Tag: Exhibition Tour

New York | Visit to ARTECHOUSE New York – ‘Life of a Neuron’

June 3, 2022 | 10:00 am

Inside ARTECHOUSE, an immersive experience

Please join us for a visit to the immersive exhibition, Life of a Neuron, at ARTECHOUSE New York. We will be joined by ARTECHOUSE’s Senior Sales Manager, Taylor Spoelstra. A native New Yorker with a dedicated history leading Travel & Tourism in the Arts & Entertainment Industry, Taylor has been a part of the ARTECHOUSE team since February 2020 executing Trade, Group & Event Sales.

Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience. Life of a Neuron brings together decades of neuroscience data and research to create a cellular level journey through the human brain. Created by ARTECHOUSE Studio in partnership with Society for Neuroscience (SfN), this exhibition is the result of three years of ardent collaboration and research and reveals the story of a universal human experience — the story of ourselves.

Visitors will walk into an unprecedented, real-life 3D model of a human prefrontal cortex neuron — the “thinking cell” of the brain — and see it grow from birth through death. In addition to the Immersion Gallery installation, you can explore other technology-driven interactive artworks that cover vision, stress, addiction, and neural connectivity all at the cellular level.

In Life of a Neuron, science is not merely a muse to create inspirational art, but the art furthers the understanding of the science; a fitting relationship celebrating the 50th anniversary of SfN made possible by interdisciplinary collaboration.

Admission:

  • ArtTable Members – $15
  • Member Guests – $20

Not a member? Join today!

Please review the below before registering:

Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is a private institution devoted to serving the public. The museum requires that visitors adhere to the protocols and Code of Conduct outlined below, which apply to the Museum’s galleries and grounds. If you are feeling ill, the museum asks that you please wait to visit the Museum at a later date.

No outside food or beverages are permitted inside the museum.

In an effort to keep our visitors safe, The Aldrich has taken the following precautions:

  • An acrylic panel has been placed at the Front Desk to keep staff and visitors apart
  • Touchless hand sanitizing stations are installed throughout the Museum
  • The coat room and water fountains are closed

If you're sick, please stay home! By registering for this program, you are affirming that you are currently not exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19. If, after this registration you become ill, please contact Haley at [email protected]. If you become ill with COVID-19 following your visit we ask that you kindly notify us so that we may inform the museum.

Liability Statement from the Museum: I am aware that visiting The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum includes risks arising from possible exposure to communicable diseases including COVID-19. I knowingly and voluntarily accept this risk and assume full responsibility for any injury, illness or other loss that I may sustain as a result.

The Aldrich is committed to providing a welcoming and accessible environment for all. The museum extends an inclusive and respectful invitation for visitors to engage, learn, and be inspired by their visit.

The Aldrich is fully accessible to visitors who use mobility assistive devices. There is a ramp from the parking lot onto the walkway. There are no steps from the parking lot to the front doors of the Museum. Elevators are available to access both floors. Wheelchairs are available and disinfected before use; please ask the Front Desk for options.

Service animals are welcome to visit the Museum.

Gender inclusive restrooms are located on the first floor and are ADA compliant.

For visitors who are blind or have low vision: the Museum is equipped with braille directional signage. These signs have been included in our cleaning protocols for health and safety. Our staff are available to give verbal descriptions of the artwork on view and assist with any way-finding.

For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing: The Museum works to ensure that all multimedia exhibitions are captioned, if possible.

Please ask about captioned works upon arrival.

For visitors with Autism: the Museum is often less crowded during open hours on weekdays and mornings and late afternoons on weekends. Please call ahead to find out about your visit date. The galleries are kept between 68 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit. If you need quiet space during your visit, please ask a Museum staff member to help you locate a suitable place. You may also step outside into the Sculpture Garden through the doors located in the Museum’s lobby on the first floor.

If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at [email protected].

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located at 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877.

Driving Directions

  • The Aldrich is a short drive from many major metropolitan areas – 1.5 hours from New York City, 3 hours from Philadelphia, and 3 hours from Boston – and is located near I-95 and I-84. Free parking is available on site. Use Google Maps for driving directions.

By Rail from New York City

  • Take Metro North’s Harlem Line to the Katonah Station. The train ride is approximately one hour. From the train station, take a 20-minute car ride (via Katonah Taxi, Uber, or Lyft) to the Museum. If taking Uber or Lyft, please note that there may be a wait time for your car to arrive due to limited availability in the area. If taking Katonah Taxi, you may schedule your pick-up time in advance.

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About ARTECHOUSE

ARTECHOUSE is the nation’s first innovative art organization dedicated to the intersection of art, science and technology. As a pioneer in the field of experiential art, it creates, produces and presents innovative technology driven exhibitions, expanding the possibilities of art and how we experience it. From immersive art spaces to an extended reality (XR) mobile app, ARTECHOUSE is where curiosity-seekers of all ages go to experience creative innovation without limits. Founded in 2015, ARTECHOUSE has become the premier destination, both online and offline, for genre-pushing, technology-driven art.

Utilizing the largest seamless megapixel count projections of any cultural institution and integrating Hyperreal Sound technology, ARTECHOUSE NYC offers visitors and artists alike the most technologically advanced art platform in the world. Taking over a 100-year-old boiler room space beneath the iconic Chelsea Market, ARTECHOUSE NYC is one of the most unique art destinations and things to do in New York City.

Image: Courtesy of ARTECHOUSE

ARTECHOUSE

439 W 15th St
New York, New York 10011 United States + Google Map
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New York | Cristina Iglesias’ ‘Landscape and Memory’ Tour & Reception at Madison Square Park

June 21, 2022 | 6:00 pm

Artist Crista Iglesias working on the installation of her artwork

Please join us for an in-person tour of Cristina Iglesias’ Landscape and Memory, on view at Madison Square Park in New York City. The tour will be led by ArtTable Member Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator at Madison Square Park Conservancy. Drinks will also be served.

Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias invites the public to consider the forgotten terrains and geographic history of New York City in a new public art installation opening this June, her first major temporary public art project in the United States. Landscape and Memory places five bronze sculptural pools, flowing with water, into Madison Square Park’s Oval Lawn, harkening back to when the Cedar Creek coursed across the land where the park stands today. Building on Iglesias’ practice of unearthing the forgotten and excavating natural history, Landscape and Memory resurfaces in the imaginations of contemporary viewers the now-invisible force of this ancient waterway. More information about the exhibition can be found below.

Landscape and Memory is organized by Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator; Tom Reidy, Deputy Director of Finance and Special Projects; and Truth Murray-Cole, Curatorial Manager. Keats Myer is the Conservancy’s Executive Director.

This program is open to ArtTable Members only for $15. Capacity is limited.

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Face masks are not required in outdoor settings but are encouraged when in large groups.

Fully vaccinated individuals do not need to wear masks or be socially distanced, however, unvaccinated children and adults should wear a face cover and practice social distancing while in the park.

Madison Square Park, as a public, open green space, is free and fully accessible to patrons of all abilities; including by not limited to individuals with physical, visual, and auditory disabilities, owners of special care animals, and wheelchair users.

There are no steps or stairs within Madison Square Park, or between the sidewalk and the park. Ramp access for wheelchairs and strollers as well as access for individuals with impaired mobility is available for all the park’s pathways and lawns, in compliance with ADA regulations.

Please note that there are no public restrooms inside the park, but you can find a DOT-owned restroom on Madison Avenue between 23rd Street and 24th Street.

For more information or to request accommodations, please call 212.520.7600.

Madison Square Park is located at Fifth Avenue & Madison Avenue and 23rd & 26th Streets.

The nearest subway stations are at 23rd Street (R, W station and 6 station). There are 2 CitiBike drop-off points at 26th & Madison and Broadway & 25th.

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About Brooke Kamin Rapaport

Headshot of Brooke Kamin Rapaport

Since joining the Conservancy in 2013, Brooke Kamin Rapaport has curated and overseen its program of commissioned public-sculpture exhibitions, which has included such artists as Diana Al-Hadid, Tony Cragg, Abigail DeVille, Leonardo Drew, Teresita Fernandez, Josiah McElheny, Ivan Navarro, Giuseppe Penone, Martin Puryear, and Arlene Shechet. Through the Conservancy, she established Public Art Consortium, a national initiative of museum, public-art-program, and sculpture park colleagues. In 2019, she served as Commissioner and Curator of the United States Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, with a representation of artist Martin Puryear.

Rapaport has worked as a museum curator, independent curator, and art writer. During her 13-year tenure at the Brooklyn Museum, she organized numerous exhibitions and wrote corresponding catalogues in her roles as assistant and then associate curator of contemporary art. As part of the Brooklyn Museum’s Grand Lobby series of installations, she worked with contemporary artists to realize their projects. As guest curator at The Jewish Museum, New York, she organized Houdini: Art and Magic (2010), an interdisciplinary exhibition on the life and enduring significance to contemporary artists of the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, and the retrospective exhibition Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend (2007). Rapaport has also held positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Jamaica Arts Center in Queens, New York. She is a contributing editor and frequent writer for Sculpture magazine and a regular lecturer, moderator, panelist, and catalogue essayist on contemporary art and public art.

Rapaport received her B.A. cum laude in art history from Amherst College and completed her M.A. in art history from Rutgers University. She is also the recipient of a Helena Rubinstein Fellowship in Museum Studies from the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program. She sits on the Board of Directors of Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Al Held Foundation, von Rydingsvard and Greengard Foundation and is Vice President of the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation in New York. She currently serves on the board of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College.

About the Artist

Cristina Iglesias shapes large-scale, site-specific sculpture and installations that probe the tension between past and present, ancient and contemporary. Resisting the asceticism of the Minimalist movement, Iglesias initially created grid-like structures in natural materials that were suspended to assemble pavilions and architectural spaces. Beginning in the 2000s, Iglesias began to incorporate water into her permanent outdoor projects and sculptures.

Iglesias’s work has been the subject of solo presentations at museums internationally, including Centro Botín, Santander, Spain (2018); Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid (2013); Ludwig Museum, Cologne (2006); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2003); and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1997). She additionally has been commissioned to create major projects and installations at Bloomberg headquarters, London (2017); Fondaciòn Botin, Santander (2017); Tres Aguas at Toledo, Spain (2014); Mexican Foundation of Environmental Education, Baja, California (2010); Museo del Prado, Madrid (2007); and Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp (2006). The Museum of Fine Arts Houston opened Iglesias’ major permanent outdoor commission, Inner Landscape (the lithosphere, the roots, the water) (2020) in front of the new Kinder Building. Last summer she realized Hondalea (2021), transforming a lighthouse into a sculpture on Santa Clara Island in the Bay of Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain.

Iglesias represented Spain at the Venice Biennale (1986, 1993) and at the Biennale of Sydney (1990, 2012); at the Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (1995); the Taipei Biennial (2003); at the SITE Santa Fe Biennial (2006); and at the Folkstone Triennal (2011).

Iglesias was born in San Sebastián, Northern Spain in November 1956. She studied Chemical Sciences in the University of the Basque Country (1976 – 1978), and ceramics and sculpture at the Chelsea College of Art in London (1980 – 1982). She was granted a Fulbright scholarship to study at Pratt Institute (1988) and was appointed Professor of Sculpture at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich (1995).

Her studio is in Madrid, Spain.

About the Exhibition (Continued)

For Landscape and Memory, Iglesias digs deep into the park’s lawns to install five subterranean bronze sculptures carved with intricately patterned bas-reliefs. A subtle stream of water continuously trails across the sculptures’ hollowed surfaces. This evokes the constancy of water slowly eroding rocky surfaces across millennia. The installation conjures the existence of unseen ancient streams that continue to run beneath modern cities, connecting the urban present with its primordial past. It connects us to abstract ideas of what lies beneath.

Nodding to historian Simon Schama’s major 1995 volume of the same name, which surveyed the history of landscape across time and terrain, Landscape and Memory is informed by Iglesias’ research into the history of the site. For the project, Iglesias located and studied historic maps that document the water flow through Madison Square Park, where the Cedar Creek once coursed. With nineteenth-century industrialization, streams like the Cedar were buried underground to create additional land for building sites, underground drains, or sewers. Through Landscape and Memory, Iglesias renders this history visible again, inviting viewers to contemplate centuries of transformation of urban sites that were once natural.

About Madison Square Park Conservancy

Madison Square Park Conservancy cultivates and enlivens Madison Square Park, a dynamic seven-acre public park in New York City’s Flatiron District and one of the city’s most treasured green spaces. Through its public art commissions, horticultural stewardship, and engaging programming, the nonprofit creates an urban oasis that welcomes a diverse community of over 60,000 visitors each day. Keats Myer is the Conservancy’s Executive Director.

Since 2004, the Conservancy has become a leader in commissioning new works of public art, curating and presenting over 40 major site-specific installations and solo exhibitions through its art programming. Led by Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator, the program invites leading artists to push the boundaries of their practice and create risk-taking new works that experiment with materiality, scale, and theme in response to the park’s unique environment. The ambition of the commissioning program expands each year alongside the diverse range of innovative artists including Diana Al-Hadid, Tony Cragg, Abigail DeVille, Leonardo Drew, Maya Lin, Iván Navarro, Martin Puryear, Arlene Shechet, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Krzysztof Wodiczko.

In 2019, the Conservancy served as the commissioning institution for the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, marking the first time that an organization whose visual art program focuses exclusively on public art has received this honor. With Rapaport serving as Commissioner, the Conservancy presented new work by Martin Puryear.

Image: Cristina Iglesias overseeing the installation of Landscape and Memory, courtesy of Madison Square Park Conservancy

Madison Square Park (Exact meeting spot TBA)

Madison Square Park
New York, NY 10010 United States + Google Map

Ridgefield, CT | Curator-led Exhibition Tour – ’52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone’ at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

July 9, 2022 | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Artwork by Merrill Wagner and Tourmaline

Please join us for a special tour of 52 Artists – A Feminist Milestone at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, with Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart. After our tour, enjoy free time exploring the rest of the museum and join us for a no-host lunch at Bailey’s Backyard in Ridgefield’s Cultural District (which also includes bookstores, sweet shops, and more!).

52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone celebrates the fifty-first anniversary of the historic exhibition Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists, curated by Lucy R. Lippard and presented at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in 1971. 52 Artists will showcase work by the artists included in the original 1971 exhibition, alongside a new roster of twenty-six female-identifying or nonbinary emerging artists, tracking the evolution of feminist art practices over the past five decades. 52 Artists will encompass the entirety of the Museum (approx. 8,000 sq. ft)—the first exhibition to do so in The Aldrich’s new building which was inaugurated in 2004.

The exhibition is organized by The Aldrich’s Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart, who selected the emerging twenty-six artists, and independent curator Alexandra Schwartz, with The Aldrich’s Curatorial Assistant and Publications Manager Caitlin Monachino.

Admission:

  • ArtTable Members – $15
  • Member Guests/Non-Members – $25

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Please note that transportation to The Aldrich is not included in this program.
We will meet at the museum by 11:00 AM. See ‘Getting There’ below for directions.

Please review the below before registering:

Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is a private institution devoted to serving the public. The museum requires that visitors adhere to the protocols and Code of Conduct outlined below, which apply to the Museum’s galleries and grounds. If you are feeling ill, the museum asks that you please wait to visit the Museum at a later date.

No outside food or beverages are permitted inside the museum.

In an effort to keep our visitors safe, The Aldrich has taken the following precautions:

  • An acrylic panel has been placed at the Front Desk to keep staff and visitors apart
  • Touchless hand sanitizing stations are installed throughout the Museum
  • The coat room and water fountains are closed

If you're sick, please stay home! By registering for this program, you are affirming that you are currently not exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19. If, after this registration you become ill, please contact Haley at [email protected]. If you become ill with COVID-19 following your visit we ask that you kindly notify us so that we may inform the museum.

Liability Statement from the Museum: I am aware that visiting The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum includes risks arising from possible exposure to communicable diseases including COVID-19. I knowingly and voluntarily accept this risk and assume full responsibility for any injury, illness or other loss that I may sustain as a result.

The Aldrich is committed to providing a welcoming and accessible environment for all. The museum extends an inclusive and respectful invitation for visitors to engage, learn, and be inspired by their visit.

The Aldrich is fully accessible to visitors who use mobility assistive devices. There is a ramp from the parking lot onto the walkway. There are no steps from the parking lot to the front doors of the Museum. Elevators are available to access both floors. Wheelchairs are available and disinfected before use; please ask the Front Desk for options.

Service animals are welcome to visit the Museum.

Gender inclusive restrooms are located on the first floor and are ADA compliant.

For visitors who are blind or have low vision: the Museum is equipped with braille directional signage. These signs have been included in our cleaning protocols for health and safety. Our staff are available to give verbal descriptions of the artwork on view and assist with any way-finding.

For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing: The Museum works to ensure that all multimedia exhibitions are captioned, if possible.

Please ask about captioned works upon arrival.

For visitors with Autism: the Museum is often less crowded during open hours on weekdays and mornings and late afternoons on weekends. Please call ahead to find out about your visit date. The galleries are kept between 68 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit. If you need quiet space during your visit, please ask a Museum staff member to help you locate a suitable place. You may also step outside into the Sculpture Garden through the doors located in the Museum’s lobby on the first floor.

If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at [email protected].

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located at 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877.

Driving Directions

  • The Aldrich is a short drive from many major metropolitan areas – 1.5 hours from New York City, 3 hours from Philadelphia, and 3 hours from Boston – and is located near I-95 and I-84. Free parking is available on site. Use Google Maps for driving directions.

By Rail from New York City

  • Take Metro North’s Harlem Line to the Katonah Station. The train ride is approximately one hour. From the train station, take a 20-minute car ride (via Katonah Taxi, Uber, or Lyft) to the Museum. If taking Uber or Lyft, please note that there may be a wait time for your car to arrive due to limited availability in the area. If taking Katonah Taxi, you may schedule your pick-up time in advance.

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About Amy Smith-Stewart

Amy Smith-Stewart is Senior Curator at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Since 2013 she has organized forty-two exhibitions and projects at the Museum. Her unique perspective has brought artists to The Aldrich during important stages of their careers including first time solo museum presentations with artists Milano Chow, Lucia Hierro, Genesis Belanger, Eva LeWitt, and Jessi Reaves, and survey shows with Jackie Winsor, Ruth Root, Suzanne McClelland, Harmony Hammond, and Karla Knight. Harmony Hammond: Material Witness, Five Decades of Art was named one of the best exhibitions of 2019 by the New York Times. The show traveled to the Sarasota Art Museum and was accompanied by the artist’s first monograph. Her upcoming curatorial project is 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone. It revisits the historic exhibition, Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists, curated by Lucy R. Lippard in 1971 and joins it with a new roster of twenty-six female identifying and nonbinary emerging artists to track the evolution of feminist art practices over half a century. 

Smith-Stewart has organized more than seventy exhibitions in museums, collections, galleries, and temporary spaces. She is founder of the eponymous nomadic curatorial project, Smith-Stewart, previously located on the Lower East Side from 2007–2009. She began her career as a curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1), where she mounted nineteen exhibitions and projects including first time solo museum presentations with artists Adrian Paci, Mika Rottenberg, Taryn Simon, and Aleksandra Mir, as well as group exhibitions including Day Labor and Greater New York 2005 (co-curator). From 2006–2007, she was a Curatorial Advisor for the Mary Boone Gallery, where she organized a series of group exhibitions introducing a new generation of artists to the Gallery. She has organized exhibitions at Socrates Sculpture Park and the Noguchi Museum and was the 2006–2008 Guest Curator for the Peter Norton Collection. She has served on faculty at the School of the Visual Arts, MFA Fine Arts department, and the Sotheby’s Institute of Art MA Contemporary Art program. Her writing has appeared in books and catalogues published by Taschen, Gregory R. Miller & Co., Revolver Publishing, Bates College Museum of Art, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Charta, among others.

Images: Merrill Wagner, Untitled, 1969. Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner, New York. / Tourmaline, Coral Hairstreak, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Chapter NY, New York Photo: Dario Lasagni

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

258 Main Street
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877 United States + Google Map
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Dallas-Fort Worth | Curator-led Tour of ‘Women Painting Women’ at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

May 24, 2022 | 10:00 am

Painting by Amy Sherald - a woman in a blue dress leans agains a yellow bicycle. She stands in front of a white picket fence with sunflowers growing around it.

Join Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Chief Curator Andrea Karnes for a special tour of Women Painting Women, a thematic exhibition featuring 46 female artists who choose women as subject matter in their works.

This presentation, international in scope, includes evocative portraits that span the late 1960s to the present. All place women—their bodies, gestures, and individuality—at the forefront, conceiving new ways to activate and elaborate on the portrayal of women.

Admission:

  • ArtTable Members – $15
  • Member Guests/Non-Members – $25

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Please review the below before registering:

Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.

Parking spaces for disabled visitors are reserved in the museum parking lot by the main entrance.

Museum entrances are wheelchair accessible. The Museum offers wheelchairs free of charge to visitors at Coat Check on a first-come, first-served basis. Portable stools are also available upon request.

All public areas, including galleries, auditorium, restrooms, elevators, education studio, Café Modern, and the Modern Shop are accessible to people who use mobility aids and wheelchairs.

The Museum welcomes service animals.

If you would like more information about accessibility or need accommodations for this program, please email Haley at [email protected].

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is located at 3200 Darnell Street in Fort Worth’s Cultural District, approximately 2 miles west of downtown Fort Worth and 3 miles north of Texas Christian University. Limited parking is available on the premises.

  • Free parking is available in the museum parking lots.
  • Paid parking is available in the Platinum Parking lot across from the Modern on University Drive.
  • Paid parking is available in the Will Rogers Memorial Center Lot and Garage, at Lancaster and Gendy Streets.
  • Crockett Row parking garages, located on Morton, Currie, and Crockett Streets, are available for four hours free with validation, available at the Museum's admission desk.
  • Trinity Metro (Route 2W, 53, and The Dash), Uber, Lyft, taxis, and Fort Worth Bike Share also offer easy, cost-effective alternatives to driving your own car to the museum.

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Curator Andrea Karnes seated at a deskAbout the Curator

Chief Curator Andrea Karnes has been part of the Museum team since beginning her career in the early 1990s. She has built a record of critically acclaimed exhibitions and acquisitions. As head of the curatorial department, she directs the Modern’s exhibition program, organizes special exhibitions, coordinates with guest curators, direct acquisitions, and oversees the installation of the Museum’s renowned permanent collection.

Exhibitions organized by Karnes include Laurie Simmons: Big Camera/Little Camera, KAWS: WHERE THE END STARTS, México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990, Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer, Pretty Baby, Pierre Huyghe: One Million + Kingdoms, and Julie Bozzi: Landscapes.

As curator of the Modern’s FOCUS series, Karnes organized thirty solo exhibitions featuring the work of Jeff Elrod, Teresita Fernández, KAWS, Vera Lutter, Barry McGee, Cornelia Parker, Erik Parker, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Gary Simmons, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Kehinde Wiley, among many others.

Karnes has been instrumental in the Modern’s program of acquisitions for the permanent collection.

Thank you to ArtTable Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter Leaders Laurie Ann Farrell and Louky Keijsers Koning for organizing this program.

Image: Amy Sherald, A Midsummer Afternoon Dream, 2020, Oil on canvas, 106 x 101 inches, Private collection © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the Artist and Hauser & Wirth, Photo by Joseph Hyde

Museum of Modern Art Fort Worth

3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107 United States + Google Map
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SoCal | Behind-the-Scenes Tour – Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College

June 3, 2022 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

exterior shot of the Benton Museum

Please join us for a private behind-the-scenes and gallery tour of the new Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. The Benton Museum is a space for the region’s most compelling and innovative exhibitions. Building on a long tradition of excellence at the alma mater of such artistic pioneers such as James Turrell, Helen Pashgian and Chris Burden, the BMA will host the next wave of groundbreaking artists and offer a state-of-the-art site for a growing permanent collection, ranging from Native American art to Renaissance panel paintings to works by such artists as Karl Benjamin, Rico Lebrun and José Clemente Orozco. Senior Curator, Rebecca McGrew will provide us with a tour of the permanent collection galleries as well as their current exhibitions. Steve Comba, Associate Director & Registrar will provide us with a behind-the-scenes portion of the tour of the museums’ collection spaces.

This program is open to ArtTable members only for $15. Space is limited.

Not a member? Join today!

Please review the below before registering:

Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.

All guests are required to wear a face mask and practice social distancing during your visit.

All of the museum’s galleries, entrances, and courtyard are accessible to wheelchair users and other visitors who cannot use stairs.

Accessible parking and drop-off can be found on College Avenue in front of our courtyard closer to Second Avenue.

All restroom locations include an accessible restroom with a changing table.

Trained service animals are welcome in all spaces throughout the museum. We welcome other supervised and leashed domesticated animals only in the museum’s courtyard.

If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at [email protected].

The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College is located at 120 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711.

Driving Directions

  • From the 10, exit Indian Hill Blvd, then go north and turn right on Bonita Avenue.
  • From the 210, exit at Towne Avenue and go south to Foothill Blvd. Turn left on Foothill and continue east to College Avenue, then turn right. Go about 1 mile to Bonita.

By Rail

  • The Metrolink train station in Claremont is three blocks from the museum. Take the San Bernardino line east from Union Station in Los Angeles, or west from San Bernardino.

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About the Speakers

Rebecca McGrew is the Senior Curator at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. Her current exhibitions include Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe (2020-21, co-curated with Irene Tsatsos, Armory Center for the Arts), Sadie Barnette: Legacy & Legend (2021, co-curated with Ciara Ennis, Pitzer College Art Galleries); Alia Ali: Project Series 53 (2020-21), and Helen Pashgian: New Work (2020-21).

McGrew is the recipient of the Fellows of Contemporary Art’s 2020 Curator’s Award, a Getty Curatorial Research Fellowship (2007), and Getty Foundation grants under the Pacific Standard Time initiatives in 2009–11 and 2014–16. McGrew has held curatorial positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. She received her B.A. from Pomona College and an M.A. in art history from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Future exhibitions include Each Day Begins with the Sun Rising: Four Artists from Hiroshima (2022), Christina Fernandez: Under the Sun (2022), Kameelah Janaan Rasheed: Worshipping at the Altar of Certainty (2022, Williams College Museum of Art), June Harwood: A Retrospective (2023), and Fred Eversley (2024, co-curated with Glenn Phillips as part of Getty Foundation’s PST).

Recent exhibitions include Todd Gray: Euclidean Gris Gris (2019-20); Marcia Hafif: A Place Apart (2018); Project Series 52: Hayv Kahraman (2018); and Prometheus 2017: Four Artists from Mexico Revisit Orozco (2017). She has organized many other exhibitions including the award-winning and critically acclaimed It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969–1973 (2011–12, co-curated with Glenn Phillips).

Steve Comba is the Associate Director/Registrar at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona
College. He received his BA from the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and his
MFA from Claremont Graduate University. In addition to being a practicing studio artist, he has
also worked in the museum field for the past 36 years. His experience in the field includes
administrative, registrarial, and curatorial projects ranging from historical to contemporary art. In
2011, he designed and opened the Native American Collection Study Center at Pomona College.
In 2012 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Western Museums Association. In 2015
he was awarded the Peter W. Stanley Distinguished Staff Award from Pomona College.

Thank you to ArtTable Southern California Chapter Leader Jacqueline Cabrera for organizing this program.

Image: The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Photo by Richard Barnes

Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College

20 West Bonita Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711 United States + Google Map
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DC | Alexandria Art Tour – Artist Talk with Blu Murphy & Public Art Viewing

May 21, 2022 | 11:30 am

Neon art installation that says 'I love you'; artwork by Blu Murphy

Join us for an art tour in Alexandria, VA led by Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Curator of Exhibitions Leslie Mounaime.

We will meet at Old Town Alexandria Waterfront Park to view and learn more about the “I Love You” public art installation by Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt of R&R STUDIO. From there we will make our way into the Torpedo Factory to see Target Gallery’s solo exhibition “LE DRIP: The Uncontainable Sauce of Black Essence” by artist Blu Murphy. Attendees will enjoy a private talk with the artist to learn more about the exhibition and her process. We will then have the option to continue on a walkthrough of studios and galleries in the Torpedo Factory Art Center with Leslie.

Admission:

  • ArtTable Members – $10
  • Member Guests – $15

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Face masks are recommended to wear inside the Torpedo Factory Art Center and some studios require it, so guests should come prepared (though extras will be available in the gallery should that be necessary). This is subject to change but at this time masks are recommended while inside.

There are handicapped parking spots directly in front of Waterfront Park, as well as the Torpedo Factory, which may be accessed by turning left from Prince St. We will be walking a short 2 minute walk from the park to the Torpedo Factory (about 400 ft) and then the TFAC itself has accessible entrances from the waterfront, which we will use.

Accessible bathrooms are available at the TFAC, as well as a freight elevator if needed. We recommend people bring mobility aids as necessary. A wheelchair is available and must be requested in advance so the venue can prepare.

You may find more accessibility information on the Torpedo Factory website here.

Driving / Ride-share - There is garage and street parking available, as well as free 2 hour street parking further down Union St by Founders Park (other side of the TFAC).

Metro - You may travel via the blue or yellow line metro and get off at the King St Metro station. There is a free trolley that will come pick people up and drop them off at City Hall which is about 2/3 blocks away from the TFAC. It’s about a 20 minute walk on foot from King St Station.

Water Taxi - The water taxi will drop you off at the harbor directly behind the Torpedo Factory, simply exit to the left and walk toward Waterfront Park with the large “I Love You” installation (about 400-500 ft).

About the Speakers

Headshot of Leslie MounaimeLeslie Mounaime (she/her) is an art historian and curator with a master’s in art history with a focus in contemporary art and post-colonialist theory from George Mason University. As a curator she is interested in themes of identity and our relationships with ourselves, other people, and the world around us. Leslie has been the Curator of Exhibitions at the Torpedo Factory Art Center since 2016, where she focuses on supporting emerging and mid-career artists with professional exhibition opportunities. In addition to this, she manages the Post-Graduate Residency artist program, an artist residency that supports recently graduated BFA or MFA students with studio space and networking opportunities. Prior to that, she worked in contemporary art venues such as Artisphere and Art Whino. She also earned a bachelor’s in art history from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has been a member of ArtTable DC since 2018.

Blu Murphy seated in front of a colorful paintingBrandy “Blu” Murphy (she/her) is a Washington, D. C. based artist is known for capturing the strength of her subjects through photography and utilizing graffiti, texture, and color to tell the story of disenfranchised African-Americans who are often unheard and unseen and showcasing them as works of art.

About the art

I Love You
On view March – November, 2022
The City of Alexandria presents its newest public art installation, I Love You, in Alexandria’s Waterfront Park (1 Prince St.). This new temporary installation by Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt of R&R STUDIOS is the fourth in the Site See: New Views in Old Town annual public art series.

LE DRIP: The Uncontainable Sauce of Black Essence
Exhibition Dates: April 23 – July 17, 2022
LE DRIP: The Uncontainable Sauce of Black Essence is a solo exhibition by Washington, DC based artist Blu Murphy, Target Gallery’s 2022 solo exhibition recipient. The LE DRIP series is a group of mixed media portraits created as a tribute to the black community and celebrates the essence, beauty, and magic of this resilient and often undervalued group of people. The subject matters included in this series are elementary and middle school students who attend a title one school in southeast D. C., where the artist also teaches arts education.

Special thanks to ArtTable member Leslie Mounaime for helping to organize this program.

Image: I Love You installation by Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt of R&R Studios; artwork by Blu Murphy

Old Town Alexandria Waterfront

1 Prince Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314 United States + Google Map

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New York | ArtTable Reception and Tour at VOLTA New York

May 19, 2022 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

A woman gestures to a painting

Please join us for a private brunch reception and tour at VOLTA New York!

Take advantage of this great opportunity to meet your fellow ArtTable members during Frieze Week in New York City. Enjoy a delicious array of brunch items while mingling with your fellow members, followed by a highlights tour focused on women artists and gallerists exhibiting at the fair.

This program is currently open to ArtTable members and guests only.
Your ticket covers general access to the fair, early private access to the reception, and refreshments.

Admission:

  • ArtTable Members – $55
  • Member Guests – $65

Not a member? Join today!

Please read before registering:

In accordance with The New York Health Department guidance, in order to access the fair:

  • All visitors aged 12 and over must provide proof of full course COVID-19 vaccination completed at least 14 days ahead of their visit
  • All visitors aged 5-11 must provide proof of at least one course of COVID-19 vaccination completed at least 14 days ahead of their visit
  • All visitors aged 18 and over must also provide appropriate photo identification matching the name on the vaccination proof
  • In addition, all visitors aged 2 and over shall wear a face mask
  • All WHO vaccines will be recognised if the full course has been completed more than 14 days before visiting the fair: Moderna, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, J&J. We strongly recommend that visitors who are eligible for their booster vaccine ensure they receive it before attending the fair.
  • Please note, since national guidance can change, VOLTA reserves the right to modify the required documents and protocols at any time. Please check back ahead of your visit.

The venue is wheelchair accessible and an elevator is available. 548 West spreads over three floors.

Please email Haley at [email protected] if you have any questions about accessibility or require specific accommodations. 

VOLTA New York 2022 will take place at 548 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, an approximately 10 minute walk from The Shed, where Frieze New York will be taking place concurrently. The nearest subway station is 23rd Street (A, C, E), an approximately 17 minute walk to the fair. The venue is also easily accessible by car, though parking may be limited.

ArtTable is a 501.c.3 organization. All programs are non-refundable. 
Click here to view our cancellation policy.

About VOLTA

Operating as a beacon for creative discovery, VOLTA New York is the American incarnation of the original Basel fair since debuting in New York in 2008. VOLTA will return to New York from May 18 – 22, 2022 at 548 West 22nd Street, the former Dia Building and Hauser & Wirth gallery space. The fair welcomes a vibrant cohort of over 50 national and international galleries, both new and returning to the New York edition.

VOLTA Art Fair fosters galleries in staging ambitious solo and group presentations, refining the experience to its essential elements: the artists and their work. This focus on compelling visual statements by up-and-coming and established artists cultivates a vibrant and approachable environment of discovery for the engaged collector.

Image: VOLTA New York, Courtesy of VOLTA

VOLTA New York

548 West 22nd Street
New York, New York 10011 United States + Google Map
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Metro Atlanta | MeetAT at Atlanta Contemporary

May 5, 2022 | 6:00 pm

Exterior shot of Atlanta Contemporary with a crowd gathered, mingling

Join ArtTable’s Metro Atlanta chapter at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center for cocktails and networking! Current and prospective ArtTable members are welcome. Attendees receive access to the museum and one free drink ticket. Attendees will also have access to view the rest of the museum.

This program is free and open to current and prospective ArtTable members.

Not a member? Join today!

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The wearing of masks indoors at Atlanta Contemporary is now optional. If you have been recently exposed to someone with COVID-19 or believe you may be symptomatic, please stay home. These recommendations are based on CDC guidelines.

Most entrances, galleries, restrooms, and outdoor areas at Atlanta Contemporary are accessible via wheelchair, except for the Chute Space gallery and the second-floor studios affiliated with the Studio Artist Program, which can only be reached via stairs.

Located in Atlanta’s historic Westside corridor, Atlanta Contemporary sits adjacent to the Georgia Tech campus and just minutes from the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, Centennial Olympic Park, and midtown and downtown hotels and restaurants.

Atlanta Contemporary
535 Means Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Public Transit
You can reach Atlanta Contemporary via MARTA. Visit MARTAGuide.com for help in planning your trip. You can also visit the museum via the free shuttle service provided by Georgia Tech. Find out more at pts.gatech.edu or click here for a map.

Parking
Parking is free in the lot at Bankhead & Means streets. You can access the lot via Bankhead Avenue and proceed past the parking attendant booth.

Image: Courtesy of Atlanta Contemporary

Thank you to ArtTable Metro Atlanta Chapter Leaders Lauren Jensen and Waduda Muhammad for organizing this program.

Atlanta Contemporary

535 Means Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30318 United States + Google Map
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  • ArtTable Metro Atlanta

NoCal | MeetAT at ‘Neon Was Never Brighter: A Glimpse Into The Future’

April 30, 2022 | 3:00 pm

Neon Was Never Brighter logo

Join ArtTable’s Northern California chapter for a MeetAT at Neon Was Never Brighter: A Glimpse Into The Future. This is the first-ever contemporary art festival in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Experience more than 20 activations and works by artists in social practice, film, music, dance, performance, and visual arts—all highlighting Chinatown’s arts and history, or presaging new beginnings and future prosperities. 

Our afternoon will begin with an introduction by festival curator and ArtTable member Candace Huey, and a meet and greet with the participating artists. Attendees will also receive a sample of breakout perfumer Yosh Han’s “longevity scent” and other themed goodies and refreshments.

At 4 PM, a healing art procession will perform acts of light, hope, and joy for Chinatown spaces that have suffered through the last two years. The festival continues until 10pm with art activations, performances, and a fashion show, to be explored on your own. Click here to view the full schedule of events!

This program is free and open to members and non-members.

About the Festival

The festival is presented by Chinatown Media and Arts Collaborative (CMAC), a unique art nonprofit established by 6 AAPI organizations including Chinese for Affirmative Action, Center for Asian American Media, Chinatown Community Development Center, Chinese Culture Center & Foundation of San Francisco, Chinese Historical Society of America and Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.

Image: Neon Was Never Brighter logo

Chinatown, San Francisco

800 Grant Avenue
San Francisco, CA United States + Google Map
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  • ArtTable Northern California
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New York | Private Tour of TEFAF New York

May 7, 2022 | 3:30 pm

Entryway to TEFAF New York

Please join us for a private behind-the-scenes tour of TEFAF New York Spring, taking place this year from May 6-10.

As the world’s most prestigious and vibrant art market, New York City provides the ideal setting for a TEFAF fair outside of Maastricht. The fair is proud to present the eighth edition of TEFAF New York at the Park Avenue Armory, May 6–10, 2022. The historic Park Avenue Armory is a prime Manhattan location and setting for the world’s leading art dealers to showcase their work.

Click here to view more information about the fair and this year’s exhibitors.

Admission:

  • ArtTable Members – $30
  • Member Guests – $45

Your ticket includes one-day access to the fair and the private group tour (a value of over $100).

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Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.

To provide the safest and the best experience possible for exhibitors, visitors and staff, TEFAF organisers are doing everything they can to follow the current COVID-19 capacity rules and guidelines from the State, the City of New York, CDC and the Park Avenue Armory.

All ticket holders above the age of 5 years old must be fully vaccinated. “Fully vaccinated” means that you received your final dose of an FDA or WHO-approved vaccine at least 14 days before your entrance date. At check-in, ticket-holders will be required to show proof of full vaccination (the NEW YORK STATE EXCELSIOR PASS or a hard copy or photo of your vaccination card) and a government-issued photo ID (for ticket holders 18 years of age or older). In addition, all guests under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a fully-vaccinated adult.

Please do not come to the Armory if you have symptoms of COVID-19, have been diagnosed with COVID-19 within the past 10 days, or have been in close contact with someone infected with or experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 within the past 10 days.

In addition to the precautions taken above, all patrons and staff are required to wear masks while inside the Armory (N95, KN95 or KF94 masks are recommended). To provide outside ventilation and air filtration, the Wade Thompson Drill Hall is equipped with large air handlers with MERV 8 and MERV 14 filters that exceeding the government standards for filtration. Nonetheless, an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public space where people are present. Those attending events at the Armory do so at their own risk.

For more information on health & safety regulations, as well as general conditions for visiting the fair, please visit the TEFAF website.

The Park Avenue Armory is accessible for visitors with wheelchairs and other mobility assisting devices.

For individuals requiring assisted access, a sidewalk-level entrance is available at 103 East 66th Street, located just east of Park Avenue. Patrons can ring the service bell when they arrive or can arrange prior to arrival by calling the main security desk at (212) 616-3950, Ext. 1. Assisted Living Devices may be available upon request. Please call the Box Office for information on accessible seating for performances at (212) 933-5812.

Please email us at [email protected] or call 917-409-7793 if you need assistance.

The Park Avenue Armory is located at 643 Park Avenue and is easily accessible by car and public transportation. Click here for directions from your location.
The nearest subway stop is 68 St - Hunter College (6). The PAA is approximately a 3 minute walk away.
Parking
Colony Parking Garage
30 East 65th Street
+1 (212) 879-8798

Imperial House Garage
155 East 68th Street
+1 (212) 439-1770

Quik Park 3rd Avenue
166 East 67th Street
+1 (212) 628-4512

Image: TEFAF New York entryway, courtesy of TEFAF

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  • ArtTable National
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TEFAF New York at the Park Avenue Armory

643 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10065 United States + Google Map
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