Renaissance House Retreat for Writers & Artists invites the public to celebrate Independence Day by participating in the 12th annual free dramatic reading of Frederick Douglass' powerful landmark speech 'What Does the Fourth of July Mean to the Negro?' at Martha's Vineyard's historic Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs on July 4 at 4:00pm. Readers of all ages are invited to help bring the words of Frederick Douglass to life. Each volunteer reader will recite different sections of the 10,000-plus word address Douglass wrote during American slavery in 1852. Although it's been 166 years since Frederick Douglass delivered his Fourth of July speech at a convention in Rochester, New York, the message is especially resonating during today's turbulent political era.
The Madison Square Park Conservancy presents the Alice Farley Dance Theater in Farley's 'IF THERE WERE A MOON,' a dance of gesture and image designed to conjure moonlight by day. The free-to-the-public, 55-minute performance will take place Thursday July 19 at 7 PM in the Park at Madison Avenue & 24th Street (enter the Park on the East Side at 24th & Madison).
The Briscoe Western Art Museum presents Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians, featuring works by the legendary artist that portray iconic Western images, and the companion exhibition, Billy Schenck: Myth of the West, by the contemporary artist who founded the Western Pop movement. Both shows run through September 3, 2018 and are included with museum admission.
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is proud to announce, "Robert W. Richards: A Celebration!" On Friday, June 15th from 6-9pm and Saturday, June 16th from 1-8pm, the museum will be conducting a sale of select works from this celebrated artist. Friends and fans of the artist are welcome to visit the museum at this time to purchase art and to meet the artist.
Zullo/RawMovement presents the Queerly Contemporary Festival today, June 9, 2018 at 7:30pm at City Center Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street, NYC. Doors open at 7pm for a gallery exhibit with works by Ricardo Francis. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at https://www.zullorawmovement.com/.
ACA Galleries is pleased to announce Richard Hambleton: Eternity on view June 14 through July 27, 2018 (529 West 20th Street, NYC). This exhibition showcases major paintings and works on paper from Hambleton's two signature series - Shadowmen and Horse & Rider. Widely considered the “Godfather of Street Art”, his contemporaries included Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Andy Warhol.
Double Double Whammy are happy to announce the addition of Brooklyn, NY artist GABI to its roster. The label will release her anticipated sophomore album this fall.
Sidra Bell Dance New York launches its New York City Season June 28-July 1 at New York Live Arts featuring a new work FRICTION with music composed and performed live by Juilliard trained dynamo Alexey Gorokholinsky. FRICTION is paired with 2014's critically acclaimed g arment which premiered in Pittsburgh at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater and was named #1 in Contemporary Dance by the Pittsburgh Examiner.
East Village-based mixed media artist and MPress Records' flagship musician Rachael Sage will be showing her latest artworks from now through June 23 at Think Gallery (1 Bleecker St. near Bowery) NYC. The gallery will also be presenting a special reception for Sage's new work on May 30, where fans can meet the artist, have a free glass of wine and ask questions in an intimate, casual atmosphere. Sage primarily paints with acrylics, fabric paints, and watercolors, often incorporating diverse materials such as sequins, rhinestones, glitter, and newspaper.
Cerise Jacobs (photo credit: James Daniel) ; Dan Visconti (photo credit: SnoStudios Photography) Tickets go on sale today for the latest brainchild of creator and librettist Cerise Jacobs, the video game opera PermaDeath. Hailed by Opera magazine as “intrepid and artistically ambitious,” Jacobs is quickly establishing a body of original operatic work that blends two of her great passions, myth and technology, in compelling and relevant contemporary stories. PermaDeath, her most technologically sophisticated work to date, premieres at Boston's Cutler Majestic Theater from September 27-29.
Zullo/RawMovement presents the Queerly Contemporary Festival on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 7:30pm at City Center Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street, NYC. Doors open at 7pm for a gallery exhibit with works by Ricardo Francis. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at https://www.zullorawmovement.com/.
10 Hairy Legs, the all male repertory dance company, dèbuts at Baryshnikov Arts Center for its sixth consecutive New York Season for four performances June 7 -10. The program features World Premieres by Bessie Award Nominee and company member Nicholas Sciscione, and Yin Yue. Works by Al Blackstone, Raja Feather Kelly and Christopher Williams complete the program. Sciscione will perform his solo work and Ofer Pelz his original composition at all performances. Tickets are $25 for Adults and $20 for Students and Groups of 10 or more through 10HL.org.
As Part of Tom Murray's The Beatles Collection, The Mad Day: Summer of '68 which is now at Soho Contemporary Art May 31st through June 16th New York- May 8, 2018 – Noted British sculptor Andrew Edwards has just finished his homage to the 50th Anniversary of Tom Murray's Mad Day Out photographs of the Beatles by creating a bronze machete of one of the photo's titled “Coming Apart”.
The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University (CBA), the first international institute devoted to the creation and academic study of ballet, today announced the 27 artists and scholars who will serve as CBA Fellows in the 2018-19 academic year. The group - which represents The Center's largest and most far-reaching cohort yet - features distinguished individuals in a range of disciplines, including scholar Cecile Feza Bushidi, lighting designer Brandon Stirling Baker, choreographer Chase Brock, choreographer, filmmaker, and dancer Pontus Lidberg, and scholar Janice Ross, among others.
Zullo/RawMovement presents the Queerly Contemporary Festival on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 7:30pm at City Center Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street, NYC. Doors open at 7pm for a gallery exhibit with works by Ricardo Francis.
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is pleased to present the first institutional solo exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artist and designer Tanya Aguiñiga. Craft & Care highlights Aguiñiga's practice at the intersection of fiber art, design, social practice, and activism, with a focus on motherhood, care, border issues, and the creation of community-themes that run throughout the artist's work. On view through October 2, the exhibition spotlights AMBOS Project (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), Aguiñiga's ongoing activation of the US-Mexico border.
