Goings On | 11/11/2024

Contents for November 11th, 2024

CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):

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1. Geoffrey Hendricks, Karen Finley, Clarinda Mac Low, Clifford Owens, Sur Rodney (Sur), Martha Wilson, FF Alumns, at Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Manhattan, Nov. 16, 23
2. Anahi Caceres, FF Alumn, now online at elcohetealaluna.com
3. Asia Stewart, FF Alumn, at The 8th Floor, Manhattan, Nov. 21
4. David Wojnarowicz, Martin Wong, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
5. Shola Cole aka Pirate Jenny, FF Alumn, at Newark Public Library, NJ, Nov. 14
6. Nina Kuo, Howardena Pindell, Arleen Schloss, FF Alumns, at ThinkChinatown!, Manhattan, opening Nov. 16
7. Arantxa Araujo, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumns, at The Bronx River, Nov. 16
8. Nao Bustamante, Felix Gonzalez Torres, Xandra Ibarra, Lady Pink, Guadalupe Maravilla, Carlos Martiel, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Ana Mendieta, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, FF Alumns, now online at ArtNews.com
9. Nao Bustamante, FF Alumn, now online at ContemporaryArtReview.la
10. Frank Moore, FF Alumn, now online at eroplay.org
11. Cynthia Carr, Peter Cramer, Jack Waters, FF Alumns, at Gene Frankel Theater, Manhattan, Nov. 21
12. Modesto Flako Jimenez, FF Alumn, at BAM, Brooklyn, Dec. 3-8
13. Dan Kwong, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
14. Babs Reingold, FF Alumn, now online at EvergreenReview.com
15. Barbara Nitke, FF Alumn, at Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, opening Nov. 21
16. Reverend Billy, FF Alumn, at Joe’s Pub, Manhattan, Dec. 1-22
17. Robin Tewes, FF Alumn, at Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Nov. 23-29
18. Mark Bloch, Dick Higgins, FF Alumns, now online at BrooklynRail.org
19. Robbin Ami Silverberg, FF Alumn, at Center for Book Arts, Manhattan, Nov. 14
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1. Geoffrey Hendricks, Karen Finley, Clarinda Mac Low, Clifford Owens, Sur Rodney (Sur), Martha Wilson, FF Alumns, at Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Manhattan, Nov. 16, 23

On consecutive Saturday afternoons of November 16 & 23 from 4-6pm, the gallery will host a panel of three invited readers to read a section from Geoff’s publication Between Two Points (1975), that documents three landmark performances enacted in 1974 and later published a book with his journal notes, dreams, and sketches related to this group of performances along with relics and photo documentation collected from each of the three performance sites.

NOVEMBER 16, 4-6pm

Karen Finley

Jarrett Earnest

Bibbe Hansen

Stuart Comer, Respondent

On Saturday afternoon of  November 23 from 4-6pm, the gallery will host a panel of three invited readers to read a section from Geoff’s publication Between Two Points (1975), that documents three landmark performances enacted in 1974 and later published a book with his journal notes, dreams, and sketches related to this group of performances along with relics and photo documentation collected from each of the three performance sites.

NOVEMBER 23, 4-6pm

Clarinda Mac Low

Clifford Owens

Martha Wilson

Sur Rodney (Sur), Respondent

KLAUS VON NICHTSSAGEND GALLERY • 87 FRANKLIN STREET • NEW YORK, NY 10013 • (212) 777-7756

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2. Anahi Caceres, FF Alumn, now online at elcohetealaluna.com

Please visit this link to a Spanish language illustrated article:

https://www.elcohetealaluna.com/elogio-de-la-etimologia/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGUXzhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVHFlEgRbPW0dScaNgKWcfsNbsOwWcxb3InBIzBLnlvzIYPik3VtsKEvHQ_aem_lC2f3r-VIZsV8ATMowPjag

Thank you.

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3. Asia Stewart, FF Alumn, at The 8th Floor, Manhattan, Nov. 21

any experience with men and alcohol on Thursday, November 21st at the Rubin Foundation’s The 8th Floor gallery. 

any experience with men and alcohol

a participatory performance about service and power 

Thursday, November 21st | 6pm – 8pm

17 West 17th Street, 8th floor NY 10011

Adapting Allen Jones’ controversial “Table” sculpture, I begin and end the performance on my hands and knees with a panel of glass balanced on my back. The piece depends on the three audience members who volunteer to participate as guests at my table.

I’m excited for whatever comes out of the unpredictable (and perhaps ill-advised) night.

The performance is free – rsvp if you’d like to attend – 

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/mfcdmzp/lp/8ff84c2a-bcd5-4438-8387-1606d43511d3

Stay for limoncello and a post-performance chat between me & George Bolster, curator at the Rubin Foundation. 

Cheers, 

Asia

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4. David Wojnarowicz, Martin Wong, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com

Please visit this link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/arts/design/kaws-artist-collector-drawing-center.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Thank you.

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5. Shola Cole aka Pirate Jenny, FF Alumn, at Newark Public Library, NJ, Nov. 14

I have an artist talk Thursday, November 14 6:30 to 8pm at Newark Public Library. Links and Information below

Our Newark Futures: Decolonizing Land, Food and Bodies

An Artist Talk with Shola Cole aka Pirate Jenny

Please join Shola Cole aka Pirate Jenny for a special dinner/artist talk gathering at the Newark Public Library as a part of the Our Newark Futures series with the Price Institute at Rutgers University-Newark.

Shola Cole aka Pirate Jenny (themme/she) is an inter/anti disciplinary performance artist and Afro-Caribbean/UK born immigrant. An artist, adult learner, neuro-queer and youthfully mature being exploring their gender non-conforming edges – Cole explores radio, movement, drawing, figure modeling. Currently she investigates QT/BIPOC land stewardship and the working trades within her time traveling tool wearing avatar, Pirate Jenny (PJ). Cole will be discussing her new works in progress,’Till the Othered BAWDY’and ‘A Vanderful Life’, works exploring food access, apartheid and the black femme form as well as mobile design, nomadic and artistic QT/BIPOC food futurities.

Time/Dates

Nov 14th 6:30 – 8pm.                                                       
Newark Public Library-Main Branch, 4th Floor Auditorium,       

info: https://www.npl.org/our-newark-futures-an-artist-talk-with-shola-cole-aka-pirate-jenny/

registration: https://actionnetwork.org/events/our-newark-futures-decolonizing-land-food-and-bodies-an-artist-talk-with-shola-colepirate-jenny?source=direct_link&

Thank you.

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6. Nina Kuo, Howardena Pindell, Arleen Schloss, FF Alumns, at ThinkChinatown!, Manhattan, opening Nov. 16

In Our Corner: Exchanges in the Asian American Art Movements and Beyond

Who is in our corner when we need help? 

Who do we call on when we are down?

Who backs us up when we are cornered? 

In Our Corner: Exchanges in the Asian American Art Movements and Beyond

explores the personal and professional support that artists of Asian descent received during and after the Asian American Art Movements. This companion exhibition to Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) at New York University’s 80WSE Gallery, invites five artists of the three key art collectives and organizations featured in Legacies to show alongside five non-Asian American artists who supported their work and growth over the years. These relationships range from recently made friendships to lifelong partnerships and even marriage: 

Kathleen Foster joins Ching Ming Cheung; Charles Luce joins Helen Oji; Howardena Pindell joins Arlan Huang; Shellyne Rodriguez joins Tomie Arai; and Arleen Schloss joins Nina Kuo. 

To highlight AAAC’s collection and its ongoing solidarity-building, In Our Corner presents five works by non-Asian American artists from the collection, Columbia Fiero, Kitty Katz, Donald Lipski, Eva Mantell, and Sepp Seitz. 

As the hosting institution for In Our Corner, Think!Chinatown’s commission of Black Gotham’s Grand Rising and its inclusion in the show demonstrates the organization’s ongoing exchange and collaboration with communities of color. 

Through interviews and writings from the artists, In Our Corner highlights these bonds and explores how artist collectives/organizations intersected and fostered connections.

November 16, 2024 – March 2025

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 3-5PM

Think!Chinatown’s Studio – 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002 

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7. Arantxa Araujo, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumns, at The Bronx River, Nov. 16

Remoras: Bodies of Water / Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River / Arantxa Araujo & Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel

Saturday, November 16, 2024, 1:00 PM  3:00 PM

Remoras

Arantxa Araujo & Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel https://www.interiorbeautysalon.com/happenings/remoras

Meeting place: you can send us off or walk with us. Meet us at the base of the post-industrial sculptures at the Concrete Park Plant / Bronx River between Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard. To access a map to this site, please visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/concrete-plant-park/

Two figures mimicking water creatures walk along the banks of the Bronx River, their shimmering outfits drawing attention to their mission to care for this ancient being and to invite others to do so. They task themselves with retrieving debris, fastening it to their bodies, and eventually using all items collected to generate a mandala. The action concludes with the recycling of this burdensome harvest. This artwork serves to raise awareness to consumption and its impact on aquatic ecosystems. It also raises questions as to what happens when previously out of reach areas, like some of those around the Bronx River, open up to the public and it realizes its responsibility for stewardship.

Remoras is an action which is part of Bodies of Water / Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River, a program conceived and produced by Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful, with individual actions co-created with Arantxa Araujo, Andrés Senra, Luis A., and Priscilla Marrero & Ferran Martin. 

The series of actions is dedicated to the late Nancy Wallace. “She…[Nancy]…helped transform a watery graveyard for automobiles, tires and appliances into an urban greenbelt for New York City and Westchester County” The New York Times

About Bodies of Water/Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River points to the connections between bodies, as in human and non-human ones–such as Rivers–, as well as to concepts of interbeing, interconnectedness, and interdependence with all beings. Similarly, it brings to light ecological and social justice issues regarding colonial histories, environmental racism, and extractive capitalism while issuing a call for individual and collective stewardship and care for all bodies of Water. During four gatherings in different points along the Bronx River, improvisations centered on flow, water, compassion and deep listening are meant to unfold for invited participants, or perhaps unsuspecting audiences and wanderers attracted by a sight inspiring wonder and contemplation. 

Bodies of Water/Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River / Background: The Bronx River has been a constant presence for Nicolás since he moved from the Dominican Republic to New York City in 1991. His first job was in the Fordham Road section with the Bronx River Restoration Project and it entailed engaging the aquatic subject through art classes. In 2011 he was baptized by Bill Aguado and Susan Newmark in Drew Gardens. The sacramental was water from the Bronx River and the intention was that of a rite of passage into Bronxhood. Three decades after his first connection with the Bronx, and in a rapidly gentrifying borough, Nicolás is proposing to approach the Bronx River from the perspective of elderhood and aging. 

Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Support for Artists Grant (Bronx, NY) to support his creative work. Sponsored by The Action Lab, this award is funding Bodies of Water/Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River. Through New York State’s continued investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded over $80 million since Spring 2023 to over 1,500 artists and organizations across the state.

Arantxa Araujo is a queer Mexican transdisciplinary artist with a background in neuroscience. Her work is fundamentally feminist and meditative, rooted in bio-behavioral research and technology. Araujo employs the metaphor of the neuron to explore the intricate connections surrounding the body, transforming incoming influences into video, photography, sculpture, and installation. Performance art serves as the core of her practice, processing and conveying complex information across neuroscience, biology, philosophy, spirituality, and cultural heritage. Addressing themes of identity, immigration, and community from a queer immigrant feminist perspective, Araujo challenges societal norms and advocates for diverse expressions. She highlights narratives of resilience and belonging, celebrating the transformative power of community and self-discovery. Her work has been exhibited at notable venues including the Brooklyn Museum, Leslie-Lohman Museum, Grace Exhibition Space, and The Queens Museum (NYC), as well as RAW and Satellite Art Fair (Miami), Illuminus Festival (Boston), and SPACE Gallery (Pittsburgh). Araujo has received numerous awards, including the Franklin Furnace Fund, BAC and LMCC grants, and support through residencies such as the Leslie-Lohman Museum Artist Fellowship. She holds an MA in Motor Learning and Control from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BA in Theater Studies from Emerson College.

Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel treads an elusive path that manifests itself performatively through creative experiences that he helps unfold within the quotidian. He has exhibited or performed at Madrid Abierto/ARCO, The IX Havana Biennial, PERFORMA 05/07/21, IDENSITAT, Prague Quadrennial, Pontevedra Biennial, Queens Museum, MoMA, Printed Matter, P.S. 122, Sculpture Center, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance BAAD!, Hemispheric Institute of Performance Art and Politics, City as Living Lab, Princeton University, Anthology Film Archives, El Museo del Barrio, Center for Book Arts, Longwood Art Gallery/BCA, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Franklin Furnace, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Nicolás has received mentorship in art in everyday life from Linda Mary Montano, a historic figure in the performance art field. Nicolás holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, where he studied with Coco Fusco; and an MA from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He recently served as a Senior Lecturer and Social Practice Artist in Residence in the Art and Art History Department at The University of Texas, Austin; and was a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow in Washington DC. He is the founding director of The Interior Beauty Salon, an organism living at the intersection of creativity and healing. Born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Nicolás was baptized as a Bronxite in 2011. 

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8. Nao Bustamante, Felix Gonzalez Torres, Xandra Ibarra, Lady Pink, Guadalupe Maravilla, Carlos Martiel,. Daniel Joseph Martinez, Ana Mendieta, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, FF Alumns, now online at ArtNews.com

Please visit this link:

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/latinx-artists-to-know-1234720023/?mc_cid=f3bbadcbd7&mc_eid=9a9db0634d

Thank you.

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9. Nao Bustamante, FF Alumn, now online at ContemporaryArtReview.la

A review of Nao’s exhibition BLOOM, her a cross-disciplinary investigation into the history of the pelvic examination and documentation of the artist’s own efforts to redesign the vaginal speculum can be read it here: 

https://contemporaryartreview.la/nao-bustamante-at-track-16/?mc_cid=f3bbadcbd7&mc_eid=9a9db0634d


The exhibition, which is part of the Getty’s PST ART: Art and Science Collide, continues through December 7th. For a closing event on December 6th we have a walkthrough of the exhibition led by Jennifer Doyle & Jeanne Vaccaro (the scholar/curators behind the current ICA LA exhibition Scientia Sexualis – which Nao is a part of). 

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10. Frank Moore, FF Alumn, now online at eroplay.org

The Frank Moore paper archives are off to Bancroft Library!

Fedex came today to pick up the 53 boxes containing the Frank Moore paper archives!

We spent Saturday attaching all of the labels to the boxes and adding a little extra tape around the lids.

When the driver first arrived this morning he freaked out when he learned there were 53 boxes weighing between 20 and 35 lbs each that were all inside the house. He did not feel comfortable coming into our house to get them….and his truck was full! We asked him if he was OK loading them from the garage, he said he was, and that he would be back at 2pm. We scarfed down some breakfast and then lugged all of the boxes into our garage. He arrived right around 2pm and Mikee helped him load everything into the truck and now they are all on their way to the Library’s storage facility in Richmond.

It’s so weird having our living room back!

Lots of photos here: https://www.eroplay.org/p/the-paper-archives-are-off-to-bancroft

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11. Cynthia Carr, Peter Cramer, Jack Waters, FF Alumns, at Gene Frankel Theater, Manhattan, Nov. 21

FREE

Presented by Mr. Crisp’s estate executor, Phillip Ward, “An Evening of Quentin Crisp: A Celebration of Life in His Own Words” invites you to a night of celebration at the Gene Frankel Theatre to commemorate the legendary life of Quentin Crisp on the 25th anniversary of his passing. Special guests will read excerpts from Mr. Crisp’s books, two short movies by filmmaker and author Steven Watson and Phillip Ward, and a rare Alternative Queen’s Message viewing.

GUEST READERS: Jennifer Barton, Cynthia Carr, Jorge Clar, Peter Cramer, Brian Edward, Peter Hale, Cynthia Powell, Jack Waters, and Laurence Watts. Also, Mr. Crisp’s great-niece, Michèle Goycoolea Crawford.

Join us for “An Evening of Quentin Crisp: A Celebration of Life in His Own Words” at the Gene Frankel Theatre at 24 Bond Street on Thursday, November 21, at 7 p.m. FREE! Donations to The Gene Frankel Theatre and 24 Bond Arts Center are appreciated.

QUENTIN CRISP is the author of the classic — and flamboyantly eccentric — coming-of-age memoir The Naked Civil Servant. The award-winning film version of The Naked Civil Servant, starring John Hurt, made him an instant international celebrity. Crisp also wrote numerous books and articles about his life and his opinions on style, fashion, and movies. Often hailed as the 20th-century Oscar Wilde, Quentin Crisp was famous for his aphoristic witticisms. He performed his one-person show, An Evening with Quentin Crisp, to acclaim in theaters worldwide while spreading his unique philosophy: “Never keep up with the Joneses; drag them down to your level. It’s cheaper.” During the second part of his show, Crisp answers questions from the audience and advises audience members on how to find their style and live a happy life. He was always in the “profession of being.”

Quentin Crisp was Oscar Wilde’s perfect descendant. With his calculated, caustic words, open homosexuality, and wittily provocative attitude toward any conventionality, Crisp caused a bit of a stir in conservative England during the 1950s and 1960s and even through the 1970s. In 1981, at age 72, Quentin Crisp moved to New York City, bringing along his familiar and witty remarks and eccentricity. Quentin Crisp charmed everyone and became “the face of a modern rebel.” He delighted us publicly and privately with his inimitable grace, wit, and genius. Quentin Crisp died on the eve of touring his show in Manchester, England, on November 21, 1999.

More info: phillipwardproject@gmail.com

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12. Modesto Flako Jimenez, FF Alumn, at BAM, Brooklyn, Dec. 3-8

Please visit this link:

https://www.bam.org/theater/2024/mercedes?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Healing%20and%20community%20intertwine%20in%20the%20latest%20offering%20from%20Modesto%20Flako%20Jimenez&utm_campaign=NW24-MercedesPromo2-110424

Thank you.

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13. Dan Kwong, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com

Please visit this link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/us/japan-baseball-manzanar-internment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Thank you. 

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14. Babs Reingold, FF Alumn, now online at EvergreenReview.com

Please visit this link:

https://evergreenreview.com/read/river-to-the-river-and-other-poems?fbclid=IwY2xjawGL3y5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVRaWJORcW7gxJcqxMiVDGLZn7Phc5_FgkUHjyZjX9JrSZHq-igrZMS5qQ_aem_k5vQQzh0w4rq7hNwn1zv9w

Thank you.

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15. Barbara Nitke, FF Alumn, at Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, opening Nov. 21

I am excited to share that three images from my American Ecstasy series will be featured in the upcoming Sex/Labor exhibition at the University of Rochester in upstate New York.

I’ll be attending the opening on November 21st and participating in a panel discussion alongside Lizzie Borden and Antonia Crane that evening.  

The city of Rochester holds special significance for me.

My ex-husband, Herb Nitke, produced one of the most iconic adult films ever made,

Devil in Miss Jones. It played at the Riveria Theater there for over a year. In 1974, he stood trial for felony obscenity. Every night he called me from his hotel room saying, “They’re going to convict me. I’m going to prison.”

Two women jurors held out — because Miss Jones was sent to hell at the end of the film for the sin of lust — and Herb escaped with a hung jury.  

Coming to Rochester 50 years later, with my photography showcased at a renowned university, is an extraordinary full circle for me.  

The Sex/Labor exhibition, created in honor of director Lizzie Borden and her groundbreaking 1986 film Working Girls, is a tribute to the rights of sex workers, a cause I am deeply connected to. I remember rushing to the theater to see Working Girls the moment it was released. It remains a landmark film.

Exhibition Statement

When describing the feminism of Lizzie Borden’s Working Girls (1986)—as defined against her two preceding films Regrouping (1976) and Born in Flames (1983)—the critic So Mayer commented: “Feminism itself has been curtailed, and made newly urgent, by the need to work within capitalism.” Sex/Labor was conceived of in the spirit of Borden’s Working Girls, which traces the everyday activities that occur across a day in the life of sex workers. This exhibition brings together contemporary art that elaborates on Borden’s depiction of sex work as a job taken up to pay rent, put food on the table, and make art.

The artworks featured in Sex/Labor—made by Antonia Crane, Barbara Nitke, Chichi Castillo, Sasha Waters Freyer, Alyssa Wood, Weixin Zhuang, Katina Bitsicas, Lena Chen, Maggie Oates, David Kim, and Emily Broad—represent both the physical and emotional forms of labor that sex work entails. This labor is constituted by: exhaustion, establishing boundaries, moments of joy and play, and kinship with clients and fellow sex workers that extend beyond the nuclear family.

This exhibition does not claim to fully capture all the complexities of sex as a form of labor. Rather, it proposes two things. First, that the history of sex work has a clear significance in contemporary visual culture. And second, that the sex workers’ rights movement is an urgent matter of our time that relates to larger complications in the distribution of wealth and labor in late capitalism. In a moment when many of us struggle to buy groceries and pay our bills, the decriminalization of sex work could herald a new era for understanding how we work to live.

Warmly,

Barbara

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16. Reverend Billy, FF Alumn, at Joe’s Pub, Manhattan, Dec. 1-22

Reverend Billy & The StopShopping Choir

EXTINCTION

The Musical

Sundays Dec. 1-22, 6 pm

Joe’s Pub

425 Lafayette

$20 tickets

https://revbilly.com

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17. Robin Tewes, FF Alumn, at Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Nov. 23-29

UNDER 2500

Maryland Art Place (MAP) is excited to host its 12th annual UNDER $500 and FIRST EVER UNDER $2500 affordable art sale and benefit. This exhibition event helps MAP raise vital, annual revenue, keeping us focused on our mission of supporting living artists in Maryland. 

Guests can expect an open bar, festive fare and live DJ. 

 LOCATION: 218 WEST SARATOGA STREET BALT., MD 21201

Between Park & Howard Streets in the Bromo Arts District

TIME: 6 -10pm

ATTIRE/THEME: Cocktail/Black & White

PARKING: On Street or at the Arrow lot across from MAP

 A Virtual Sale: Sat., November 23 at 10 am – Midnight Black Friday, November  29th

MAP will maintain open gallery hours from NOON – 4pm after the event on:

Saturday, November 23rd

Tuesday, November 26th -29th

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18. Mark Bloch, Dick Higgins, FF ALumns, now online at BrooklynRail.org

Hi I have two things of note in the Brooklyn Rail this month. One is my article about Dick Higgins’ very interesting and rarely seen films:

https://brooklynrail.org/2024/11/artseen/the-experimental-films-of-dick-higgins

The other is a very generous review of my Panmodern! Mail art archiving show at NYU by Tom McGlynn

https://brooklynrail.org/2024/11/artseen/panmodern-the-mark-bloch-postal-art-network-archive

Thank you.

Mark Bloch

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19. Robbin Ami Silverberg, FF Alumn, at Center for Book Arts, Manhattan, Nov. 14

With great anticipation, I’m happy to announce the catalogue launch of Vico’s Spiral, the 50th anniversary exhibition for Center for Book Arts, NY. Come meet some of the artists, see the show, buy the catalogue and celebrate!

Besides complete checklists of books, flatwork and exhibition catalogues in this show (& my curatorial introductions), this catalogue also includes 3 essays:

– essay, “Strange Loops” by Kinohi Nishikawa

– essay, “A Half-Century of Book Arts” by Carole Naggar

– essay, “CBA’s Exhibition History Considered”

Along with 2 exciting additions:

– “A Global Look” with listings of book arts exhibitions in over 40 countries, and

– “A Baker’s Dozen” with 12 book-world insiders offering a dozen(+) works that helped define the field.

Lots to look at and read!

(And yes, I will be there…)

– Robbin

https://centerforbookarts.org/

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Goings On for Artists is compiled weekly by Rohan Subramaniam, FF Intern, Summer/Fall 2024

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