The Zimmerli Art Museum Names New Chief Curator
by Stephi Wild - Nov 26, 2024
The Zimmerli Art Museum has named Jeremiah William McCarthy as Chief Curator. In this new role, effective January 6, 2025, McCarthy will serve on the Museum’s senior leadership team and participate in shaping its mission and vision.
Tonya Pinkins, Kara Young & More to Take Part in BAC's ARTS IN ACTION FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 30, 2023
Get ready for an unforgettable experience at BAC's ARTS IN ACTION FESTIVAL, featuring acclaimed artists like Tonya Pinkins and Kara Young. Join in for a celebration of talent and creativity as these performers bring their artistry to the stage. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of an amazing arts festival.
Connie Butler Appointed Director Of MoMA PS1
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2023
Sarah Arison, Chair of the Board of MoMA PS1, and Glenn D. Lowry, The David Rockefeller Director of The Museum of Modern Art, today announced that leading contemporary art curator Connie Butler has been named Director of MoMA PS1.
Newly Founded Black and Women-Led Theatre Organization Set To Debut Work In Progress This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 16, 2023
SOHUMANITY, the newly founded New York City based theatre organization, by Broadway talent, Tanya Birl-Torres, joined by Sasha Hutchings, is scheduled to complete its Critical Breaks Artist in Residency at Hi-Arts with a public share of a work in progress, 'A Play in 3 Movements,' at Hi-Arts/ El Barrio's Artspace in East Harlem on April 21, 2023.
BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange Presents DRAG SHOWCASE: BETWEEN AND BEYOND GENDER
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 7, 2023
BAX is has announced its Winter Drag Show featuring participants from Kelindah Schuster aka Theydy Bedbug's class, “Drag Performance: Between and Beyond Gender.” This culminating showcase will feature 15 original performance pieces by emerging experimental drag artists who subvert both gender and genre.
BAX Presents ALUMNIGHT: A Celebration Of BAX's Student Alumni
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2022
BAX has announced its first AlumNight Showcase fundraiser event in the BAX Theater on Saturday, January 21, 2023. Co-curated and produced by former BAX students Eleanor Crawford (Alumnus 2017) and Zoe Fruchter (Alumnus 2017), the event will feature seven original performance pieces choreographed, directed, and performed by BAX student alumni as well as special guest speakers.
Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly of The Irish Repertory Theatre, To Be Honored By NY Landmarks Conservancy
by Stephi Wild - Oct 25, 2022
On November 2, 2022, The New York Landmarks Conservancy will host its 29th Living Landmarks Celebration at The Plaza. This year's honorees are Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts III, Andreas C. Dracopoulos, Marlene Hess, Earl Monroe, Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly, Faith Ringgold, and Oscar Tang.
NOW Dedicates 10th Anniversary To The Climate Crisis
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2022
On Thursday, May 26, New Orchestra of Washington presents The Time is NOW, a concert that celebrates the organization's 10th anniversary while dedicating that performance to the most urgent issue in the next decade ahead, our environment.
MoMA Announces The Creation Of The Ford Foundation Scholars In Residence Program
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2021
MoMA announces the creation of the Ford Foundation Scholars in Residence at The Museum of Modern Art, a program that will invite three midcareer or established professionals with demonstrated records of achievement to join the Museum for a one-year term to pursue independent research that contributes to new understandings of modern and contemporary art. Candidates for these new residencies will be thought leaders whose work focuses on historically underrepresented artists, moments, movements, and geographies, or offers new perspectives on art-historical topics. In addition to conducting independent research, each scholar-in-residence will join staff across the Museum to participate in the conversations that set the course for MoMA's collection presentations, exhibitions, acquisitions, scholarship, and programming. .
Brian Stokes Mitchell To Host Arts + Business Partnership Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2021
Americans for the Arts today announced the recipients of this year's national Arts + Business Partnership Awards, recognizing six U.S. companies, an arts and business partnership, and a business leader for their exceptional commitment to the arts.
Victory Gardens Announces Events With Blu Rhythm Collective's The Redline Project
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2021
Victory Gardens Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Ken-Matt Martin and Acting Managing Director Roxanna Conner, joins with Victory Gardens Resident Director Jess McLeod and the Chicago-based Blu Rhythm Collective to present a series of events this spring on The Redline Project, continuing Victory Gardens' Online Public Program Series.
Chay Yew Will Depart as Victory Gardens Artistic Director at End of Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2019
The Victory Gardens Theater Board of Directors and Artistic Director Chay Yew today announce plans for Yew's departure from Victory Gardens at the end of the 2019-20 Season. An internationally renowned stage director and playwright, Yew has been the Artistic Director of Victory Gardens since July 2011. Yew will finish his ninth and final season through June 2020, and will pursue personal projects upon leaving the theater.
The Broad Launches Survey Of Artist Shirin Neshat
by Julie Musbach - Oct 11, 2019
This fall, The Broad will launch a new survey-the largest held to date-of internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat's work. The exhibition, Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again, will be on view from October 19, 2019, through February 16, 2020, and is the renowned multidisciplinary artist's first major exhibition to take place in the western United States.