Contents for October 09, 2023
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WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT: Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ, FF FUND Recipient 2022, at Relative Arts, Manhattan, Oct. 14
1. Adrian Piper, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
2. Alvin Eng, FF Alumn, at New York Public Library Chatham Square, Manhattan, Oct. 24
3. Xinan Helen Ran, FF Alumn, at Sunset Park, Brooklyn, thru Oct. 15 and more
4. Tanya Mouraud, FF Alumn, at Mamco Genève, Switzerland, thru Jan. 28, 2024
5. Paulette Richards, FF Alumn, at City Lore, Manhattan, thru March 3, 2024
6. Geoffrey Hendricks, FF Alumn, at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Manhattan
7. Mary Campbell, Peter Cramer, Lydia Grey, LuLu LoLo, Alan Moore, Jack Waters, Ed Woodham, FF Alumns, at Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, opening Oct.14
8. Coco Fusco, FF Alumn, now online at Vimeo.com
9. Martha Edelheit, Guerilla Girls, Mimi Gross, Arlene Rush, FF Alumns, at Lehman College Art Gallery, The Bronx, reception Oct. 18
10. Dulcina Abreu, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
11. John Ahearn, Allen Ginsberg, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
12. Ed Ruscha, FF Alumn, now online at NewYorker.com
13. Susan Newmark, FF Alumn, at Calexico, Brooklyn, Oct. 21-22
14. Judith Sloan, FF Alumn, at People’s Voice Cafe, Manhattan, Oct. 28
15. Ken Polinskie, Buzz Spector, FF Alumns, at University of Maryland, Adelphi, opening October 22
16. Judith Bernstein, FF Alumn, now online at Artforum.com
17. Barbara T. Smith, FF Alumn, at The Box, Los Angeles, CA, thru Jan. 14, 2024
18. Robbin Ami Silverberg, FF Alumn, at Galerie Druck & Buch, Vienna, Austria, thru Oct. 31
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WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT: Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ, FF FUND Recipient 2022, at Relative Arts, Manhattan, Oct. 14
Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ
“Mullyanne Nîmito”
Relative Arts @relativeartsnyc
https://www.relativeartsnyc.com/
October 14, 7:30pm ET
Nîmito in Cree(nêhiyawêwin) translates to she dances. The performance will include two objects. One is a hybrid moccasin platform shoe and the other a bepsi/beer tab shawl. Mullyanne nîmito will explore my Nehiyaw femme identity. Exploring ideas around Nehiyaw alien, protection, movement as healing, ancestral knowledge, traditional practice and Nehiyaw fashion. I will also create a sound piece using my language to create a Nehiyaw(Cree) pop song that will play as I perform.
Artist Bio:
Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ is a Nehiyaw Isko artist, from Bigstone Cree Nation. She currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan also known as Edmonton, Alberta. Cheyenne graduated from Emily Carr University with her BFA in Visual Arts in 2019. Her work often explores history, knowledge and traditional practices. Through the use of her body and language, she speaks to the past, present and future. Cheyenne’s work is rooted in the strength to feel, express and heal. Bringing her ancestors with her, she moves through installation, photography, video, sound, and performance art.
This work was made possible in part by the Franklin Furnace FUND 2022-23, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and the friends and members of Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc.
Thank you.
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1. Adrian Piper, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
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2. Alvin Eng, FF Alumn, at New York Public Library Chatham Square, Manhattan, Oct. 24
Alvin Eng’s “Our Laundry Our Town” paperback launch at Chatham Square NYPL in Chinatown is October 24th, 2023, co-sponsored by CS/NYPL and the Chinatown Arts Festival!
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Thank you.
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3. Xinan Helen Ran, FF Alumn, at Sunset Park, Brooklyn, thru Oct. 15 and more
Finally, I get to tell you about two Tree Chuang installations that I have been working on all summer:
Three Chuangs are installed in front of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, in Cambridge MA, in collaboration with the Peabody Museum Education department and 6 local groups.
Learn more about the project here:
https://hmsc.harvard.edu/where-we-belong-tree-chuangs/
Visit before October 31!
One Chuang was recently installed behind the Sunset Park swimming pool, by the handball field corner, near 6th Ave & 41st St thru October 15, 2023.
The project was supported by Brooklyn Arts Council and created in partnerships with four south Brookly organizations:
Apex For Youth
Mixteca
Voces Ciudadanas
https://vocesciudadanasinc.org/
Artyard Brooklyn
Hope you are doing well.
Xinan Helen Ran
Thank you.
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4. Tanya Mouraud, FF Alumn, at Mamco Genève, Switzerland, thru Jan. 28, 2024
Please visit this link:
https://www.mamco.ch/en/2007/Tania-Mouraud
Thank you.
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5. Paulette Richards, FF Alumn, at City Lore, Manhattan, thru March 3, 2024
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6. Geoffrey Hendricks, FF Alumn, at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Manhattan
Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery is very pleased to announce representation of the Estate of Geoffrey Hendricks
Geoffrey Hendricks (1931-2018) was a boundary-breaking artist who blended a reverence for craft with avant garde, conceptual explorations. Hendricks was given the moniker “Cloudsmith” for his enduring attention to the sky. He painted clouds at all times of day and in various media – watercolor on paper and acrylic on canvas, as well as on everyday objects (from pillow cases to a Volkswagen Beetle, to his own body).
Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery first presented Hendricks’ work in 2022 with the show “Berlin Sky Drawings” (installation pictured above). We look forward to continuing to promote Hendricks’ multidisciplinary work and his important contributions to contemporary art in collaboration with his spouse Sur Rodney (Sur), the Hendricks family, and the many artist collaborators, peers, students, and colleagues who were influenced by his life and practice.
For more information and images please email klaus@klausgallery.com
or visit our website:
Thank you.
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7. Mary Campbell, Peter Cramer, Lydia Grey, LuLu LoLo, Alan Moore, Jack Waters, Ed Woodham, FF Alumns, at Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, opening Oct.14
Dada In The House showcases the history, inclusiveness, and experimental nature of the Day de Dada Performance Art Collective. The exhibition spotlights fun props, costumes, and Dada Domicile- a special installation of doll-sized Dada and Fluxus-influenced furniture and household items. You’ll see work from artists locally and worldwide, as well as Staten Island venues where Day de Dada have performed, many of which no longer exist.
When: Opening- October 14 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM exhibit continues until December 31
Where: Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor – Building G, Gallery G (Galleries 1 & 2)
Please visit this link:
https://snug-harbor.org/newhousecenter
Thank you.
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8. Coco Fusco, FF Alumn, now online at Vimeo.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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9. Martha Edelheit, Guerilla Girls, Mimi Gross, Arlene Rush, FF Alumns, at Lehman College Art Gallery, The Bronx, reception Oct. 18
Martha Edelheit, Guerilla Girls, Mimi Gross, Arlene Rush, FF Alumns, at Lehman College Art Gallery, The Bronx, reception Oct. 18, 5-8 pm et.
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10. Dulcina Abreu, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
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11. John Ahearn, Allen Ginsberg, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
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12. Ed Ruscha, FF Alumn, now online at NewYorker.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/09/ed-ruscha-now-then-art-review
Thank you.
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13. Susan Newmark, FF Alumn, at Calexico, Brooklyn, Oct. 21-22
Join us for Arts Gowanus
Open Studios 2023…
Collage at Calexico
Celebrate Arts Gowanus Open Studios 2023 with me, Toby Needler, and Aimee Buono at Calexico Restaurant.
278B 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Between 1st Street and Garfield
Saturday October 21 and Sunday October 22 from 12–6pm
Thank you.
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14. Judith Sloan, FF Alumn, at People’s Voice Cafe, Manhattan, Oct. 28
Please join Saturday Oct 28, 8pm
Judith Sloan & Friends
One Night Only – October 28th, 8 pm et
Please visit this link to reserve seats:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfDJV8S0-zegfixHDVCxA15rvCYZJJclllB0xRj7X9wWZ4pw/viewform
People’s Voice Cafe
Judson Memorial Church
Entrance at 239 Thompson Street,
between West 3rd and West 4th Streets
New York, NY 10012
Judith Sloan is an actor, audio artist, writer, radio producer, human rights activist, educator and poet whose work combines humor, pathos and a love of the absurd. Her stories take the audience on journeys about the trials and tribulations of teaching in prisons and youth detention centers, migration, refuge, the climate crisis, and navigating bureaucracies. She will be performing excerpts of songs and monologues from various theater projects including It Can Happen Here; Yo Miss!; Crossing the BLVD and a new work in progress, This is Not a Drill, written in collaboration with Andrew Griffin. Her work has been supported by the New York Foundation on the Arts, commissions from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Queens Council on the Arts, the Puffin Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and support from NYU professional development fund. She will be joined by guest performers including poet, performer, playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes, filmmaker and visual sociologist for PEP’s research lab Mychal Pagan, and playwright Mêlisa Annis.
Thank you.
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15. Ken Polinskie, Buzz Spector, FF Alumns, at University of Maryland, Adelphi, opening October 22
My altered book, EGO, 2020, will be included in the international group exhibit, Eternal Paper, guest curated by Helen C. Frederick for the University of Maryland Global Campus Arts Program Gallery, 3501 University Blvd. East, Adelphi, MD 20783. Ken Polinskie, FF Alumn, also has work in the exhibition.
Opening Sunday, October 22 through May 19, 2024
https://www.umgc.edu/administration/arts-and-diversity/arts/exhibits/eternal-paper-exhibition
Thank you.
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16. Judith Bernstein, FF Alumn, now online at Artforum.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.artforum.com/events/andy-campbell-judith-bernstein-251627/
Thank you.
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17. Barbara T. Smith, FF Alumn, at The Box, Los Angeles, CA, thru Jan. 14, 2024
Barbara T. Smith: Proof
Opening October 7, 4 – 7 PM.
October 7, 2023 – JANUARY 14, 2024.
Wednesday-Sunday
ICA Los Angeles | 1717 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
In fall 2023, ICA LA will present a comprehensive museum survey of Los Angeles artist Barbara T. Smith (b. 1931, Pasadena, US). A pioneer of the performance art movement of the late 1960s, Smith has long produced work that explores the self, sexuality, gender roles, physical and spiritual sustenance, love, life, and death. Assembling an expansive range of artwork and performance-related ephemera, the exhibition will survey Smith’s bold experimentation. While her groundbreaking performances have received critical attention, the objects Smith has made over nearly sixty years—many for, or as a result of, performances—are less known. This includes the artist’s radical Xerox works, mixed media assemblages, sculptures, artist’s books, drawings, paintings, photographs, and videos. Organized by ICA LA guest curator Jenelle Porter, this survey will celebrate Smith’s incomparable contributions to contemporary art, feminism, performance, and technology.This exhibition builds on notable solo presentations such as Barbara T. Smith: The Way To Be (2023, Getty Research Institute), The Radicalization of a 50s Housewife (2011, University of California, Irvine), and The 21st Century Odyssey Part II: The Performances of Barbara T. Smith (2005, Pomona College Museum of Art). To accompany this singular presentation, ICA LA will publish Smith’s first survey catalogue, which will be designed by Kimberly Varella of Content Object (C/O) and released in the spring of 2024. Featuring an illustrated chronology of Smith’s life and artwork compiled by Jenelle Porter, the catalogue will also include commissioned texts by leading scholars Gloria Sutton, Catherine Taft, and Pietro Rigolo, on, respectively, Smith’s work as it relates to new technologies, ecofeminism, and the archive.
Since the 1960s, Barbara T. Smith’s work has demonstrated an engagement with issues of spirituality, gender, and power, making vital contributions to both feminist discourse and performance art as it developed on the west coast. In 1953, Smith received her BA from Pomona College and in 1971, her MFA from the University of California, Irvine. With her fellow UCI students Nancy Buchanan and Chris Burden, she founded the now legendary F-Space gallery. Smith’s work has been exhibited widely since the 1960s, and included in several historic survey exhibitions at institutions including Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2007); Whatever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia?, Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo (2009); and State of Mind: New California Art since 1970, Orange County Museum, Costa Mesa and Bronx Museum, New York (2012). Smith is the recipient of several prestigious awards, such as the Foundation Fellowship for Visual Art, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and Art Matters Inc., among others.
Jenelle Porter is a curator, writer and editor. Most recently she organized Kay Sekimachi: Geometries for the Berkeley Art Museum, Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design for the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, and Mike Kelley: Timeless Painting for the Mike Kelley Foundation at Hauser & Wirth, New York. She is currently co-editing An Indigenous Present with artist Jeffrey Gibson (fall 2023), and a monograph on Viola Frey (2024). From 2011–2015, Porter was Mannion Family Senior Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, where she organized acclaimed thematic exhibitions such as Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present and Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams; as well as monographic exhibitions of Arlene Shechet, Erin Shirreff, Mary Reid Kelley, Jeffrey Gibson, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Dianna Molzan, and Christina Ramberg. Prior to her years in Boston, Porter was curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2005–2010), where she organized the group exhibitions Dance with Camera and Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay, as well as the first surveys of Trisha Donnelly and Charline von Heyl. From 1998–2001 Porter was curator at Artists Space in New York. She began her career in curatorial positions at both the Walker Art Center and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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18. Robbin Ami Silverberg, FF Alumn, at Galerie Druck & Buch, Vienna, Austria, thru Oct. 31
My artist books will be exhibited in Thread – Fabric – Paper – and back again… At Galerie Druck & Buch, Berggasse 21, 1090 Vienna, Austria
October 5 – 31, 2023, opening event on Oct. 5th at 7pm
Please visit this link:
http://dub.ifjs.de/index.php?dubSho=2023_fadenstoffpapier&dubSpr=en&dubArtNr=
The exhibition illuminates the tension between paper and fabric in conceptual, material and aesthetic terms.
Books & objects by Ingrid Gaier, Robbin Silverberg, Carola Willbrand, & Deirdre Kelly.
Thank you.
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