A Home To The Arts
Located in the far West Village of New York City, Westbeth provides affordable living and working spaces for artists and their families. Opened in 1970 through funding provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the J.M. Kaplan Foundation, Westbeth continues to offer affordable artists’ housing and an array of cultural activities.
The Westbeth Gallery and the Westbeth Community Room regularly offer works by our resident artists, invited guest artists, as well as other arts organizations. Westbeth is also home to the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, The New School for Drama, Brecht Forum and a host of others which feature cultural programming and events.
Westbeth Artists
The artists of Westbeth range from emerging to well-established and represent a wide variety of disciplines. They include painters, writers, photographers, filmmakers, poets, sculptors, dancers, choreographers, musicians, composers, etc, who have chosen the arts as their life’s work.
Generous support provided by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, NYS Senator Thomas Duane, NYC City Dept of Youth and Social Services, Material for the Arts.
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• WESTBETH PIONEERS
14 Aug - 5 Sept 2010
Opening Reception
Saturday 14 Aug 5pm - 7pm
A landmark show featuring the
work of the first group of visual
artists who moved into Westbeth
in 1970.
This historic exhibit. a celebra-
tion of Westbeth's 40th Anniver-
sary, includes the work of
Robert De Niro Sr, Mary Frank,
Benny Andrews, Anne Tabachnick,
Philip Weischberger, Jonathan
Borofsky, Irving Kreisberg,
Harry Shunk, Jay Milder,
Thomas Maile, Bill Anthony,
Peter Ruta, Kathleen Zimmerman,
Ralph Lee, John Dobbs, Lucia
Salemme, Beate Wheeler, Spencer
Holst, Jon D Órazio, and many
other former and current
residents.
Westbeth Gallery is indebted to
the following for their graciousness
in lending us the following work:
Megan Fox Kelly Art Advisory for
the loan of a Robert De Niro Sr;
Skoto Gallery for Mary Frank;
Paula Cooper Gallery for Jonathan
Borofsky; Michelle Rosenfeld
Gallery for work by Benny
Andrews; Lori Bookstein Fine
Art for work by Anne Tabachnick
and Irving Kreisburg; and the
Roy Lichtenstein Foundation for
the work of Harry Shunk.
Exhibition Coordinator: Jack Dowling
Gallery Open: Thurs - Sunday
1 - 6pm or by
appt: 212 989 4650
For further information click on
Westbeth Gallery .
Ahead: Contemporary Figurations
11 Sept - 5 Oct 2010
New Sculpture Installations
RALPH LEE (noted mask maker,
founder of Mettawee Theater Co,
and artist in residence at St
John's Cathedral) Figures
In a Guard Booth -(Inner
courtyard.)
Charles Seplowin "Tahra and
Rohan" in Westbeth Inner
Courtyard
KEN WADE "NEXUS"
in Sculpture Studio Gallery
(Inner Courtyard)
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Celebrate Westbeth's 40th
Anniversary and its new
status as a National Historic
Landmark . Festival Dates:
25 Sept - 3 Oct 2010
Music, Dance, Films, Per-
formance. Free. More info
soon.
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