rebirth of a Body” an exhibition by Argentina Performance Art (APA) in collaboration with the New York Latin American Art Triennial (NYLAAT).
Curated by Natacha Voliakovsky, Founder & Director of APA, the exhibition explores the performative narratives of Latin American and Caribbean women at the intersection of migration. It portrays the migrant woman’s body as a border in transit, carrying cultural memory and resisting erasure.
Featuring works by Yali Romagoza, Sujetka Val Terkes, Patricia Encarnación, Domenica Garcia, Elisa Lutteral, and Damariz Damken, the exhibition delves into how these artists transform their bodies in new territories, forming a collective memory of their native cultures.
Schedule
Opening reception: July 6, 2PM – 5PM
Dates: July 6th – July 28th, 2024
Location: NYLAAT House #18, Nolan Park, Governors Island, New York
Opening Hours: 2 PM – 5 PM
The show includes installations, video, and a total of six live performances throughout the month. More information can be found at https://www.argentinaperformanceart.com/exhibition-nyc-2024
Hope you can join us!
Best,
Sujetka Val Terkes (She/Her)
New York Intern 2023 / 2024
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. Beatrice Glow, FF Alumn, now online at https://creative-capital.org/projects/gilt-guilt/
Please visit this link:
https://creative-capital.org/projects/gilt-guilt
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3. Pablo Helguera, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumns, now online at InteriorBeautySalon.com
The Interior Beauty Salon launches a conversation between Pablo Helguera and Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, here:
https://www.interiorbeautysalon.com/pablo-helguera
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4. Ichi Ikeda, FF Alumn, at Tokyo Creative Arts Festival, Japan, July 28
Now that the Earth is collapsing, I don’t want you to miss this. A special project “Ikedaichi Special Talk” at the “Tokyo Creative Arts Festival 2024” in Tokyo and Nakano. Happening on July 28th.
From multi-play, Tokkaido Bass Theater, etc. to the world’s own “water performance”, through giant outdoor environment art, we tell a history that has never been seen for over 50 years, pushing the forefront of “earth art” facing the earth’s environment. The title is “Decorating the <Tomorrow> of Japanese Art Culture!”
In order to share this fruitful project with many people, we are shooting the <Now> of Japanese Art Culture! and proceeding with a dialogue with composer and pianist Hiraki Komori. Video, slides, and more activity materials, and question corners at your disposal. From now on, we are gradually preparing to “listen” towards the arrival of a time when we miss it.
July 28 at 3:00PM
Nakaka ZERO Seibu Art Gallery 1st floor (8 minutes walk from JR Nakano Station south exit)
Free of charge
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5. Hector Canonge, FF Alumn, in Benin, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, Togo, thru July 21 and more
After finishing the presentation of MYTHS (Mitos) in Oslo, Norway, and completing the second installment of the ENCUENTRO LATINOAMERICANO DE PERFORMANCE ART BERLIN 2024, Hector Canonge travelled to West Africa to present his work in various programs and festivals in Togo, Ivory Coast, Benin, Senegal and Morocco.
Canonge’s project in Africa follows his world wide initiative CHRONICLES OF CONFINEMENT launched in 2020 during the pandemic. One of the segments was dedicated to Performance Art in Africa working online with artists, collectives and organizations that foster programs in performance and contemporary art practices. The artist will culminate his itinerancy in Morocco where he will work with youth giving workshops and presentations in Casablanca and Marrakech before he heads to Italy to launch the biennial program for Performance Art, PERFORMATICA (July 24 – 27).
More information: http://www.hectorcanonge.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6. Ed Woodham, FF Alumn, at SVA, Manhattan, July 20
Get ready for an evening filled with inspiration and knowledge at ED Talks!
Join us on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 8pm at SVA at 133 W 21st Street, NYC
At ED Talks! you’ll hear from five amazing speakers who will share their insights and experiences on various topics: Everything You Know is Wrong, dolls, hello, and cults.
SPEAKERS: Omar Perez, Ellen Niz, Connie Perry, Mary Rynasko, and Julia Watts
SEATING IS LIMITED! RSVP by emailing edwoodham@gmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
7. John Allen, FF Alumn, on Governors Island, Manhattan, July 12-Aug. 11
Flux Factory Announces Artist Retirement Home on Governors Island
As part of its fourth seasonal residency on Governors Island, Flux Factory presents group exhibition, The Golden Colonel, a speculative retirement home for artists, open from July 12 – August 11, 2024.
Curated by artists Heather Kapplow and Itala Aguilera, with assistance from Shinobu Akimoto,
co-director of Residency for Artists on Hiatus, The Golden Colonel features works in all the
mediums by John Allen, Sydni Ann Baker, Margaret Bellafiore, Noémie Jennifer Bonnet, Ben
Galaday, Carrie Hawks, Li-Ming Hu, Shushanik Karapetyan, Alix Lambert (in collaboration with
Itala Aguilera), Marcel Marcel, Nancy Nowacek, Moses Ros, Mark Shaw, Walker Tufts, Yolanda
He Yang, Silvana Zuanetti, and an anonymous submitter using the moniker “Older Artist.”
There is an unspoken understanding that because being an artist is not a “real” job, but
something more like a calling, and because artists often don’t earn enough money to save for
old age, they can’t retire. They just make art until they die. From July 12 through August 11,
2024, The Golden Colonel explores some of the complexities of artists considering the same
choice to retire from their practices as everyone else.
Most people wait until they retire to explore their creativity. The Golden Colonel is a place for
people who have already done that. So what comes next? We’ve gathered work by artists
ranging in age from their early 20s to their early 80s to reflect on what might lie beyond
artmaking, or whether it’s even possible to stop making art.
The exhibition takes place at 404A Colonels Row* from July 12 through August 11, 2024. Gallery
hours are 12-5, Friday through Sunday, and by appointment.
Happenings:
July 7, 12-5, weather permitting
You Only Get One Body! (Elder Sunbathing–But Everyone is Welcome!)**
Bring a blanket, some sunscreen, and water and come celebrate the anniversary of the 1992
court ruling that allows chests and breasts equal access to the light of day in the state of New
York, while also celebrating bodies of all ages, shapes, sizes and genders. The Golden Colonel
will still be under construction, so not yet open to the public, but July 7 is an official holiday for
the organization, celebrated annually with elder- (and ally-) optionally topless sunbathing. We
invite you to join us and help kick off the first annual You Only Get One Body!
July 13, 4-6: Opening Reception
Please attend our ribbon cutting ceremony and the grand opening of The Golden Colonel. Take a tour of the facility, meet some residents, or try out some of our activities! On this date you’ll have the opportunity to experience Bed Piece by Mark Shaw, and a Remembering/Forgetting** ritual by Carrie Hawks.
July 20, 12-6: The Third Saturday
We no longer remember what it commemorates, but The Third Saturday is also a holiday at The Golden Colonel! We’ll celebrate it with a reprise of Bed Piece by Mark Shaw, an opportunity to play Monster Cards by Ben Galady, and will also offer two experiences that help artists prepare for retirement: I am no longer an artist**, a participatory transformation ceremony led by Li-Ming Hu (please bring an artwork you have made to deconsecrate as art, and rebirth into a different frame of existence), and The Last Painting** a group therapy session led by artist and psychotherapist Shushanik Karapetyan.
Press Contact: Meghana Karnik meghana@fluxfactory.org
Hashtags: #TheGoldenColonel #fluxfactory #toplesseldersunbathing #artfulretirement #olderartist
Instagram Accounts: @flux_factory @heather_kapplow @shinobuakimoto._.official @noemie__jb
@lixilamb @nancynowacek @yolandaheyang_arts @mark_shaw @ex0genesis @jw4alker
@outraged994 @maroonhorizon @moses_ros @spandexical01 @sydniannbaker_ @balmypalms
@s.voltapagina
*Note that the building has stairs at its entryway and is not wheelchair accessible. Activities that
occur outside are fully accessible and are identified here with two asterisks.
**Accessible event.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8. Cave Dogs, FF Alumns, at Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta, ME, July 19-20
Cave Dogs performing Liquid States at the Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta, ME.
Friday, July 19th & Saturday, July 20th.
Show Times 7:00 pm, Door open 6:30 pm
$35 general admission / $30 members / $10 youth Tickets: lincolntheater.net
Paper Cutting and Lighting Techniques Workshop, Saturday, July 20, 1-4pm https://lincolntheater.net/presents/cave-dogs-paper-cutting-lighting-workshop/
Cave Dogs presents a startlingly original way of telling a story. Fluid shadows and images dance in wild imagination across the screen. Each performance promises a healthy dose of the sublime, the exciting, the absurd, and the downright fun that results in something infinitely compelling.
Our current performance, Liquid States, explores water as substance, metaphorical allusion, and engage debates relating to the geographies and socio-politics of water. Through the divergent lenses of micro and macro perspectives, we examine mankind’s complicated relationship to this essential natural resource. Water is the lifeblood of our bodies, our economy, our nation, and our well-being.
Cave Dogs brings together visual artists, musicians, dancers, and storytellers in the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration. The performances consist of innovative, large-scale shadow projections cast onto a screen from sculptures, props, costuming and the human body, in concert with projected video imagery, spoken narrative, and an original soundtrack. The mobility of the light source allows Cave Dogs to create multiple, richly layered visual tableaus and effects that conjure both the dreamlike quality of early experimental film and the humor of contemporary animation. The imagery and sound weave together to create a rich multi-media artifact that documents, celebrates and preserves important cultural voices, social identities and environmental perspectives.
We attract a diverse audience with varying levels of experience with art and performance. Our interdisciplinary approach to combining visual images, movement, light, sound, and voice crosses cultural and language barriers ensuring that the work is accessible to all audiences. The dialog between audience and artist is one that we nourish. Our performances include a Q & A where we invite the audience to become more knowledgeable and involved in our collective processes, and perhaps to spark interest in telling their own stories. cavedogs.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
9. Ken Butler, FF Alumn, at Front Room Gallery, Hudson, NY, opening July 13
Symbolic Convergence features works by Ken Butler (live in gallery 7/20/2024), Linda Ganjian, Melissa Murray. opening Sat. July 13, 4-6 pm and continues thru Sept. 1, Front Room Gallery, 205 Warren St., Hudson NY 718-782-2556
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10. John Ahearn, James Casebere, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
11. Grace Roselli, FF Alumn, receives 2024 Brooklyn Arts Council Local Arts Support grant
I’m honored to have received a 2024 Brooklyn Arts Council grant, Local Arts Support, enabling me to photograph Brooklyn based artists and visionaries for Pandora’s BoxX Project. Thank you so much for the support @bkartscouncil @nyscouncilonthearts and @nyfacurrent NYFA fiscal sponsorship!!
Pandora is a photographic portrait series documenting and celebrating the changing face and profound cultural impact of womxn artists and art practitioners over the past six decades. The power of this project is in its 300 + portraits, the archive it forms and the accompanying stories. These are the unacknowledged histories behind our contemporary art world—As we actively engage with art history, we are creating a new and living history.
#Art #Photography #WomenArtists #brooklynartist #contemporaryart #modernart #artist #artistry #womeninarthistory #artcurator #artcollector #artworld #museum #artistportrait #portraitphotography #photographer #pandorasboxxproject #gracerosellistudio
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12. Mark Bloch, Yoko Ono, FF Alumns, now online at NewArtExaminer.net
My article on “Out of Bounds: Japanese Women Artists in Fluxus” at the Japan Society in New York early this year and the four women, Mieko Shiomi. Shigeko Kubota, Yoko Ono and Takako Saito, is finally published in the New Art Examiner DOT NET. I do hope you enjoy it. It’s about four women who each created a torrent of beautiful works when they all converged in New York in the early 1960s and in the following decades. Thank you.
https://newartexaminer.net/sound-found-and-unbound
Mark Bloch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
13. Sarah H. Paulson, FF Alumn, at Pulp, Holyoke, MA, opening July 13
Performative Drawings & Paintings by Sarah H. Paulson
July 13th – August 11th
Opening reception: Saturday, July 13th, 5-7pm
PULP
80 Race Street, Holyoke, MA
https://pulpholyoke.com/artists/84-sarah-h.-paulson/overview
Thank you!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14. Roberley Bell, FF Alumn, at TurnPark Art Space, West Stockbridge, MA, opening July 13
Hello,
Please join us on July 13 for the opening reception and artist talk for Roberley Bell’s Finding Form exhibition at TurnPark Art Space!
4-6 pm – opening reception and artist talk
Roberley Bell
Finding Form
(July 13 – September 8th)
TurnPark Art Space
2 Moscow Road, West Stockbridge, MA 01266
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For subscriptions, un-subscriptions, queries and comments, please email mail@franklinfurnace.org
Join Franklin Furnace today:
Goings On for Artists is compiled weekly by Varvara Lyapneva, FF Intern, Summer 2024
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~end~~
