Friday, October 22, 2010

A Sanctuary for the Arts: Fales Exhibition and Performance


A SANCTUARY FOR THE ARTS

JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH AND THE AVANT-GARDE 1954-1977

EXHIBITION AT FALES LIBRARY, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY *

OCTOBER 28, 2010 TO JANUARY 7, 2011


DO NOT MISS THE OPENING OF THIS EXCITING EXHIBITION THAT WILL EXPLORE THE SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE ARTISTS WHO PERFORMED AT JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH IN THE 1960S AND 70S AND THE CHURCH MINISTRY AND CONGREGATION.

O P E N I N G N I G H T :

THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 2010 (Free Admission)

Roundtable Discussion: 6:30 pm at Judson moderated by Deborah Jowitt.

Participants will include Essie Borden, Malcolm Goldstein, Carolee Schneemann, and Yvonne Rainer.

Reception Immediately Following At Fales Library (around 7:45 pm, 2 blocks east of Judson at the NYU Library)

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29 & 30, 2010 **

Two Performances IN HONOR OF JUDSON with work by Toby ARMOUR, Arthur AVILES, Remy CHARLIP, Malcolm GOLDSTEIN, Aileen PASSLOFF, Yvonne RAINER, Carolee SCHNEEMANN, EmmaGrace SKOVE-EPES, and Elaine SUMMERS

8:00 PM AT JUDSON, TICKETS $20 (students/seniors $10)

RESERVE TICKETS: www.judson.org or (917) 727-0431

Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square S.
New York City
www.judson.org

Fales Library and Special Collections
Bobst Library, 3rd Floor
Tracey/Barry Gallery

New York University
70 Washington Square South
New York City

Exhibition hours at Fales Library are:
Monday - Thursday: 10:00 - 5:45
Friday: 10:00 - 4:45
Closed on weekends

The exhibition at Fales will remain open until 8:00 pm on Friday evening before the performance.


Yvonne Rainer’s Terrain. William Davis, Albert Reid, Trisha Brown, Yvonne Rainer, Steve Paxton (missing Judith Dunn). Lighting by Robert Rauschenberg. Performed in An Evening of Dance. Photograph by Al Giese, 1963. *Curator, Joanna Steinberg. **Artistic Director, Aileen Passloff; produced by Nicole and Michael Bloom.