Now through Aug 6: Life After Death: An Analysis of the Persona that Was/Is Fela Anikulapo Kuti (Exhibition) @ CCCADI

"Life After Death: An Analysis of the Persona that Was/Is Fela Anikulapo Kuti Exhibition

Presented by: Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

On View: June 11 – August 6, 2010

"This exhibition seeks to pay tribute to one of the African Diaspora’s most influential living ancestors as well as critique the complexity of his persona. Life After Death: A Multi-Media Analysis of the Persona that Was/Is Fela Anikulapo Kuti is a visual homage to a musical genius and perhaps one of contemporary history’s most powerful protest artists.

Also including never before seen photography of Fela in '77 during FESTAC and at the Shrine with individuals such as Haki Madhubiti shot by Marilyn Nance."

Public Programming:
6.19 Center Saturdays: Music No Get Enemy | 1 p.m.
6.20 Fela’s Funk and Trunk Shopping Extravaganza | 3 – 8 p.m.
6.29 Artist Talk | 6:30 p.m.
7.18 Gallery Tour and FELA! On Broadway |
7.20 Film Screening: Music is the Weapon | 6: 30 p.m.

Marketing and Programmatic Partners include:
FELA! on Broadway and Society HAE

Fore More Information:
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diasporan Institute (CCCADI): 212.307.7420 | www.cccadi.org
RSVP – slewis@cccadi.org or 212.307.7420 ext. 2008

Info: SOCIETY HAE

Now through September 10: Rosie McCobb’s 'Unexpected Brooklyn' Photography Exhibit @ BPL

"Rosie McCobb, a Bed-Stuy resident, writer and photographer, is having her photographs presented at the Brooklyn Public Library’s main branch. The exhibit is called Unexpected Brooklyn: Neighborhood Landscape in Transition and will include photographs of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Red Hook and the Brooklyn Navy Yard."

Unexpected Brooklyn: Neighborhood Landscape in Transition
June 8th – September 10th
BPL Central Library
Foyer Cases
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238

Info: Bed-Stuy Blog

June 18: SoulofBrooklyn.com Launch Party at MoCADA

"SoulofBrooklyn.com is your quintessential online and printed guide to discovering the unique cultural and business renaissance currently taking place within Brooklyn’s African Diaspora. In a city increasingly besieged by corporate chains and rampant development, SoulofBrooklyn.com’s goal is to promote neighborhood businesses, cultural institutions and special events that reflect the borough’s vibrant roots and contribute to the growth of stronger communities. Through advertising, cross-promotions and increase their bottom-line. SoulofBrooklyn.com is a reliable information hub for tourist and locals alike who want to locate and experience the amazing fusion of African, African-American and Caribbean cultural and business exchanges that can only happen in the great borough of Brooklyn."

Featuring music, food, vendors, art, and special performance by Blitz the Ambassador!

7pm-11pm
Free

Info: LuxuriousPROTOTYPE

Memorial Day Weekend and Following Weekend: Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit

"The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit is a twice-a-year happening every Memorial Day Weekend and the weekend that follows and every Labor Day Weekend and the weekend that follows that.

The event showcases fine artists and craft artisans from around the New York metropolitan area, the nation and the world. Attendees come from all over and are a cosmopolitan mix, including art lovers, tourists, faculty and students from the area's many schools and professionals such as interior designers."

Info: Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit

Now through March 21: Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography @ MoMA

Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography

May 7, 2010–March 21, 2011

The Edward Steichen Photography Galleries, third floor

"For much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium. Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography presents a selection of outstanding photographs by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present. Including over two hundred works, this exhibition features celebrated masterworks and new acquisitions from the collection by such figures as Diane Arbus, Berenice Abbott, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Florence Henri, Roni Horn, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others. The exhibition also highlights works drawn from a variety of curatorial departments, including Bottoms, a large-scale Fluxus wallpaper by Yoko Ono."

Info: MoMA

Weekends In May and June: “Nailed” Outdoor art exhibit and sale

“Nailed”

More than 1200 paintings, drawings, photographs, mixed media and sculptures by 250 artists are on exhibit and up for sale.

Where: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition • 499 Van Brunt St., near Reed Street • Tel: (917) 655-2980
Web site: http://www.bwac.org/
When: Saturdays and Sundays, 1–6 pm until Sunday, June 13

Info: The Brooklyn Paper

May 12-16th: The New York Photo Festival | The Future of Contemporary Photography

"NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL 2010

(May 12th – 16th, 2010)

The First International Photography Festival
in the United States

Photography, one of the most important visual media of our lives, has been surprisingly uncelebrated, particularly in the United States. New York City, home to the world’s most influential commercial and fine art photography community, has lacked until now a large-scale event dedicated to photography. The ... New York Photo Festival deliver[s] a dynamic, high-quality event in what is arguably the photographic capital of the world.

The New York Photo Festival is located in one of New York’s hippest spots, DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). Only one stop away from Manhattan, this idyllic district harkens back to the turn of the 20th Century New York, with its cobblestone streets, converted warehouse, cafes, small bakeries, hip boutiques and some of the most dramatic views of the city (think Woody Allen’s “Manhattan”)."


Info: The New York Photo Festival

Wednesday, May 5: Hip-Hop Photography Film @ MAYSLES INSTITUTE : CINEMA CALENDAR

COLLECTOR'S SHOWCASE
Curated by Shaka Shakur

The Other Side of Hip Hop: The Sixth Element
Dir. Dion Michael Ashman (2008) 60 min.
A narrated portrayal of celebrated Hip Hop photographer and activist, Ernie Paniccioli.

Q&A with Ernie Paniccioli who will also share his photographs, wisdom and some wild stories.

Wed, May 5: 7:30 pm

Info: MAYSLES INSTITUTE

Today: Closing Exhibit - check it out!

Girl Talk is a presentation of photographs, paintings, film, jewelry and quilted pieces exploring the themes of imposed identity, beauty, tradition and self-definition. The title of the show is inspired by the song "Girl Talk" by Dakota Staton. "Her rendition of "Girl Talk" reminds us of the importance of women sharing stories and telling histories. The history of women in this nation is comprised of a multitude of stories, struggles and successes." Willis declares.

Through their artistic works, the eight women represented in Girl Talk honor and extend the narratives of many women. "It is a celebration and an opportunity for reflection about those who give and sustain life with their bodies, spirits and voices," says Andrews.

Time: April 11, 2010 from 2pm to 6pm
Location: Renaissance Fine Art Gallery
Street: 2075 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd

Now through April 18: Obama's First Year: White House Photography @ The Schomburg Center

President Obama's First Year: White House Photographer Pete Souza

Now through Sunday, April 18

Photographs of the president's first year in the White House are being put on display in at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The exhibit consists of almost 80 photographs, all taken by official White House photographer Pete Souza.

It is running alongside a display of 35 watercolors, documenting events from Colonial times to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The shows are being presented together under the title "365 Days: 390 Years in the Making."

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
212-491-2200 phone

Info: Harlem One Stop: http://www.harlemonestop.com/event.php?id=8865

Saturday, April 10: Closing Reception for Haiti arts and advocacy exhibit @ Art for Change

Haiti: Beyond Mountains There are Mountains

Artists Dialogue, Advocacy Lab, Haiti Earthquake Relief Slideshow, & Live Music!

Saturday, April 10, 7:00pm

Art for Change, 1699 Lexington Avenue, Lower Level

$10 Suggested Donation

Please join us on Saturday, April 10, at Art for Change for the closing night reception of the exhibition, Haiti: Beyond Mountains There are Mountains, exploring the strength and resistance of the Haitian people amid challenging political, economic, and social contexts in Haiti.

The evening will include a presentation of artworks by youth activists from The Advocacy Lab, interactive dialogue with artists from the current exhibition on Haiti, and photo slideshow of Haiti earthquake relief effforts by participating artists who recently returned from Haiti, followed by live musical entertainment, dancing, and refreshments!

The Advocacy Lab: Youth Art Project Presentation

Empowering youth to take action for human rights

7:00pm

Dialogue with Artists

Haiti: Beyond Mountains There are Mountains

7:30pm

Clandestino Noche!

Live Musical Entertainment, Dancing, & Refreshments

8:30 - 11:00pm

*Photo slideshow of earthquake relief efforts in Haiti throughout the evening.

Come help Art for Change continue to support emerging artists and filmmakers through art exhibitions and film screenings, raise awareness of social injustice issues, inspire community activism, and offer engaging community programs such as Calle Youth Theater program, Hacia Afuera annual public arts festival, and community mural projects!

Info: Art for Change

Saturday, April 10: Teaching in a War Zone, presentation

Saturday, April 10th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested

Presentation: Lia Gladstone “Teaching in a War Zone”
Lia Gladstone spent 2009 teaching literature and drama in Kabul. Join her for “Teaching in a War Zone: A Year in Afghanistan,” in which she presents photographs and narrates her experiences. Gladstone provides commentary on the lives of her students and of Afghan women engaged in cultural creation and resistance in everyday life.


Info: Bluestockings

Now through September 6th: Haunted - Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance @ the Guggenheim Museum

Haunted - Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance

Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by ghostly apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive media, as well as in live performance and the virtual world. By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, this art embodies a melancholic longing for an otherwise irrecuperable past.

Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance examines myriad ways photographic imagery is incorporated into recent practice and in the process underscores the unique power of reproductive media while documenting a widespread contemporary obsession, both collective and individual, with accessing the past.

The works included in the exhibition range from individual photographs and photographic series, to sculptures and paintings that incorporate photographic elements, and to videos, both on monitors and projected, as well as film, performance, and site-specific installations.

Included in the show will be work by such artists as Marina Abramović, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Sophie Calle, Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roni Horn, Zoe Leonard, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jeff Wall, and Andy Warhol.

Where: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York, NY 10128-0173

Info: The Guggenheim Museum

Sunday, April 4 and weekly: Target Free Sundays @ Studio Museum of Harlem

"Sunday is the day that Harlem truly comes alive, and the day that many make time to visit The Studio Museum in Harlem. We offer free Museum admission every Sunday between 12 and 6 PM, reflecting a shared commitment to engage the community and offer a vital cultural experience to all. ...From hands-on family workshops to theater performances, whatever their age or interest, visitors will find something to love at Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum. Join us, as we explore how art and visual communication can ignite the imagination, engage the mind and reflect our human experience-past, present and future."

New Exhibits opening in April:

Collected. Reflections on the Permanent Collection

Collected. Reflections on the Permanent Collection offers a series of meditations on artworks entrusted to The Studio Museum in Harlem.

VidéoStudio: New Work from France
In a trio of month-long programs, the Studio Museum presents the work of three North African artists—Yto Barrada, Bouchra Khalili and Djamel Kokene—who were born or currently live in France.

Harlem Postcards
Represented, revered, and recognized by people around the world, Harlem is a continually expanding nexus of black culture, history and iconography.

March 24th @ Columbia SIPA: Profiles of African Artists + Ongoing Art Show

MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART LECTURE

Conversations with a Continent: Profiles of African Artists with Sammy Baloji
3/24 6:30-8:00pm

Sammy Baloji, an emerging Congolese photographer, speaks about his recent work. In Baloji's recent series entitled The Beautiful Time in Lubumbashi the artist employs photomontages to combine archival images of copper mine workers and colonial administrators with hisown photographs of contemporary Lubumbashi.

FREE 6:30pm-8:00pm

Columbia School of International and Public Affairs

420 West 118th Street, Rm 1512 New York, NY 10027

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The Beautiful Time in Lubumbashi: Photography by Sammy Baloji will be on view from March 26 - April 28, 2010 at: Sidney Mishkin Gallery, 135 East 22nd Street (646-660-6652).

Now through Feb 24th: Photography Exhibit by Harlem's James van Der Zee @ Museum of the City of New York

*Word to Trina for pointing this out!*

James Van Der Zee: Harlem Photographer

Beginning in 1916, James Van Der Zee (1886-1983) photographed the people of Harlem for more than six decades, depicting the life of one of the most celebrated black communities in the world. By providing elaborate costumes, props, and backdrops, in combination with creative double exposures, expert retouching, and airbrushing, Van Der Zee became renowned for the quality of his portraits. Althrough he gained fame for his portrayal of African-American celebrities who passed through Harlem, Van Der Zee made his daily living by taking thousands of photographs of Harlem's residents, including family groups, weddings, athletic teams, and social clubs. Today, this portrait studio work, made by a remarkable photographer, provides an exceptional document of an emerging black middle class in New York City.

James Van Der Zee: Harlem Photographer contains a selection of 18 photographs from the Museum's permanent collection demonstrating the photographer's range of talent, career longetivity, and dedication to his community.

Suggested Admission:
Adults: $10
Seniors, students: $6

*If you live or work in East Harlem above 103rd Street, visit the Museum free of charge. Mention “I’m a neighbor,” and the suggested admission charge will be waived. Employees may be asked to show ID.

Info: Museum of the City of New York

Tuesday, February 16: Crisis and Opportunity: Documenting the Global Recession @ powerHouse

Join Us for an Opening Reception and Panel Discussion

Tuesday, February 16, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
powerHouse Arena
Brooklyn, NY

Join SDN photographers, judges and sponsors for an exhibition opening reception and panel discussion on the role of photography in addressing critical issues facing our world. Speakers include:

• Ed Kashi: Internationally renown photojournalist and SocialDocumentary.net Advisory Committee member
• Irene Khan: Board Member of the Center for Economic and Social Rights and former Secretary General of Amnesty International
• Leora Kahn: co-founder of Proof: Media for Social Justice
• Tomasz Tomaszewski: CPost Optionsall for Entries First Place Winner

RSVP: events@socialdocumentary.net

Info: SocialDocumentary.net

Saturday, February 6: Two more MoCADA programs for the Gentrification Exhibit

The Artists Speak Out and "Housing is a Human Right" Reception
Saturday, February 6, 2010 2:00pm - 4:30pm Free to the public

Several of the exhibiting artists will speak out about their work and the effects of Gentrification on their creative process. Exhibition curator, Dexter Wimberly will lead a "straight talk" discussion on the exhibition theme and the curatorial process.

"Housing is a Human Right" Reception
Saturday, February 6, 2010 6:00pm - 8pm (RSVP Required)
Refreshments will be served.

Please join Brooklyn artists, Michael Premo and Rachel Falcone at the Adriala Gallery for a showcase of their work "Housing is a Human Right: Stories from the Struggle for Home," an ongoing multimedia documentary portrait of the struggle for homes in New York City. Composed of oral narratives and photographs, along with testimonies and memories of home, woven and remixed with the help of turntablist DJ Oja Vincent, this collection of viscerally honest, first-person narratives serve as a reminder that home is as tenuous a space in New York City as the shelter that sustains it.

This event will take place at the Adriala Gallery (57 Putnam Avenue (corner of Irving Place), Brooklyn, NY 11238). The exhibition, "Housing is a Human Right" will be on view at the Adriala Gallery every Saturday from 12pm - 6pm (February 6th - March 27th) or by appointment at 646.208.8214

Thursday, February 4: Gentrification Show Opening at MoCADA

Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)

The opening is Feb 4th, 6pm-9pm, Free Admission.
"This reception will include a public art performance, a musical set by Brooklyn-based author and DJ, Rich Burroughs, the opportunity to meet the featured artists and a presentation by the exhibition's curator and Brooklyn native, Dexter Wimberly."

Group Show: The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks

This exhibition, guest curated by Dexter Wimberly, will examine how urban planning, imminent domain, and real estate development are affecting Brooklyn’s communities and how residents throughout the borough are responding. The exhibition will include the works of several Brooklyn-based artists, as well as those who have been forced to relocate as a result of gentrification. In addition to works of art featured at MoCADA, there will be a schedule of public programs taking place throughout Brooklyn.

In addition, there will be a vignette of work on display from two local high schools (The Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School and The Secondary School for Research) where students have been documenting the impact of gentrification on their neighborhoods over the past few years through photos and essays.

Info: ArtSlant

Reminder: 2 Gallery Shows in the Bronx - hip-hop and community history through photography and artifacts

*Catch these before they end!*

1) URBAN ARCHIVES: BRONX
Feat. work from Charlie Ahearn, John Ahearn, Afrika Bambaataa, Henry Chalfant, Joe Conzo, Martha Cooper, Tats Cru, Stefan Eins, Fashion Moda, Catherine Hazard, Lisa Kahane, Lady Pink, Jenny Holzer & more. Through March 1, 2010. Bronx Museum 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St. Bronx. D or B to 167th or 4 to 161st St.

2) LISA KAHANE: LAPSES OF MEMORY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE S. BRONX 80's
2-7pm. FREE! A memory for some, unknown to others, these photographs portray a history not yet fully understood. Overgrown fields hid ground dense with rubble. A war zone? Perhaps. But who was the enemy?
Fri. & Sat. from 2-7pm Fri & Sat. BronxArtSpace 305 East 140th St. Bronx. 6 to 3rd Ave/138th St.

Info: Tools of War