- May 11, 2012
The Bliumises Trade Art for Dinner
NYC Cohort I Fellow Alina Bliumis, along with her husband Jeff, have embarked on “A Painting for a Family Dinner,” a new participatory project, in which the Bliumises offer an original work of art in exchange for a family dinner in the Bronx. They approach the dinner with no agenda, merely a desire to learn more about their neighbors to the north of their own Brooklyn home.
“We just would like to meet them, talk, spend some time, have a conversation and exchange art for food,” says Alina. They have broken bread with about a dozen families in the Bronx, and are seeking more interested parties. For more info, espcially interested parties living in the Bronx, should visit the Bliumis’s site, linked here, for more details!
Also, check out coverage of this project from NY1 here!
May 7, 2012Updates from the Bliumis Exhibit at NMAJH
On May 1st, the National Museum of American Jewish History opened Alina and Jeff Bliumis’s exhibit, Casual Conversations. Check out some great photos from the interactive exhibit here!
April 25, 2012Special Exhibition for the Bliumises!
NYC Cohort I Fellow Alina Bliumis, and her husband Jeff, will have their work featured by the National Museum of American Jewish History! Their exhibition, Casual Conversations focuses on Brooklyn’s Russian Jewish immigrant communities, creating a project that invited participants to define themselves. This exhibition combines ten photographs from Brighton Beach, Brooklyn with an interactive that encourages Museum visitors to photograph themselves and join the conversation.
Opens May 1st! Click here for more details.
National Museum of American Jewish History
101 South Independence Mall East
Philadelphia, PA 19106
MapApril 17, 2012Netta Yerushalmy awarded Guggenheim Fellowship!
Fellow Netta Yerushalmy has been awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography. Out of nearly 3,000 applicants, Netta is one of 181 artists, scholars, and scientists selected in 2012 for this honor.According to their website, “the Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.” Since its establishment in 1925, the Foundation has awarded nearly $290 million to more than 17,000 recipients.
March 21, 2012Oded is a Critic’s Pick!
Oded Hirsch’s New York solo show “Nothing New” has been selected as a New York Magazine Critic’s Pick by reviewer Jerry Saltz! Read the poignant review here!
“Nothing New” now extended through April 22!
Thierry Goldberg Gallery
103 Norfolk Street, New York, 10002
Between Delancey and Rivington
F train to Delancey/ J/M/Z train to EssexJanuary 12, 2012Liana Finck’s Exhibition in DC makes (radio) waves!
Liana Finck’s Bintel Brief exhibition at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue opened this week, to great fanfare. Check out what WAMU, Washington’s public radio station, had to say about the show. Also, watch this great video on the Sixth and I blog!
October 24, 2011Sylvan Oswald New York Times Review
Congrats to NYC Fellow Sylvan Oswald on a New York Times review! Sylvan’s new play, Nightlands, is currently at HERE Arts Center through October 29th. Tickets still available.Congrats Sylvan!
October 18, 2011Six Points featured in Slingshot Guide
We are excited to be included in this year’s Slingshot guide! Slingshot, A Resource Guide to Jewish Innovation, is an annual compilation of the 50 most inspiring and innovative organizations, projects, and programs in the North American Jewish community today. This is our fourth consecutive year being featured in Slingshot, and we are proud to be counted in such tremendous company. The Slingshot guide is available here as a PDF download.
September 13, 2011Hannah Bos returns to Sundance
Six Points Fellow Hannah Bos and her company The Debate Society were selected to participate in the Sundance Institute’s 2012 Theater Lab, taking place from October 30 to November 13, 2011 at White Oak in Yulee, Florida. The Sundance Institute Theater Program identifies and assists emerging theatre artists, contributes to the creative growth of established artists, and encourages and supports the development of new work for the stage. The Debate Society will be working on their Untitled World’s Fair Play, described below.
Chicago 1893: The Zoopraxiscope, cracker jacks and neon lights. The Ferris Wheel, hootchy-kootchy… hell they even had the hamburger! On the eve of a glowing new century, something terrible happens in a humble two-story home. And everything ends. Chicago 1933: When The Fair returns 40 years later, so do the unfinished histories of everything that could have been. And so things begin for the hermit upstairs and the mysterious look-a-like below. Play-making company The Debate Society creates a haunted world of forgotten futures, a rotting building and the spirit of invention.
Read more here. Congratulations Hannah and the whole Debate Society team!
June 1, 2011LA Application Due Today (June 1)!
Today is the last day for polishing off your application, Los Angelinos. Feel free to send any last minute questions our way, but be sure to click the submit button before 11:59 PM PST!