Contents for August 14, 2023
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
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Scott Johnson, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
Weekly Spotlight: GOOD.W.Y.N., FF FUND Recipient 2022-23, at Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, August 16
1. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumn, now online at InteriorBeautySalon.com
2. Eve Biddle, Crystal Z Campbell, FF Alumns, at Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, NY, thru Sept. 10
3. Graciela Cassel, FF Member, at Governors Island, NY, opening Aug. 12
4. Jess Dobkin, Portia Munson, FF Alumns, now online at Hyperallergic.com
5. Coco Fusco, FF Alumn, at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, opening Sept. 14
6. Peter Baren, FF Alumn, at Peras de Olmo Ars Continua, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 18, and more
7. Jeffrey Schrier, FF Member, at Espacio Miguel Torga, Douro, Portugal, thru Oct. 31
8. Ken Butler, FF Alumn at Alte Arts, Brooklyn, Aug. 15
9. Melissa Smedley, FF Alumn, now online at spotify.com
10. Veronica Vera, FF Alumn, now online at YouTube.com
11.Katya Grokhovsky, Yali Romagoza, FF Alumns, Immigrant Artist Biennial 2023, Manhattan, Sept. 8
12. Rod Summers, FF Alumn, now online at Bonnefanten.nl
13. Jay Critchley, FF Alumn, now online at ProvincetownIndependent.org
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Scott Johnson, FF Alumn, In Memoriam
Please visit this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/arts/music/scott-johnson-dead.html
Thank you.
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Weekly Spotlight: GOOD.W.Y.N., FF FUND Recipient 2022-23, at Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, August 16
GOODW.Y.N.
Ain’t I a Woman (?/!): The Dinner Party II
Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 1-8pm eastern time at
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012
$25 (for profit invite/sponsored plate)
$15 (Allies)
Free or accepted donation (Queers)
Protest Party in the name of celebrating Queerness–especially in the likes of BIPOC, and marginalized peoples in the United States. Special dedication to O’Shae Sibley.
This work was made possible, in part, by the Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art, supported by Jerome Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the members and friends of Franklin Furnace Archive.
Nicole Goodwin aka GOODW.Y.N. is the winner of the LMCC Creative Engagement Grant awardee for 2023. They are also a 2022-23 Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art Recipient, semifinalist for the Headlands 2023 Chamberlain Award, finalist for the CUE Foundation’s 2022 Public Programs Fellowship, as well as the 2018 Ragdale Alice Judson Hayes Fellowship Recipient, while advancing to the 2nd Round of the 2018 Creative Capital Awards. They published the articles “Talking with My Daughter…” and “Why is this Happening in Your Life…” in the New York Times’ parentblog Motherlode. Additionally, their work “Ain’t I a Woman (?/!): Poems,” was longlisted for The Black Spring Press Group’s The Christopher Smart-Joan Alice Prize for 2020.
Thank you.
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1. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumn, now online at InteriorBeautySalon.com
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel publishes an online essay on his journey through Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan:
https://www.interiorbeautysalon.com/nicolas-dumit-estevez-raful-kyrgyzstan
Thank you.
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2. Eve Biddle, Crystal Z Campbell, FF Alumns, at Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, NY, thru Sept. 10
Hi all,
I have some work in INTER-AFFECTION, a fantastic group show curated by Katie Hood Morgan at the new Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art.
https://www.thebica.org/exhibitionsarchive/inter-affection
Hope you can make it!
Cheers,
Eve
Thank you.
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3. Graciela Cassel, FF Member, at Governors Island, NY, opening Aug. 12
Water
An installation solo show by Graciela Cassel
Opening reception: August 12th, 3 pm to 6 pm
Location: 405-B House, Colonels Row at
@governorsisland
@ptmcontemporary
@nylaat_org
Water exhibition includes a series of sculptures and video animations that explore our connection and reliance on the waterways that feed our earth. On the front wall a rectangular structure of mirrors reflects a lotus plant with a large pink flower. Both sides of the structure hold seven video screens showing an animation of lines building a labyrinth under water. On the opposite wall a large labyrinthic shape in neon blue is reflected in mirrors.
From the artist: Rivers running through valleys and continents bring the most essential element to our lives: water. Like moonlight reflected on a river, light connects us to nature. I want the viewer to be spiritually immersed in this relationship of light and water, feeling a togetherness with the natural world. Found in rivers and lakes around the world, the lotus flower submerges into water every night and re-blooms pristine every morning. The rebirth of the lotus flower reminds us of this essential connection to water.
From August 5th thru August 27th
Thank you.
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4. Jess Dobkin, Portia Munson, FF Alumns, now online at Hyperallergic.com
Please visit this link:
https://hyperallergic.com/837755/the-history-of-breast-milk-in-art/
Thank you.
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5. Coco Fusco, FF Alumn, at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, opening Sept. 14
Please visit this link to information on Coco Fusco’s solo exhibition,
Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island, September 13, 2023 – January 7, 2024:
Thank you.
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6. Peter Baren, FF Alumn, at Peras de Olmo Ars Continua, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 18, and more
Peter Baren
Argentina – Buenos Aires: August 18 – Lecture THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BLIND DATES [WITH THE HISTORY OF MANKIND] at Peras de Olmo ARS CONTINUA, conjointly organized with the Institute for Research in Visual Arts / Universidad Nacional de Las Artes including performances in the city itself and on August 26 – performance THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF HOPE / Brasil – Tiradentes: The PERPENDICULAR Project [29 Aug. – 5 Sep.] and Sao Paulo – performances in the city and work visits to the 35e Bienal, next month [6 – 11 September]
Generously supported by Mondriaan Fund for visual arts & cultural heritage.
Thank you.
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7. Jeffrey Schrier, FF Member, at Espacio Miguel Torga, Douro, Portugal, thru Oct. 31
Dear friends and colleagues,
The International Printmaking Biennial Exhibition where two of my works are installed at Espacio Miguel Torga, opens August 10 in eight venues in the Douro region of Portugal. My included work shares a common intent with the poetry of the venue’s namesake, Miguel Torga.
International Printmaking Biennial Exhibition: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1188347188697131&set=pcb.1183562852508898&locale=pt_PT
Espacio Miguel Torga: http://www.espacomigueltorga.pt/p60-galeria-pt
Miguel Torga: http://www.espacomigueltorga.pt/p70-miguel-torga-vida-e-obra-pt?site_lingua=en
Torga’s “The Creation of the World, The Fourth Day” contained a critique of fascism that he witnessed while traveling through Spain and Italy. His subsequent 1939 book was confiscated by the secret services of PVDE and he was eventually jailed, by order of the Homeland minister. My WINGS for WARSAW mixed media print is composed of burnt skyline images of the Warsaw Ghetto destroyed by the Nazi’s after the uprising of Ghetto inhabitants, who lost their lives fighting for their freedom. The “Butterfly” imagery is electronically printed from multi-generations of an airplane photo taken while flying over my 100 foot wide (30.5 meters) WINGS of WITNESS installation (at the Nassau County Holocaust Education and Memorial Center, Long Island, NY) that was composed of nearly 6 million soda-can tabs collected internationally by the Mahomet-Seymour Illinois Middle School, to demonstrate the numbers of persons destroyed in the Holocaust. The Wings of Witness/Unfinished Flight assemblage was composed over 25 years by nealy 60,000 project participants and exhibited in ten site specific installations, under my direction. I produced a number of edition splatter-painted prints such as WINGS for WARSAW generated from aerial photos of WINGS of WITNESS installations. For the exhibition at Espacio Miguel Torga, I included a facsimile of a single can-tab feather for visitors to comprehend the scale of what they are viewing.
Wings of Witness/Unfinished Flight: http://www.wingsofwitness.org/HomePage.htm
The museum is also showing one of my “Not Babel” series, where the Ethiopian Amharic, Tibetan, Arabic and Hebrew calligraphed words for “Joy” are intricately merged as a hopeful expression of multicultural human aspiration.
The Museum’s Miguel Torga biography: http://www.espacomigueltorga.pt/p70-miguel-torga-vida-e-obra-pt?site_lingua=en
Thank you.
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8. Ken Butler, FF Alumn at Alte Arts, Brooklyn, Aug. 15
Ken Butler
artworks and music (at 8 pm et)
as part of the group show Journey Into Mystery
Tuesday August 15th, 6-10 pm, 21+ with ID
presented by Alte Arts 701 Grand Street Brooklyn
Thank you.
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9. Melissa Smedley, FF Alumn, now online at spotify.com
Hello dear ones,
Here’s a summer story offering from your Art Ranger: “My California: An Inquiry” https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissa-smedley/episodes/My-California-an-inquiry-e27sui4%24web_only=true&_branch_match_id=796733189795645187&utm_source=web&utm_campaign=webshare&utm_medium=sharing&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXLy7IL8lMq0zMS87IL9ItT03SSywo0MvJzMvWT9UP8DE3dDXIT7VwSgIAB7ZwijAAAAA%3D
First of a three part series on the topic, this one being a preamble and more personal narrative than usual. You can find The Department of Homeland Inspiration on Spotify and/or your favorite podcast delivery apps such as Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, etc. and we hope that, if you haven’t already, you’ll consider subscribing to this podcast (sure easier to start one than to continue).
If you enjoy bicycles and/or wine, you might checkout vinecycletours.com the bike related business my partner and I started together in 2021: https://www.vinecycletours.com/
Sincerely,
Melissa aka The Art Ranger
Thank you.
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10. Veronica Vera, FF Alumn, now online at YouTube.com
Veronica Vera, FF Alumn, presented the New York City Premiere of “A Brief Herstory of Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want To Be Girls” at the 20th anniversary season of Cinekink, the Kinky Film Festival. The screening took place on August 5, 2023 at the Wild Project Theater, NYC. “A Brief Herstory…” was made possible by an emerging artist grant from The Franklin Furnace. (Big thanks, Franklin Furnace!) It documents a “museum talk” Veronica gave to a small audience at her academy and is further illustrated with photos of students, the academy deans, events and ephemera significant to the Academy’s 25-year history. Credits honor a long list of Miss Vera’s Academy collaborators. The piece is available for viewing now on https://www.youtube.com/ @missverasacademy
Thank you.
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11. Katya Grokhovsky, Yali Romagoza, FF Alumns, Immigrant Artist Biennial 2023, Manhattan, Sept. 8
Save the date! I am proud and excited to announce @theimmigrantartistbiennial 2023 Launch!
September 8th, 6-10 pm
Performance by Yali Romagoza 7.30 pm
PS122 Gallery
150 First Ave (entrance on 9th)
New York,, NY 10009
Remarks by Founding Artistic Director Katya Grokhovsky
Videos: Keren Anavy, Ana Armengod, Erika DeFreitas, Juna Skenderi and more
An evening which celebrates the launch of the next iteration of The Immigrant Artist Biennial 2023: Contact Zone, taking place from September 2023 – January 2024 in NYC, across numerous venues including Brooklyn Museum, Artists Alliance, EFA Project Space, NARS Foundation, Accent Sisters, Alchemy Gallery, Wendy’s Subway, Governor’s Island, and more with group exhibitions and events, presenting 48 immigrant artists from 35+ countries, co-curated by Bianca Boragi, Katherine Adams and Anna Mikaela Ekstrand. The evening will include a selection of video works by TIAB 2023 artists and a live performance by TIAB 2020 alum artist Yali Romagoza.
@ps122gallery @katyagrokhovsky
@cuquitathecubandoll
@erikadefreitas416
@kerenanavy
@junaverse
@humanleather
@shrimp__sandwich
@biancaabdiboragi
@katherine.1433
#supportimmigrantartists #immigrantstories #tiab2023 #theimmigrantartistboennial23
@efa_nyc @efastudios
Thank you.
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12. Rod Summers, FF Alumn, now online at Bonnefanten.nl
Please visit this link to a 30 minute video documenting some of Rod Summers’ mail art activities:
Thank you.
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13. Jay Critchley, FF Alumn, now online at ProvincetownIndependent.org
Greetings,
Carey Morning of Edinburgh wrote this review of my keynote and Performance ceremony at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland at a UK conference on Menstruation and sustainability. My talk was called: Miss Tampon Liberty – the toxicity of Capitalism.
https://provincetownindependent.org/inner-voices/2023/06/07/the-menstrual-minstrel-visits-scotland/
Jay Critchley
Thank you.
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