Paradigm Shift

…all performed to the live music of Molly Does Not Approve!. You have never seen anything like this!

→ Pole By Kyra Johannesen and Michelle Stanek
→ Burlesque by Rhinestone Follies.
－→ Kita St. Cyr (The Cutie with The Bootie)
－→ Hazel Honeysuckle (The Sparkly Sweetie-Pie)
－→ Beelzebabe (Siren of Sodom)
－→ Plus Special Guest Latex Lily!
→ Juggling by Jen Slaw.
→ Live music (Vintage Americana) by Molly Does Not Approve
－→ Molly Mae (Vocals)
－→ Bjorn Roche (Upright Bass)
－→ Michael Rutberg (Guitar+Piano)
－→ Jake Hart (Drums)
→ DJ sets by Tiffany of SixSixSick
→ Hosted by Susie Cosmo

Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 9:30pm

Location:
R Bar
218 Bowery
New York, NY

Check out the Facebook event page for more info.

Admission is $14 and $10 with the flyer shown above. Good for discount admission for 2.

Opens at The Jewish Museum on September 12th

Key Works by Judy Chicago, Eva Hesse, Lee Krasner,
Miriam Schapiro, Nicole Eisenman and Others on View

New York, NY – Feminist challenges to creative and institutional limits have been widely influential in art since the 1960s, with the emergence of the women’s art movement in the United States. The Jewish Museum will present Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism, an exhibition exploring the impact of feminism on contemporary painting, from September 12, 2010 through January 30, 2011. Taking the visitor through a half-century of painting, the exhibition focuses on art at the crossroads of societal shift and individual expression. Shifting the Gaze places feminist art in a larger context exploring its roots in Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Minimalism, and extending to the present, when feminist impulses remain vital in recent works targeting the representation of women in popular culture.

The exhibition examines interactions of the politics and theory of feminism with the practices and styles of painting. Feminist ideas and aesthetics transformed art, opening up the field to the full range of women’s experience, history and material culture. Feminism retains its power to inspire new ideas and challenge old ones, shifting the gaze to unexplored perspectives. It remains an active force in contemporary art today.

Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism, with over 30 paintings and several sculptures and decorative objects, is largely drawn from The Jewish Museum’s collection and also includes select loans. Works by 27 artists such as Judy Chicago, Louise Fishman, Leon Golub, Eva Hesse, Deborah Kass, Lee Krasner, Louise Nevelson, Elaine Reichek, Miriam Schapiro, Joan Snyder, Nancy Spero, and Hannah Wilke, among others, are arranged thematically. Nicole Eisenman will create a painting of a family seder specially for the exhibition. Eight works in Shifting the Gaze have been acquired over the last three years.

Gestural and Abstract Expressionist paintings created at the dawn of feminism in postwar America open the show. Next are mostly self-portraits that demythologize the female body and male representations of it. The third group features embroidery, collage and fan painting as examples of the 1970s art movement, Pattern and Decoration, which sought to reinvigorate previously denigrated women’s work. Politics, the Holocaust and war are then examined through feminist interpretations, followed by the use of writing and text in art. A final section devoted to popular culture and satire closes the show.

Jewish painters have played decisive roles in founding and sustaining major feminist art groups and theories while continuing to develop their own avant-garde art. The selected works reveal Jewish and feminist commitments to both social justice and personal freedom. The works on view are animated by the tensions between individual expression and collective politics, and a traditional medium and radical action.

Shifting the Gaze examines the ways that artists (male and female) challenge discrimination, advocate self-expression and invent new forms of beauty, breathing life into the medium and offering fresh visions of the world. Much of the feminist movement aimed to overcome the male-dominated modes of heroic and formalist painting. To this day, artists inspired by feminism take on taboo subjects and stretch techniques in abstraction, decoration, collage, embroidery and representation.

The exhibition has been organized by Daniel Belasco, Henry J. Leir Assistant Curator at The Jewish Museum. He specializes in postwar and contemporary art and design, and is currently completing a book on feminist consciousness in New School art. Daniel Belasco is also co-curator of SITE Santa Fe’s Eighth International Biennial exhibition (June 2010-January 2011). He holds a PhD and MA from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism is made possible, in part, by the Melva Bucksbaum Fund for Contemporary Art.

Website

As part of the Shifting the Gaze exhibition section on The Jewish Museum’s website (www.thejewishmuseum.org), a list of over 550 woman artists who have been shown in special exhibitions at the Museum since 1947 will be made available.

About The Jewish Museum

Widely admired for its exhibitions and educational programs that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is the preeminent United States institution exploring the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture. The Jewish Museum was established in 1904, when Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial art objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as the core of a museum collection. Today, the Museum maintains an important collection of 26,000 objects—paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects, and broadcast media.

General Information

Museum hours are Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, 11am to 5:45pm; Thursday, 11am to 8pm; and Friday, 11am to 4pm. Museum admission is $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for senior citizens, $7.50 for students, free for children under 12 and Jewish Museum members. Admission is free on Saturdays. For general information on The Jewish Museum, the public may visit the Museum’s website at http://www.thejewishmuseum.org or call 212.423.3200. The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.

Artists Represented in the Exhibition

Ida Applebroog, American, b. 1929
Judy Chicago, American, b. 1939
Rosalyn Drexler, b. 1926
Nicole Eisenman, American, b. 1965
Louise Fishman, American, b. 1939
Audrey Flack, American, b. 1931
Dana Frankfort, American, b. 1971
Leon Golub, American, 1922-2004
Eva Hesse, American, b. Germany, 1936-1970
Deborah Kass, American, b. 1952
Vivienne Koorland, American, b. South Africa, 1957
Joyce Kozloff, American, b. 1942
Lee Krasner, American, 1908-1984
Robert Kushner, American, b. 1949
Cary Leibowitz, American, b. 1963
Lee Lozano, American, 1930- 1999
Melissa Meyer, American, b. 1947
Louise Nevelson, American, b. Russia, 1899-1988
Elaine Reichek, American, b. 1943
Miriam Schapiro, American, b. Canada, 1923
Mira Schor, American, b. 1950
Dana Schutz, American, b. 1976
Joan Semmel, American, b. 1932
Amy Sillman, American, b. 1954
Joan Snyder, American, b. 1940
Nancy Spero, American, b. 1926
Hannah Wilke, American, 1940-1993

Philm: Philosophy and Film at the East Side Institute
with Chris Helm and Rafael Mendez

Friday, June 25, 6:30pm
920 Broadway, 14th floor (betw. 20 & 21 Streets)
Suggested Donation, $12.00
Reserve your seat now!

It’s Friday-night-at-the-movies with a philosophical and methodological twist! Enjoy a favorite film, followed by some playful, philosophical conversation.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)… The subversive spirit of rock lives on in this merry satire and powerful drama. When gender is up for grabs, where do we look for identity?

Christine Helm earned an M.A. in Anthropology and Education and an M.Ed. in Applied Anthropology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is director of the Enterprise Center at the Fashion Institute of Technology/SUNY and teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Chris is a faculty member for the Institute’s International Class and Therapist Training Program.

Rafael Mendez is an associate professor and coordinator of psychology at Bronx Community College, his alma mater. He earned his doctorate in Clinical-Community Psychology at Boston University in 1983 and was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School at Children’s Hospital in Boston. He’s a trained social therapist practicing at the Brooklyn Social Therapy Group and is on the faculty of the East Side Institute where he assists in leading Fred Newman’s Developmental Philosophy Group.

To register go to: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=195843 or contact Melissa Meyer 212.941.8906, ext 304 or mmeyer@eastsideinstitute.org

It was only a few decades ago that renowned art critic Lucy Lippard, was told “you’re too cute to be an artist!” THE HERETICS, the new film by world-renowned video artist Joan Braderman (JOAN DOES DYNASTY), focuses on a group of feminists, including Lippard and Braderman, who took matters into their own hands: they formed an art collective and put out a magazine, “Heresies,” that was as much about politics as it was about art.

Filmed across the globe, THE HERETICS features interviews and artwork of the artists and critics like Lucy Lippard, Su Friedrich and Ida Applebroog, who grew Heresies into a feminist forum for revolution. Such luminaries as Alice Walker, Adrienne Rich, and Barbara Kruger got their starts in the magazine that spawned ground-breaking photography, poetry, art and ideas.THE HERETICS will screen on June 3 at 92Y Tribeca and Joan will be in attendance for a Q&A. View a trailer here!

THE HERETICS Screening and Q&A
June 3 | 7:30 pm | $12.00
92Y Tribeca | 200 Hudson St., NYC (Map)| Buy tickets

The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
is offering a highly selective
Women’s Ethical Leadership Retreat!
June 18-20th, 2010
Ancramdale, NY
Cost: $595 (Covers tuition, materials, room and board)
Very flexible payment plans, group discounts, and scholarships available!
Mention Paradigm Shift and get $100 Discount!

Learn the SKILLS & get the CONNECTIONS you NEED to SUCCEED

Click here for more information
Contact Rebecca at 646-435-0837 or at RMarcus@woodhull.org
www.woodhull.org

Facilitated by international Jungian psychotherapist and author, Benig Mauger

HALF-DAY WORKSHOP
Gay Center, NYC
Saturday, May 29, 2010
11 am–4 pm (Opening circle begins 11 am promptly)

ALL WELCOME: Please register in advance by calling Amethyst at 212-222-2467 or emailing amethystsylviachild@gmail.com
$30.00 with advance registration (you may pay on the day of the workshop); $40.00 at the door without advance registration (Cash ONLY)

“An understanding of the transcendent and mystical that is deeply grounded in the psychological is necessary if we are not to get bogged down in the narcissism of ‘woundology,’ or swept away by an ungrounded mysticism that promises healing without struggle.” *

We suffer from a collective broken heart at this time in history. Not only are our hearts broken personally, they’re also broken en mass, making for the unprecedented upheaval we are experiencing. Despite being told that wholeness and love lie within us, in our “quick fix” society, we often look for answers outside of ourselves and remain trapped in our wounds thus hampering our spiritual growth. Using a unique blend of psychology and spirituality, Jungian psychotherapist and author Benig Mauger, drawing from her latest book, will present this experiential workshop to guide you on your inner journey to healing. Using meditation, art, myth, poetry, movement and dream work, we’ll consider how heartbreak can be an initiation that leads to love and compassion. Come discover what your own path to inner healing, wellness, and spiritual purpose can awaken in you.

* From Love in a Time of Broken Heart: Healing From Within, by Benig Mauger

A book signing will follow the event

What to bring: something to write on and art materials such as crayons or paint, if desired. Very important: Please bring a personal item with you that you feel represents you or how you see yourself at this time…it can be a flower, piece of clothing, a crystal, whatever.
Love in a Time of Broken Heart: Healing From Within by Benig Mauger will be used as a resource during the workshop. Copies will be available for purchase that day for $27 (cash please).

Benig Mauger will be available for a limited number of one-on-one sessions on Sunday, May 30, 2010 by appointment. If you would like an appointment please contact Benig directly: benig@me.com.

Benig Mauger is an Ireland-based Jungian psychotherapist, writer, poet and public speaker. A pioneer in pre- and peri-natal psychology and founder of the Holistic Birth Center in London, she is the author of Songs from the Womb: Healing the Wounded Mother, Reclaiming Father: The Search for Wholeness in Men, Women and Children and, most recently, Love in a Time of Broken Heart: Healing From Within. Benig travels internationally to teach, lecture and run workshops. Well known in Ireland and Europe, she is now expanding her audience to the United States. Benig Mauger is warm, humorous, sincere and heartfelt in her caring for people and her subject: Healing From Within. Learn more about her at http://www.soul-connections.com.

Workshop Location and Directions:
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &
Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
Website: www.gaycenter.org
Phone: 212-620-7310
The Center is between 7th and 8th Aves
Subway & PATH Directions
1, 2, or 3 to 14th Street and 7th Avenue
A, C, E, or L to 14th Street and 8th Avenue
F or V to 14th Street and 6th Avenue
PATH to 14th Street and 6th Avenue

Testimonials about Benig Mauger:

“Benig’s workshops and talks are powerful and profound because of her soulful and intimate way of working with people. A strong teacher and speaker as well as therapist and writer, Benig is gifted with the ability to provide information while coming directly from the heart, and touches participants through compassionate engagement, moving them into their own hearts.” Editor

“Benig’s workshop at Rowe Conference Center was the best I have attended in a long time, a combination of deep inner work and physical play which included singing, dancing, writing and drawing. She held us as we told our stories, moved through our grief, relived our past through our presence with each other. Benig has the ability to adapt to the participants’ needs, and the strength to guide the group to a compassionate whole. Her books are simple enough for the layman and yet complex enough to hold the attention of the clinical worker. Wonderful!” Singer and songwriter

“Benig just knows when to go forward, when to withdraw … What more can be said … She embraces us at all times.” Holistic Massage Therapist

Quotes from Benig Mauger:

“It is always important to express the feelings involved in loss.”

“Nowadays we need to build soul stamina; we need to be able to endure hardship, and grow from it. It is no longer enough to simply be aware of soul and to be prepared to heal our wounds. We need to develop the capacity to endure.”

“Separation and aloneness are very important when we are healing our hearts.”

“The catch phrase “love yourself” is so clichéd as to be often dismissed, yet is nonetheless an important reality and essential truth.”

“Facilitating the movement from enduring the suffering of early painful experiences, learning from them and transcending them, I consider one my main tasks as a therapist.”

“Experiencing profound love and heartbreak is also the conduit to learning to love unconditionally and to experience compassion.”

“The marriage of psychology and spirituality is one of my main focuses, because the time has come when our evolution demands it.”

“We are largely unconscious of what story we might be living, but if we do not work at becoming conscious, we identify with the drama, so that we live, act and behave as the characters we identify with.”

“We always seek what we lack, and we always seek balance.”

“People that feel loved glow, and are generally able to give and receive love more easily than those who feel intrinsically unloved.”

“We always have choice, but we generally need to become aware of our unconscious patterns before we can exercise this choice.”

“We have to earn spiritual qualities; they are not handed to us on a plate.”

“At the core of falling in love is a vision of wholeness.”

“It often takes great courage to accept the challenges that the soul sets up for us.”

“When we love we are immediately in the realm of the soul.”

“Letting go of what we think we want and simply being and accepting what is means something new can arrive.”

“Our hearts are the messengers of our spirits, so that listening to the heart connects us with our soul and our life’s purpose.”

“At the time of writing, world events have shattered the heart of man so that, I believe, we are living in a time of broken heart.”

“One thing is clear … healing always comes from within.”

Contact:
Catherine Hart Communications

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What is mental illness? Is it a health condition characterized by dramatic alterations in mood, thinking and behavior? Is it a chemical imbalance? Or is it the common euphemisms we hear tossed about daily like “out of your mind” or “nutty as a fruit cake”? What is recovery and how do we achieve this elusive goal?
In the fast-paced, one-woman show Now Who’s Crazy Now?, Elly Litvak brings her personal experience of living with and recovering from a serious mental illness to the stage. Now Who’s Crazy Now? is a candid, humorous, entertaining and highly educational piece, with a message of hope for recovery for everyone.
Elly’s story resonates with everyone. People living with a mental illness relate strongly to aspects of her experience while witnessing how her life transformed into one of health and balance.

Monday, June 14, 2010, 6:30 pm
St. Malachy’s Church, The Actor’s Chapel
239 West 49th Street
(between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Tickets: $35/$15 unemployed/students
The performance will be followed by a
Q&A and reception.
For more information or to buy tickets
call Melissa Meyer: 212-941-8906, ext 304
To order online: http://bit.ly/aqlgqs

Elly Litvak is a wellness and recovery specialist with extensive experience facilitating programs and workshops that benefit businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals. An ardent believer in healing through the arts and performance, Ms. Litvak is the founder of two theatre companies for people living with mental illness, Puzzle Factory and The Looney Awards. More recently, she has developed Now Who’s Talking — Telling Our Recovery Stories, a program that helps people living with mental health challenges tell stories that focus on the process of recovery. Ms. Litvak lives in Toronto.

Presented by:

The East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy – a New York City-based international education, training and research center for social therapeutics and other innovative approaches to human development, learning and community building.

Fountain House – founded in 1948 by former psychiatric patients of Rockland State Hospital. It is the world’s leading provider of recovery services for men, women and young adults living with major mental illness.

SAVE THE DATE

Summer, Sex and Spirits

A benefit for Planned Parenthood of NYC

Thursday, July 8th 2010

at the newly renovated Museum of Sex

after hours admission to NYC’s most provocative museum

open bar all night

and

chances to win fabulous silent auction items

For information on sponsorship opportunities, contact melissa.lee@ppnyc.org.