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SUMMARY:Artist in Residence: Lindy Fines - GREYZONE Work-In-Progress Showing and Talkback
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nChoreographer Lindy Fines\, and her company GREYZONE\, will take you inside the creative process for a new duet-in-progress that they have been developing at BAC. After performing the duet\, Lindy and the dancers will then demonstrate aspects of the choreographic systems used to create the work. With the same methodology utilized in their rehearsals\, they will build a dance phrase live in front of the audience. Employing chance-based procedures\, with an opportunity for the audience to make contributions\, they will use this as a starting place to build the phrase. The viewers will have the opportunity to witness each dancer bringing their initial instincts for how to physically enact the prompts. As the phrase develops\, Lindy will make various adjustments and shape the material. After this glimpse into the creative process\, there will be a talkback with the audience in which they can ask questions and give feedback on the work \nName of Artist: Lindy Fines\nDates of Residency: May 2 – May 15 \nResidency Plan:\nChoreographer Lindy Fines will be developing a new duet for her dance project GREYZONE. Continuing GREYZONE’s years-long investigation into the power of inherited traditions and the creation of self within community\, this duet will explore the possibility of personal transformation when we enter into a collaboratively constructed\, supportive\, and vulnerable relationship with another person. During their time at BAC\, the dancers and Lindy will generate initial phrases through guided movement challenges. As they will be using their own dance histories as a pathway into the metaphor of lineage\, many of these guided movement challenges will highlight the effort behind classical Western dance positions and break up the formal body pathways ingrained in classical training. \nBio:\nLindy Fines is the choreographer and artistic director of GREYZONE\, a NYC-based multimedia dance project that she co-founded with creative director Justin Fines. Melding deconstructed ballet and modern dance vocabularies\, visual arts\, and time-based media\, GREYZONE’s works for film and stage uncover non-narrative theatricality and highlight the ritual of performance. In 2021\, Lindy was a GALLIM Moving Women Artist-in-Residence\, and in 2019 GREYZONE was a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Choreography through the The New York Foundation for the Arts. \nThe Oklahoma International Dance Festival presented GREYZONE’s premiere of ASSEMBLY in August 2021 (Inaugural Artist-in-Residence\, University of Central Oklahoma). Featuring music by Sivan Jacobovitz and costumes by Victoria Yee Howe and House of 950\, ASSEMBLY was supported by The Harkness Foundation for Dance\, New Music USA\, and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) Emergency Grant. \nGREYZONE’s collaborations include dance film RIFT (92Y)\, dance film PENUMBRA with composer Steve Hauschildt (Nevada Museum of Art; 17 screenings worldwide)\, BLOOM (APAP\, City Center Studios; University Settlement)\, DRIFT with visual artist Maia Ruth Lee (Abrons Arts Center)\, MATTER CHANGES HANDS (Movement Research at the Judson Church\, Brooklyn Ballet) dance film QUEENS DUETS (5 screenings worldwide)\, and VEHICLE with illustrator Mike Perry. GREYZONE has been in residence at The Croft (MI)\, Socrates Sculpture Park (Queens\, NY)\, and New Dance Alliance\, and was supported by a 2020 FCA Emergency Grant (COVID-19 Fund) and a 2016 FCA Emergency Grant to premiere DRIFT. Lindy earned a BFA from the University of Oklahoma and trained on scholarship at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio. Follow GREYZONE on Instagram at @greyzonenyc \nArtist’s Social Media:\nInstagram: @greyzonenyc \n\n\n\n\nWith thanks and acknowledgment:\nPrograms at Bethany Arts Community are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Arts Westchester\, and numerous individual donors.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/lindy-fines/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022 Residencies,Dance,Performance,Residencies,Spring 2022 Residencies,Talk
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SUMMARY:WHEN ARTISTS SHOUT: Social and Political Commentary in Western Art - A Lecture by Marcy B. Freedman
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday\, June 8\, 2022 for light refreshments at 6:30pm and Lecture by Marcy B. Freedman at 7pm \nREGISTER\nFor centuries\, art has been used for a multitude of purposes\, often serving the needs of powerful religious and political institutions.  But it has also been used to express the thoughts and feelings of artists who wish to speak out against the injustices that they have witnessed or experienced. \nIn this lecture\, Marcy B. Freedman will focus upon some of the many artists who have addressed their opposition to war\, gender inequality\, and racism.  She will share images dating from antiquity to the 19th century\, in order to set the stage for the revolutionary work of Goya.  From there\, she will proceed into the 20th and 21st centuries\, highlighting the work of artists who are not content to “paint pretty pictures.”  Among the artists to be discussed are Max Beckmann\, Kathe Kollwitz\, Judy Chicago\, Barbara Kruger\, The Guerilla Girls\, David Hammons\, and Kara Walker.  For these brave and talented individuals\, art is a powerful tool\, and they wield it with conviction. \nMarcy B. Freedman is an artist and art historian.  Her academic background includes an undergraduate degree from the University of California\, Berkeley\, a master’s degree from the University of Michigan\, and master’s degree from Princeton University. \nAs an art historian\, Freedman has taught in colleges and universities\, given public lectures\, and curated exhibitions. As an artist\, she has worked with a wide range of mediums\, from painting\, drawing\, and collage to photography\, video\, and performance art.  Her works have been shown in more than 400 exhibitions\, and she has performed extensively in the tri-state area.  For decades\, Freedman explored the realms of abstraction and conceptual art.  However\, since 2016\, she has focused upon social and political issues\, addressing these topics in her solo work and in her collaborations with other artists.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/when-artists-shout/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022 Season of Justice,Impact 2022,Talk
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SUMMARY:Artist in Residence: L Feldman M13: Excerpt Sharing and Talkback
DESCRIPTION:L M Feldman will share excerpts and questions from her audacious – and timely – play-in-progress\, THE MERCURY 13 GUIDE TO GETTING OFF THE GROUND. An epic and muscular theatrical shakedown\, THE MERCURY 13 intertwines historical events\, imagined scenes\, fantastical moments\, physical feats\, and text plucked straight from the Congressional archive\, to unearth the story of thirteen female pilots who might have\, if the world had followed a different path\, been among our earliest astronauts. It asks: what does it take (as a woman\, a person of color\, a queer\, a disadvantaged citizen\, a human being) to get off the ground in this country? Even still. Join L as she shares new work and invites questions & answers\, thoughts & curiosities.  \nREGISTER\nResidency Plan: \nOver the last two years\, I’ve been writing a beast of a play called THE MERCURY 13 GUIDE TO GETTING OFF THE GROUND. It’s about 13 accomplished female pilots who in 1961 were being selected and tested as astronaut candidates… until NASA and the government suddenly squelched the program. And so – in the height of the Space Race\, the Cold War\, and the Civil Rights Movement – a Congressional Hearing was called to determine whether the U.S. should include women as astronauts… which suddenly pitted social progress against technological speed. Congress chose technological speed\, and promised to close the opportunity gap in time. The play braids together historical events\, imagined scenes\, fantastical moments\, physical feats\, and text plucked straight from the Congressional archive – as it follows these 13 female pilots\, who sacrifice nearly everything for an opportunity that seems within their grasp. At BAC\, I’ll finally get to dive into the significant rewrites I want to do on this play\, and to emerge with a comprehensive new draft that’s workshop-ready for actors.  \nBio:\nL M Feldman is a queer\, GNC\, feminist playwright who writes theatrically adventurous\, physically evocative\, intimate\, inquisitive\, ensemble-driven plays. Plays that are dynamic\, honest\, brave\, and the smallest bit impossible. Plays that transcend into an experience.   \nSo far\, her body of work includes THRIVE\, OR WHAT YOU WILL [AN EPIC] ~ THE MERCURY 13 GUIDE TO GETTING OFF THE GROUND ~ ANOTHER KIND OF SILENCE ~ SCRIBE\, OR THE SISTERS MILTON\, OR ELEGY FOR THE UNWRITTEN ~ THE EGG-LAYERS ~ GRACE\, OR THE ART OF CLIMBING ~ A PEOPLE [A MOSAIC PLAY] ~ TROPICAL SECRETS\, OR ALL THE FLUTES IN THE SEA ~ and 7 full-length ensemble-devised works.  \nL has been nominated for the Wendy Wasserstein Prize\, Stavis Playwright Award\, New York Innovative Theatre Award\, Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award\, and twice for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. And she’s ongoingly grateful to have been a fellow at MacDowell\, the Playwrights Realm\, and the Dramatists Guild\, and a core writer with InterAct Theatre\, Orbiter 3\, and (currently) The Playwrights’ Center.   \nAn alum of the Yale School of Drama and the New England Center for Circus Arts\, L is also a contemporary circus artist. She has performed duo trapeze at festivals around the world\, and has dramaturged works of circus-theater for ensembles around the country. She loves theater that moves\, and circus that tells stories.   \nL has lived in seven cities and is now based in Philadelphia\, where she teaches both playwriting and circus\, writes and devises plays\, and trains handstands.  \nResidencies and programs at Bethany Arts Community are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Arts Westchester\, and numerous individual donors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/feldman/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022 Residencies,Fall 2022 Residencies,Residencies,Talk
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SUMMARY:Artist in Residence: Sandra Jackson-Opoku Black Rice: A Sino-Black Diaspora Presentation & Reading
DESCRIPTION:Sinologist\, Keisha Brown originated the term “Sino-Black relations” to describe historical connections between China and people of African descent. This presentation will explore some of the global contact zones and cultural experiences where China and Africa have intersected. This slide presentation will be followed by a reading from the novel-in-progress\, Black Rice and a brief Q&A session. \nThis event is for Ossiing High School Black Culture Club & Human Rights Club \nResidency Plan:\nBLACK RICE is a historical novel exploring centuries-old connections between China and people of African descent. In this family saga sprawling across five novella-length chapters\, a chorus of voices speak in the dramatic\, interior\, and epistolary monologue as the narrators tell their life stories aloud\, in thought\, or in writing. These encounters begin with an East African woman sold into concubinage in Ming Dynasty Guangzhou. A Cantonese descendant is later transported to Cuba in the 19th-century “coolie” trade to the Americas\, where he meets and marries an African-American woman. Additional generations flow from this descent: a boxer\, a blues singer\, and a descendant teaching in modern China. I will use a Bethany Arts residency to incorporate research findings and polish final revisions to prepare Black Rice for submission. \nBio:\nSandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of the award-winning novel\, The River Where Blood is Born and Hot Johnny (and the Women Whom Loved Him)\, an Essence Magazine Bestseller in Hardcover Fiction. She also co-edited the anthology\, Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks. Her fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, and dramatic works are widely published and produced\, appearing in such outlets as Secrets\, An Oddsized Coffin\, eMerge Magazine\, Both Sides: Stories from the Border\, the Anthology of Appalachian Heritage\, storySouth\, Another Chicago Magazine\, New Daughters of Africa\, Ms. Magazine\, Ocotillo Review\, Obsidian\, the Chicago Humanities Festival\, Lifeline Theatre\, and many others. \nProfessional recognition includes a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, the General Electric-Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines Award for Younger Writers\, an American Library Association Black Caucus Award for Fiction\, Ragdale Foundation US/Africa Writers Fellowship\, a William Randolph Hearst Research Visiting Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society\, a listing in Newcity Lit50: Who Really Books in Chicago\, and an inaugural Esteemed Literary Artist Award from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Fiction. \nJackson-Opoku has been a resident fellow at many national and international arts communities. She teaches literature and writing at workshops\, conferences\, colleges\, and universities across the country and around the world. \n Image: © Zeng Xianfang from the Little North Road project by Daniel Traub. \n\n\n\n\n\nResidencies and programs at Bethany Arts Community are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Arts Westchester\, and numerous individual donors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/sandra-jackson-opoku/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022 Residencies,Fall 2022 Residencies,Residencies,Talk,Workshop,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Social Activism and Restorative Justice - A conversation with Jo Kreiter and Partners
DESCRIPTION:Join us September 21\, 2022 at 7pm for a conversation about the importance of restorative justice and the creative process as they contribute to alternatives to the prison system. We’ll also explore Ms. Kreiter’s process of integrating personal narratives and lived human experience into the choreography and presentation of Apparatus of Repair. We will hear from those who participated in a first ever\, restorative circle with five men currently in Sing Sing Correctional Facility and a group of artists contributing to the project.  \nRegister in advance for this webinar:\nREGISTER FOR WEBINAR \nFeaturing Jo Kreiter (Flyaway Productions)\, Sean Pica (Hudson Link for Higher Education)\, Hilberto Ramos (Hudson Link for Higher Education)\, and Minerva Pascual (“Artivist”). Hosted by Abigail Lewis and Brent Glass (Sing Sing Prison Museum).  \nBios:\nJo Kreiter Artistic Director\, Flyaway Productions\nJo Kreiter is a nationally recognized choreographer and site artist with a background in political science. She makes large scale public art via apparatus-based dance. She engages physical innovation and the political conflicts we live within.   Kreiter’s tools include community collaboration\, a masterful use of place\, an intersectional feminist lens and a body-based push against the constraints of gravity.  Her work democratizes public space. Jo has spent 25 years building coalitions with women marginalized by race\, class\, gender and workplace inequities. Noted partners include Essie Justice Group\, UC Hastings\, Tenderloin Museum\, Prison Renaissance\, Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center\, and Tradeswomen\, Inc. Her work has been supported by Guggenheim and Rauschenberg Fellowships\, New England Foundation for the Arts\, the and the National Endowment for the Arts.  \nSean Pica Executive Director\, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison & Vice President\, New Beginnings Transitional Housing\nSean Pica is the Executive Director of Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison and Vice President of New Beginnings Transitional Housing\, a not-for-profit organization that provides college education\, life skills and re-entry support to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and women to help them make a positive impact on their own lives\, their families and communities.  \nMr. Pica has presided over Hudson Link’s growth in size and scope. Since taking over leadership of the organization in 2007\, it has grown from 60 students attending Mercy College at Sing Sing Correctional Facility\, to more than 580 students attending college preparatory and college programs in 6 New York State Correctional Facilities. Partnering with Columbia University; Columbia Greene\, Mercy\, Nyack\, Mount Saint Mary\, St. Thomas Aquinas\, SUNY Sullivan\, SUNY Ulster and Vassar Colleges\, Hudson Link has awarded 700 college degrees. In addition\, Hudson Link is now actively involved in the very important work of providing re-entry support\, including transitional housing\, to its more than 1\,400 released alumni to help them successfully transition back into their families and communities. Before joining Hudson Link\, Mr. Pica served on its Board of Directors.  \nMr. Pica serves on the New York State Council on Community Re-Entry and Reintegration\, is a founding Board Member and serves as the Advisory Board Chair for the national Alliance for Higher Education in Prison\, and serves on the Board of Directors for the New York State Consortium for Higher Education in Prison\, and the Sing Sing Prison Museum Project.  \nHilberto Ramos\nHilberto Ramos was incarcerated at 19\, Hilberto worked tirelessly to empower and motivated himself towards success. He obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees through hard work and dedication. He now has the opportunity to utilize his education as a DOCCS Reentry Enhancement Case Manager for Exodus Transitional Community. Providing services that individuals need to overcome the obstacles hindering their lives is both rewarding and satisfying.  \nMinerva “Mimi” Pascual\nMinerva “Mimi” Pascual is a criminal justice activist who considers herself an “artivist\,” blending the worlds of justice reform and media. Currently\, she serves as a community organizer for the Social Justice Network as well College community fellowship where she supports\, uplifts and empowers women who have been impacted by the criminal Justice system who are looking to achieve their higher education.\nMimi is also the Founder of La-Madrina Entertainment\, a production company that honors her Latino heritage and is dedicated to sharing relatable stories with the world.  \nMinerva continues to partner up with various organizations such as Sing Sing Prison Collective Oral Histories\, CBS Viacon as a producer\, as well WNET/PBS. Previously Minerva worked along with fashion pioneer FUBU where she led advertising\, marketing\, and public relations. She has also served as a producer\, actor\, and writer for productions such as the weekly internet radio show “It’s Coffie Time\,” a show that focuses on issues related to social\, racial\, and criminal justice reform in America\, as well as the critically-acclaimed film “Take the Bridge” which was featured at the Tribeca and HBO Latino Film Festivals. One of her proudest accomplishments is developing a reality show that was later pitched and picked up by Sony Entertainment. \nShe has had the distinguished privilege of participating in Paralegal Pathways Fellowship\, Broadway Advocacy Coalition Fellowship\, College Community Fellowship (CCF)\, Columbia University’s Center for Justice\, and the John Jay Institute for Justice and Opportunity\, where she served as a mentor and Community Advisory Board member. Minerva earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Arts & Theater from The City University of New York’s City College.  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/webinar-jo-kreiter/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022 Season of Justice,Dance,Flyaway Productions,Flyaway Productions,Talk
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SUMMARY:Artist in Residence: Marcie LaCerte Artist Talk and Work-in-Progress Screening
DESCRIPTION:Animator Marcie LaCerte will be sharing work-in-progress material of her upcoming animated short film\, The Pleasure-Dome\, and will be delivering an artist’s talk about her work.  \nREGISTER\nResidency Plan:\nI will be making progress on my upcoming independent animated short titled “The Pleasure-Dome.” I am combining digital character animation with hand-drawn\, colored pencil backgrounds. I will be using the facilities and the 25-acre grounds for inspiration (as much of my film is set in plant-filled landscapes) and for finishing up my film.  \nBio:\nMarcie LaCerte is a Chinese-American animator and art director based in New York City. She is currently a Creative Culture fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center and is working on two narrative short films.   \nHer clients include Vox\, NPR\, Great Big Story\, PBS\, and Quartz. Her films have been recognized by Vimeo Staff Picks\, The New Yorker\, Ottawa International Animation Festival\, GLAS\, AFI Docs\, and more. She has given talks at the CalArts Experimental Animation program\, the Living Room Light Exchange (New York)\, and the Light Grey Art Lab Residency.  \nShe is interested in making films that use metaphor\, surrealism\, and comedy to examine personal experiences and feelings. Her dreamlike environments reflect the internal psychological state of her characters\, and her stories are often structured around journeys through these otherworldly landscapes. Her work explores themes of isolation\, creativity\, obsession\, and the absurdity of modern life. She is also interested in producing interactive multimedia art through game design or web-based hypertext. In her free time\, she enjoys thrift shopping\, listening to podcasts\, and thinking about the internet.  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nResidencies and programs at Bethany Arts Community are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Arts Westchester\, and numerous individual donors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/marcie-lacerte/
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SUMMARY:Artist in Residence: Sarah Heady On Found Texts and the Poetics of Place Reading & Talk
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Heady will read from her newest book of poems\, COMFORT (Spuyten Duyvil Publishing\, 2022)\, a meditation on female solitude\, agency\, and relationship set on the prairies of the American West. COMFORT braids together found language from historical texts\, including rural women’s magazines of the 1910s and 1920s and “booster” documents extolling the virtues of farming the Great Plains. Sarah will also read from “Holdings\,” an essay collection-in-progress that investigates landscape\, power\, and class in the Hudson Valley. Raised in Dutchess County\, New York and now living in San Francisco\, Sarah will discuss what it means to write about place from a distance. \n\n\nREGISTER\nNote: Masks are required for this event. \n\nResidency Plan:\nI intend to use my time at BAC to develop a collection of linked lyric essays entitled “Holdings.” Rooted in my obsessions with place\, history\, and architecture\, this project circles around issues of landscape\, class\, and power in my home-place of the Hudson River Valley.   \nBio:\nSarah Heady is a poet and essayist interested in place\, history\, and the built environment. She is the author of Comfort (Spuyten Duyvil\, 2022)\, Corduroy Road (dancing girl\, 2021)\, and Niagara Transnational (Fourteen Hills\, 2013). She is also the librettist of Halcyon\, a new opera about the death and life of a women’s college. Sarah is the recipient of residencies from the Corporation of Yaddo\, In Cahoots\, Bethany Arts Community\, and Art Farm. Raised in New York’s Hudson Valley\, she lives in San Francisco\, where she co-edits Drop Leaf Press\, a small women-run poetry collective. More at sarahheady.com.  \n\nResidencies and programs at Bethany Arts Community are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Arts Westchester\, and numerous individual donors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/sarah-heady/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022 Residencies,Fall 2022 Residencies,Poetry,Residencies,Talk
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SUMMARY:Artist in Residence: Artist Talk with Ben Cuevas
DESCRIPTION:Ben Cuevas speaks on his interdisciplinary art practice and how identity intersects with medium and process. As a queer\, latinx\, nonbinary\, HIV-positive artist\, identity directly influences Cuevas’s multifaceted artwork and choice of mediums. Working between textiles\, sculpture\, photography\, performance\, video\, and installation\, Cuevas investigates questions about the body\, the self\, and what it means to be other\, through a queer feminist intersectional lens.  \nREGISTER\nResidency Plan:\nMy most current body of work Non-binary Code investigates the fundamentally binary nature of knitting\, which is at the core of my practice—and combines this with the exploration of my non-binary identity. A central part of my artwork is based around fiber-arts\, and I reflect on the queer/feminist ideologies within the long and gendered history of women’s work with fiber-based materials. My goal for the BAC residency would be to dive into this series and devote my attention and body to the meditative practice of repetitive stitching with this large-scale acrylic yarn. This series of work is accumulating into an “acrylic on canvas” artwork that is subverting the heteronormative histories around abstract expressionism and inserting myself within this narrative stitch by stitch.  \nBio:\nBorn in Southern California in 1987\, Ben Cuevas is an artist whose work is rooted in concepts of otherness and intersectionality\, inspired by his queer\, non-binary\, HIV-positive\, and Latinx lived experience. As these multiple components inform his practice\, identity directly influences his artwork\, which is naturally interdisciplinary. Cuevas received his B.A. in mixed media\, installation\, and photography at Hampshire College\, in 2010.   \nA central part of Cuevas’s artwork is based in textiles\, underscoring queer/feminist ideologies within the long and gendered history of women’s work with fiber-based materials. These artworks have been shown across the US with exhibitions held at The Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles\, Museum of the City of New York\, The Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York City\, and others.   \nCuevas’s work also speaks to queer histories and the idea of the archive through his photo-based works centering images of sexual minorities from past into the present. This can be seen in his piece Ghosts of the Trucks of the Westside Highway\, and his ongoing photo series titled Reinserted.   \nSeveral books and publications feature Cuevas’s work\, such as DUETS: Ben Cuevas & Annie Sprinkle in Conversation\, published by Visual AIDS; Queer Threads: Crafting\, Identity\, and Community\, edited by John Chaich and Todd Oldham. Acclaimed as a public speaker\, Cuevas has given talks at institutions including\, Brown University\, Ohio State University\, The Museum of Sex (NYC)\, and the Fire Island Artist Residency.  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nResidencies and programs at Bethany Arts Community are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Arts Westchester\, and numerous individual donors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/ben-cuevas/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022 Residencies,Fall 2022 Residencies,Residencies,Talk,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Artist in Residence: AriDy Nox - At The Bayou's Mouth Reading and Talk
DESCRIPTION:AriDy Nox will present a reading of excerpts from her triptych At The Bayou’s Mouth (working title). Afterward there will be a facilitated discussion about triptychs\, nonlinear playwriting\, and creativity rooted in black femme identity. AriDy will receive feedback and reactions to the works-in-progress and discuss the opportunities afforded us as creative thinkers when we go beyond traditional structure\, as well as the stories we can explore when we allow ourselves to think outside of the box. \nREGISTER\nResidency Plan:\nI am currently working on a magical realism triptych that follows a black family along the matrilineal line across three generations as they work to understand motherhood in nontraditional contexts. The triptych exists in a village that is a mix of all the Southern towns I have ever lived in\, on the outskirts of a Bayou. I intend to finish a detailed outline of the second play of the series\, water\, as well as a rough draft of the third play in the series\, witchling. I am also deeply excited by the idea of pulling in other artists to possibly engage in my process in collaborative ways\, especially choreographers and musicians. The triptych will have a lot of underscoring and *movement*. As a fledgling composer\, I would love to get feedback on some of the rough scores that I will be composing and possible movement that comes out of those scores.  \nBio:\nAriDy Nox is a multi-disciplinary black femme storyteller and social activist with a variety of forward-thinking creative works under her/their belt including the historical reimagining of the life of Sally Hemmings BLACK GIRL IN PARIS (2020)\, the ancestral reckoning play A WALLESS CHURCH (2019)\, the afrofuturist ecopocalypse musical METROPOLIS (2019)\, and many others. AriDy creates out of the vehement belief that creating a future in which marginalized peoples are free requires a radical imagination. Their tales are offerings intended to function as small parts of an ancient\, expansive\, awe-inspiring tradition of world-shaping\, created by and for black femmes.  As a graduate of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at Tisch School of the Performing Arts at NYU and a beneficiary of the Musical Theatre Factory Inaugural MAKERS cohort\, the Emerging Writer’s Group at the Public Theatre\, The Civilians’ Research and Development Group\, Horizon Theatre’s Black Women Speak Cohort\, and the Live and In Color June Bingham commission\, they have been inordinately privileged to share the workings of her imagination among a vast array of inspiring and supportive artists of various radical backgrounds throughout the country.  \n\n\n\n\n\nResidencies and programs at Bethany Arts Community are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Arts Westchester\, and numerous individual donors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/aridy-nox/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022 Residencies,Fall 2022 Residencies,Residencies,Storytelling,Talk
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SUMMARY:An Author’s Reading with BAC Residency Alumni A.J. Bermudez
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, December 10\, 2022 2-4PM for a reading with Bethany residency alumni\, Author A.J Bermudez \nA.J. Bermudez is thrilled to return to Bethany Arts Community\, where she was a 2021 artist-in-residence\, and to share work from her new book\, Stories No One Hopes Are About Them. The collection won the 2022 Iowa Short Fiction Award\, and centers on themes of power\, privilege\, and place. Anthony Marra has called the collection “absolutely brilliant” and Publishers Weekly’s starred review calls it a “must-read.” The first story in the collection\, “The Real India\,” was developed in part at Bethany Arts Community and appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Virginia Quarterly Review. The event will include an artist talk\, during which Bermudez will discuss intersections of contemporary writing and community\, as well as a reading\, book signing\, and Q&A. Light refreshments will be served. \nAuthor Biography:\nA.J. BERMUDEZ is a writer\, director\, and current Senior Teaching Fellow in Fiction at Boston University. Her work has been featured at the Yale Center for British Art\, Sundance\, the LGBT Toronto Film Festival\, and in a number of literary publications\, including McSweeney’s\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, Story\, Boulevard\, and elsewhere. She is a former boxer and EMT\, and is winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award\, the Diverse Voices Award\, the Page Award\, and the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize. \n 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/ajbermudez-reading/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading,Talk
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SUMMARY:Village Retrospective with Kendall Buchanan and Joyce Sharrock-Cole at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity\, co-sponsored by Bethany Arts Community
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 10\, 2023\, 7:30-9PM\nFee: $15 per person\nLocation: Hudson Valley Books for Humanity\, 67 Central Ave\, Ossining\, NY 10562 \nTICKETS\nWe are excited to announce our partnership with Hudson Valley Books for Humanity for this inaugural program in a series about the Village of Ossining\, looking at its origins and the many generations of change that have shaped this eclectic community. Our host\, Kendall Buchanan\, is a third generation Ossining resident with a rich and dynamic history in this town. For this and every event\, Kendall will interview an array of Ossining personalities\, each conversation going deep inside the Villages’ culture and history. \nOur first guest will be award-winning historian and genealogist Joyce Sharrock-Cole\, whom many will recognize as Ossining’s Village Historian. Joyce is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining\, Joyce’s groundbreaking work\, particularly in the African American community\, has been widely recognized.  In 2021\, New York State Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick awarded Joyce a History & Heritage Award from for her work in creating the Ossining COVID project and curating the revelatory Ossining Black History & Culture Exhibit at Bethany Arts Community\, where she sits on the board. That same year\, the Westchester County Historical Society appointed Joyce to serve as a Trustee on their board\, and the Ossining Public Library named her Volunteer of the year for her work\, which includes lead researcher for the Little Bertie County Genealogical Society. Her program at Ossining High School promotes self-discovery through genealogical research. She also just launched a genealogical research business\, JSC Research LLC\, where anyone can hire her to explore their own family roots. \nImportant Details About the Event \nThis event will be recorded. Doors will open at 7 PM\, and we ask all attendees to arrive no later than 7:15 PM to grab a beverage and take your seats. Once seated\, there will be no movement within the audience until taping ends at approximately 8:30 PM. At that point\, the host will invite Q&A from the audience\, and guests can move around the space. \nTo help defray the A/V costs\, we are charging $15 per person. This will include one beverage of your choice. Please RSVP here. \nAbout Your Host \nFollowing an early foray into broadcast radio\, Kendall Buchanan has built an impressive resume of musical performance at such venues as The Urban Arts Corp in New York City\, Medgar Evers College\, Avery Fisher hall\, the JVC Jazz Festival\, and The Ed Sullivan Theater. He has recorded with jazz legend Sonny Shamrock\, and has toured the U.S. and Europe with his bass guitar. Kendall continues to perform in and around the Hudson Valley with his band Sundad.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/village-retrospective-kendall-buchanan/
LOCATION:HUDSON VALLEY BOOKS FOR HUMANITY\, 67 Central Ave\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Talk
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SUMMARY:Author Program: "Groundbreakers: Black Movie Makers" Children's Book Series
DESCRIPTION:Date(s) and Time(s): Sunday\, February 19\, 2023 – 2PM\nLocation: Ossining Public Library\nTickets: Free\nLEARN MORE   \nFor more than 100 years\, Black filmmakers have made incredible contributions to American cinema and culture.  These groundbreakers created thought-provoking stories about the experiences of Black people and changed film forever.  This six-book series examines their lives and innovative work.  \nOssining Village Historian\, Joyce Cole\, will interview Ossining resident and children’s book author Joyce Markovics and NYU film professor and filmmaker\, Alrick Brown.  They will be discussing their “Groundbreakers: Black Movie Makers” Children’s Book Series.   \nMore About the Authors:  \nJoyce Markovics has worked in educational publishing for more than 20 years.  She has written hundreds of award-winning nonfiction children’s books and recently started her own book development company\, Bowerbird Books.  Joyce is passionate about telling stories that captivate and inspire young readers.  \nAlrick Brown is a filmmaker and educator.  He found his calling writing\, directing\, and producing narrative and documentary films focused on issues affecting the world at large.  Alrick graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in English and an Ed. M.  There\, he taught undergraduate courses on the African American image in cinema.  He received his MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts\, where he teaches courses to both undergraduate and graduate film students.  \nBooks will be available for purchase and signing following the interview and Q&A session.  \nRegistration is not required.  All are welcome to attend.  This program is great for all ages and families. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/black-movie-makers/
LOCATION:Ossining Public Library\, 53 Croton Avenue\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Talk
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SUMMARY:Author A’Lelia Bundles Discusses Madam CJ Walker
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 25\, 2023 – 2PM  (FREE EVENT)\nLocation: Ossining Public Library\, in-person gathering for streaming event. Virtual streaming option available via Zoom Zoom link HERE \nLEARN MORE\n \nOssining Village Historian Joyce Sharrock Cole will interview writer and journalist A’Lelia Bundles\, author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker – a New York Times Notable Book about her entrepreneurial great-great-grandmother – that is the inspiration for Self Made\, the fictional four-part Netflix series starring Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer that premiered in March 2020. She is at work on her fifth book\, The Joy Goddess of Harlem: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance\, a biography of her great-grandmother\, whose parties\, arts patronage\, and international travels helped define that era.   \nMs. Bundles will join us via Zoom in the Budarz Theater. Please register for the Zoom link HERE\, or to attend in person.   \nA’Lelia is brand historian for MADAM by Madam C. J. Walker\, a line of hair care products developed in partnership with Sundial Brands and Walmart. In February 2022 she was named the inaugural Center for Africana Studies and Culture Prestigious Fellow in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. She is the founder of the Madam Walker Family Archives\, the largest private collection of Walker photographs and memorabilia.    \nA’Lelia was a network television news executive and producer for thirty years at NBC News and then at ABC News\, where she was Washington\, DC deputy bureau chief and director of talent development.  \nHer articles and essays have been published in the New York Times Book Review\, Variety\, TheUndefeated.com\, Al Jazeera\, Parade\, Ms.\, O Magazine\, Essence\, several encyclopedias and books\, and on her blog at www.aleliabundles.com 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/author-alelia-bundles/
LOCATION:Ossining Public Library\, 53 Croton Avenue\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Talk
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Rhythm\, Rhyme and Harmony – KMAA Exhibition 2023
DESCRIPTION:“Music creates order out of chaos\, for rhythm imposes unanimity upon\nthe divergent\, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed\, and harmony\nimposes compatibility upon the incongruous.”\n– Yehudi Menuhin \nHarmony\, balance\, rhythm\, and repetition\, lyricism\, notes of warm and cool\, repetition\, mark making\, and movement. From classical to contemporary\, from abstract to surrealism\, artists and musicians have shared many aspects of the creative process. This exhibition calls for works that may be inspired by music or by any of these compatible or incongruous elements. \n Melissa Staiger\, Curator \nRhythm\, Rhyme and Harmony will be curated by Melissa Staiger. Melissa earned her BFA from Maryland Institute\, College of Art in Baltimore\, MD and MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, NY. Some of her curatorial project include\, Streaming\, co-organized with Mike Childs\, Memories are Starting Points: Beatrice Wolert at Underdonk Gallery\, Pamela Colman Smith: Life and Work at Pratt Institute Libraries\, Brooklyn Campus which was reviewed in the New York Times\, and Hyperalleric and has been a Curator-in- Residence at Trestle Projects. She was nominated and attended the Robert Rauschenberg Artist Residency and the Wassaic Project Residency and is a member of the American Abstract Artists. \nExhibit Dates: May 12th – June 9th\, 2023 \nGallery Hours:\nMon-Fri: 10AM-4PM\nWed (May 17\, May 31): 10AM-7:30PM\nSat (May 20\, June 3): 10AM-3PM \nOpening Reception: Friday\, May 12th\, 6-8pm\nArtist Talk: Thursday\, May 25\, 6 – 7pm
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/kmaa2023-arttalk/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,KMAA,Talk
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SUMMARY:Poor People’s Campaign Art and Culture Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday August 13 beginning at 2pm\, the New York State Poor People’s Campaign Art & Culture Committee will conclude its weekend retreat with a public workshop at Bethany Arts Community (www.bethanyarts.org) in Ossining\, NY\, in partnership with the local community and youth organization ENUBuilds (www.enubuilds.com). The workshop will explore how Art and Culture infuses the spirit of collectivity into struggle\, helping to transform “Me” into “We”. \nAt 2pm\, coordinators from the Hudson Valley Poor People’s Campaign will lead a community art build\, an opportunity to share messages of justice through the art of silk screening and other media. Participants will have the chance to take away pieces to display at home or bring to future events. Children of all ages are welcome to participate with an adult/caregiver present. \nAt 4pm\, the Arts and Culture team will share selections from the Poor People’s Campaign’s “Movement Songbook”\, as the NY State campaign moves toward its first album of movement songs. Participants will hear how these songs continue to evolve in 21st century movement organizing through the creativity of artists and communities.  We will also hear from the NY State PPC’s Media Team\, which will explore filmmaking as a powerful way to “shift the narrative by shifting the narrator”\, exemplified in the recently-completed documentary “Face of the State”. \nMore About The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival \nIn 1968\, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad\, fusion movement that could unite poor and impacted communities across the country. Their name was a direct cry from the underside of history: The Poor People’s Campaign. \nToday\, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has picked up this unfinished work. From Alaska to Arkansas\, the Bronx to the border\, people are coming together to confront the interlocking evils of systemic racism\, poverty\, ecological devastation\, militarism and the war economy\, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. We understand that as a nation we are at a critical juncture — that we need a movement that will shift the moral narrative\, impact policies and elections at every level of government\, and build lasting power for poor and impacted people
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/ppcworkshop/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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SUMMARY:"Kinetic Grace" Work-In-Progress Showing with Ryan McNamara
DESCRIPTION:Title: “Kinetic Grace” Work-In-Progress Showing\nDate & Time: Saturday\, October 28\, 2023 2-3PM\n\n\nPlease join us as we walk you through the creation process of our piece “Kinetic Grace.” \nThis piece came out of asking ourselves\, “After all these years\, what do we want out of performance?” Somehow the answer to that question involves making a musical about a cult who believes that dance will lead us to transcendence. \n\nThis is our first residency of actually constructing “Kinetic Grace\,” so we are as excited as you are to see what we have come up with.This event is a BAC Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/kineticgrace/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Program,Dance,Program,Storytelling,Talk
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SUMMARY:Hudson Holes: A Community Mini Golf Project Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Max Lazarowitz in building and devising Hudson Holes: A Community Mini Golf Project! There will be two workshops with two\, 2-hour time slots. Feel free to join us for one or both of them! \nRSVP Encouraged\, Walk-ins Welcome!  \nMy name is Max Lazarowitz and I am in 9th grade at Ossining High School. I have lived in this town my entire life and I am committed to helping the Ossining community through creative projects. During the pandemic\, I proposed to the town to build a mini golf course to spread awareness about climate change. Not only is mini golf one of my favorite activities\, but it is fun and affordable for people of all ages. \nAfter submitting a letter and drawings to the town\, I was asked to participate in the Ossining Earth Day Festival and worked with a carpenter to build 2 prototype holes. The interest was overwhelming and after having it there twice (2022 and 2023)\, Bethany Arts Community (BAC) and our Town Supervisor and Mayor reached out to me to discuss next steps. This led to a connection with an organization called Submerse NY whose mission is to fund three local art projects that focus on the rising concern of flooding in the Hudson Valley. \nAfter a few meetings with everyone and sharing my plans and vision for this course\, I was the recipient of a grant from Submerse to make this happen. I am so excited for this opportunity!  \nEach hole will be designed around the topic of climate change and the impact of increased flooding on our area. While I am bringing this project to Ossining\, I am hoping that everyone in our community and schools (kids and adults) will help me create it! My goal is to use as many repurposed and recycled materials as possible and will be asking for specific donations and contributions. I will also be leading workshops through Bethany Arts Community so people of all ages can join me in building this mini golf course for Ossining. \nPlease sign-up for a workshop! I will be holding them on Saturday 12/2 and 12/9 from 1-3PM and 3-5PM at BAC.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/hudsonholes1202/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hudson Holes,Program,Sculpture,Talk,Visual Art,Workshop,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Walk & Talk Tour with Curator Joyce Sharrock-Cole - Black History & Culture: BLACK PRESENCE. PROFOUND INFLUENCE.
DESCRIPTION:Title: Walk & Talk Tour with Curator Joyce Sharrock-Cole – Black History & Culture: BLACK PRESENCE. PROFOUND INFLUENCE.\nDate & Time: Wednesday\, February 7\, 2024 6PM\nFee: $25 Adult/$15 Student/Senior \nJoin Black History & Culture: BLACK PRESENCE. PROFOUND INFLUENCE. Curator Joyce Sharrock-Cole in a special walk & talk tour of the exhibit! \nBlack History & Culture:\nBLACK PRESENCE. PROFOUND INFLUENCE.\nThe 4th installment of this award-winning exhibit will open on February 2\, 2024 (through March 8\, 2024). It will expand the historic storytelling out of the Ossining borders into the surrounding communities that have impacted the world. Each uniquely themed Exhibit Gallery will highlight a particular period in American History where the black presence made a profound impact on the community. The exhibition will utilize oral history accounts and genealogical research to unearth the histories of Black entrepreneurs and Black organizations from all facets of the community’s business and social life. Programming will include a theatre production\, talks\, and living museum actors with events in person\, online\, and traveling throughout the year with the History Walls.  \nThe exhibition will utilize oral history accounts and genealogical research to unearth the histories of the Black experience from all facets of life. A notable addition is an exhibit room dedicated to the history of the Rosenwald schools\, highlighting the partnership of Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington\, who built schools and buildings that supported the education of Black people during the Jim Crow era. \nLearn more about the exhibit here!
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/bhcwalk0207/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,BHM Tour,Exhibit,Program,Storytelling,Talk,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Walk & Talk Tour with Curator Joyce Sharrock-Cole - Black History & Culture: BLACK PRESENCE. PROFOUND INFLUENCE.
DESCRIPTION:Title: Walk & Talk Tour with Curator Joyce Sharrock-Cole – Black History & Culture: BLACK PRESENCE. PROFOUND INFLUENCE.\nDate & Time: Wednesday\, February 28\, 2024 6PM\nFee: $25 Adult/$15 Student/Senior \nJoin Black History & Culture: BLACK PRESENCE. PROFOUND INFLUENCE. Curator Joyce Sharrock-Cole in a special walk & talk tour of the exhibit! \nBlack History & Culture:\nBLACK PRESENCE. PROFOUND INFLUENCE.\nThe 4th installment of this award-winning exhibit will open on February 2\, 2024 (through March 8\, 2024). It will expand the historic storytelling out of the Ossining borders into the surrounding communities that have impacted the world. Each uniquely themed Exhibit Gallery will highlight a particular period in American History where the black presence made a profound impact on the community. The exhibition will utilize oral history accounts and genealogical research to unearth the histories of Black entrepreneurs and Black organizations from all facets of the community’s business and social life. Programming will include a theatre production\, talks\, and living museum actors with events in person\, online\, and traveling throughout the year with the History Walls.  \nThe exhibition will utilize oral history accounts and genealogical research to unearth the histories of the Black experience from all facets of life. A notable addition is an exhibit room dedicated to the history of the Rosenwald schools\, highlighting the partnership of Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington\, who built schools and buildings that supported the education of Black people during the Jim Crow era. \nLearn more about the exhibit here!
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/bhcwalk0228/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Praise! Exploratory Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Praise! Exploratory Workshop\nDate: Sunday\, March 10\, 2024 3-5PM\nCost: FREE!\nSpace is limited\, registration required. \nJoin Artists-in-Residence\, Vincent E Thomas & Gabriel Thom Pasculli\, to explore the material of Praise! as it is being developed. The performers and participants will engage in viewing and experimenting with prepared material from Praise! and in collective dialogue. The experience will be a mixture of a performance\, a story circle\, and a dinner party! \nABOUT PRAISE!\nPraise! is co-created and performed by Vincent E Thomas of VTDance and Gabriel Thom Pasculli in collaboration with Desiré Graham | Created with the support of NPN Creation Fund\, co-commissioned by Bethany Arts Community\, Sandglass Theater\, and The Baltimore Theater Project. \nPraise! is an immersive event exploring self and spirit through a child’s experience of Church. Moments of dance\, song\, testimony and confession are interwoven through collective dialogue and story sharing. Praise! opens the door into a conversation around body\, queerness\, and sacred celebration in a way that takes nothing for granted. While the two performers crisscross memories and fantasies of divine encounters\, the piece asks how we reconcile past experiences to make new meaning for the present. \nVincent E Thomas is a Black gay man\, a professional dancer\, and arts educator whose dance company\, VTDance\, just celebrated its 20th Anniversary in Baltimore. Vincent grew up in Edgefield\, SC where he sang joyfully (and dutifully) in the choir at his Southern Baptist Church\, and yet he felt as though he had to spend much of his adult life washing the church from his soul. \nGabriel Thom Pasculli is a queer\, white-bodied and second-generation Italian-Irish-American\, an ensemble theater-maker and arts educator who has been working in Chicago. Gabriel Thom grew up in the Catholic Church in New Jersey and has spent his adult life seeking the mystical experience he failed to find in the religion of his childhood. \nBoth artists are returning to a time they thought they had left behind. They are returning to the tender questions they developed as young people\, torn between their inner desires and the confounding morality of their Christian communities. With great curiosity\, intimacy\, risk and availability\, Praise! is asking how we reconcile those past experiences and conflicted parts of our younger selves to make new meaning in the present. \nDeveloped at Dartmouth College’s VoxLab and at Art Omi in New York State\, an excerpt of Praise! was featured as part of VTDance’s 20th Anniversary Concert at The Baltimore Theater Project in April 2023. \n——- \nAbout The Artists\nThe project’s current ensemble of collaborators includes Desiré Graham\, a New Haven-based project facilitator working in original theater and musical performance\, and Malia’Kekia Nicolini\, a Massachusetts-based dancer\, choreographer\, artistic director and educator. Additionally\, the work is being developed with Dwayne Hess\, a Baltimore-based spiritual guide who will be advising the project in the creation of community dialogues. \nVincent E. Thomas\, dancer\, choreographer and teacher\, received his MFA in Dance from Florida State University and a BME in Music from the University of South Carolina. He has danced with Dance Repertory Theatre (FSU)\, Randy James Dance Works (NY/NJ)\, EDGEWORKS Dance Theater (DC)\, and Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (MD). His choreography has been presented at various national and international venues including DUMBO Festival (NY)\, Velocity Festival (DC)\, Modern Moves Festival (DC)\, Philly Fringe (PA)\, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK-Scotland)\, Barcelona and Madrid\, Spain\, Avignon\, France\, Athens\, Greece\, Bari\, Italy\, Copenhagen\, Denmark\, Shanghai\, Taipei\, and Singapore. He received rave reviews for his performance of “Come Change” (2012) and “iWitness” (2014) in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland). Theater credits: Movement Coach/Choreographer for Everyman Theater’s Brother’s Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney in Baltimore\, MD (2012)\, Mosaic Theatre’s Unexplored Interior by Jay Sander in Washington\, DC (2015)\, and Everyman Theater’s Los Otros by Ellen Fitzhugh in Baltimore\, MD (2017)\, and Associate Choreographer/Movement Coach for Williamstown Theater Festival’s Most Happy in Concert in Williamstown\, MA (2022) directed by Daniel Fish. He is the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the national touring What’s Going On project. Vincent was awarded the 2017 Pola Nirenska Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance (DC)\, the 2019 University System of Maryland Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research\, Scholarship & Creative Activity\, the 2020 MDEA Living Legacy Award\, a 2021 William G. Baker\, Jr. Memorial Fund Awardee\, and a 2023 Black History Month Honoree for Richland District II (SC). Vincent is the Associate Choreographer for the INTELLIGENCE Opera\, written and conceived by Jake Heggie\, Gene Sheer\, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar\, premiere at Houston Grand Opera. He is an Urban Bush Women BOLD Facilitator\, faculty member for the UBW Summer Institutes (NY)\, and Professor of Dance at Towson University (MD). \nHis multi-dimensional company VTDance builds on the use of contemporary dance\, improvisation\, text/ movement\, a variety of sound sources\, and collaborations with other artists\, including dancers\, musicians\, poets\, visual artists\, and others [to be discovered]. These ideas coupled with witty\, poignant\, athletic and gestural movement are the rich palette for VTDance. www.vtdance.org \nGabriel Thom Pasculli (he/they) is a US/Turtle Island-based performance artist\, teacher\, and theater director. Exploring the intersections of performance and decolonial praxis through body\, change and belonging\, Gabriel Thom embraces interdisciplinary processes of co-creation. For eight years\, Gabriel Thom was an artistic director of Walkabout Theater in Chicago (now called Wender Collective)\, with whom Gabriel Thom directed a series of outdoor public stilt spectacles as well as internationally-touring ensemble performances acclaimed as “surreal\,” “sublime\,” “gorgeous and exhilarating.” During the same period Gabriel Thom was a founding co-director of VoxFest\, an annual summer festival of innovative new works-in-progress at Dartmouth College. Recently\, Gabriel Thom was the creative producer at Sandglass Theater in Putney\, VT\, a puppet theater dedicated to social dialogue. Gabriel Thom has been teaching actor training\, movement and voice\, and co-creation for ten years; and they are currently teaching at the University of IL in Chicago and the University of Chicago. Gabriel Thom is a certified teacher of Fides Krucker’s Emotionally Integrated Voice pedagogy\, and they recently graduated from Goddard College’s MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program with a concentration in Decolonial Arts Praxis and Performance Creation. Other Chicago directing credits include work with Red Tape Theatre\, Trap Door Theatre\, Oracle Productions\, Redmoon and Steppenwolf Theatre. Additional influences include study at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards in Italy\, the Odin Teatret in Denmark\, and Double Edge Theatre in Massachusetts. www.gabrielthom.com \nDesiré Graham is a performer\, director\, dramaturg and arts administrator. She sings to connect to a past that is not just her’s\, but a history of many. She writes to reconcile the shade and the sun. She collaborates\, in a constant search for those who also feel the tug to be elsewhere. From 2019-2022\, she was based in Tuscany\, Italy as a company member at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards. Currently based in the U.S.\, Graham commits to the cultivation of artistic spaces that foster transparency\, active listening and anti-oppressive practices as a requirement. In alignment with these values\, Desiré works with Double Edge Theatre and VLA Dance as a recurring artistic collaborator. Additionally\, she curates a space for black queer performing artists to create inside of The Black Residency. Graham also hosts a workshop series entitled\, Somewhere in Between\, an invitation for BIPOC and ALAANA New Haven residents to discover the use of communal singing\, give weight to their vibrational soul\, activate\, and call on others to join in. She is freely in-process\, if you have any questions about what she’s done or where she’s been\, please ask about it to be about it. \nThis event is a Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner. \nPhoto Credit: Vincent E. Thomas and Gabriel Thom Pasculli\, Photographer Rob Strong
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LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Program,Dance,Performance,Program,Residencies,Storytelling,Talk,Theater,Theater Makers,Workshop,Workshops
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SUMMARY:House Dance Workshop & Artist Talk with Mai Lê Hô\, LayeRhythm
DESCRIPTION:House Dance Workshop & Artist Talk with Mai Lê Hô\, LayeRhythm\nDate & Time: Saturday\, March 16\, 2024 1-3PM\nAges: 8+\nCost: FREE!\nLimited space available\, registration required. \nThis class starts with a warm-up. We then learn some basics of house dance. To digest and fully integrate this vocabulary\, we practice freestyle and/or choreography through game-based exercises and exchanges. The class is designed to connect movement with music and history\, to provide tools for creativity and individuality. \nThis event is a Residency Community Program\, presented in partnership with Works & Process LaunchPAD “Process as Destination”. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner. \nAbout Mai Lê Hô\nMai Lê is a French-Vietnamese street/club dance artist & educator\, curator\, and the founder of LayeRhythm Productions INC\, a NYC-based non-profit organization dedicated to highlighting freestyle voices in the performing arts landscape.In 2015\, Mai Lê created LayeRhythm\, a cutting­ edge monthly jam session that layers live musicians & vocalists with freestyle dancers\, acclaimed by the New York Times (2018). Since then\, the project has been presented at venues/festivals such as the Guggenheim Museum\, Lincoln Center\, SummerStage\, 92NY\, National Dance Institute\, NY Public Library for the Performing Arts\, Gibney\, Movement Research at Judson Church\, The Church (Sag Harbor)\, Jacob’s Pillow (MA)\, Catskill Mountain Foundation\, Bridge Street Theater.From 2017 to 2019\, Mai Lê was the Program Director of It’s Showtime NYC!\, a City-funded program that celebrates NYC street culture and provides performance and professional development opportunities to street and subway dancers. She also toured Europe with seminal Detroit music producer Theo Parrish and his live band in 2014. Mai Lê has won 1st place in various international house dance competitions such as Ladies of Hip-Hop (NYC\, 2015)\, Universole (Detroit\, 2015)\, Step Ya Game Up (NYC\, 2013) and has served a judge for Footwork Frenzy (2022)\, House Dance UK (London\, 2015)\, Slick City (Chicago\, 2015)\, The Blueprint (Houston\, 2013). She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance at Hunter College\, and has taught house dance workshops in Brazil\, Vietnam\, Japan\, DRC\, Canada\, France\, the Netherlands\, and throughout the US.\n \nPhoto Courtesy of Mai Lê Hô
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/layerhythmcomprog/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Program,Dance,Program,Residencies,Talk,Works & Process LaunchPAD,Workshop,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Historian Talk with Curator Caroline Curvan of "Remarkable Women In And Around Ossining"
DESCRIPTION:Title: Historian Talk with Curator Caroline Curvan of “Remarkable Women In And Around Ossining”\nDate & Time: Sunday\, March 24\, 2024 1-2:30PM\nFee: $10.00 \nThere are so many wonderful\, remarkable stories that are discussed in “Remarkable Women In And Around Ossining\,” if you’re interested in learning more on the history and curation behind this exhibit join us for this talk! \nJoin Curator Caroline Curvan in a historian & curator deep-dive of “Remarkable Women In And Around Ossining”! \nLearn more about the exhibit here!
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/rwiaaotalk/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Exhibit,Performance,Program,Storytelling,Talk,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:The Herbs We Love in Spring Workshop with Clare Pierson
DESCRIPTION:The Herbs We Love in Spring Workshop\nInstructor: Clare Pierson\nDate & Time: Saturday\, May 18\, 2024 10:30AM-12PM\nFee: $15.00 \nJoin herbalist Clare Pierson for this incredible workshop on herbs in Springtime! We’ll be spending time outdoors\, wear appropriate attire\, walking shoes\, and a water bottle. \nWe will greet the Herbs in their tender spring clothes\, and talk about transitioning from Winter into the awakening that spring brings to our minds and our bodies. We will gather some herbs. We will make some fun things\, and we will learn some preparations.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/herbswelove/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culinary Arts,Talk,Workshop,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240518T150000
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SUMMARY:BAC's First Annual Open House
DESCRIPTION:BAC’s 1st Annual Open House\nSaturday May 18\, 11AM-3PM\nFree and open to all ages\, join us! \nVisit Bethany Arts Community during our first annual Open House! At Open House\, guests will experience where creativity thrives\, community blossoms\, and artistic exploration knows no bounds. \nALL DAY:\nThroughout the day\, join BAC studio artists for open studios. Tour and interact with our range of studio artists\, from painters and photographers to writers and musicians. Participate in an art buffet with ENUBuilds\, poetry activity\, grounds tours\, and garden visits with Sing Sing Family Collective. Explore Max Lazarowitz’s community art project “Hudson Holes” and visit the Ossining District Art Show Grades 6-12 in our galleries. \nWHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AT OPEN HOUSE? \n10:30AM-12PM: The Herbs We Love in Spring Workshop w/ herbalist Clare Pierson. We will gather some herbs. We will make some fun things\, and we will learn some preparations. $15 advance tickets required. Purchase tickets here. \n11:30AM-12:30PM & 1:30-2:30PM: Cold Reads (Shakespeare Style) with River’s Edge Theatre Company. Brave actors will read from some of Shakespeare’s greatest works in front of a live audience completely cold! No rehearsal. Just play. These readings are free. Just show up to enjoy. \n12:30PM & 2:30PM: Play Quidditch with Theater O. Bring your sneakers – all are welcome! \n1-3PM: V.O.G.U.E. Workshop in partnership with ArtsWestchester. Participants will learn the fundamentals of vogue performance\, explore its history\, and learn about the community in which it began and lives. The program will leave you energized\, with a new-found sense of being. $15 GA / $10 Student/Senior advance tickets required. Purchase tickets and learn more here.  \nJoin us on May 18th and discover the magic of Bethany Arts Community. No reservations are required for Open House (tickets needed only for select programs listed above). Come on by! \n–——————- \nPrimera Jornada de Puertas Abierta Anual de BAC\nSabado 18 de mayo\, 11am-3pm\nGratis y abierto a todas las edades\, acompáñenos! \nVisite Bethany Arts Community durante nuestra Primera Jornada de Puertas Abiertas Anual. En esta Jornada Abierta\, los visitantes experimentarán un lugar donde la creatividad prospera\, la comunidad florece y la exploración artística no tiene límites. \nTODO EL DIA:\nA lo largo del día\, únase a los artistas del estudio BAC para visitar estudios abiertos. Recorra e interactúe con nuestra gama de artistas de estudio\, desde pintores y fotógrafos hasta escritores y músicos. Participar en un buffet de arte con ENUBuilds\, actividad de poesía\, recorridos por los terrenos y visitas a los jardines con el Sing Sing Family Collective. Explore el proyecto de arte comunitario de Max Lazarowitz “Hudson Holes” y visite la exposición de arte del distrito de Ossining de grados 6-12 en nuestras galerías. \n¿QUÉ MÁS ESTÁ PASANDO EN LA CASA ABIERTA? \n10:30AM a 12PM: Taller Las Hierbas que Amamos en La Primavera con la herbolaria Clare Pierson. Recogeremos algunas hierbas. Haremos algunas cosas divertidas y aprenderemos algunos preparativos. Este programa es facilitado en inglés. Se requieren boletos anticipados de $15. Compre entradas aquí. \n11:30AM-12:30PM & 1:30-2:30PM: Lecturas en Frío (estilo Shakespeare) con la River’s Edge Theater Company. ¡Los valientes actores leerán algunas de las mejores obras de Shakespeare frente a una audiencia en vivo completamente sin ensayo. Estas lecturas son gratuitas. Sólo preséntese para poder disfrutar. Este programa es facilitado en inglés. \n12:30PM & 2:30PM: Juegue Quidditch con Theater O. Traiga sus tenis- ¡todos son bienvenidos! \n1-3PM: V.O.G.U.E. Taller en colaboración con ArtsWestchester. Los participantes aprenderán los fundamentos de la interpretación de la moda\, explorarán su historia y aprenderán sobre la comunidad en la que comenzó y vive. El programa lo dejará lleno de energía y con una nueva sensación de ser. Este programa es facilitado en inglés. Se requieren boletos anticipados de $15 GA / $10 para estudiantes/mayores de 64. Compre entradas y aprende más aquí. \nVisítenos el 18 de mayo y descubra la magia de Bethany Arts Community. No necesita reservaciones para esta Jornada Abierta (boletos requeridos para algunos programas notados arriba). Nos vemos pronto!
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LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Music Listening Library with The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective \nLGBTQ+ Music Listening Library\nOn Display June 1 – July 31\, 2024 \nExperience an interactive LGBTQ+ Listening Library at Bethany Arts Community\, in collaboration with The Ossining LGBTQ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective\, June 1st to July 31st. Dive into the legacy of queer musicians through vinyl\, CDs\, and cassettes on multiple sound mediums. Opening celebration on June 5th! Calling all queer musicians\, record stores\, labels\, and music enthusiasts: Donate vinyl\, cassettes\, or CDs featuring LGBTQ+ artists of any era to be a part of this immersive journey. Reach out at ossininglgtbq@gmail.com to donate! \nListening Hours (Starting June 1):\nMonday-Friday: 10AM-4PM\nWednesday\, June 5\, 2024: 10AM-9PM (Join us for our opening celebration at 7PM!)\nMore dates and hours TBA! \nOpening Celebration: Wednesday\, June 5\, 2024 7-9PM\nJoin us to launch 2 incredible months of LGBTQ+ Music Listening Library! \n Curator\, Christina Picciano \nAbout The Curator\nChristina Picciano is a queer musician\, activist\, and community organizer from Ossining\, New York. Her work explores the intersection of art and advocacy\, using her music and organizational efforts to inspire and empower the LGBTQ+ community in Westchester and beyond. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist\, she leads the band All My Friends\, using music to explore themes of queerness and identity.  A recipient of the Creatives Rebuild NY Artist Employment Grant she has spent the last two years with The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center in White Plains\, implementing arts programming such as Queer Voices\, a group that supports LGBTQ+ musicians of all ages\, and  LOFT Night Out\, a monthly community nightlife event celebrating queer art and culture.  In 2018\, she established the Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance\, working with elected officials\, non profit organizations and local businesses to amplify visibility and advocate for the queer community in Ossining. In 2021\, Christina was a recipient of the New York State Senate SD 38 LGBTQ Hero award\, which recognized her various contributions to LGBTQ+ causes here in Westchester\, including her creation of the Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance.” Currently\, she is developing the Hudson Valley Queer Collective to support queer artists and inclusive arts events across the region. \nLearn more about The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance here! \nLearn more about the Hudson Valley Queer Collective here!
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LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+ Pride,Music,Performance,Poetry,Program,Reading,Sculpture,Storytelling,Talk,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Music Listening Library Opening Celebration with The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective \nLGBTQ+ Music Listening Library\nOn Display June 1 – July 31\, 2024 \nOpening Celebration: Wednesday\, June 5\, 2024 7-9PM\nJoin us to launch 2 incredible months of LGBTQ+ Music Listening Library! Entry is free\, concessions will be sold. \nExperience an interactive LGBTQ+ Listening Library at Bethany Arts Community\, in collaboration with The Ossining LGBTQ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective\, June 1st to July 31st. Dive into the legacy of queer musicians through vinyl\, CDs\, and cassettes on multiple sound mediums. Opening celebration on June 5th! Calling all queer musicians\, record stores\, labels\, and music enthusiasts: Donate vinyl\, cassettes\, or CDs featuring LGBTQ+ artists of any era to be a part of this immersive journey. Reach out at ossininglgtbq@gmail.com to donate! \nListening Hours (Starting June 1):\nMonday-Friday: 10AM-4PM\nWednesday\, June 5\, 2024: 10AM-9PM (Join us for our opening celebration at 7PM!)\nMore dates and hours TBA! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Curator\n\n \nChristina Picciano is a queer musician\, activist\, and community organizer from Ossining\, New York. Her work explores the intersection of art and advocacy\, using her music and organizational efforts to inspire and empower the LGBTQ+ community in Westchester and beyond. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist\, she leads the band All My Friends\, using music to explore themes of queerness and identity.  A recipient of the Creatives Rebuild NY Artist Employment Grant she has spent the last two years with The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center in White Plains\, implementing arts programming such as Queer Voices\, a group that supports LGBTQ+ musicians of all ages\, and  LOFT Night Out\, a monthly community nightlife event celebrating queer art and culture.  In 2018\, she established the Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance\, working with elected officials\, non profit organizations and local businesses to amplify visibility and advocate for the queer community in Ossining. In 2021\, Christina was a recipient of the New York State Senate SD 38 LGBTQ Hero award\, which recognized her various contributions to LGBTQ+ causes here in Westchester\, including her creation of the Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance.” Currently\, she is developing the Hudson Valley Queer Collective to support queer artists and inclusive arts events across the region.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance here! \nLearn more about the Hudson Valley Queer Collective here!
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SUMMARY:Hudson Holes: A Community Mini Golf Project Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Max Lazarowitz in building and devising Hudson Holes: A Community Mini Golf Project! Feel free to join us for one or all of the Community Workshops! \nWorkshops will be held on June 9\, June 15\, June 23\, and July 14\, 2024 from 1-4PM! Sign up above for June 9’s workshop. \nRSVP Encouraged\, Walk-ins Welcome!  \nMy name is Max Lazarowitz and I am in 9th grade at Ossining High School. I have lived in this town my entire life and I am committed to helping the Ossining community through creative projects. During the pandemic\, I proposed to the town to build a mini golf course to spread awareness about climate change. Not only is mini golf one of my favorite activities\, but it is fun and affordable for people of all ages. \nAfter submitting a letter and drawings to the town\, I was asked to participate in the Ossining Earth Day Festival and worked with a carpenter to build 2 prototype holes. The interest was overwhelming and after having it there twice (2022 and 2023)\, Bethany Arts Community (BAC) and our Town Supervisor and Mayor reached out to me to discuss next steps. This led to a connection with an organization called Submerse NY whose mission is to fund three local art projects that focus on the rising concern of flooding in the Hudson Valley. After a few meetings with everyone and sharing my plans and vision for this course\, I was the recipient of a grant from Submerse to make this happen. I am so excited for this opportunity! \nEach hole will be designed around the topic of climate change and the impact of increased flooding on our area. While I am bringing this project to Ossining\, I am hoping that everyone in our community and schools (kids and adults) will help me create it!  My goal is to use as many repurposed and recycled materials to build the course. I will be leading workshops through Bethany Arts Community so people of all ages can join me in creating different aspects of each hole. Workshops will include brainstorming\, painting\, and constructing!
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/hudsonholes0609/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:KMAA All Member Show Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:KMAA All Member Show Artist Talk\nThursday\, June 13\, 2024 6-7PM \nJoin KMAA for an exhibit-inspired artist talk! \nThis highly anticipated exhibition invited KMAA members to submit one piece of their most outstanding work\, showcasing the exceptional talent and diversity of our vibrant artist community. Painters\, sculptor\, photographer\, and multimedia artists alike will inspire\, provoke\, and captivate viewers with their finest creations. Join us at Bethany Arts Community in 2024 for an unforgettable exhibition that celebrates the brilliance of our artist community. \nFeatured Artists\nTricia Caracappa\, Carol Herd-Rodriguez\, Saadia Siddiqi\, Monique Ford\, Julie Rosenberg\, Robin Arzt\, Chantal Disler\, Giselle Landers\, Jacqueline Lorieo\, Tomoko Abe\, Eric Graig\, Christine Knowlton\, Mindy Kombert\, AnneMarie Palagano\, Carole Bonicelli\, Heedan Chung\, Vanessa Fox\, Margaret Fox\, Liz Biddle\, Carole Paley\, Hilda Demsky\, Bernard Mindich\, Paula Blumenfeld\, Inez Andrucyk\, Joseph Squillante\, Rita Maas\, Tim Grajek\, Helen Pasternack\, Amy Kupferberg\, Pratibha Garewal\, Nate Hill\, Malina Schneider\, Mary Ellis\, Alan Jacobson\, Ronni Diamondstein\, Valerie Zeman\, Katie Goldberg\, David Hutchinson\, Anna Feld\, Doris Mady\, Barbara Shapiro\, Karen Allen\, Kara Wilson\, Gali Katz\, Danielle Rogers\, Mitchell Visoky\, Michele Braun\, Patricia Ivry\, Judika Lieberman\, Jill Krutick\, Susan Ferris\, Martha Gingrich\, Courtney Alan\, Sherri Paul\, Barbara Hammel\, Allyson Montana\, Ilene Schwartz-Montesinos & Arlene Tift \nShow Period: May 30 – June 21\, 2024\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, June 1\, 2024 4-6PM\nArtist Talk: Thursday\, June 13\, 2024 6-7PM\nGallery Hours (Starting May 30)\nMonday – Friday: 10AM-4PM
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/kmaa2024artisttalk/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Exhibit,KMAA,Mosaics,Photography,Program,Storytelling,Talk,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Hudson Holes: A Community Mini Golf Project Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Max Lazarowitz in building and devising Hudson Holes: A Community Mini Golf Project! Feel free to join us for one or all of the Community Workshops! \nWorkshops will be held on June 9\, June 15\, June 23\, and July 14\, 2024 from 1-4PM! Sign up above for June 15’s workshop. \nRSVP Encouraged\, Walk-ins Welcome!  \nMy name is Max Lazarowitz and I am in 9th grade at Ossining High School. I have lived in this town my entire life and I am committed to helping the Ossining community through creative projects. During the pandemic\, I proposed to the town to build a mini golf course to spread awareness about climate change. Not only is mini golf one of my favorite activities\, but it is fun and affordable for people of all ages. \nAfter submitting a letter and drawings to the town\, I was asked to participate in the Ossining Earth Day Festival and worked with a carpenter to build 2 prototype holes. The interest was overwhelming and after having it there twice (2022 and 2023)\, Bethany Arts Community (BAC) and our Town Supervisor and Mayor reached out to me to discuss next steps. This led to a connection with an organization called Submerse NY whose mission is to fund three local art projects that focus on the rising concern of flooding in the Hudson Valley. After a few meetings with everyone and sharing my plans and vision for this course\, I was the recipient of a grant from Submerse to make this happen. I am so excited for this opportunity! \nEach hole will be designed around the topic of climate change and the impact of increased flooding on our area. While I am bringing this project to Ossining\, I am hoping that everyone in our community and schools (kids and adults) will help me create it!  My goal is to use as many repurposed and recycled materials to build the course. I will be leading workshops through Bethany Arts Community so people of all ages can join me in creating different aspects of each hole. Workshops will include brainstorming\, painting\, and constructing!
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/hudsonholes0615/
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SUMMARY:Ballroom Has Something To Say: An Ode To Black Gay / Queer Men
DESCRIPTION:THE ARTS OF HOUSE BALLROOM\nBALLROOM HAS SOMETHING TO SAY: AN ODE TO BLACK GAY / QUEER MEN\nFriday\, June 21\, 2024 7-9PM\n$15 General Admission / $10 Student/Senior \nWhat is performance and how does it open up spaces for freedom? Join us for Icon Michael Roberson’s newest production that presents an intergenerational history of the Black LGBTQ+ house ballroom community\, beyond Madonna’s vogue\, Paris is Burning\, Pose\, and Legendary. Weaving together Black art forms of oratory\, vogue & performance\, poetry & song\, this production presents an ode to the Black gay / queer man\, his perseverance\, his strength\, and his resilience in the face of struggle and catastrophe. Featuring Icon Michael Roberson\, Icon Pony Zion\, Legendary Khaos Lanvin\, Ka’don Miyake Mugler\, Le’Rone Bennett 007\, Rev. Ken Alston Jr.\, Brad Walrond\, and Ricky Tucker.  \nThis program is Co-organized by ArtsWestchester\, Bethany Arts Community\, The LOFT: LGBTQ+ Center\, and the Ossining Juneteenth Council \n \nThis program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature \nBallroom Has Something to Say is part of ArtsWestchester’s Westchester Roots program series\, presented by Montefiore Einstein  \nThe Arts of House Ballroom Series is made possible in part through the Mid Atlantic Folk and Traditional Arts – Community Projects program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. \n \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nMICHAEL ROBERSON\, MDIV\, STM\nMichael Roberson is a public health practitioner\, advocate\, activist\, artist\, curator and leader within the House Ballroom community. He is the founder of three major Houses—Blahnik\, Maasai\, and Garcon—and is Father to hundreds of children in the community. Roberson works as Adjunct Professor at The New School and Union Theological Seminary\, where he teaches courses on Ballroom history and Vogue’ology\, a pedagogy that places Ballroom’s performance traditions within a politics of emancipation. He is also founder of The Federation of Ballroom Houses and co-creator of the National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Group and Black Gay Research Group\, organizations focused on tackling health disparities within Black/Latino LGBTQ+ and Ballroom communities. Roberson has curated countless programs on House Ballroom culture and history. He is an international art and politics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective entitled “Ultra-red.” He also works as an Adjunct Professor at The New School University/Lang College NYC\, and Union Theological Seminary NYC.  \nICON PONY ZION\nHarlem\, New York born and raised Devon Webster also known as Pony Zion has dedicated his life to dance and performance. Pony’s outsized gift has grown him into a much sought after international creative director and celebrity choreographer working with artists like Fergie\, Chaka Khan\, Mariah Carey\, Ashanti\, Lil Mo\, Shaggy\, and countless others. Known for his mastery and innovation in the art of vogue performance\, Pony is an Icon in the House Ballroom community and was placed in the Ballroom Hall of Fame in 2023. He is the creator of Vogue Evolution the first choreographed professional LGBTQ+ dance group built around vogue and performance\, which is known globally for is appearance on Fox’s America’s Best Dance Crew. Pony’s visionary work with marginalized communities led him to create Vogue Theory –a leadership development and HIV prevention intervention bisecting the discourses of public health\, social justice\, and self-empowerment. Pony continues the work of building the Iconic house of Zion which he founded in New York City in 2007 and has since spread to São Paulo\, Brazil\, becoming Brazil’s original and historic Ballroom house.  \nLEGENDARY KHAOS LANVIN\nDetroit native and graduate of Specs Howard School of Media Arts\, Ka’Juan D. Hill joined Detroit’s Ballroom scene in 2009 at age 16. As a youth he attended the Affirmations Detroit LGBTQ+ Community Center where he was introduced to vogue performance and recruited by the House of Escada. Khaos joined the house of Mizrahi in 2010 where he started competing in balls around the country and making himself a nationally known name. He moved to NYC in 2021\, and is now a member of the House of Xclusive Lanvin. Hill is also a nationally recognized activist\, social entrepreneur and media broadcasting personality/ influencer. He is currently the host of his personally branded podcast and internet show\, “KhaosTalks.” KhaosTalks has leveraged his work in media broadcasting to advance his public health profession. His passion is in giving a platform to those who feel voiceless and overlooked and creating space for their stories.  \nRICKY TUCKER is a writer\, educator\, and culture critic based in NYC. His work explores the imprints of art and memory on narrative\, and the absurdity of most fleeting moments. He currently teaches a range of nonfiction writing courses at The New School and Pratt Institute\, and has written for the Paris Review\, the Tenth Magazine\, LitHub\, and Public Seminar\, among others. He has been featured in Vogue\, EuroNews\, the Independent\, LA Review of Books\, BITCH Magazine\, and more; a recurring guest on Queer History 101 w/ Eric Cervini\, and had segments on WNYC’s All of it w/ Alison Stewart\, and NPR’s 1A\, et al. Tucker is an avid live reader\, regularly performing for reading series including the Moth Grand SLAM\, Brooklyn Book Festival\, and Sister Spit. His L.A. Times best-selling debut And the Category Is…Inside New York’s Vogue\, House and Ballroom Community (Beacon Press\, 2022) was a finalist for the 2023 LAMBDA Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction. \nREV KEN ALSTON\, JR is a teacher\, performer\, and minister of the Gospel. Each of these roles intersect to showcase his God-given talents and gifts. Ken is a native of the Bronx\, NY and was educated in the New York City Public School System. A public servant from an early age\, Ken understands the importance and responsibility of giving back to his community through teaching. He currently serves as the Lead Music Teacher at Community Roots Middle School in Fort Greene. He dedicated his time as an after-school teacher at Brooklyn Friends; worked with PopFitKids as a counselor and music instructor; taught music for Vacation Bible School at St. Mark Holy Church\, and has led various workshops on worship and arts ministry. Equally important to Ken’s life has been his ability to entertain audiences as an accomplished and world-recognized vocal performer. At Morgan State University\, he earned his B.A. in Music\, specializing in classical\, secular and sacred works. Among his list of numerous performing accolades\, Ken sang for The 1619 Project at Riverside Church with Dr. William Barber\, II; served as the Music Director and played Jimmy Early in Dreamgirls; performed at the National Lying in honor of Rosa Parks in the National Rotunda in Washington\, D.C.; and was featured on an episode of the popular HBO series “The Wire.” Additionally\, he has performed with the Czech Philharmonic\, the Charleston Symphony\, Darin Atwater’s Soulful Symphony\, the Lyric Opera of Chicago\, and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. 
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