ART21 PRESENTS EXCLUSIVE SCREENING EVENTS AT NINE CELEBRATED NEW YORK CITY VENUES
Art21 Access '07 Partners with Local Cultural Institutions to Host Contemporary Art Events in Association with the Premiere of Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 on PBS this October
New York, NY – September 13 – This October, Art21 presents
Art21 Access '07, an international celebration of contemporary art and creativity. In conjunction with the premiere of Season 4 of
Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century, the only primetime national television series to focus exclusively on contemporary art and artists, Art21 Access ’07 features events at nine of New York’s finest cultural institutions. These programs offer sneak previews of the new
Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century season, along with the opportunity to meet Art21 featured artists and listen to them speak about their work.
Art21 Access ’07 events are being hosted by: the Museum of Modern Art, El Museo del Barrio, Sculpture Center, Studio Museum in Harlem, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Queens Museum, Brooklyn Museum and Tribeca Cinemas. These exclusive screening events offer hundreds of people access to the creative processes, inspirations, and ideas behind some of today’s most thought-provoking art and artists. Events also include the rare chance to hear from Season 4 artists in discussions moderated by museum curators, Art21 staff, and special guests. Art21 Access ’07 is presented in partnership with Americans for the Arts during National Arts and Humanities Month.
“Art21 offers viewers an intimate view of the processes of an artist in the studio, a private arena that is almost never accessible to the public,” says Susan Sollins, Executive Producer and Curator. “The series also allows the viewer to learn directly from the artist; there is no overlay of opinion or interpretation from an outsider. We hope that audiences will take away from the series and the events a confidence that they can look at art on their own, and an understanding of the complex skills and knowledge that artists bring to their work.”
In addition to the nine events taking place in New York City, more than 300 Art21 Access ’07 events will be hosted in every U.S. state and on all seven continents. Events will take place not only in museums and art centers in major metropolitan areas, but also in unusual venues in smaller communities (including a water treatment center, a science park, and an Antarctica research base, among others) all of which promote the power and relevance of contemporary art.
Art21 Access ’07 events are being hosted by museums, schools, libraries, art spaces, community centers, universities, and art education conferences, among others. Events outside of New York City also include artist talks by local, regional, and national artists, in-class lectures, panel discussions, interactive artmaking projects, question-and-answer sessions, and more.
Art21 Access ’07 New York City Events
The Museum of Modern Art
Tuesday, October 2, 6:30pm
Following a screening of the Season 4 episode
Romance, Susan Sollins, Art21’s Executive Producer and Curator, and a MoMa curator will moderate a discussion with featured artists Laurie Simmons, Lari Pittman, and Judy Pfaff.
This is a private, members-only event.
SculptureCenter
Wednesday, October 3, 7pm
SculptureCenter Director Mary Ceruti will moderate a discussion with featured artist Judy Pfaff, following a screening of the Season 4 episode
Romance.
SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, Queens.
FREE.
www.sculpture-center.org
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Thursday, October 4, 7pm
Thelma Golden, Director & Chief Curator of the Studio Museum, will moderate a discussion with Season 4 featured artist Mark Bradford, following a screening of the Season 4 episode
Paradox.
The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 West 125th Street, New York.
FREE. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please call (212) 864-4500 x264 to reserve a space.
www.studiomuseum.org
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Saturday, October 6, 12:30pm
Art21 Executive Producer & Curator Susan Sollins will moderate a discussion with Season 4 featured artist Laurie Simmons, following a screening of the Season 4 episode
Romance. Reception sponsored by Bloomberg to follow.
BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
FREE. Reservation required. Please call BAM’s Patron Services Department at (718) 636-4182.
www.bam.org
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Saturday, October 6, 3pm
Bronx Museum Acting Director of Programs Sergio Bessa will moderate a discussion with Season 4 featured artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, following a screening of the Season 4 episode
Ecology.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St., Bronx.
Admission: $5, free for Bronx Museum members.
www.bronxmuseum.org
Queens Museum
Sunday, October 7, 2pm
Queens Museum Director of Exhibitions Valerie Smith will moderate a discussion with Season 4 featured artist Mark Dion, following a screening of the Season 4 episode
Ecology.
Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens.
FREE.
www.QueensMuseum.org
El Museo del Barrio
Thursday, October 11, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Art21 Executive Producer & Curator Susan Sollins and El Museo del Barrio Director of Curatorial Programs Deborah Cullen will discuss the series and take questions from the audience, following a screening of the Season 4 episode
Paradox.
El Museo del Barrio, Heckscher Building, 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street), New York.
FREE. For advance registration, e-mail:
public_programs@elmuseo.org.
www.elmuseo.org
Tribeca Cinemas
Wednesday, October 10, 7pm
As part of the Tribeca Cinema Series, Tribeca Cinemas will screen various segments featuring Season 4 artists working with film and video, followed by a panel discussion with Susan Sollins, Charles Atlas, Ed Sherin, and Season 4 featured artist Laurie Simmons. Reception sponsored by Bloomberg to follow.
This is a private event.
Brooklyn Museum
Saturday, October 13, 2pm
Sunday, October 14, 2pm
On October 13, Art21 Associate Curator Wesley Miller will moderate a discussion with Season 4 artist An-My Lê, following a screening of the Season 4 episode
Protest. On October 14, the museum will screen the Season 4 episode
Paradox, which includes Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, artists featured in the exhibition
Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art. This screening is followed by a question-and-answer session with Art21 Series Producer Eve Moros Ortega.
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn.
FREE.
www.brooklynmuseum.org
View the complete list of partnering institutions worldwide offering Art 21 Access ’07 events at
http://beta.art21.org/doc/3252/art21_access_-07_partners/. For specific information about an event, contact Beth Olsen or Meghan Clinton at (212) 576-2700.
Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century
This fall, the award-winning, biennial series
Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century returns to PBS for its fourth season, which premieres with
Romance on Sunday, October 28 at 10:00 p.m. (ET) on PBS. The three remaining one-hour episodes air over the next three consecutive Sundays: November 4, 11 and 18 (check local listings). Through in-depth profiles and interviews, the four-part series reveals the inspiration, vision and techniques behind the creative works of some of today’s most accomplished contemporary artists. Season 4 episodes of
Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century include the themes of
Ecology,
Paradox,
Protest, and
Romance.
A companion book,
Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century 4, will be published by Harry N. Abrams this fall to accompany the series premiere.
Now in its tenth year, Art21 continues to grow as an organization and reaches far beyond the PBS television series and its national, primetime broadcasts. A rich companion website,
www.pbs.org/art21, will re-launch in October and compliment the series with additional, in-depth information on the 17 featured artists in Season 4. Art21 has also launched its own website,
beta.art21.org, which serves as a unique, interactive resource for the art and education communities.
Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 was produced for PBS by the non-profit contemporary art institution Art21, Inc. Major underwriting for Season Four of
Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century has been provided by The National Endowment for the Arts; The Public Broadcasting Service; Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro; The Nathan Cummings Foundation; Bloomberg; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; The Bagley Wright Fund, and the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. Lead sponsorship of Season Four education programs has been provided by JPMorgan Chase.
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