Goings On: posted week of August 19, 2019
CONTENTS:
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1. Nicole Goodwin, FF Fund recipient 2019, at Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, August 28 (corrected date)
2. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, in WhiteHotMagazine.com, now online
3. Arantxa Araujo, FF Alumn, at LuminxSpace, Manhattan, opening Aug. 21, and more
4. Rachel Frank, FF Alumn, at KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY, opening Aug. 24 and more
5. Jim Johnson, FF Alumn, at Durango Art Center, CO, opening Sept. 6
6. Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, at Buxton Comtemporary, Southbank, Australia, Aug. 23
7. elin o’Hara slavick, FF Alumn, at Galerie Block C, Groningen, Netherlands, Sept. 7-14
8. Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, FF Alumn, at Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows, opening Sept. 12
9. Nadja Verena Marcin, FF Alumn, at Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken, Germany, Sept. 27-, 2019-February 16, 2020 and more
10. Penny Arcade, FF Alumn, at Joe’s Pub, Manhattan, Aug. 20, 27
11. Tom Otterness, FF Alumn, at Marlborough Gallery, Manhattan, opening Sept. 10
12. Matthew Geller, FF Alumn, at Myrtle Avenue Plaza, Brooklyn, Aug. 23
13. Gabriel Martinez, FF Alumn, at Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, thru fall 2019, and more
14. Judith Ren-Lay, FF Alumn, at Pangea, Manhattan, Nov. 24
15. Annie Lanzillotto, FF Alumn, at Theatre 68, Manhattan, Aug. 22-24
16. LAPD, FF Alumns, at Skid Row History Museum and Archive, Los Angeles, CA, thru Oct. 26
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1. Nicole Goodwin, FF Fund recipient 2019, at Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, August 28 (corrected date)
Nicole Goodwin
“Ain’t I a Woman (?/!): The Dinner Party”
Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South NY, NY 10012
August 28th, 2019 (corrected date)
7pm-9pm
Tickets: Free
Statement from the artist:
“Ain’t I a Woman (?/!)” is a project that I first performed in public spaces around NYC. This rendition of the project, where I posed topless with the words “Ain’t I a Woman (?/!)” inscribed all over my body to represent black women and body positivity while onlookers and guests are seated at a “Dinner Party.” The focal point of “Ain’t I a Woman (?/!)” is to create a social conversation surrounding issues within the realm of women’s bodies. This conversation begins with discussion of race and body politics-especially the favoritism that happens in cultures prone to body shaming, sexism and misogyny. Through my topless exposure, body art and performance the precipice of body-shaming and body-acceptance are pushed to the forefront immediately because it is a live public performance. “Ain’t I a Woman (?/!)” is linked to feminism in that the performance it allots for my body to tell its story related publicly. My particular focus as a Black women, have tackled subjects such as sexual assault/rape culture, police violence, and self-image. Each performance can be viewed as a commentary on being demeaned and marginalized in the eyes of Western culture, representing the dehumanization of all women through the scope of unrealistic expectations and standards set upon us.”
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2. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, in WhiteHotMagazine.com, now online
Mark Bloch has written a new article on the former Chelsea and former Lower East Side art space WhiteBox’s rich history and move to East Harlem and their recent installation of video work by the Japanese innovator Ko Nakajima, born in Tokyo in 1945,
WhiteBox, Now in Harlem, Presents Ko Nakajima
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/in-harlem-presents-ko-nakajima/4342
A few excerpts:
“Settled into its new East Harlem location, WhiteBox Harlem is presenting an installation representing three decades of work by the boundary-busting and experimental Japanese filmmaker, Nakajima in collaboration with Collaborative Cataloging Japan (CCJ) and XFR Collective, who have helped restore these groundbreaking videos to make possible this first major survey of Nakajima’s work in New York after a few previous hints at his talent around town….
Seizoki (1964), also hand drawn on existing film, can be shown as a multi-screen with up to three screens as it was here. Nakajima produced Seizoki by painting directly on the film between screenings. While both Anapoko and Seizoki used this method, Seizoki was presented between the featured animations at the Sogetsu Animation Festival in 1964. Originally on 16 mm, it was later transferred to video….
Nakajima also explains his work in “broadcast culture” describing cable stations in Japanese cities like Ikeda and Kyushu “and several other cable TV studios around the country. They are all individually doing their own thing.” Nakajima speculates on increasing viewership, engaging the local audience and how content from geographically separated cities might be used to cross-pollinate ideas and participation….
…In its third incarnation, WhiteBox in East Harlem will continue its mission to stay relevant with local and international talent. Puntes still wants “to raise awareness of the power and potential of art, outside the market place marquee.” He looks forward to continuing to engage with the East Harlem community, with an emphasis on artwork springing from distinct resonant geopolitical axes: alongside emerging art and projects emanating from Asia with Sato’s help, WhiteBox Harlem is now exploring the Latin American-Latin-X community vis-a-vis artists and audiences from Africa and the Caribbean….
WhiteBox has taken the large space on 121st Street, next door to the sophisticated David Richard Gallery, which specializes in abstract art. They are slowly making the transition to the new neighborhood. “In the gilded age of ‘Art as a Great Commodity’ and fifty-thousand-dollar-a-year-art-school-tuition and the luxuriousness of The Shed, East Harlem is a tough stone to break,” Puntes said. “We’re not in Gavin Brown nor The Wallach Art Gallery (at Columbia University) territory-yet.”…
Many of WhiteBox’s shows have been of note. Dating back to Plural Speech in the late ’90s which was nominated “Best Group Show” by the International Art Critics Association, WhiteBox has also became home to such shows as When the War is Over, Make America Great Again on Election Night 2016 (with Martha Rosler VJ-ing election results and the Living Theater’s first English reading ever of Albert Camus’ 1935 play “Revolt in Asturias”) as well as ahows like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and White Anxieties last year on Broome Street. In 2015, when Pussy Riot was awarded the fourth annual WhiteBox/Richard Massey Foundation “Arts and Humanity Award,” (previously given to Ai Weiwei, Karen Finley, and Martha Wilson), Puntes simultaneously curated Recycling Religion alongside Russian art dealer, activist, and former political adviser Marat Guelman, who was evicted from his Moscow gallery for raising money for political prisoners. “
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3. Arantxa Araujo, FF Alumn, at LuminxSpace, Manhattan, opening Aug. 21, and more
LuminxSpace is a space/exhibition to find sanctuary, protest, resist oppression, and build community amongst immigrant communities. Hope you can join to one or all 🙂
a. Opening Reception + Performances
Wednesday August 21 at 7:00pm at 21 Greenwich Ave
Organized and
Curated by Arantxa Araujo
An exhibition with works from Arantxa Araujo, George de Castro-Day, Boris Kourtoukov, and Dan Zlotnik.
Performances by Valeria Avina, Kevin Quiles Bonilla and Doménica Garcia.
b. LaughingX, A Comedy Show
Wednesday August 29 at 7:00pm at 21 Greenwich Ave
Hosted by Ben Fisher
Featuring: Nataly Aukar, Alex Carabaño, Jocelyn Chia, Xazmin Garza, Gabe Gonzalez, Gabriel Pacheco, Suni Reyes and Melissa Rocha.
c. Cuerpxs de Luz, a closing durational performance
September 1st, 2019 at 7pm – Grace Exhibition Space.
Cuerpxs de Luz will last from sunset to sunrise, and take the form of a procession beginning at Grace Exhibition Space at 182 Avenue C at 7:00pm and ending at 21 Greenwich Avenue at 7:00am the following morning.
Performers include Arantxa Araujo, Alejandro Chellet, Maira Duarte, Mario Galeano, and Christopher UnPezVerde Nunez.
The support team will include Valeria Avina, George de Castro-Day, Wei Chao, Ben Fisher, Boris Kourtoukov, Alex Romania and Dan Zlotnik.
LuminxSpace is made possible in part to Chashama Space to Present.
Cuerpxs de Luz is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC. LMCC serves, connects and makes space for artists and community.
Arantxa Araujo
arantxaaraujo@gmail.com
www.arantxaaraujo.com
917.691.1539
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4. Rachel Frank, FF Alumn, at KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY, opening Aug. 24 and more
Hello friends,
Happy end of summer!
If you find yourself in Kentucky this fall, I will have a number of works including some new offering vessels, a hydroponic rhyton vessel growing edible plants, a beaded yurt panel, and video embedded in a ceramic Mastodon tooth in this exhibition featuring artists based, or artists whose formative years were spent, in Kentucky:
KMAC Triennial: Crown of Rays
Curated By Joey Yates
KMAC Museum
715 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky
Saturday, August 24th, Artist Talks 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Opening Reception, Saturday, August 24th, 4:30 – 6:30 pm
August 24 – December 1, 2019
And here in NYC, my beaded Tree sculpture is still on exhibit in Chelsea until late September:
Pool Party
Curated by Field Projects and C24 Gallery
560 W 24th Street, New York, NY
Opening Reception: July 11th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
July 11th- Sep 23rd, 2019
Best end of summer wishes,
Rachel
http://www.rachelfrank.com
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5. Jim Johnson, FF Alumn, at Durango Art Center, CO, opening Sept. 6
I’m pleased to announce that I will be showing most of the works below in “Narrative Threads at DAC”, an exhibition curated by Alicia Bailey and opening on September 6, 2019. A reception will be held on Friday, September 6, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the Durango Art Center, Durango CO.
Follow this link to learn more: https://durangoarts.org/narrative-threads-at-dac/
If you’re in the Durango area, I hope to see you at the opening.
Jim Johnson
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6. Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, at Buxton Comtemporary, Southbank, Australia, Aug. 23
I am honored to take part in this symposium next week.
Irina
Convened by Dr Tessa Laird, Dr Sean Lowry, Dr Kim Donaldson and Dr Mark Shorter of the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
WTF is Lecture Performance?
A Symposium
Friday 23 August, 2019 at Buxton Contemporary
The lecture, by its very nature, is performative. At first glance it would seem that Lecture Performance is a tautology: an over qualification of an established mode of knowledge delivery that has been employed within the Academy for centuries. Yet Performance in this context is not simply a reiteration, it is in fact an expansion that challenges the lecture form. It demands that the lecture question its performativity through an experimentation with its delivery. By opening up the lecture format to a broad range of speculative modes of information dissemination, the Lecture Performance format can provide new ways of thinking about how knowledge is produced and exchanged within, and even beyond, the university.
CONVENED BY
Dr Tessa Laird, Dr Sean Lowry, Dr Kim Donaldson and Dr Mark Shorter of the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
PERFORMERS
Lucreccia Quintanilla; Irina Danilova; Steven Rhall; Fayen D’Evie and Luke King; Lauren Gower; Jane Polkinghorne; Damien Melchiori; Katie Sfetkidis; Lou Hubbard; Diego Ramirez; Draf Draffin; Sam Peterson.
When and where
Friday 23 August, 2019
10.30AM – 5.00PM with reception to follow
Education Gallery
Buxton Contemporary
Cnr Southbank Blvd & Dodds St
Southbank 3006
RSVP
More details and registration for this free symposium available via Eventbrite.
Enquiries: cova-research@unimelb.edu.au
Centre of Visual Art
The University of Melbourne
The Centre of Visual Art is a joint research initiative between the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne.
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7. elin o’Hara slavick, FF Alumn, at Galerie Block C, Groningen, Netherlands, Sept. 7-14
elin o’Hara slavick, After Hiroshima, solo show at Galerie Block C, Groningen, Netherlands, September 7-14 with a gallery talk September 10 and formal lecture September 11.
https://afterhiroshima.com/
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8. Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, FF Alumn, at Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows, opening Sept. 12
Queens Museum
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368
Contact: stewardshipexhibition@gmail.com
Web: https://queensmuseum.org/2019/03/who-takes-care-of-new-york
Who Takes Care of New York?
September 12 – 29, 2019
Opening Reception, Thursday, September 12, 2019 from 6 – 8PM
Organized by the New York City Urban Field Station – USDA Forest Service (Lindsay Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Laura Landau, Erika Svendsen) and NYC Parks (Caitlin Boas), Pratt Institute’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative (Jessie Braden, Josephina Matteson, Can Sucuoğlu, Zachary Walker, and Case Wyse) with Independent Curator Christina Freeman.
Artists
Magali Duzant, Matthew Jensen, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, and Julia Oldham
Queens Museum is pleased to announce Who Takes Care of New York? opening September 12 in the Community Partnership Gallery. This exhibition explores the variety of civic groups that exist and thrive in New York City, and the ways that they care for and support their local environments. Displayed through maps, art, and storytelling, this exhibition aims to empower visitors with an understanding of their capacity to make lasting changes in their neighborhoods.
Data, images, and narratives about stewardship in this show are drawn from the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP – https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/STEW-MAP/nyc/) an applied research project of the USDA Forest Service. STEW-MAP has been used in more than a dozen locations worldwide to inventory civic stewardship groups, map their turf, and visualize their social networks.
Thousands of stewardship groups are searchable through online, publicly accessible maps-including many informal groups that do not have websites of their own. STEW-MAP databases and interactive maps allow land managers, community organizations, non-profits, and the public to see where environmental stewardship groups are working in a particular landscape of interest. This community organizing tool can be applied to strengthen capacity, promote engagement with on-the-ground projects, and build more effective partnerships among stakeholders.
A public reception opens the exhibition on Thursday, September 12, from 6 – 8PM. Who Takes Care of
New York? continues through September 29, including a series of public events expanding on themes presented within the gallery (Please see below for Full Schedule).
The exhibition will feature four artists whose works align with the themes of community-based stewardship, civic engagement, and social infrastructure. Matthew Jensen will present a selection of photographs from his series The Forest Between: Street Trees and Stewardship in New York City, celebrating the myriad of ways city residents care for street trees and the spaces surrounding them. Magali Duzant’s new commission, Whole Queens Catalog takes inspiration from Stewart Brand’s late 60’s American counterculture magazine and product catalog (Whole Earth catalog). Duzant has gathered anecdotes, recipes, advice, and other wisdom from stewardship groups throughout Queens, which she will be making available to the public with a free publication. Julia Oldham’s project Undiscovered City developed out of her three-month residency with the New York City Urban Field Station in Queens. Based on a series of conversations with stewards throughout the city, Julia has photographed and digitally-collaged images, responding to future visions of New York City. These works respond in particular to climate change and transformations within the natural world. On September 15, a participatory performance by Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow will honor stewardship groups in the five boroughs. Edible Schoolyard and Sunnyside CSA will be highlighted for their efforts to tackle food justice issues.
On September 21, a panel discussion entitled How We See Stewardship invites the public to engage in an interdisciplinary conversation including artistic, scientific, design, and community-based approaches to stewardship. Join us for a discussion on the power of images, data visualization, and storytelling to communicate the important role that stewards play in caring for and shaping our city. The conversation will be moderated by Lindsay Campbell (USDA Forest Service, STEW-MAP); panelists will include Pamela Pettyjohn, Can Sucuoğlu, Erika Svendsen and Magali Duzant.
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Opening Night Reception
Thursday, September 12, 6-8pm
We welcome you to join us on Thursday, September 12 for the opening night reception of Who Takes Care of New York? at the Queens Museum to celebrate the scientists, artists, stewardship groups, and community partners which have made this exhibit possible. Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-reception-who-takes-care-of-new-york-tickets-
64243451894
Performance: Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow “The Picnic: Harvest of the STEW”
Sunday, September 15, 2-4pm
Location: Museum Lawn, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Please join us in the park directly outside of Queens Museum for a performance by Jodie Lyn Kee Chow, honoring stewardship groups in the five boroughs. The performance will begin at 2pm.
RSVP here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jodie-lyn-kee-chow-the-picnic-harvest-of-the-stew-tickets-64244566227
Curator Walkthrough
Saturday, September 21, 12:30pm
Location: Queens Museum, 2nd floor
Join us for a walkthrough of the exhibition with Lindsay Campbell (USDA Forest Service), Julia Oldham (Artist), Can Sucuoğlu (Pratt Institute’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative).
RSVP here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curator-led-walkthrough-tickets-65810211113
Panel: How We See Stewardship
Saturday, September 21, 2-4pm
Location: Queens Museum Auditorium, 2nd floor
Moderated by Lindsay Campbell (USDA Forest Service), Panelists Magali Duzant, Pamela Pettyjohn, Can Sucuoğlu, Erika Svendsen
Artists, scientists, and designers alike have brought Who Takes Care of New York? to life by using the power of visualization to allow us to see stewardship and celebrate those who take care of our city. From the technical to the tactical, we will explore the various strategies employed by these practitioners. Join us for a discussion on the power of images, data visualization, and storytelling to communicate the important role that stewards play in caring for and shaping our city.
RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jodie-lyn-kee-chow-the-picnic-harvest-of-the-stew-tickets-
64244566227
OFFSITE:
The Natural Areas Conservancy presents: Forest Bathing in Forest Park, Queens
Sunday, September 22, 10am-1pm
Location: Forest Park, Queens
How do we connect to the places we steward? As part of the Queens Museum’s Who Takes Care of New York? exhibition, join the Natural Areas Conservancy for forest bathing: a low-intensity activity, based on the practice of shinrin-yoku. Shirin-yoku was coined by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries in 1982 and has since spread globally due to the growing recognition of the many health benefits that come from spending time in natural areas. Forest bathing focuses on gently engaging mind, spirit, and body with the natural environment – empowering park visitors to deepen their connection with New York City’s parks and local environments. It’s the perfect opportunity to get outside, hug a tree (literally!), and show your love for the amazing natural areas that exist in our City. Led by our expert guide Nancy Kopans,
from Urban Edge Forest Therapy, this event is free and will take place rain or shine.
RSVP here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forest-bathing-in-forest-park-queens-tickets-63431514367
OFFSITE:
Who Takes Care of New York City: Stewardship Saturday with NYC Parks
Saturday, September 28, 10am-2pm
Location: Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan
Inspired to join your fellow New Yorkers in taking care of our city? We’re teaming up with the Stewardship Team at NYC Parks on Saturday, September 28th to practice environmental stewardship here in our own backyard. Registration is available both at the Queen’s Museum exhibit space and online at Eventbrite.
RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/who-takes-care-of-new-york-city-stewardship-saturday-withnyc-
parks-tickets-64303746236
About the Artists
Magali Duzant is an interdisciplinary artist based in NY. Her work spans photography, books, installation, and text. In collaborative and participatory approaches to projects, she couples research-based practices with a poetic knack for capturing where public and private experiences converge. Recent exhibitions include the 2018 Mardin Biennial in Turkey, Melbourne’s Centre for Contemporary Photography, Little Berlin, and RedLine Center for Contemporary Art in Denver, amongst others. She has created commissioned work for Artists Alliance Inc with Bike NY, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and the Ace Hotel London. She has published three artist books, I Looked & Looked, Light Blue Desire : A Manual for the Color Blue, and the soon to be released, The Moon & Stars Can Be Yours. She holds a BHA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design. https://www.magaliduzant.com
Matthew Jensen is a Bronx-based interdisciplinary artist whose rigorous explorations of landscape combine walking, collecting, photography, mapping and extensive research. During his 2017/2018 artist residency at the NYC Urban Field Station he developed his current project The Forest Between: Street Trees and Stewardship in New York City. He was a 2018/2019 GIDEST Research Fellow at the New School, 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, and a 2016 recipient of a Peter S. Reed Foundation grant. His projects Park Wonder and The Wilmington Center for the Study of Local Landscape each received support from the National Endowment for the Arts. His project How to Get to the Earth (A Collection of Walks) was developed as an artist-in-residence with Studio in the Park: the ArtBuilt-Queens Museum Mobile Residency Program. Jensen’s work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and the National Gallery of Art, among others. He is a part-time Assistant Professor of photography and studio art at Parsons School of Design. https://jensen-projects.com
Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow is a 1.5 generation Jamaican-American interdisciplinary artist living and working in Queens, NY. Her work often explores performance and installation art drawing from the nostalgia of her homeland, Caribbean folklore, fantasy, globalism, spirituality, and migration. She holds a BFA with honors from New World School of the Arts, University of Florida and an MFA from Hunter College, CUNY. Lyn-Kee-Chow’s exhibitions of note include “Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora”, Royal West Academy of England, Bristol, UK (2016), a special project commission at “Jamaica Biennial”, The National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, JA (2017), and “Live Action 12” in Gothenburg, Sweden (2017). Lyn-Kee-Chow’s work has garnered a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award in Interdisciplinary Art (2012), Rema Hort Mann Artist in Community Engagement Award (2017), Franklin Furnace Fund (2017), Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practice (2018), and Queens Art Fund (2019). https://www.jodielynkeechow.com
Julia Oldham’s work expresses moments of hope in a world on the edge of environmental collapse. Working in a range of media including video, animation and photography, she explores potential in places where human civilization and nature have collided uneasily. Selected exhibitions include Art in General in New York, NY; the Northwest Film Center at the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, IL; Disjecta, Portland, OR; and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA; and she was recently included in the Ecofutures Festival in London, UK. She received her MFA from the University of Chicago in 2005. https://www.juliaoldham.com
The NYC Urban Field Station, a partnership between the USDA Forest Service, NYC Parks, and the Natural Areas Conservancy, has a mission to improve quality of life in urban areas by conducting, supporting, and communicating research about social-ecological systems and natural resource management (www.nrs.fs.fed.us/nyc).
SAVI is a multi-disciplinary mapping research lab and service center that focuses on using geospatial analysis and data visualization to understand NYC communities (https://commons.pratt.edu/savi).
Christina Freeman is an independent curator and interdisciplinary artist based in New York City. Freeman’s projects have been featured in Artforum, Vulture, Hyperallergic, Art F City, Frieze, Observer, and Greenpointers. Community-building through transformative conversation motivates all of her work, regardless of whether she is performing, curating, or teaching. https://christinafreeman.net
Who Takes Care of New York? is made possible by support from Queens Museum, Pratt SAVI, NYC Urban Field Station –USDA Forest Service, NYC Parks and the Natural Areas Conservancy.
The Community Partnership Exhibition Program at the Queens Museum provides opportunities for cultural and other nonprofit organizational partners to develop and mount short-term exhibitions based on their programs and our collaborative projects.
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9. Nadja Verena Marcin, FF Alumn, at Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken, Germany, Sept. 27-, 2019-February 16, 2020 and more
OPHELIA Solo Show at Stadtgalerie in Saarbrücken, Germany, Sep 27 to Feb 16, 2020
The Great Dictator Solo Show at zwanzigquadratmeter, Berlin, Germany, Sep 10 to Oct 1, 2019
24th Biennial of Humor and Satire Biennial at House of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria, May 17 to Sep 30, 2019
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10. Penny Arcade, FF Alumn, at Joe’s Pub, Manhattan, Aug. 20, 27
Penny Arcade Longing Lasts Longer Joe’s Pub August 20th & 27th 7pm
After over 44 cities and two world tours of over 200 performances
Penny Arcade and long time collaborator Steve Zehentner bring Longing Lasts Longer
Back to where the show was improvised in front of live audiences in 2014
No one even remotely creates the kind of performances Penny Arcade has created over the past 35 years.
Over 100 song loops from some of the best music of the past 60 years mixed live by Steve Zehentner this can only be called
cultural criticism you can dance to.
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11. Tom Otterness, FF Alumn, at Marlborough Gallery, Manhattan, opening Sept. 10
Tom Otterness
Sculpture & Drawing:
1996 – 2017
September 10 –
October 12, 2019
Opening reception
Tuesday, September 10th, 6-8pm
40 West 57th Street
Marlborough is pleased to announce a comprehensive exhibition of works by Tom Otterness. It will consist of some 40 sculptures as well as several works on paper and include many of the key works created by the artist over the past 23 years. The works, which range in scale from compact to monumental, will be displayed throughout the second floor gallery as well as in the 57th-56th Street Breezeway.
Otterness’s well-known and endlessly inventive sculptural creations have made him one of the most popular American artists of the day. His signature figures-Cones, Spheres, and Cylinders-are presented in a wide range of sculptural situations. The shapes have the effect of universalizing form yet are remarkably expressive. Each is recognizably his own creation and at the same time reflective of art history, fables, allegories or current events.
New York
Chelsea
545 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
+1 (212) 463 8634
Gallery Hours
Tues – Sat 10-6
Uptown
40 West 57th Street, #2
New York, NY 10019
+1 (212) 541-4900
Gallery Hours
Mon – Sat 10-6
London
6 Albemarle Street
London W1S 4BY
+44 (0)20 7629 5161
Gallery Hours
Mon – Fri 10-5:30
Sat 10-4
(c) 2019 Marlborough Gallery. All rights reserved
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12. Matthew Geller, FF Alumn, at Myrtle Avenue Plaza, Brooklyn, Aug. 23
What better way to celebrate summer than with a neighborhood dance party? Join us on Myrtle Avenue for our monthly summer dance party in the Myrtle Avenue Plaza on Friday, August 23 for Best of the 90’s!
Enjoy dancing to your favorite hits from the last decade (oh wait, it was two decades ago now!), FREE food and treats from Myrtle Avenue restaurants, live art installation, games for kids, and more. All activities are FREE and open to all ages.
The party runs from 5-8pm on Friday, August 23rd at Myrtle Avenue and Steuben Street in the Myrtle Avenue Plaza, home of Matthew Geller’s permanent public art piece “I Ought To”. See you there!
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13. Gabriel Martinez, FF Alumn, at Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, thru fall 2019, and more
Happy end of summer. Hope y’all are doing well. I just wanted to let you know about my upcoming solo show at Marginal Utility. I’ll be showing brand new work I’m really excited about. Also, just found out I’m included in an exhibition at the PMA. Thrilled. Here’s the info, and thanks to you amazing humans…
Group exhibition: “Photography and Memory”
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Korman Galleries 121-124
Main Building
through fall 2019
Many of the pictures displayed in this installation highlight significant monuments, memorials, and landscapes. Some focus on the senses, especially touch and sound. And others connect recollection and imagination. Documentary works jostle alongside wildly experimental ones, and historical images hang next to contemporary counterparts. Viewing these selections offers us a moment to reflect on the nature of memory and its importance to photographers and artists throughout history. Martinez’s mixed media print “Bayside (5)”, originally photographed at Fire Island, is included in this group exhibition.
https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/photography-and-memory
Solo exhibition: “Bound to the Past”
Marginal Utility
319 North 11th Street, 2nd Floor
September 6th – October 20th
Opening Reception: September 6th, 6-10pm
Martinez’s first solo exhibition with Marginal Utility explores the cultural, aesthetic, political and sexual climate of a particular moment in queer history- the summer of 1981. Through the involved process of combining contact printing, multi-layered mirror-ball photograms and solarization, along with other alternative darkroom techniques, Martinez conjures various aspects of queer dualities: trauma/futurity, sorrow/ecstasy, fragmentation/regeneration, corporeal/ celestial.
Support for this project has been provided by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation and the Independence Foundation.
http://www.marginalutility.org/category/exhibitions/
One last bit of happy news, I received an Independence Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship/2019.
2019 Recipients of Fellowships in the Visual Arts
Since the Independence Foundation Fellowships in the Arts program began twenty years ago, over $2,500,000 has been awarded to over 320 local visual and performing artists. The Fellowships in the Arts were created to help individual artists take the next step in their personal artistic growth and development.
Foundationhttps://independencefoundation.org/fellowships/fellowships-in-the-arts/press-release/
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14. Judith Ren-Lay, FF Alumn, at Pangea, Manhattan, Nov. 24
SAVE THE DATE !!
November 24th, the Sunday before Thanksgiving
Performing a new piece I’m calling “CRONE OF THORNS”
in a perfect cabaret back room of a restaurant in New York’s East Village
PANGEA – 178 2nd Ave at 11th Street
7:30 PM – ticket info to follow
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15. Annie Lanzillotto, FF Alumn, at Theatre 68, Manhattan, Aug. 22-24
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Dear Friends,
This summer I joined the acting company Theatre 68 — and “The Last Blockbuster”, August 22-24, in this festival is my inaugural show with the company. I first auditioned because I was so inspired by Ronnie Marmo’s one man show “I’m Not a Comedian, I’m Lenny Bruce” which he played over 200 times so far in NY and LA. He’s embarking on a tour to more cities. When I saw the show I thought, that’s what I gotta do, land on material that I can stay with for a couple of years… And so, when I saw Ronnie was holding auditions for his company, I jumped…and thanks to Chiara Montalto Giannini.
I first heard of Ronnie when I saw her show “Emergency Used Candles” some years back. Ronnie directed her show.
and thanks to Jennifer Guglielmo, who paired Chiara and I to play Italian American anarchists for Jennifer’s book opening for “Living the Revolution: Italian Women’s Resistance and Radicalism in New York City, 1880-1945.”
Chiara was to play Maria Roda.
I was Virgilia D’Andrea.
We had great conversations prepping for that.
“Evviva Anarchia!”
Annie
annielanzillotto.com
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16. LAPD, FF Alumns, at Skid Row History Museum and Archive, Los Angeles, CA, thru Oct. 26
DOGS IN THE HOUSE – exhibit Aug. 17 – Oct. 26, 2019 – Thu. Fri. Sat. 2-5pm
Skid Row History Museum and Archive
250 SA. Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90012
Opening reception: Sat. August 17 from 6-8pm – Hear from these pet champions and the visual artists involved in the exhibition in person: David Askew, Helen Kim, Marissa de la Torre, Emma Newton, Diane Prado, Lori Weise and James Gilliam.
Having a pet can be a great comfort if you are on the street. In many cases, it’s also a barrier to getting off the street. Our furry friends can also be cited as reason for an eviction. Fortunately there are a bunch of people and organizations working to address these concerns. DOGS IN THE HOUSE showcases the work of organizations, My Dog is My Home, Housing Equality and Advocacy Resource Team, Downtown Dog Rescue, Inner City Law Center, and Skid Rover that utilize advocacy, and direct services to overcome the obstacles faced by low income and homeless pet owners. The exhibition also features multimedia works by artist Helen H. Kim, photographs by Marissa de la Torre, and paintings by visual artist David Askew. Additional elements include a “barkscape”, sound installation, designed by Helen H. Kim and LAPD resident media archivist Henry Apodaca and videos of housed and happy pet-owners produced by My Dog is My Home and HEART LA. Settle into a dog shaped beanbag chair to view videos or listen to photo / audio collaged stories of Skid Row residents as they talk about themselves and their pets.
ORGANIZATIONS:
Downtown Dog Rescue (DDR) rescues dogs and provides services for low-income pet owners in Los Angeles County. Exhibition Materials: Painting (by Manuel Compito), newspaper article, DDR calendars.
Inner City Law Center (in partnership with DDR), hosts a free Pet Resource Center in Skid Row, providing folks with much needed services, and also works to keep people and their pets together, enabling families to stay housed and decreasing the number of animals abandoned and entering the shelter system. Exhibition Materials: Reasonable Accommodation letters.
Housing Equality and Advocacy Resource Team, HEART LA, provides legal representation and advocacy to keep people and their animals housed. Exhibition Material: Photographs, video, description of services.
Advocacy group My Dog Is My Home works nationally, (including work in LA), to increase access to shelter and housing for people experiencing homelessness with companion animals. Exhibition materials: Pet owner client videos, cardboard signs.
Skid Rover, a new project of Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles, distributes collars, leashes, and kibble to people with pets living in Skid Row. Every day, the love of a devoted dog helps a HHCLA client cope with another day on the street. Exhibition Materials: Banners.
ARTISTS:
Henry Apodaca: Henry is resident Media Archivist at LAPD’s Skid Row History Museum. Exhibition Elements: Barkscape audio installation (in collaboration with Helen H. Kim) & audio elements of Helen H. Kim photo collages.
David Askew: David Askew is more than an artist: he is a survivor. He hopes that each painting encourages others to embrace peace, love, and change for all. Exhibition elements: Acrylic & oil dog portraits.
Helen H. Kim: Helen H. Kim (born Seoul, South Korea) is a multimedia artist working with photography, text, interactive performance, and social practice. Exhibition elements: Photos, photo collages, audio stories, and barkscape audio installation.
Marissa de la Torre: Marissa is a photographer based in Downtown Los Angeles who has been active in the humane treatment of animals for more than nine years. Marissa is a volunteer photographer for A Purposeful Rescue, Downtown Dog Rescue, and South La Animal Shelter. Exhibition elements: photos.
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