Thomas Cummins will be using his residency to create a new portfolio by using Bethany’s building, its 25 acres and the greater town of Ossining as his subjects. He will be shooting large-format panoramic nocturnal photographs focusing on how the exterior environment necessarily shapes our interior. This exhibition will present his new works and include […]
Brazilian artist Bruna Amaro dos Santos will be working on an installation project entitled Maneater in which banners will be exhibited with reinterpretations of European art paintings showing women staging victorious scenes in the face of male violence. This exhibition will include an installation of her works and an opportunity to hear her perspectives as […]
Bethany welcomes Artist in Residence, Alyssa Songsiridej Alyssa Songsiridej will lead a generative creative writing workshop about using the Tarot to connect with your interests and inspiration. She will give a very brief explanation of the Tarot and facilitate writing exercises using intuition and the cards. No experience or Tarot deck necessary. https://alyssasongsiridej.com/ Alyssa Songsiridej […]
Christopher Williams will be using his time at Bethany to develop choreography for original versions of two works “Narcissus” and "Les Sylphides” set to scores composed for Diaghilev’s famed Ballets Russes. The evening-length works will re-appropriate themes of ancient myth and folklore to re-imagine the historic scores through a contemporary queer lens. The evening’s program will consist of a work-in-progress showing […]
Bethany Arts Community welcomes Brice Garrett for his first residency with us. Brice is using his residency to develop ideas of community and participatory artworks. He will be developing “Object Stories” which is a community-sourced art project that documents people’s relationships to personal objects that shape our everyday lives. Call for Participation - seeking submissions to build […]
Join us Sep 27 @ 11am via Facebook LIVE for a conversation and song about Ada, a musical work in progress. View on Facebook LIVE Composer Kim Sherman, Librettist Margaret Vandenburg, Music Director Kimberly Grigsby and Director Lisa Rothe will discuss the development process of their new music theater piece, as well as the close relationship […]
Join us Sep 27 @ 11:45am via Facebook LIVE for a work in progress showing by poet, Mario Moroni, during his residency at Bethany Arts Community. View on Facebook LIVE This performance is an evocative, immersive, poetry reading experience. The first part entitled “Ballads of Maine” is a traditional reading with the support a microphone that […]
Join us Sep 27 @ 1pm for a work in progress showing by choreographer, Kyle Marshall during his residency at Bethany Arts Community. View on Facebook LIVE For the public portion of his residency, Kyle shares his process with Jah, a solo tapping into of his Jamaican heritage. As a member of the diaspora Kyle has felt […]
Artist Talk and Slideshow Oct 6th @ 6pm via Facebook LIVE: Photographer, Julia Forrest will discuss her work, her inspirations, and her tools, including her camera, mirrors, and props. During her second residency at Bethany, Julia will photograph the local landscape to create illusions with mirrors and forced perspective. In the studio, she will be […]
Join us Oct 10th @ 11:00am via Facebook LIVE Go to Facebook LIVE Playwright, Susan Jennifer Polese, presents a 20 minute excerpt stage reading of monologues from her play in development, Secret Sundays. Susan will use her residency to continue to write the script. The public performance will feature local actor, Michelle Concha Herko. As a playwright inspired by different forms of […]
Artist Talk via Zoom: Karen Allen, visual artist, will share her inspirations and process for creating her works “Ark, Totems and Vessels” and the “Under and Over the Allowable Limit” Zoom Link About the Artist Karen Allen paintings and drawings in acrylic, oils and pastels are figurative abstractions. The inner feeling and meaning of what has inspired me visually is more important […]
Artist Talk via Facebook LIVE: Tacie Jones Artist Talk: Mending View Facebook LIVE We store the imprint of memory in our bodies. Some of this memory comes from personal experience, and some we inherit from our ancestors. This online artist talk will discuss Mending, a growing body of work consisting of video, media installation, sculpture, performance […]
Artist Talk via Facebook LIVE: Erika Meitner and Sarah Heady View Facebook LIVE Erika Meitner will be sharing poems and photos from her latest project in progress, tentatively titled Miami : Elegy, which uses documentary and eco-poetic modes of verse and lyric essay to explore issues of global warming and sea-level rise in Miami, Florida—an epicenter of urban […]
Short Film Presentation and Artist Talk via Zoom & Facebook LIVE View on Facebook LIVE Join Zoom Meeting A film by George Gavin, with poetry by Cheryl Moskowitz and sound by Alastair Gavin. Cheryl, George and Alastair will present their short film provisionally titled ‘Fixed in Place’ (approx 7.5 mins) to the Bethany Community on […]
Work in Progress Reading via Facebook LIVE: "I'm so Hot" by Playwright, Catherine Weingarten View Facebook LIVE Who cheats first? Men or women? What if they’re both insanely hot? In this adaptation of "La Dispute" by Marivaux, a Prince captures hot people to see who cheats first!! It’s like olden day French reality TV. About […]
Artist Performance and Q&A via Facebook LIVE: View event on Facebook LIVE View Video Performance Choreographer, Anna Mayta is premiering her new dance - “The world of humanity has two wings” - inspired by a quote from the Writings of Abdul’-Baha, Baha’i writings: "Humanity Has Two Wings": “The world of humanity has two wings – one is […]
Artist Talk via Facebook LIVE: View Facebook LIVE Writer, Daniel Tamulonis will give us a peek into his writing process, sharing his inspirations, and his journey as a writer, from writing marionette plays, to essays on teaching, to the fiction writing that, years and years later, he felt he had to get out into the world. Daniel will share how he makes room for writing […]
Artist Talk via Facebook LIVE: View Facebook LIVE Santina Amato, sculptor and painter, will share her process for making ephemeral sculptures that decompose overtime. While at Bethany she is designing sculptures that will exist in the gardens of Bethany before decomposing. While in residency at Bethany, Santina is looking forward to being able to create her ephemeral nature sculptures using a new method […]
Artist talk via Facebook LIVE: View Facebook LIVE Andrea will share an insider's view of her process and show her works in progress. Andrea’s work includes colorful, geometric and whimsical sculptures that are fabricated from wood, cardboard, wire, clay and acrylic plastic. Many of Andrea’s pieces are interactive, such as, benches, arches and 3-dimensional words. As an artist who works in the […]
Artist Talk with Visual Artist, Cherie Lee, via Facebook LIVE View Facebook LIVE After introducing us briefly to her work in a most unusual medium, and revealing a meticulously detailed, hand-carved ostrich eggshell Cherie completed during her time with Bethany Arts Community in October 2020, she delves into how her residency was nearly derailed by […]
Artist Talk with Visual Artist, Chigozie Obi, via Facebook LIVE View Facebook LIVE Chigozie Obi talks about the process and inspiration behind her general/residency work and how creating during the protests happening in her country was an escape, activism and emotional dump for her. The virtual residency helped Chigozie take her mind off the protests […]
Artist in Residence: "Object Stories" Talk with Visual Artist Brice Garrett via Facebook LIVE View Facebook LIVE View "Object Stories" Brice used his time at the Bethany Arts residency this fall to develop ideas of community and participatory artworks. Inspired by dozens of images of objects submitted by community members, “Object Stories” documents people’s relationships […]