Founded in 1947 by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, George Rodger and David “Chim” Seymour, Magnum’s photographers have served as eyewitnesses to history: from the Spanish Civil War to the liberation of the concentration camps; from the growth of democracy in India to the civil rights movement in the United States; from the genocide in Rwanda to every major armed conflict of modern times. Magnum’s ranks - of more than seventy photographers - include contemporary masters such as Rene Burri, Josef Koudelka, Elliott Erwitt, Gilles Peress, Martin Parr, Bruce Davidson and Susan Meiselas, as well as a generation of rising young stars. Despite their diverse styles, attitudes, and areas of interest, Magnum’s photographers remain united by the organization’s core values: integrity, independence, and an unwavering dedication to honest and humanistic photography.
Founded in 1995 by Dale Fitzgerald and Roy Hargrove, The Jazz Gallery's stellar programming has enabled a reputation as "The most imaginatively booked jazz club in New York." (NY Times) and "The best place to hear live music in New York." (TimeOut NY). As a nonprofit, it has the ability to allow musicians to take creative risks that other jazz venues would be likely to avoid - therefore, The Gallery is a hub of creativity, a home to jazz musicians/composers, many of them from all over the world but now permanently settled in the United States. The Jazz Gallery serves an ethnically diverse, international audience that represents a cross section of New York City residents and travelers to New York. The Gallery has many loyal audience members from the region, as well as those who come from all over the world and allocate time during their travel to specifically come to hear performances. Audiences represent all ages -children are comfortable attending since no alcohol is served, and many young college students from NYU and the New School frequent the venue regularly alongside adults of every age. One of the best bargains in NYC, the average ticket price is $10-$20 (occasionally, some special events are $35 or $40). The Gallery is open 3 to 5 nights per week, 50 weeks per year and produces an average of 175 events per year. In 2009 its audience was in excess of 11,000. The Jazz Gallery produces most of its programming in it’s own venue, a loft space with walls that also serve as a gallery for artwork relating to jazz. It seats 70 people. The rented space is on the fifth floor of 1160 Broadway,accessible by elevator. The Jazz Gallery recalls Soho loft spaces of the 1960's and 70s, and conveys an intimacy and warmth that many newcomers comment on. Thematic series include the Thursday Night Debut Series, a Commissioning Series supported by the Jerome Foundation, large ensemble presentations, and Composer Workshops with Steve Coleman. Funding in 2009 and 2010 included grants from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Jerome Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, the New York Community Trust, Meet the Composer, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and The National Endowment for the Arts, among others. In June 2010, The Jazz Gallery presented six concerts at its venue as part of the New York City CareFusion Jazz Festival. Two of the six concerts were webcast by NPR and WBGO. In addition, as part of the CareFusion Jazz Festival, The Jazz Gallery All -Stars appeared at Symphony Space's Peter Norton Theater, launching an initiative to create opportunities for jazz musicians at other larger performance venues. Over the past fifteen years The Jazz Gallery presented nine of the last eleven winners of the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition PRIOR to their winning this competition. This year, in 2010, Jason Moran, a formidable pianist who has frequented the stage of The Gallery for more than 10 years, won a MacArthur Award; in 2008, Miguel Zenon, another musician whose emergence began at The Jazz Gallery, was a MacArthur Recipient. (Miguel is in residence at The Gallery this year.) Every jazz musician appearing at The Jazz Gallery, emerging and established, knows that this is a venue where they can experiment, try out new material, and grow and develop as artists. The Jazz Gallery's 2009/2010 season included, among many others, emerging artists such as Andy Milne, Pedro Giraudo, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dafnis Prieto, Darcy James Argue, John Escreet, Yosvany Terry, Ben Williams and Linda Oh, as well as established artists such as Ravi Coltrane, Roy Hargrove, Steve Coleman, Henry Threadgill, Oliver Lake and Fred Hersch.
Hudson Guild is a multi-service community center serving those who live, work or go to school in Chelsea, with a focus on those in need. Our work helps knit together a dynamic and multi-faceted community, supporting and empowering individuals as they pursue their personal, family, health, and professional goals. Our activities provide a stable “home away from home” for learning and development, and a safety net for people in economic distress. Building on our roots in the settlement house tradition, Hudson Guild takes an integrated, holistic approach to providing our services and building community. With offerings as varied as community service projects for at-risk teens, mental health counseling for low-income individuals, wellness presentations for seniors and art gallery exhibitions, the Guild works to address and engage the range of needs for its participants.
the cell is a Twenty First Century Salon (TM) in the heart of Chelsea, whose mission is to incubate new works of art the mine the mind, pierce the heart and awaken the soul.
Established in 2008 by Paul Booth, Last Rites has become a premiere gallery for contemporary surrealism and a haven for artists who are not afraid of exploring and dissecting every aspect of the human condition to investigate the invisible, the unintelligible and the inexplicable with a focus on the most recondite twists and turns of reality. The gallery strives to display a showcase of thought-provoking art imbued with references to the dreamlike landscapes and ambiguous feelings originated from an intimate, philosophical contemplation of the self. Last Rites invites the observer to reflect inward and abandon himself to a conscious perception of what the innermost recesses of the mind can reveal and produce under the urge to see beyond our apparent limits. The gallery program is mainly focused on figurative paintings and sculptures featured by an unconventional interpretation of the human existence that seems to escape any definition of what is real, unreal or unknown. Our exhibition schedule rotates monthly, so there is always something new and obscure on display. Every exhibition is celebrated with an opening reception that allows the viewers to interact with both artworks and artists. Sign up for our mailing Last Rites Gallery is located at 325 W 38th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, New York, NY. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 1pm to 9pm, Sundays 1pm to 6pm. For more information, please email [email protected] or call: 212.560.0666.
EFA Project Space is a 3,000 square foot exhibition space that resides in the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts building in Midtown Manhattan. The ultimate goal of the program is to generate a cumulative and an ever-adapting platform for considering diverse creative practices (from performance to installation, to new media, to craft, to discursive projects, to street art, to ephemera) on an equal plane. We present five critical contemporary exhibitions per season in collaboration with a diverse range of curators, cultural organizations, collectives, and artists—continually reaching out to the individuals and groups that shape culture today. In order to provide a dynamic and accessible exchange with the content and its creators, we host a multitude of seminars, workshops, performances, residencies, brain-storming sessions and socially interactive events. We do not stand by a strict agenda, but rather we propose one that is fluid and open about the many layers and approaches possible for compelling artistic expression, aiming for content that, without pretense, allows for social, intellectual, poetic, and political engagement with society.
Since 1973 Heller Gallery has been recognized for playing a seminal role in promoting contemporary sculpture that employs glass as its touch stone medium. For nearly four decades Heller has exhibited the premier international artists working in glass and has been a valuable resource for artists, museums, collectors, public institutions and studios worldwide. Numerous artworks have entered prestigious public collections as a direct result of the Gallery’s exhibitions and advocacy. New York's Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art have acquired works from the gallery for their collections as have The Corning Museum of Glass, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and numerous museums abroad, including Victoria & Albert Museum, Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Louvre, and Hokkaido Museum, among others. The artists who exhibit at Heller work in a broad range of styles and techniques and explore subject matter equally diverse. Some take on the material itself, testing its limits in monumental sculptures or exploring its fundamental qualities in works that play with the interactions of color, light, transparency and form. Others are more interested in delving into emotion and myth or commenting on art history and do so in more expressive styles, casting figurative sculptures, painting on glass or composing elaborate assemblages of objects and images. Heller Gallery is an almost 7000 sq. ft. bi-level space located at 420 W.14th Street just down the street from the acclaimed new High Line Park. It is easily accessible by car, subway or bus: The West Side Hwy is two blocks away; there are several parking lots nearby and free parking on the street after 4pm. On foot the gallery is a short walk from the 14th Street stops on both the 8th Ave. and Broadway subway lines. With exhibitions featuring new work by both internationally acclaimed and emerging artists Heller Gallery remains a unique destination in New York City’s vibrant contemporary art scene.
We are a gallery of contemporary art, whose focus is to show emerging artists from the United States and abroad who work in the various media of painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, video, and installation art.
Gallery Church NYC is a growing community of New Yorkers seeking to follow Jesus and share his love with our city. Admittedly, we are a mess. But wondrously so, Jesus takes us in, removes our shame, makes us new, and gives us power to live brand new lives. True hope. Join us as we gather every Sunday for worship @ 10:30am /// 230 W 29th St. in Chelsea. Small Groups meet seasonally in homes and coffee shops all across the city.
Life Gallery was founded in September 2012 by Nicolas Saint Grégoire. The Company is looking to develop artistic creation, representation and distribution in Galleries, art fair and cultural venues of contemporary art in the USA and internationally, through the association with published artists. Initially, the Company will be working in association with Nicolas Saint Grégoire as Artistic Director to represent his creation and looking to expand on his branding. Long term, the Company will expand its reach in Interior decoration and creation of accessories related to Art.
New York City's most intimate creative technology and arts incubator. Meetings, Workshops, Launch and Networking, Gallery Exhibits, Film Screenings, Photography, Casting, Production, Film and Theater Works. Iconic Fashion District facility in Midtown Manhattan with beautiful southern exposure. Loft227 is an impact start-up in Midtown Manhattan offering one-of-a-kind inspired space with hi-tech resources for artists, off-site meetings, staff training, focus groups, angel investor pitch meetings, fundraisers, launches, brand activations, and events in the most competitive city in the world. Approaching the 5 year mark, Loft227 is set to expand into a location 5X it's current size, to meet the city's overwhelming demand for dynamic space and mentorship in NYC. Executive Director, Robin Sokoloff, has grown Loft227 to encompass 20,000 emerging artists, entrepreneurs, and their supporters, with an emphasis on the advancement of young women, minorities, and LGBTQ voices. For over 4 years, Sokoloff has leveraged her space to donate over $215,000 each year in sponsorship and production dollars to the best and brightest innovators New York City has to offer. Not only does her revolutionary financial model provide Loft227's clients a "strategic jump start" in their respective marketplaces, Sokoloff revenue shares with her core staff, while they build their own small businesses in synergy with her own, and has creating over 54 Freelance jobs for local creatives. For more info: https://loft227.com/ State-of-the-art wireless technology resources include: 15 ft Retractible Movie Screen, Projector, 50 in Adjustable Flat Screen, 32 in Flat Screen + Surround Sound. Halogen + intelligent LED-RGB lighting. Full Kitchen, Bathroom, Various Convertible Couches, Tables, and Chairs. Outside catering allowed. 2 Passenger Elevators + 1 Freight.
Slake /slak / verb: 1. Quench or satisfy (one’s thirst). 2. Satisfy (desires). Reminiscent of a time in New York before corporate banks and frozen yogurt shops littered each block, Slake is a sexy and mysterious labyrinth of twisting hallways, staircases, and wide-open dance floors. The venue boasts 4 unique rooms spread across 3 maze-like levels. It is capable of hosting an intimate party for 75, a live concert for 500, or a multi-level gathering for 1000. Once inside, patrons are free to explore the expansive space. They will find an eclectic balance of industrial design, cozy décor, and massive installations from world-renowned artists. Each room is equipped with state of the art sound and light systems. at Slake, human interaction is of highest importance. Slake is an intimate place of expression, free of judgment, built for those who wish to escape from the mundane and immerse themselves in the sound of the underground.
SMack! is New York City's Premier Multimedia Fetish Play Party. NYC's Longest running Fetish Event, we've been setting the trends since 1996, and after 20 years worth of events, we're still pushing the envelope with new Performers/Models/Fashion Shows, cutting edge music/DJ's, VJ's /video artists/projections, play equiptment/machines, Dungeon Play Space/Dominatrix Hosts... if you are a Fetish Designer, Performer, Dominatrix, DJ, video artist, equiptment maker, etc, feel free to contact us as we are always looking for creative people to be involved !
Music Makers New York offers 10 clean, comfortable, fully equipped and staffed, professional rehearsal studios at very affordable rates. Lessons for adults/kids for all instruments including vocals, band development workshops, kids music programs and jamming. We're conveniently located around the corner from Penn Station & Madison Square Garden. Customer satisfaction is our top priority. On-site guitar repair and instrument rental are available. Great solo rates.
Kestenbaum & Company is a New York City based boutique auction house dedicated to the sale of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Ceremonial and Fine Art With over twenty-five years in the auction business, Kestenbaum & Company is particularly renowned for its expertise in the fields of Hebraica and Judaica. Top collectors, specialized dealers, museum curators and acquisition directors around the world rely on Kestenbaum’s expertise and value its discretion and integrity. Kestenbaum & Company is the largest niche auction house in the United States having sold to date over 28,000 lots at auction of rare and antique Judaica.
Located a few blocks below Madison Square Garden, we create great comedy and train excellent improvisers.
Pulsing in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the Big Screen Plaza‘s 30 x 16 ft. HD-format LED screen is a new nexus of the city’s cultural life. The 10,000-square-foot outdoor multimedia venue hosts major events with partners like BAM, NADA, Telegraph 21, and the Food and Wine Festival, and an eclectic mix of screenings, from cinema to sports, arts & fashion. BSP's Movie Nights screen classic films from in an urban incarnation of the old drive-in, when the Screen isn't given over to animation and video art - BSP also supports art schools, showcasing fine work by emerging talents. Big Screen Plaza‘s on-going aim is to serve as a nodal point for entertainment as well as cutting-edge cultural innovation coming out of New York and elsewhere.