Artist News | October
As the leaves begin to fall, events featuring NYFA Affiliated Artists pick up in a season full of art!
And if you’re attending any exhibitions, performances or screenings by NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows and NYFA Fiscally Sponsored Projects (or just enjoying some of their work at home, while sipping your favorite pumpkin flavored drink), make sure to tell us about it on social media. Use the handle @nyfacurrent to tag us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Things to do & see in NYC:
Renee Cox (Fellow in Photography ‘96)
Hank Willis Thomas (Fellow in Photography ’06)
State Property is a multi-disciplinary three-venue group exhibition examining the relationship between prison labor and American consumerism.
When: Now through October 21, 2017, at BronxArtSpace; through November 20 at Swing Space & Andrew Freedman Home
Where: BronxArtSpace, 305 East 140 Street, Bronx, NY 10454; Swing Space, 900 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451; and The Andrew Freedman Home, 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10452
Sanford Biggers (Fellow in Performance ’05)
One more week to see Selah at Marianne Boesky Gallery, an exhibition comprised of works which highlight overlooked cultural and political narratives in American History.
When: Now through October 21, 2017
Where: Marianne Boesky Gallery, 507 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
Diana Al-Hadid (Fellow in Sculpture ’09)
Falcon’s Fortress includes sculpture works, works on Mylar, and the artist’s largest presentation of wall panels seen in New York.
When: Now through October 21, 2017
Where: Marianne Boesky Gallery, 509 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
John O’Connor (Fellow in Painting ’08, Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’14)
One more week to see Dead Drop, a group show featuring work by O’Connor.
When: Now through October 22, 2017
Where: Honey Ramka, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Leeza Ahmady (Sponsored Project)
Leeza Ahmady’s Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW) brings together leading New York and Asia-based art institutions, museums, and galleries to present a showcase of exhibitions, innovative projects, provocative dialogues on current topics, and networking opportunities. See the schedule here.
When: Now through October 26, 2017
Where: Various locations throughout New York City.
Alison Saar (Fellow in Sculpture ’85)
William Villalongo (Fellow in Painting ’12)
Last two weeks to see Near & Dear, a group exhibition exploring the amorous connections artists make with signifying materials and objects.
When: Now through October 28, 2017
Where: Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, 323 West 39th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10018
Alois Kronschlaeger (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures ’13)
There’s still time to go to Cristin Tierney Gallery to see Alois Kronschlaeger: New Work, an exhibition of new fiber works and sculptures.
When: Now through October 28, 2017
Where: Cristin Tierney, 540 West 28th Street, New York, NY 10001
Leigh Davis (Sponsored Project)
Leigh Davis’s photographs are included in BRIC’s Brooklyn Photographs, which brings together the work of 11 photographers who have turned their lens on the Brooklyn experience from the late 1960s to the present. Leigh Davis’s An Inquiry into the ELE is a fiscally sponsored project.
When: Now through October 29, 2017
Where: Gallery at BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Nadja Verena Marcin (Sponsored Project)
Space Odyssey: Beyond Material Confinements, curated by Nadja Verena Marcin, explores themes including artificial intelligence, gravity, the explosion of movement, and feminine architecture.
When: Now through November 10, 2017
Where: Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11106
Leslie McCleave (Sponsored Project)
Producer-Director of Blind Boys of Alabama, Leslie McCleave will be on a free panel on accessing new audiences for NYFF Live.
When: October 13, 2017, 8:00 PM
Where: Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, Amphitheater, 144 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023
Annie Lanzillotto (Fellow in Performance ’99, Nonfiction ’14)
Lanzillotto will be performing in Susan Cook’s family drama Run, based on a true story. Buy tickets at the door.
When: October 13, 2017, 8:00 PM
Where: BAAD: Bronx Academy of Art and Dance, 2474 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
Kyoung eun Kang (Fellow in Video ’10)
NURTUREart presents 1402 Seok-Dong, a solo exhibition by Kyoung eun Kang.
When: October 14, 2017 – November 5, 2017; Opening Reception: October 13, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: NURTUREart, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Judith Bernstein (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’88)
Judith Bernstein: Cabinet of Horrors showcases a new body of work by the artist, specifically commissioned by The Drawing Center.
When: October 13, 2017 – February 4, 2018
Where: The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013
LoVid (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ’09, Digital/Electronic Arts ’17)
LoVid will be performing live at Music for Plants, an event inspired by artists and musicians making music for the pleasure and benefit of plants. Compact discs will be on sale to benefit the garden.
When: October 14, 2017, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: La Casita Verde, 451 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Lenora Champagne (Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting ’98, Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work ’03)
Champagne will be performing Traps, an interactive performance reflecting on the traps we encounter both everyday and large-scale.
When: October 15, 2017, 3:00 PM
Where: Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Angel Nevarez (Fellow in Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work ’05)
Nevarez will be participating in WTF Do We Do Now?, a one-day gathering of artists and activists in conversation, reflecting on moving forward in a time of political tension.
When: October 15, 2017, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Where: Pioneer Works, 159 Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn NY 11231
Brenda Zlamany (Fellow in Painting ’94)
Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home presents Brenda Zlamany: 100/100, featuring 100 watercolor portraits. An artist talk will follow the reception. RSVP by email.
When: September 10, 2017 – January 7, 2018; Opening Reception: October 15, 2017, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Where: Derfner Judaica Museum, 5901 Palisade Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471
Joseph Keckler (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts ’12)
The topical theatrical cabaret, Weimar New York, once again finds its way back to the stage during these politically turbulent times. Tickets may be purchased here.
When: October 17, 2017, 9:30 PM
Where: Joe’s Pub, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003
Monika Fabijanska (Sponsored Project)
Presented by The Culture Club, curator Monika Fabijanska will discuss her upcoming exhibition, The Un-Heroic Act: Representations of Rape in Contemporary Women’s Art in the U.S. scheduled for September 2018.
When: October 17, 2017, 7:30PM
Where: 68 Jay Street Bar, 26 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Open Studios 2017
Join the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts for their Annual Open Studios to see new work by the following NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows and Finalists:
Samira Abbassy (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’07)
Wafaa Bilal (Fellow in Interdisciplinary ’12)
Rhona Bitner (Fellow in Photography ’10)
Martha Burgess (Fellow in Computer Arts ’99)
Mattia Casalegno (Fellow in Finalist in Digital/Electronic Arts ’17)
Patty Cateura (Fellow in Painting ’08)
Sally Egbert (Fellow in Painting ’94)
Sean Fader (Fellow in Photography ’13)
Cui Fei (Fellow in Crafts ’07, Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’14)
Valerie Hegarty (Fellow in Sculpture ’09, Crafts/Sculpture ’17)
Edgar Jerins (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’05)
Tamiko Kawata (Fellow in Crafts ’01, ’05)
Sarah Leahy (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’01)
Armita Raafat (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ’14)
Suzanne Song (Fellow in Painting ’08)
Steed Taylor (Fellow in Painting ’02, Sculpture ’07)
Dannielle Tegeder (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’17)
Scott Teplin (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’17)
Yuken Teruya (Fellow in Sculpture ’05)
Marjorie Welish (Fellow in Poetry ’90, ’07)
Saya Woolfalk (Fellow in Cross-Disciplinary ’07, Digital/Electronic Arts ’14)
When: October 19, 2017, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM; October 20, 2017, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM; October 21, 2017, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Where: Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Center, 323 West 39th Street, New York, NY 10018
Josephine Halvorson (Fellow in Painting ’10)
Join Sikkema Jenkins & Co for the opening reception of As I Went Walking, an exhibition of recent paintings and works on paper by Halvorson.
When: October 19, 2017 – November 22, 2017; Opening Reception: October 19, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Sikkema Jenkins & Co, 530 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
Amir Hariri (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ’17)
Hariri’s work is featured in the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Semi-Finalist show.
When: Now through 23, 2017; Artist Reception: October 19, 2017, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: Allouche Gallery, 82 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014
Walter Dundervill (Finalist in Choreography ’16)
Life Arts presents Skybox, a dance performance choreographed and created by Dundervill. Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased here.
When: October 20 & 21, 2017, 7:30PM; October 22, 2017, 6:00 PM
Where: Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Adam Parker Smith (Fellow in Painting ’15)
The Hole is proud to announce an upcoming solo show of sculptures by Adam Parker Smith.
When: October 21, 2017 – November 12, 2017; Opening Reception: October 21, 2017, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: The Hole, 312 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
Faith Holland (Finalist in Digital/Electronic Arts ’14)
Holland’s show Speculative Fetish addresses the way technology functions as a metaphor for the body.
When: October 21, 2017 – January 6, 2018; Opening Reception: October 21, 2017, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Where: Transfer, 1030 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Carolee Schneemann (Fellow in Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’87)
MoMA PS1 presents Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting, the first comprehensive retrospective of Carolee Schneemann.
When: October 22, 2017 – March 11, 2018
Where: MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
William Villalongo (Fellow in Painting ’12)
Keep on Pushing is a solo exhibition of new work re-imagining the black male figure in current times, and speaking to the inherent human spirit’s will to persevere.
When: October 26, 2017 – December 9, 2017, Opening Reception: October 26, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Susan Inglett Gallery, 522 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
Get out of town to see:
Rebecca Chamberlain (Fellow in Painting ’12)
Last chance to see Homatorium III at Charlie James Gallery, the debut Los Angeles solo show of New York-based artist Rebecca Chamberlain.
When: Now through October 14, 2017
Where: Charlie James Gallery, 969 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Sarah Oppenheimer (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ’06, ’10, ’16)
One more week to see two new works by Oppenheimer, S-011110 and S-010100, at Annely Juda Fine Art.
When: Now through October 21, 2017
Where: Annely Juda Fine Arts, 4th floor, 23 Dering Street, London, England W1S 1AW
Saya Woolfalk (Fellow in Cross-disciplinary ’07, Digital/Electronic Arts ’14)
This is the last week to see Color:Coded, a group exhibition of site-specific installations by artists who explore the layered issues and loaded history of color.
When: Now through October 21, 2017
Where: New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, MA 02460
Roger Grunwald (Sponsored Project)
Roger Grunwald’s one-man play, The Obligation, is about a Jewish-American comedian, an Auschwitz survivor, a half-Jewish German soldier, and an SS General who explore the dark history of our world. Buy tickets here.
When: Now through November 5, 2017
Where: Portero Stage, 1695 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
John Morton (Sponsored Project)
John Morton’s work is part of Sup-A-Genius: The Five Guy Show, a group exhibition that celebrates the artist-as inventor.
When: Now through November 11, 2017
Where: Drawing Rooms, 180 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Helène Aylon (Sponsored Project)
Aylon’s exhibition and conclusion to her two-decade-long G-D Project: Nine Houses Without Women, Afterword: For the Children, travels to the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale.
When: Now through November 15, 2017
Where: Hamachtarot Museum (Museum of Underground Prisoners), Rehov Mishol Hagvura 1, Russian Compound, Jerusalem, Israel 9131401
Charlotte Schulz (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’01, ’09, ’17)
Schulz has work in the group exhibition Dwellings, on view at the Rockland Center for the Arts.
When: Now through November 19, 2017
Where: Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South Greenbush Road, West Nyack, NY 10994
Hank Willis Thomas (Fellow in Photography ’06)
The Beautiful Game is an exhibition comprised of new floor and wall based sculptures and quilts, marking Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom.
When: Now through November 24, 2017
Where: Ben Brown Fine Arts London, 12 Brook’s Mews, London, England W1K 4DG
Drew Shiflett (Fellow in Sculpture ’90, Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’09)
James Siena (Fellow in Painting ’96)
On Repeat brings together works by 14 artists who use patterning and repetition in their work.
When: Now through December 14, 2017
Where: Clarke & Associates, 301 East 11th Street, Houston, TX 77008
Sherrie Levine (Fellow in Painting ’87)
David Zwirner, London, is pleased to present Pie Town, an exhibition of new works by Sherrie Levine.
When: Now through November 18, 2017
Where: David Zwirner, 24 Grafton Street, Mayfair, London, England W1S 4EZ
Terre O’Connor (Fellow in Choreography ’87, ’92, ’98, ’02, ’06, ’10)
The Fisher Center will be presenting the premiere of Long Run, a major new choreographic work from Tere O’Connor. Purchase tickets here.
When: October 13, 2017, 7:30PM; October 14, 2017, 7:30PM; October 15, 2017, 2:00 PM
Where: The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, LUMA Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
Desirée Alvarez (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’97, ’03, Poetry ’11)
Alvarez will be reading poems with a group of writers in celebration of the literary journal La Presa.
When: October 15, 2017, 4:00 PM
Where: Hudson Area Library, 51 North 5th Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Carolyn Jones (Sponsored Project)
Carolyn Jones’ documentary film, Defining Hope, is a part of the Heartland Film Festival. The film follows patients with life-threatening illnesses as they face death, embrace hope, and ultimately redefine what makes life worth living. Purchase tickets here.
When: October 17 & October 18, 2017
Where: Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN, Various Locations
Laura Spector (Fellow in Photography ’01)
New photographs inspired by paintings from the Johann Friedrich Daniel Museum, which were stolen during World War II.
When: October 26, 2017 – January 11, 2018; Opening Reception: October 26, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: City Hall Houston, 901 Bagby Street, Houston, TX 7702
New releases to enjoy at home:
James Sherry (Fellow in Poetry ’91)
Sherry’s new book, The Oligarch, is a response to our current political era, and a modern sequel to Machiavelli’s classic, The Prince. Through Sherry’s literary strategy, he offers a compelling view on American politics and the direction of global politics and economics.
When: Released on October 12, 2017
Where: Purchase here.
Marilyn Minter (Fellow in Painting ’88, ’92)
Check out a recent article spotlighting Minters’ current group project, Anger Management, the resistance-themed pop-up shop set inside of the Brooklyn Museum.
When: Published on October 2, 2017
Where: Online at The New York Times
Debi Cornwall (Sponsored Project)
Debi Cornwall’s Welcome to Camp America: Inside Guantanamo Bay is a vivid and disorientating collection of photographs, once-classified government documents, and first-person accounts providing a glimpse into the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay. Check out a glimpse on the New York Times!
Where: Purchase from Radius Books here.
Li Lu (Sponsored Project)
Li Lu’s film There is a New World Somewhere is now streaming on Amazon Prime.
Where: Watch on Amazon Prime.
NYFA congratulates:
Dawoud Bey (Fellow in Photography ’86, ’90
Taylor Mac (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ’09)
We proudly congratulate Dawoud Bey and Taylor Mac who were named as 2017 MacArthur Fellows! Read more about the artists and the MacArthur Foundation online.
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The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program awards $7,000 grants to individual artists living and working in New York State, and NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship enhances the fundraising capabilities of individual artists and emerging arts organizations.
Images from top to bottom: Hank Willis Thomas (Fellow in Photography ’06), Basketball & Chain, 2003, and Sarah Oppenheimer (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ’06, ’10, ’16), Horizontal Roll, 2008
