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Gordon Parks Foundation Honors Anna Wintour, Rashid Johnson & More at Annual Arts & Social Justice Gala

by Kadeem Lundy May 22, 2025
written by Kadeem Lundy

On Tuesday, May 20th, Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast, and Global Editorial Director of Vogue, Anna Wintour, fashion model and activist Bethann Hardison, artist Rashid Johnson, and civil rights ambassador Andrew Young were honored at this year’s Gordon Parks Foundation Gala.

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“Another Shot” is a Hilarious and Heartwarming Story About Sobriety

by Annie Emans October 30, 2024
written by Annie Emans

Spike Manton and Harry Teinowitz’s new play, Another Shot, captures the serious subjects of sobriety and alcoholism with wit and humor, creating a shockingly honest portrayal of addiction. 

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To Newark, With Love: The Equal Space Experience

by Lenique Vincent May 26, 2024
written by Lenique Vincent

Since its establishment in 1666, the Four Corners intersection, once dubbed the busiest intersection in the United States, has pumped innovation throughout Newark, New Jersey.

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Artistic Director Robert Garland, and Misty Copland at Dance Theater Of Harlem Honor Misty Copeland At Annual Vision Gala - Awards & After Party - Getty Image
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Dance Theatre of Harlem Raised $1.3 Million During The Annual Vision Gala

by Lauren Wire April 16, 2024
written by Lauren Wire

On Friday, April 12th, the Dance Theatre of Harlem hosted their most anticipated event of the year, The Vision Gala.

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‘Between Two Knees’: Comedy Found Within Historical Tragedy

by Truman Fritz February 23, 2024
written by Truman Fritz

A provocative blend of humor and history that challenges and delights in equal measure.

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On The Scene: The Gordan Parks Foundation Gala 2023

by Briana Boateng May 30, 2023
written by Briana Boateng

This year’s gala theme, “Doll Test”, is inspired from the 1947 photos taken by Gordon Parks from the trailblazing experiment in the United States.

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On The Scene: The 2023 Ailey Spirit Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Briana Boateng May 30, 2023
written by Briana Boateng

The dance company hosted their annual spirit gala at a new venue and stage: Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC.

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Jennifer Elster David Bowie Installation Take Heed (2022)
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Art Review: Jennifer Elster Taps Into Visceral Memory With New Show at The Development Gallery

by Benjamin Schmidt December 13, 2022
written by Benjamin Schmidt

Jennifer Elster has always been a deeply reactionary artist. Whether it is rebutting (or accepting) seismic shifts in the culture or simply responding to a question posed or a happening taking place, her multi-modal replies are always candid and fizzling with raw, determined energy.

Elster has always consumed with world as anyone else does- receiving and interpreting on an on-going basis. But rather than letting things happen to her passively, she posits and responds urgently and instinctually. Stepping into the Take Heed show, now on view at The Development Gallery in Tribeca, one feels as if they’re stepping outside for the first time after an apocalyptic event.

Crystalizing the flurry of cultural norms that have been introduced in the past two years, Take Heed is the first honest retrospective of work that was created or heavily reconsidered under the shadow of an on-going global pandemic and an affronting war.

Taking shape amid the soaring columns and roiled tin roof and wood of the Tribeca space, the show feels like a shell of what once was and a space being repopulated once more. The dust has settled but hasn’t yet been swept away. A mount of KN95 masks, a signature element of the deepest valley of the COVID-19 pandemic, are positioned on a pedestal, taking on the performance of a future relic. In fact, preservation seems particularly important to Elster in this show, with many works being encased in plexiglas or wood.

A series of large-scale self-portraits, originally executed in 2016, featured Elster in military fatigues and gas masks. The works, faraway and innocuous at the time of their execution, are revisited within the collective gasp and gaze of an egregious war taking place in Ukraine. Have no doubt, conflict rages globally. But distance can breed unfounded comfort.

Elster’s instinctual quips, done in chiseled marker, are not flailing in conspiracy, but are bright-red warning lights. “Warhead” (2022) is one of the most delicate and thought-provoking pieces the artist has completed in recent memory, adding to an ongoing series of “head” works that address, in the most abstract way, the awe-inspiring dynamism of the human condition.

 

When Is It Enough?, 2015, 2020, Acrylic on paper with hands and no body, 44.5h x 44w x 44d inches

Unlike previous shows, Elster is no longer angry. She’s done defending herself. Now she is a communicator. Her prophesies have come true and she’s been prepared for a long while. Now she invites the broader world to involve themselves. Of course, there is humor. There is realism. Elster remains as buoyant as ever, motivated by- believe it or not- absolute optimism.

Bowie as the character of Ramona in a photograph taken by John Scarisbrick for Bowie’s 1995 1. Outside album. Styled by Jennifer Elster

Viewers will relish in the opportunity to revisit one of Elster’s most remarkable achievements: the styling of the late David Bowie. In a new installation, the image, which is celebrated for its deeply collaborative and improvised instant, enters into a new territory of multi-dimensional bliss by way of cut web around the enlarged image. “Bowie and I went very deep. I wanted to pay tribute and incorporate but not overwhelm the show.”

Elster’s work are available to purchase for the first time at ChannelELSTER.com/art-gallery and on Artsy. Most of the show has sold, but there are collectible Limited Editions Gaeclee canvases and Digital C-Prints that will be available upon proposal.

Take Heed will be on exhibition through January 5, 2023 at The Development Gallery in Tribeca, NYC.

Shop the J. Elster collection here.

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On The Scene: Alvin Ailey Kicks Off Opening Night Gala in Celebration of Four-Week Holiday Celebration

by Briana Boateng December 6, 2022
written by Briana Boateng

The eminent Alvin Ailey Dance Theater company hosts a prodigious opening night gala to kick off a four-week holiday season celebration.

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On the Scene: Casita Maria’s Fiesta! 2022

by Lenique Vincent November 10, 2022
written by Lenique Vincent

Casita Maria’s Fiesta! was held for the first time since the pandemic in New York City’s Plaza Hotel on October 11. The event honored Latino groundbreakers such as Puerto Rican Postwar and Contemporary artist Tony Bechara, chairman of the NBCUniversal New Group, Cesar Conde; and immigration rights leader Gaby Pacheco.

“Since 1934, Casita Maria has served as a beacon of hope and safe haven for thousands of families to celebrate the unique, powerful, and rich culture of the Bronx and New York City communities of color,” Pacheco asserted while doting on the organization that taught her ballet in the early 2000s. Since, Pacheco has been advocating on behalf of immigrants and gained national recognition for her work to pass the DREAM Act; which works to grant immigrant students legal status and eventually, U.S. citizenship.

As the son of immigrants, Cesar Conde took to the stage with gratitude for both Casita Maria and his parents. “They always taught us, the one thing in life that no one could ever take away from you is your education,” Conde recalled. “The work that Casita Maria is doing in educating and empowering our youth and opening up all those opportunities in life for them, that is the work that is priceless,” he marveled. Tony Bechara expressed the same sentiment noting, “I want to thank Casita Maria because many, many years ago, waves of compatriots of mine from Puerto Rico were arriving here in New York looking for a better life. New York being the beacon of hope. There was no one to help them. Casita Maria filled that void. They were the first to do it.”

Located in the South Bronx, Casita Maria has taken on the responsibility of exposing Latino youth to the opportunities many of their parents and grandparents sought via immigration.  Fostering a community of innovative young professionals for decades, Casita Maria celebrates their consistent wins with Fiesta! The fundraiser enables the organization to continue serving over 1,000 students every year while being an anchor within the community.

To learn more about Casita Maria and for ways to get involved, visit https://www.casitamaria.org

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