Contents for July 18, 2022
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Sam Gilliam, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
1. Dan Kwong, FF Alumn, at Los Angeles Emmy Awards, L.A. CA., July 23
2. Yoko Ono, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Cindy Sherman, Cecilia Vicuña, FF Alumns, now online at BrooklynRail.org
3. Kathy Grove, FF Alumn, selected as Tree of Life 2022 Grantee
4. Barbara Pollack, FF Alumn, at Asia Society Museum, July 21
5. George Peck, FF Alumn, summer news
6. Alison Knowles, FF Alumn, at Berkeley Art Museum, CA, July 20, 2021-Feb. 12, 2023
7. Ken Butler, Terry Dame, FF Alumns, on Montague Street, Brooklyn, July 23
8. Charles Clough, Robert Longo, FF Alumns, now online in the New York Times’ T Magazine
9. Sarah H. Paulson, FF Alumn, at Big Barn, Putney, VT, thru Aug. 6
10. Sonya Gimon, FF Alumn, named New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow 2022
11. Annie Sprinkle, FF Alumn, now online in The New York Times
12. Halona Hilbertz, FF Alumn, at Unlimited Systems, Munich, Germany, thru Sept 4
13. Vernita N’Cognita, FF Alumn, at Zurcher Gallery, Manhattan, July 23
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Sam Gilliam, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
Please visit these links:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/arts/sam-gilliam-dead.html?searchResultPosition=2
Thank you.
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1. Dan Kwong, FF Alumn, at Los Angeles Emmy Awards, L.A. CA., July 23
During COVID performance artist Dan Kwong became a documentary filmmaker, producing two films in 2021. One of them, “Con Safos”, produced for local PBS station KCET, is now nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy.
“Con Safos” recently received two awards at the L.A. Press Club Awards last month: Best Entertainment Personality Profile for TV, and Best Entertainment Feature Under 5 Minutes (trailer) for TV.
“Con Safos” tells the fascinating journey of Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara and his unique role in the development of Chicano culture; from teenage doo-wop singer, to lead singer of rock band Ruben and the Jets and his friendship with Frank Zappa, to working with Cheech & Chong, to becoming a champion of the Chicano creativity voice in painting, music, and poetry.
Kwong served as Executive Producer for the film with Ruben’s son, Ruben Guevara III.
To view “Con Safos” please visit this link:
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/episodes/con-safos
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2. Yoko Ono, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Cindy Sherman, Cecilia Vicuña, FF Alumns, now online at BrooklynRail.org
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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3. Kathy Grove, FF Alumn, selected as Tree of Life 2022 Grantee
Tree of Life is pleased to announce the four individuals who were selected to receive the Tree of Life Individual Artist Grant. The Grantees are:
Susan Breitsch, Philadelphia, PA
Anna Fine Foer, Baltimore, MD
Kathy Grove, New York, NY
Dorothy Robinson, Peekskill, NY
Additional information about the artists and their projects is posted to our website, www.treeoflifeartists.org, under Tree of Life Grantees.
About Tree of Life
When artist and philanthropist, Alyce Simon, met Victor Faccinto in 1976, it was the beginning of a life-long friendship and working relationship. Over the years, Simon came to rely on Faccinto, a working artist and curator, for assistance in her art practice, particularly in cataloging, documenting, and exhibiting her art. Through this process, they both became increasingly
aware of the diminishing opportunities for senior artists like Simon. In 1995, they founded Tree of Life “to encourage talented and late-career artists in the pursuit of their ideas and the expansion and perfection of their techniques and capabilities.” The full implementation of the foundation’s mission was delayed after Simon’s health declined. She eventually relocated to a
lakefront home in North Carolina, near the headquarters of Tree of Life, so that she could plan, along with co-founder Victor Faccinto, the future of the foundation. When she passed away in 2011, she left a substantial legacy that will enable Tree of Life to fulfill her dream of giving meaningful financial support to senior visual artists. Simon selected the foundation’s name because she believed that the tree is the very living essence of life on earth and “gives back for others to continually share the benefits of earth’s energy.” In 2014, Tree of Life began sharing Simon’s philosophy of “giving back” through their grant program benefitting senior visual artists.
Grant Program
For the majority of late-career visual artists, professional opportunities diminish as the artists continue to age. They also begin to face a number of common concerns related to the preservation of their artwork and historical documentation. It is issues such as these that Tree of Life seeks to address by providing support for senior visual artists. The Individual Artist Grant can be for new work or special projects, studio space, website creation, cataloging art and artist’s history, archiving and storage of art, exhibitions, and catalog publication For additional information about Tree of Life and our grant program, you may visit our website or email us at info@treeoflifeartists.org
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4. Barbara Pollack, FF Alumn, at Asia Society Museum, July 21
Please visit this link:
https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/artist-talk-mirror-image-transformation-chinese-identity
Thank you.
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5. George Peck, FF Alumn, summer news
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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6. Alison Knowles, FF Alumn, at Berkeley Art Museum, CA, July 20, 2021-Feb. 12, 2023
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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7. Ken Butler, Terry Dame, FF Alumns, on Montague Street, Brooklyn, July 23
Appariti
Ken Butler, Terry Dame, Ed Potokar, Scott Williams
Experimental instruments and music
July 23, 5-7 pm est
Open streets under the tent on Montague Street between Clark and Henry Streets, Brooklyn
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8. Charles Clough, Robert Longo, FF Alumns, now online in the New York Times’ T Magazine
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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9. Sarah H. Paulson, FF Alumn, at Big Barn, Putney, VT, thru Aug. 6
“New Paintings,” a show of new work by Sarah H. Paulson, will be on view at the Big Barn, the Yellow Barn chamber music festival concert hall in Putney, Vermont. The show will be on view through August 6th.
For more information about Yellow Barn: https://www.yellowbarn.org
For more paintings by Sarah H. Paulson: https://sarahhpaulson.com/section/491787-Landscapes-2018-2022.html
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10. Sonya Gimon, FF Alumn, named New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow 2022
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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11. Annie Sprinkle, FF Alumn, now online in The New York Times
Please visit this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/arts/spider-webb-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1
Thank you.
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12. Halona Hilbertz, FF Alumn, at Unlimited Systems, Munich, Germany, thru Sept 4
The group show “Unlimited Systems” will be at Digital Art Space in Munich. I won’t be present, but my collage “Come Back” will be! Please stop by if you happen to be in Munich.
Halona
Unlimited Systems
Annegret Bleisteiner, Wolfgang Diller, Halona Hilbertz, Ina Loitzl, Jeroen Werner, Toni Wirthmueller, Anne Schoemaker, Maria Molina Peiro
16. Juli bis 4. September
Eroeffnung Freitag 15. Juli, 19 – 21 Uhr
Digital Art Space
Amalienstr. 14
80333 Muenchen
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13. Vernita N’Cognita, FF Alumn, at Zurcher Gallery, Manhattan, July 23
Vernita N’Cognita presenting a performance at Zurcher Gallery during Kazuko’s exhibition:
Saturday, July 23, 3PM
“Tangled Moments”, a performance
Vernita N’Cognita with Toki Ozaki and Kazuko, maybe
Zurcher Gallery
33 Bleeker St
Free
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