Dixon Place presents..."Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"
a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women
an International Women Artists’ Salon series
Saturday, 17 January 2015 ~ Host: Jenny Green
Film: Janet Restino
FULL MOON/PEACE POEM, a plea for rivers of peace to permeate all people, for reflection, a prayer for peace.
Janet wrote FULL MOON PEACE POEM in Aug 2001. Years later, it was recorded live at St. John’s Church in West Village by Pamela Timmins. It gets more urgent as years go by. She encourages you to share the message.
Janet says: I’m not much different than a bee making honey, a spider spinning a web. I mine the psyche and the spirit to make art. I’m just a vessel at times – keeping myself in tune to participate in the act of creation, which feels truly divine.
www.janetrestino.com
Theater: Flo Ankah
Excerpt from a new play, "Disco Love" with Ilinca Tuvene
Flo Ankah is an actress and filmmaker, also known as a chanteuse under the mononym Floanne. She founded Simple Production in 2006.
www.floankah.com
Ilinca Tuvene is an actress, stylist and production designer based in New York City.
http://ilinca-tuvene.squarespace.com
Literature: Barbara Kahn
CO-OP, written and performed by Barbara is about the displacement of artists and other low-income residents from the Lower East Side
Barbara Kahn is a multi-award winning playwright/director/actor/coach. Barbara’s plays have been produced in the U.S. and Europe. She has directed in NY, Paris, and the National Theatre. Since 1994, Theater for the New City has been her NYC theater home. With Terrence McNally, August Wilson and A.R. Gurney, she received the Torch of Hope Award. Her most recent production is Women of the Wind, a play about three of the women involved in the movie Gone with the Wind. Produced by Theater for the New City, February 5-22, 2015. 155 First Ave.
Res: 212-254-1109 or www.theaterforthenewcity.net
www.barbara-kahn.com
Comedy: Teresa DeGaetano
Teresa is a stand up comic based out of NYC. Her comedy is personal yet an honest observation of what life is like for a woman in today's society.
www.facebook.com/teresa.degaetano
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Dixon Place presents...
"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"
a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women
an International Women Artists’ Salon series
Saturday, 20 Saturday 2014 ~ Host: Carol Hollenbeck
Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) German Medieval intellectual and artist
She wrote The Divine Works of a Simple Man, The Meritorious Life, sixty-five hymns, a miracle play, and a long treatise of nine books on the different natures of trees, plants, animals, birds, fish, minerals, and metals. From an early age, she claimed to have visions. When the Papacy supported these claims by the headmistress, her position as an important intellectual was galvanized. The visions became part of one of her seminal works in 1142, Scivias (Know the Ways of the Lord), which consists of thirty-five visions relating and illustrating the history of salvation.
Film: Maxi Cohen
Ladies Rooms Around the World, trailer
“I have been photographing in the ladies room for more than thirty years, from the Australian outback to Zambian discos, and videotaping since the late 1990s. This project is a celebration of women’s courage and beauty, meant to inspire self-expression and advocate for women’s rights. “
A Movement in Water, excerpt
“For more than the past fifteen years, I have been photographing and filming lush abstractions of water from Argentina to Zimbabwe, Bali to Bosnia to Botswana. A Movement in Water is an immersive traveling installation designed to shift your physiology and the way you look at water.”
Maxi Cohen is an artist and filmmaker. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Israel Museum, National Gallery of Canada and other museums and collection. Her films have played in movie theaters, film festivals and on television internationally.
www.maxicohenstudio.com
Theater: Rosina Fernhoff performing play by Carol Polcovar
Alice-The Conversion of Alice B Toklas
Alice B. Toklas is known only as the "wife" of the modernist writer Gertrude Stein. In The Conversion of Alice B. Toklas, it is Alice who takes Center Stage. At age 92 Alice looks over her life and whether to become a Catholic. We learn about her love for Gertrude, the truth about their relationship and how they, as Jews, survived Nazi occupied France.
Rosina Fernhoff is the recipient of an Obie for her performances in FASHION and GERANIUM HAT. She career has encompassed regional and international off-Broadway, feature and short films, and she has directed 2 solo plays. For thirty years she has been touring with Av Inlender's 4 solo plays written for her: Snow People, Shadows, Mrs. Davidson's Story and Jerusalem Story. She has a BFA in drama from Carnegie Mellon University, and studied with Lee Strassberg, George DiCenzo and Sabra Jones. In 2014 she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Artistic Work from Carnival Girls Productions. She is a member of AEA ,SAG-AFTRA.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosina_Fernhoff
rosina297@aol.com
Carol Polcovar entered the literary world as a poet and publisher. Later she became a playwright and theatrical producer/ director as well. Her new venture is CandRwrite which offers marketing and publicity services. Ms. Polcovar is the founder and Artistic Director of New York City’s Fresh Fruit Festival.
www.facebook.com/carol.polcovar
Literature: Susan Sherman
Nirvana on Ninth Street, excerpt
Susan Sherman’s new work of short fiction NIRVANA ON NINTH STREET captures a time and place when revolutionary politics and arts grew among the Lower East Side’s deteriorating tenements.
Susan Sherman, poet, playwright, essayist, editor and co-founder of IKON magazine moved to the East Village in 1961 where she became part of its political and artistic activism. Nirvana on Ninth Street, captures that time and place. Her publications include, The Light That Puts an End to Dreams and the memoir: America’s Child.
www.susansherman.com
Performance Poetry: Chocolate Waters
excerpts from early work and latest book, The Woman Who Wouldn't Shake Hands
During the second wave of feminism, Chocolate Waters was one of the first openly lesbian poets and performance artists to gain widespread attention. She was also a founder of Big Mama Rag, Denver's radical feminist newspaper. She continues to evolve. "Chocolate Waters is one of this world's original creative story tellers, life observers, and proof that "the personal is political" can be told in a humorous, direct, thought provoking, singular manner that will stay in one's mind long after a Chocolate Waters individual performance." ~ Vicki McConnell, author of the Nyla Wade Lesbian mystery series
www.ChocolateWaters.com
Host: Carol Hollenbeck
Actress, author, and playwright Carol Hollenbeck has appeared on TV soap opera, in several off-broadway plays, and in several murder mysteries. She produced Hells Kitchen Short Film Festival, in which her short film THE LIFTERS was premiered. Carol founded the group HELLS KITCHEN WRITERS, which includes poets and novelists , and produce functions several times a year. Her book TRUE BLONDES, is about the trials and tribulations of what it means to be blonde, the myth surrounding the light haired goddesses. Carol’s play HOMETOWN PREMIER, which takes place in the sixties, tells the story of a young girl as she returns home from Hollywood for her hometown premier.
facebook.com/carolhollenbeck facebook.com/trueblondes
International Women Artists’ Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.
Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al.
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Dixon Place presents...
"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"
a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women
an International Women Artists’ Salon series
Saturday, 15 November 2014 ~ Host: Dale Novella
Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Hannah Szenes (July 17, 1921 – November 7, 1944)
Hannah Szenes was a poet and playwright, writing both in Hungarian and Hebrew. She was one of 37 Jews from the area then-called "Palestine". Enlisted in the British Army, she parachuted into Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia during World War II to assist in the rescue of Hungarian Jews about to be transported to the German death camp at Auschwitz. Szenes was arrested at the Hungarian border, then imprisoned and tortured, but refused to reveal details of her mission. She was eventually tried and executed by firing squad. She is regarded as a national heroine in Israel, where her poetry is widely known.
Film: Poster Girl
“This film is a response to the cultural disconnect between veterans and civilians. I wanted to bridge that gap by showing the struggle and healing journey of one person. In this case, I was lucky to find Robynn Murray, whose voice is so powerful; I knew she could be a voice for the thousands of veterans struggling alone with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." ~ Sara Nesson
Sara Nesson is a 2011 Academy Award nominated director and winner of the International Documentary Association (IDA) Best Documentary Short for POSTER GIRL. Sara is currently in development on her first narrative feature as well as other commercial and documentary projects. Sara continues to work with Veterans and is on the advisory board for Warrior Writers. She is the founder of Portrayal Films, based in Brooklyn, NY.
www.postergirlthemovie.com
Literature: Jennifer Pacanowski, poetry
"22 veterans a day kill themselves. To save them it falls on the community to help them transition and truly come home from the war and the military culture. I am Jenny Pacanowski, poet/public speaker/combat veteran. I feel it is my duty to advocate and discuss veterans' issues as well as speak the truth of my experiences." ~ Jenny Pacanowski
Jenny Pacanowski joined the Army in 2003 at age 23. She selected the M.O.S. of health care specialist/combat medic with plans to work in a hospital and to someday become a nurse. In 2004 Jenny was sent to Iraq. During the 11 and 1/2 months deployment she worked as a combat medic driving a military ambulance serving as first responder medical support for convoys in Iraq for the Army, Air force and Marines. She logged thousands of miles throughout Iraq such as Al- Asad, Tikrit, Mosel, Samarra and the Sunni triangle. In 2007, she was diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Jenny began writing again to process the many issues she was dealing with after war and found solace in training and fostering bullmastiffs. The following year, she attended an Artist/writing veterans retreat at Martha's Vineyard where she found peace in the other veterans' company and also a venue for her writing/spoken word. Her work is published in Remaking Sense, the After Action Review and the Warrior writers 4th anthology. Jenny loves to facilitate writing workshops for veterans and military family members to continue to inspire people to write and discuss the cost of war.
www.warriorwriters.org
Theater: Joanna Bowzer
Yellowjacekt, with performers Nelson Avidon (Dr. Alan Milllings), Peter Berube (Justin Little), Shelly Shenoy (Avery Millings), Nick Job (Joseph Millings) with intro by Shelly Shenoy
Yellowjacket is a new play by writer/director Joanna Bowzer. It follows a psychologist working with a war veteran who is on trial for committing murder while in a PTSD-triggered episode. As the verdict draws near, the doctor must battle his own demons while he works to help the soldier remember what might have caused him to commit the violent act.
www.facebook.com/pages/Yellowjacket
Joanna Bowzer is a NYC-based director, writer and producer. Her projects in film have been screened at over 30 film festivals and have won awards across the country. Her stage work has been produced in NYC, LA and Oklahoma City. She is very excited to have the following phenomenal actors bring the show to life at the IWAS Salon Lounge: Nelson Avidon, Peter Berube, Shelly Shenoy and Nicholas Job.
Music: Jade Zabric
Texas native singer/songwriter, Jade Zabric is an Air Force Vet and was Tops in Blue lead guitar player. She now lives New York City pursuing her music in the venues, streets and subways. Her lyrics include everything from life, death and war to love and optimism.
www.jadezabric.com
Dale Novella: Vulnerable with her lyrics…strong in her approach, Mutron Angel is a bona fide artist, musician, and lyricist seeking to uplift and inspire the world by sharing her experiences through spoken word.
This ‘soul sister’ describes her body of work as honest, sensitive and urgent. From performing at local open mic nights in tiny bars of South Carolina to performing at the Nuyorican, Katra Lounge and Free Candy in NYC. Mutron Angel continues to take the world by storm as an R&B, Pop and Soul lyricist. As she continues to build her musical empire Mutron Angel draws strength and inspiration from her mantra, “Love yourself for yourself because you can’t depend on others to make you happy.” In 2011, she began a production company called Royaltie Entertainment Company (The REC) that promotes a positivity through hiphop, soul, and poetic events.
Mutron Angel is currently working on a spoken word album, which will be released on The REC and can be seen performing as a spoken word artist in NYC. Check out some of her past performances at:
http://reverbnation.com/dalenovella and for more information visit: http://facebook.com/LoveTheREC.
Donations and pass-the-hat tonight will benefit Trauma and Resiliency Resources, to support their all female warrior camps.
www.traumaandresiliencyresources.org
International Women Artists’ Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.
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Dixon Place presents...
"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"
a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women
an International Women Artists’ Salon series
Saturday, 18 October 2014 ~ Host: Heidi Russell, founder
Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Helen Levitt (1913 – 2009)
Helen Levitt was a photographer, film editor and director known for her captivating portraits of New York urban life. Ms. Levitt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and pursued a career in photography, with some of her earlier images showcased by Fortune magazine and the Museum of Modern Art. She was known for her captures of children and urban street life and worked as a film director on over 25 films including documentaries like The Quiet One. She was also one of the first photographers to work with color. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Levitt
Film: Collaborative Media Productions
Promotional Video
Collaborative Media Productions has hired 12 female producers for their upcoming indie short THE KIDS MENU, written by Richard Vetere (The Writer's Afterlife), directed by Paul Borghese (Once Upon A Time In Brooklyn), and starring Vincent Pastore ( The Sopranos) & Nyle Lynn (Comedy Central).
www.collaborativemediaproductions.com
Nyle Lynn (Sag-Aftra, AEA) is the head of Collaborative Media Productions and has acting credits including everything from spoofs on Comedy Central, to dramatic leads at The Actor's Studio here in New York City. She has produced Off-Broadway shows, web-series, and short films. So with her BFA in drama, a minor in business admin and a knack for sales & advertising, starting a production company was the next logical adventure. www.nylelynn.com
Maayan Schneider is an Israeli-American film and stage actress, host and M.C., born in Jerusalem and living in New York City, where she studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse. She has performed on stage, among others, at the Abingdon and Kraine Theatres, in short films, and Web –Sitcoms. Her self-produced Web Series, "Maayan's Music Minute", celebrates independent music artists, and she co-created and co-hosted “Free & Cheap NYC” with Angela Church on WBAI Radio. www.maayanschneider.com
Literature: Carol Hollenbeck
Reading excerpt from her novel, True Blondes
Ms. Hollenbeck’s novel takes the reader on a journey from New York, Hollywood and Las Vegas, the characters two blondes Mandy, and Diane, of which only one will survive.
Actress, author, and playwright Carol Hollenbeck has appeared on TV soap opera, in several off-broadway plays, and in several murder mysteries. She produced Hells Kitchen Short Film Festival, in which her short film THE LIFTERS was premiered. Carol founded the group HELLS KITCHEN WRITERS, which includes poets and novelists , and produce functions several times a year. Her book TRUE BLONDES, is about the trials and tribulations of what it means to be blonde, the myth surrounding the light haired goddesses. Carol’s play HOMETOWN PREMIER, which takes place in the sixties, tells the story of a young girl as she returns home from Hollywood for her hometown premier. facebook.com/carolhollenbeck and facebook.com/trueblondes
Theater: Katherin O’Sullivan
Performing excerpt from her solo show, Music For Dogs
Janey Mac has got some bad news! She has come to the beach to record a farewell message to her brother and sister. Her legacy is both funny and unexpected.
Katherine is a New York based actor. She has appeared in many plays, including Antigone, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, Under Milk Wood, Footfalls, TheTinker’s Wedding, The Cú Chulain Cycle, Nora's Bloke, Cell, The Holy Ground, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Finnegan’s Farewell (Off- Broadway). Her film work includes Nettie in the award-winning indie horror feature I’ll Bury You Tomorrow, Leslie in The Blood Shed, and Aunt Idella in Gallery of Fear. You may also see her in Kinsey, The Emperor’s Club and Birdman.
www.katherineosullivan.com
Multi-Discpline: Estrogenius Festival
Estro at 15!
Can you believe EstroGenius is 15? Neither can we. But we are really excited about this year’s line-up of one-woman shows, short plays, dance, visual art and youth performances….now thru November 2nd!
Manhattan Theatre Source’s EstroGenius Festival, an annual celebration of female voices, is one of New York City’s largest women’s arts festivals. Founded by Fiona Jones in 2000, the festival debuted with a program of 10 short plays and music. Since then, it has grown into a multi-week event including short plays, solo shows, teen performances, visual art, and dance. In past years, we’ve also had stand-up comedy, live music, fundraisers for African girls’ education, and full-day networking events with panels and workshops. Almost completely volunteer run, the EstroGenius Festival has provided thousands of artists the chance to shine. We are committed to providing opportunities to female artists – in a variety of disciplines – ranging from the emerging to the seasoned professional. www.estrogenius.org
International Women Artists’ Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.
Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al.
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Dixon Place presents...
"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"
a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women
an International Women Artists’ Salon series
Saturday, 20 September 2014 ~ Host: Heidi Russell
Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Marie Bracquemond (1840 – 1916)
Marie Bracquemond was a French Impressionist artist described retrospectively by Henri Focillon in 1928 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. Marie Bracquemond participated in the Impressionist exhibitions of 1879, 1880, and 1886. In 1879 and 1880, some of her drawings were published in the La Vie Moderne. In 1881, she exhibited five works at the Dudley Gallery in London. Many of her best-known works were painted outdoors, especially in her garden at Sèvres. One of her last paintings was The Artist's Son and Sister in the Garden at Sèvres. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bracquemond
Video: Reproductive Justice, A Walking Tour, with Cindy Cooper
The Reproductive Justice Walking Tour, a performance-art project on video, is mapping reproductive justice in our history, our communities and our lives, as we take to the streets of lower Manhattan. http://reprojusticetour.wordpress.com
Cindy Cooper is a playwright, producer, and founder of Words of Choice, supporting reproductive rights activism through arts and creativity. www.wordsofchoice.org
Literature: Valerie G. Keane and Audrey Dimola, representing the Queens Literary Community
‘capricho’, Valerie G. Keane
Poets in Hell – Revisited’, Audrey Dimola
Audrey Dimola, writer/poet, performer, curator and member of the Queens Literary Community.
Celebrated for her dynamic presence both onstage and on the page, Audrey Dimola is a well-known Queens-born writer/poet, performer, curator, host, and arts crusader. She has performed at Bowery Poetry Club and Brooklyn Museum, curated shows for LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and Queens Museum, and has been featured on NY1 for organizing the first ever Queens Literary Town Hall, but what she really wants you to know is that you should never give up hope - because the magic only stops when you say so. She is the author of poetry and prose collection "Decisions We Make While We Dream" (2012) and the forthcoming "TRAVERSALS" (soon to be released in November 2014). For her next trick, she will resume living out her childhood fantasy of becoming an acrobat...
www.audreydimola.com
Valerie G. Keane, poet and member of the Queens Literary Community.
Valerie G. Keane is very honored to be part of the current Queens literary scene. Her work was recently published in the Spring/Summer 2014 issue of the Newtown Literary Journal and she is the founder of Poetry & Coffee, a very juicy discussion group in Queens for writers and readers, where people are waking up to great poetry and to life. Valerie has been featured at Inspired Word, Boundless Tales Reading Series, First Tuesdays Reading Series, REZ Reading Series, and the NYC Poetry Festival. When asked if she is a poet, Valerie says, “I still don’t know how you qualify as one and no one seems to know where the application form is." www.valeriegkeane.com
Theater: Nicole Kontolefa
I Am Me, excerpt
I Am Me is a site unspecific play and mobile performance. It is a story about a woman and a bus; an exploration of who we are to ourselves and others. Public space becomes the world of the play peopled by passersby and you, the audience.
Nicole Kontolefa was born and raised in NYC and is a graduate of the only American Class of the Moscow Art Theater. She is the managing director and a founding member of Studio Six Theater Company - the sixth studio to be born out of the Moscow Art Theater School. Nicole also performs with other theater companies, performance artists and is developing new solo performances. As part of Studio Six she has performed at The Chekhov International Theater Festival, in several Fringe Festival in New York and New Orleans. Nicole helped to produce tours of the company's shows in Montreal, Moldova and even Baltimore. She has been in over a dozen short films and web series. www.youmeandyourfriend.com
Dance: Patrice Miller
The Sands/Geology of a Stone, part one of the Geography of Healing project, commissioned by Spark & Echo
If healing is a place, what its topography? Is it a destination like Jericho or is it an endless landscape, constantly unfolding before us? What are its borders? What does it take to get the water to change from contaminated to life giving? Most importantly, what does it feel like to travel this land (or what is its relationship to our notions of time and space)? www.geographyofhealing.wordpress.com
Patrice Miller is a director/choreographer currently living and working in New York City. Her work has been presented at 3-Legged Dog, La MaMa Etc, Theater Row, Prelude/CUNY Graduate Center, The Brooklyn Museum, The Brick, FRINGENYC, and non-theater spaces like outside of the 68th Street subway stop, NYC Fashion Week, and 571 Projects. Her work is interdisciplinary, "idea-driven," and good, weird fun.
http://patricemiller1.wix.com/patricemiller
International Women Artists’ Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.
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International Women Artists' Salon is pleased to present painter Naomi Goldie Wasserman, whose work is featured on The New York Optimist.
In Progress
BIO
Painter Naomi Goldie was born in 1973 on one of America’s most famous communes, “The Farm”, and spent her childhood years surrounded by artists and musicians. From an early age, Naomi immersed herself in making art. In 1980, when the family moved to rural New Hampshire, to run their own organic produce farm, Naomi’s grandmother took her to Concord, to her first formal art classes at the Currier Gallery of Art.
Naomi’s artistic talent, evident in the local schools as well, prompted a wave of encouragement to continue in art school. Instead, 15-year old Naomi moved to New York City. Living in the vibrant melting pot of the Lower East Side in the late 1980’s, Naomi was entranced and amazed by street art everywhere and dreamed of capturing the technicolor city life around her. She developed a strong technique she describes as “Urban Impressionism”—stylistic cityscapes which reflect that vivid dream! While continuing her non-traditional art education in New York and, later, at The River Gallery School, a small visual art school in southern Vermont, Naomi raised her two children in New York and Brattleboro. After painting in oils for 15 years, and raising her children for the better part of 20 years, Naomi is loving the ability to bring her art to the place where it all started and where it needs to be seen!
Naomi Goldie’s work is in collections around the United States and internationally. Her painting, now appearing in art shows in Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs, is gaining popularity and a loyal following of collectors.
Most nice days, Naomi can be found painting and selling her work, as a popular NY street artist. Naomi teaches one on one art instruction and is available for commissioned art and custom fresco murals. She is also seeking interested dealers/galleries for representation.
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ARTIST’S STATEMENT Born on "The Farm" and nurtured in rural communities, including my family’s organic produce farm in New Hampshire, I moved to New York City when I was 15-years old. On the Lower East Side, I was entranced and amazed by street art everywhere and the vibrant melting pot I was in. I submerged myself in this culture and emerged with a painting technique I call “urban impression-ism”. Using this technique, I am able to capture the “Technicolor” cityscapes that I vividly dreamed of painting as a young woman arriving in New York, experiencing the city for the first time. At any given time I can be found in one of many locations, on the streets of NYC painting and selling my artwork.
Contact
www.naomigoldie.tumblr.com
Naomigoldie@yahoo.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naomigw?fref=ts
413-883-2684
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Dixon Place presents...
"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"
a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women
an International Women Artists’ Salon series
Saturday, 23 August 2014 ~ Host: Christina Liu
Showcase Theme: Feminism and Artistic Expression
Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Artemisia Gentileschi (Born July 8th 1593, Died 1653)
Artemisia Gentileschi was the most important woman painter of Early Modern Europe by virtue of the excellence of her work, the originality of her treatment of traditional subjects, and the number of her paintings that have survived (though only thirty-four of a much larger corpus remain, many of them only recently attributed to her rather than to her male contemporaries). She was both praised and disdained by contemporary critical opinion, recognized as having genius, yet seen as monstrous because she was a woman exercising a creative talent thought to be exclusively male. Since then, in the words of Mary D. Garrard, she "has suffered a scholarly neglect that is almost unthinkable for an artist of her caliber." There has recently been a movie made about Gentileschi called Artemisia, which has been widely criticized for its biographical and historical inaccuracy.
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/baroque/Artemisia-Gentileschi.html
Video: Evelin Stermitz
Evelin will talk about her video art pieces and media works in context of art and feminism. She will show excperpts of her works and further introduce the project ArtFem.TV.
Evelin Stermitz, M.A., M.Phil., studied Media and New Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and holds the degree in Philosophy from Media Studies. Her works in the field of media and new media art focus on post-structuralist feminist art practices. In 2008 she founded ArtFem.TV – Art and Feminism ITV (http://www.artfem.tv/) and received a Special Mention for the project at the IX Festival Internacional de la Imagen, VI Muestra Monográfica de Media Art, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia, in 2010. Her works have been exhibited and screened at various venues such as the MMoMA Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia / Vetlanda Museum, Sweden / Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City / Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina / PAN Palazzo delle Arti Napoli / CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy / Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia / Fundació Joan Miró and CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain / Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, USA / MAC/VAL Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France / Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA / International Museum of Women, San Francisco, USA.
Literature: Sarah Gallina
Sarah will read a selection from her poetry writing: Creature of the Flesh; Nipple Kiss; He or She or Me
Sarah Gallina is a young visual artist/ writer living in Queens. After graduating from Colgate University last year, she delved into the world of theatre with the production of her first off-off-off Broadway play The Weight of Wishing. She has studied at The Atlantic Theatre Company, The Art Students League, and Pratt Institute. Since then, she’s found her artistic home in poetry and song lyrics.
sarahgallina.webstarts.com
Video Performance: Dayna Moses
INTERSECTION is a durational exploration of what lives in-between the internal and external space. Through repetitive movement, Dayna performs live with her-self on video to experiment with the gravity of time and space.
This work is conceived and performed by Dayna.
Dayna Moses is a NY-based video artist, filmmaker, and writer. Her video installations and films blur the perception of time and space. Moses’ work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions, screenings, and festivals in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel), Moscow (Russia), Massachusetts, Illinois, Wisconsin, and New York. During her residency in Jerusalem, Israel from 2009-10, she studied Israeli art through the WUJS Institute and exhibited videos, installations, and performances. She is the recipient of grants and awards including the the UW-Milwaukee Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award and the Ken Jacobs Cinema Scholarship from Binghamton University. She has an MFA in Performing Arts-Film/Video from UW-Milwaukee; BA in Cinema, and BA in English; Creative Writing from Binghamton University.
www.daynamoses.com
Theater: Ege Maltepe
TITS by Prof G – A Sociological Approach!
Turkish Prof Bade Gediklioglu, aka Prof G, has been in New York City for her research on the social importance of female breasts, she prefers to call them TITS! Now is the time for her lecture series in which she will uncover her studies as well as her own identity. TITS by Prof G is a lecture comedy written and performed by Ege Maltepe, a Turkish actress who studied acting under the guidance of Mike Nichols in New York City. The show has a pink ribbon on. Prof G will perform a self-exam during her lecture, to raise awareness for breast cancer.
Ege Maltepe is an actor, director, and playwright from Istanbul. She came to New York on Fulbright scholarship and received her MA in Acting as a student of Mike Nichols. Ege is the curator for theatrical matinees in West Village’s 31 year old Caffe Vivaldi, also the co-founder of Classical For All with her classical musician husband. Ege is currently performing her one woman show, TITS , in which she plays a Turkish professor researching the social importance of breasts. As an educator Ege Maltepe is coaching improvisational workshops in New York and Istanbul. Her classes are open to both actors and non-actors, next workshop starts in September.
Catch Prof G's next lecture on August 26th 8pm at Producers Club (358 W 44th St) and August 27th 8pm at Peoples Improv Theater (123 E 24th St)
Personal website/blog:http://www.egemaltepe.com/
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