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Alana Heiss & The Alternative Spaces Movement

…Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, held a strong grip on an individual’s success within the art world. By awarding exhibitions to only a select few, these…

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Artists’ Homes & Haunts South of Union Square

…movements of the last century and a half. Jackson Pollock and Isamu Noguchi got their start here. The New York School of artists, who shifted the center of the art…

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Alfonso Ossorio: Artist, Collector, Congregator

Alfonso Angel Yangco Ossorio was a Filipino-American Greenwich Village-based artist and collector with a quasi-religious devotion to the art world. An intense, synthesizing artist in his own right, Ossorio created…

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The Legacy of Woman Sculptors in Public Art in New York

…and included both figurative and abstract works. Some of these artists include Anne Huntington, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Marisol and Louise Nevelson. Join Village Preservation and art historian and tour guide…

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10th Street, A. T. Stewart, & Ladies’ Mile

…leased “leased 29 lots bounded by Broadway, Fourth Avenue, Ninth Street and Tenth Street.” It was on this location that Stewart built the A.T. Stewart Company department store. One of…

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From Pioneering Women Artists in Greenwich Village to Preservation Battles and More: New Programs for August 2023

…you know that only 11% of all major museum art acquisitions in the last decade were works by women artists? On This Spot NYC is a nonprofit digital mapping project…

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Tour of Art in Our Subway Stations

…illustrations, highlighting the diverse array of artwork in each and the stories behind them. From purposely commissioned art over more than 35 years by the MTA’s Arts and Design Department,…

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Election Day 2022: Getting Out the Vote with the League of Women Voters of New York City

The League of Women Voters of the City of New York joined Village Preservation to discuss all that one needs to know about the 2022 General Election. Know your rights…

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Get Out and Vote with League of Women Voters of The City of New York

Friday, November 4 6:00pm – 7:15pm ET Zoom Webinar Village Preservation has invited the League of Women Voters of the City of New York to speak about the general election…

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Hans Hofmann and the Village

…month later he taught an evening drawing class at the Art Students League. Later that year Hofmann left the Art Students League to teach private art classes at 444 Madison…

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On This Spot: Highlighting Women Artists

Here at Village Preservation we strive to highlight the lives and contributions of the many artists who lived, dreamed, and created profound works of art in our neighborhoods. Now, we’re…

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Discover the Art of the NYC Subway System in the Village with Walk About New York

…of their durability. Tile mosaics remain the preferred medium for subway artwork in the 20th and 21st centuries. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s extensive art collection is managed by its Arts…

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Standing the Test of Time: Father’s Heart Church

…the building was renamed the Evangelical Christian Church. In 1998, the Evangelical Church merged with The Father’s Heart Ministries and was renamed The Father’s Heart Ministry Center. Social services and…

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Historic Image Archive Mysteries Solved: Downtown Street Art of the 1980s/’Shadowman’ Edition

…his graffiti art at the time, but who has since been largely forgotten. Ghost figure graffiti, likely one of artist Richard Hambleton’s “Shadowman” figures (location unknown) According to Matt Barone:…

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Armand Hammer: Industrialist, Art Collector, Paradoxical Villager

…exaggeration, and well known for his art collection and philanthropy. An avid Jazz fan, his Greenwich Village home, which he used as a pied-à-terre and an ad-hoc art-storage facility, was…

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Basquiat and NoHo

…Art History from DePauw University, and pursued graduate-level coursework at New York University. She is an arts contributor for Artsy and has worked at various art institutions including El Museo…

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Landmark Bid Pays Off at Former Horse Auction Mart!

…historian Andrew S. Dolkart can be found here. (left) GVSHP 128 East 13th Street Campaign Logo; (right) Artist Frank Stella in 1964, photo by Ugo Mulas (click photo for source)…

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The WPA’s Hudson Square Home

…hired artists to create works of public art and foster art education around the United States. These artists worked to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, theater…

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Public Art to #LightTheFight for World AIDS Day

…The Normal Heart, Angels in America, and other important pieces of literature and art that tell the story of the plague in New York. The park site is also less…

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“The Geography of Modern Art” with Francis Morrone

…Street, where many artist’s studios and galleries were located, influenced the art that was being produced there. Join architectural historian Francis Morrone as we look at the buildings and sites associated with…

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Judson Memorial Church: A Commitment to the Arts

…considers the act of creativity as a sacred thing. Beginning in the 1950s, the church supported an arts ministry. The church made space available to artists for art exhibitions, rehearsals, and…

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Beyond the Village and Back – Jacob Riis Park’s Art Deco Bathhouse

…their special histories, and reveal their (sometimes hidden) connections to the Village. With its parallel octagonal towers rising above the beach, the sprawling Art Deco bathhouse complex at Jacob Riis…

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Art in Odd Places 2015: RECALL

Today marks the 11th year and anniversary of the Art in Odd Places (AiOP) festival. AiOP is a visual and performing arts festival that strives to present works outside the…

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The Civilian Warfare Gallery: Artists in Combat

Founded by artists and partners Alan Barrows and Dean Savard in 1982, Civilian Warfare is one of the most under-interpreted yet incredibly influential galleries in the East Village’s art scene….

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A Rebuilt Corner, a Carpenter House, and an Art Deco Beauty: New Additions to Our Greenwich Village Historic District Map

…Art Deco 90 Seventh Avenue So. and 307 Bleecker Street This Art Deco building is quite beautiful and is a welcome addition to our GVHD50 map. Located on what used…

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A Genius of Music and Art

…transformative sound of Genius of Love, but of the pop artist behind its equally memorable video and cover art as well. Tom Tom Club was actually a side project of…

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Westbeth – A Community of Artists: A Conversation with Cultural Anthropologist Dr. Miriam S. Chaiken

…College, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emerita, New Mexico State University. Dr. Chaiken will share insights and history about Westbeth Artists Housing from her research and interviews with resident artists. The…

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Landmarks50- The Police Athletic League Building

Grammar School 47 on East 12th Street in 1855. Image via NYPL. As part of NYCLandmarks50, the celebration of this year’s 50th Anniversary of the NYC Landmarks Law, we are…

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Greenwich Village at the White House

…Tom McCoy, New York Herald, March 5, 1933 Artists were included in this effort under the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) which had sixteen regional committees who recruited artists…

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The Salmagundi Club’s 150th Anniversary: A Panel Discussion of its Past, Present, and Future

…He earned a BA in history from Columbia College, attended the New York Studio School, the New York Academy of Art, and the Art Students League. His work has been…

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Renowned Actor Ira Frederick Aldridge Gets His Start at the African Grove Theatre

…to establish an acting career in another country. Although the venerable Shakespearean performer and tragedian spent most of his life overseas, Aldridge in fact got his start as an actor…

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Ai Weiwei and The Two East Villages: Part Two

…start an art publication called Black Cover Book, which aimed to “provide an opportunity for Chinese modern artists to publish, explain, and exchange their experimental art.” The publication was to…

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The Artist’s World in Pictures A guided gallery tour by co-author Gloria S. McDarrah

The Artist’s World in Pictures A guided gallery tour by co-author Gloria S. McDarrah Editor and writer Gloria S. McDarrah and her husband, Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah, were…

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Robert de Niro, Sr. and the New York School Artists #SouthOfUnionSquare

…Street Artist Studios via Apartments.com. Facade of 30 East 14th Street in 1959. In 1945, De Niro’s art was exhibited at Peggy Guggenheim’s renowned Art of This Century Gallery in New…

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A Times Square Art Excursion with Carole Teller

…Carole so beautifully and thoroughly documented her neighborhood’s architecture, daily life, and many quirks, we have had to dole it out in multiple parts (see Part I, Part II, Part…

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Westbeth—Home of the Arts: A Film Screening

Westbeth—Home of the Arts: A Film Screening Join filmmaker George Cominskie at a screening of Westbeth—Home to the Arts, a documentary selected for the 2011 Manhattan Film Festival. The film…

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More Than Just a Beautiful Structure: the Legacy of James Stewart Polshek

James Stewart Polshek, who over the course of a 70-year career came to be known as a “quiet giant of modern architecture,” passed away on September 9 at the age…

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Three Cheers for Father’s Heart Church!

…owners in revitalizing the structures by making them eligible for various preservation programs and services, such as grants. Congratulation to the Father’s Heart Church, a special part of this area’s…

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On This Spot NYC: Stories of Pioneering Women Artists in Greenwich Village

Did you know that only 11% of all major museum art acquisitions in the last decade were works by women artists? On This Spot NYC is a nonprofit digital mapping…

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Framing Union Square by Mary Miss: Where Public Art Meets Preservation

…Lee Harris Pomeroy, who had also completed the restoration of several other New York City Subway Stations. Through the MTA’s Art and Design department, Pomeroy worked with artist Mary Miss…

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Varga Girl Pin-Up Art, Rooted in Greenwich Village

…pin-up girls art for Esquire Magazine and between 1940 and 1946 he produced 180 paintings for the magazine. His and other artists’ work were the inspiration for the nose art…

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War in the Neighborhood: Gentrification and Graphic Art with Seth Tobocman

…of Modern Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, posters, banners, murals, patches and tattoos by people’s movements all over the world. This event is co-sponsored by with Loisaida Inc….

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Westbeth—Home of the Arts: A Film Screening

Westbeth—Home of the Arts: A Film Screening Part of the Encore Program Series. Miss it the first time around? You’ll receive preference for this event! Join filmmaker George Cominskie at…

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Spotlight On the Ukrainian Museum: Ukrainian Art and Culture in the East Village

…Ukrainian art. While the building is new, the non profit that makes it home, The Ukrainian Museum, is not. Founded in 1976 by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America…

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Samuel F.B. Morse: A Brilliant Artist and Inventor With A Complicated, Troubling Legacy

…Center, home of the Grey Art Gallery). He was involved with all kinds of arts at NYU, including some of the earliest daguerreotypes (an early form of photography) ever taken. The…

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The Art of the Steal! Thrifting in Greenwich Village, the East Village, & NoHo

…vintage and secondhand wares and also acts as an art market and performance for local artists. They also offer fashion shows, tarot readings, and art workshops on a revolving basis…

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LPC Spotlights Women in the Arts

…Village served as an incubator of every important American literary, artistic, and political movement of the period. As part of this milieu, Millay’s work and life came to represent the…

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Take A Visual Trip Through the Art of the Fillmore East

…East Village here. Another way the venue had an impact was the incredible art produced to promote concerts. You can view an extensive gallery of art at Wolfgang’s Vault —…

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Site-Specific Works at The New School Art Collection: A talk and slideshow with curator Silvia Rocciolo

…art. From the 1931 José Orozco frescos to Glenn Ligon’s neon commission for the new University Center, the eleven site specific artworks in The New School Art Collection are focal…

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Family Program: Story Time, Art Project, and The Glorious, Notorious, Mysterious (But Not So Serious) Family Scavenger Hunt!

Family Program: Story Time, Art Project, and The Glorious, Notorious, Mysterious (But Not So Serious) Family Scavenger Hunt! Join VP for our family program, Story Time, Art Project, and The…

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2023 Village Awardee: Yara Arts Group

Village Preservation is very proud to honor Yara Arts Group as a Village Awardee in 2023. Join us in recognizing Yara and these other worthy awardees at Village Preservation’s Annual…

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The Artistic Tradition in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo

…for over 1,250 buildings, and zoning protections for nearly 100 blocks. Andrew has often focused that advocacy on protecting sites connected to great artists and artistic movements, as well as…

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Inventing Downtown: Artist Run Galleries, 1952 – 1965

…the apex of Abstract Expressionism and the rise of Pop Art and Minimalism, the New York art scene was transformed by artist-run galleries. Inventing Downtown presents works from fourteen of…

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Landmarks50: Van Tassell & Kearney Auction Mart

Van Tassell & Kearney Auction Mart, Date Unknown Unsure of what to get that special someone for the holidays? How about a horse? A hundred years ago you could have…

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Palaces for the People: Guastavino and the Art of Structural Tile

…Guastavino and the Art of Structural Tile is a major exhibition exploring the innovations the Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company (1889-1962) brought to the science and art of building. It was…

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Exhibition Tour and Artmaking at the Whitney

…to learn about art, and then create it yourself, with this tour and hands-on artmaking workshop. The afternoon will begin with an hour-long guided tour of Where We Are: Selections…

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East Village Building Named for President Felled by Anarchist; Also Home to ‘Hope,’ and Art By Koons

…Art Forum: “By the fall of 1986, a good litmus test of where you fell on the art-political spectrum was how you felt about International With Monument. Feared by some,…

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Impressions of Great Establishments of Greenwich Village: An Evening with Artist Lily Annabelle Caleakav, Village Preservation, and the LGBT Historic Sites Project

…to create an archival record of the past. Please join us to discuss the contemporary work of artist Lily Annabelle who has illustrated many of these important sites as part of…

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2016 Village Award Winner: Jaffe Art Theater Interior Restoration

…interior AND exterior landmarks. Exterior of the Landmarked Jaffe Art Theater In the first few decades of the Twentieth Century, a stretch of Second Avenue in the East Village (which…

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VILLAGE VOICES: A New Interactive Art and History Exhibit

…to our community and its rich heritage of artistic, cultural, and social innovation and progress. Our new interactive art and history experience will be open to the public from September…

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FABulous! Walking Tours of the Fourth Arts Block (FAB)

FABulous! Walking Tours of the Fourth Arts Block (FAB) The Fourth Arts Block manages the East 4th Street Cultural District (between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery), the only official cultural…

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Rose O’Neill: Artist, Suffragist, & Queen of the Kewpies

…her siblings were strongly encouraged in the arts; they practiced reciting Shakespeare, read the classics, and frequently attended theatrical performances. At just 18, with no formal art education, she had…

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The Piers: Art & Sex Along the New York Waterfront

The Piers: Art & Sex Along the New York Waterfront A Lecture by Jonathan Weinberg Jonathan Weinberg, artist and art historian will discuss how the Hudson piers below 14th street…

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The Architecture of the South Village: A walking tour with Andrew Dolkart

The Architecture of the South Village: A walking tour with Andrew Dolkart Architectural historian and Columbia University professor Andrew Dolkart will lead a walking tour of the South Village, the…

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Beyond the Village and Back: Arthur Miller Edition

…Preservation. According to Amram, “It was at Igor and Sonia Sudarsky’s classic neighborhood delicatessen (the Art Foods Delicatessen) that I worked with Arthur Miller composing the music for his play…

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When Valentines Were Works of Art

…rather than religious, love, and pieces showing each step in the evolution of artistic craft – from folk art, to die-cut, to chromolithographed, to mass-produced design and printing processes. A…

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An Historic Stroll Down the Fourth Arts Block

…BA in English and Environmental Studies from Wesleyan University in 2018. This event is part of FAB NYC’s Open Arts LES week, celebrating the dynamic cultural life of the Lower East Side…

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Art in the Village: The Ashcan School

…Founded by artist and teacher Robert Henri in Philadelphia around 1891, the movement attracted a gathering of newspaper illustrators including George Luks, John Sloan, William Glackens*, and Everett Shinn. Artists…

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Oral Histories on the Founding of An Artists’ Colony, A Prison Reform Organization, and So Much More

…for preservation, for affordable housing, for claiming our Village for artists, for LGBTQ folks, and for those who have been incarcerated. In his article about Oral Histories, Richard Harwood quotes…

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The Ninth Street Five

…of the uptown artists and art dealers over the art world in the mid-20th century New York art scene. The show was to become the catalyst that altered the landscape…

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Affordable Housing and Tenant Groups, SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown Neighborhood Organizations, and Artists and Historic Preservationists Slam de Blasio SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Plan, Urge “NO” Vote

…pass community plans that would stop displacement.” Jay DiLorenzo, President of the Preservation League of New York State, said: “The Preservation League stands with our New York City–based preservation colleagues…

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Black History in Greenwich Village: Session 2 – Arts, Culture, and Activism of Black Communities 1776 – 1870

…community. Now updated with new and additional content we welcome the general public, teachers, students, and everyone interested to join us for this exciting 4-part series. Session 2 of Village…

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Walk and Draw: An Artist’s Tour of Greenwich Village

Walk and Draw: An Artist’s Tour of Greenwich Village Artist Nick Golebiewski posts one Instagram photo each day – a quick sketch, usually something architectural he spotted while walking in…

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Left Bank New York, Artists Off Washington Square 1890s to 1920: A lecture with Virgina Budny

…and townhouses north of Washington Square into artists’ studios. There they created works of art and permanently changed the areas as they socialized. Prominent among them were Thomas Wilmer Dewing,…

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When NYC’s Last Surviving Horse Auction Mart, and Frank Stella’s Former Studio, Were Almost Demolished

Did you know that 128 East 13th Street is believed to be the last surviving horse and carriage auction mart building in New York City? It was threatened with demolition…

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127, 129, and 131 MacDougal Street: Architecture, Artists, African Americans, and “Alternative Lifestyles”

…designation. On December 17, 2013, they were landmarked again as part of the South Village Historic District following a decade of advocacy by Village Preservation. While all three retain significant elements of early…

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Exhibition, Awards, and Reception of Greenwich Village Art

Exhibition, Awards, and Reception of Greenwich Village Art at Salmagundi The Salmagundi Club has been a fixture on the Greenwich Village art scene for over 100 years. This exhibition (on…

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Architect and Artist: The Rigid Le Corbusier Colored Outside the Lines in Greenwich Village

…life-long artist whose paintings were influenced by Picasso and surrealism. Throughout his life he would create several hundred works, many of which eventually became part of Nivola’s own personal collection. …

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Black History in Greenwich Village: Session 4 – Evolution of Arts, Culture, Activism and The Fight for Civil Rights 1954 – 2020

Black History in Greenwich Village: Session 4 – Evolution of Arts, Culture, Activism and The Fight for Civil Rights 1954 – 2020 In Session 4 of this series, we will…

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Penny Arcade: Art Creator, and Conservator

…East Village icon, helped define performance art in the 1980s. All artists have multiple levels and evolve over time. Penny’s approach to her work is one of the reasons she…

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Recovering the Lost Origins of the Black Arts Movement in Greenwich Village, Harlem and San Francisco with Komozi Woodard

Recovering the Lost Origins of the Black Arts Movement in Greenwich Village, Harlem and San Francisco with Komozi Woodard The Black Arts Movement inspired the creation of some eight hundred…

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Architect and Artist: The Rigid Le Corbusier Colored Outside the Lines in Greenwich Village

…life-long artist whose paintings were influenced by Picasso and surrealism. Throughout his life he would create several hundred works, many of which eventually became part of Nivola’s own personal collection. …

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Black History in Greenwich Village: Session 2 – Arts, Culture, and Activism of Black Communities 1790 – 1870

…is an artist?” and “what is an activist?” through the lens of the experience of Africans and Black Americans in Greenwich Village, New York City, and America. Art and activism…

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59 Bleecker Street – Art Deco in NoHo

Part of my job at GVSHP as the Director of Research and Preservation is to review all certificate of appropriateness applications for proposed changes to the landmarked buildings in our…

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Village Preservation & The New School Present: Greenwich Village Artists Series “I and the Village”

…art. Independent Art Historian and MoMA lecturer Larissa Bailiff will discuss Jackson Pollock’s years in the Downtown scene. Join us as we visit a bygone era of cold-water lofts, makeshift…

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Staging America: The Artistic Legacy of the Provincetown Players

…career of George Cram Cook, the Players’ leader and artistic conscience, as well as one of the most significant facilitators of modernist writing in early twentieth-century American literature and theater….

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Hugh Hurd: Artist and Civil Rights Hero for the Village and Beyond

Portrait of Hugh Hurd by Alice Neel. Portrait is held by Crystal Bridges Museum of Art “The show began and the performers, illuminated with the spirit, hit the stage and…

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JML50 Art Installation Tour and Conversation: 50 Years of Writing on the Reading Room Walls at Jefferson Market Library

JML50 Art Installation Tour and Conversation: 50 Years of Writing on the Reading Room Walls at Jefferson Market Library In celebration of its 50th year, the Jefferson Market Library’s manager…

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The Artist: Anthony F. Dumas and His Theater Drawings

…known about Mr. Dumas, though he was a prolific artist of theaters not only in our neighborhoods, but throughout the five boroughs, the state, the country, and even the world….

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Roy Lichtenstein Plaque Unveiled, Marking Transformative Artist’s 100th Birthday and His Former Studio’s Transformation by Whitney Museum

…Art, and Dorothy Lichtenstein, President of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation and widow of the artist. Watch video of the unveiling — CLICK HERE See pictures of the unveiling — CLICK…

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Peter Ruta, Acclaimed Artist & Villager, 1918-2016

…the doors to his home and studio in Westbeth as part of a 2010 Westbeth Artist Loft Tour which benefited GVSHP and the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. Peter in his…

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Isamu Noguchi: Artist of the Century

…art museums, in public space, and on the assembly line, so that, by the end of his career, his work graced dozens of cities, hundreds of art exhibits, and thousands…

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Village Preservation Members-Only Program: Reading with musician Lenny Kaye and performance artist Penny Arcade

Village Preservation Members-Only Program: Reading with musician Lenny Kaye and performance artist Penny Arcade Village Preservation will continue a series of readings of our new book, Greenwich Village Stories, at…

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The New York Studio School: A Tour of the Arts

…1964, the New York Studio School has been an innovator in arts education, prioritizing daily continuity of study for artists through work in the studio. In 1965, the school moved…

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The Pathfinder Mural: Public Political Art in the Far West Village

…The artists all traveled to West Street to add their pieces to this collaborative artwork. Having people from each country and movement paint the portraits of their own leaders was…

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Next Stop, Greenwich Village: A Film Screening with Leonard Quart

Next Stop, Greenwich Village: A Film Screening with Leonard Quart Paul Mazursky’s comedy Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) tells the story of Larry Lipinsky (Lenny Baker), who leaves Brooklyn and…

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Remembering James Stewart Polshek, 1930–2022

It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing this past Friday of James Stewart Polshek, longtime member of the Village Preservation Board of Advisors and friend of the…

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Yiddish Art Theater, 189 2nd Avenue

Yiddish Art Theater (former), 189 2nd Avenue East Village Perservation Stay current with Village Preservation’s East Village preservation efforts The former Yiddish Art Theater (now Village East City Cinemas) at…

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Artist Talk with Lily Annabelle: A Merchant Story Sharing Session

Co-Sponsored by The East Village Community Coalition Come celebrate artist Lily Annabelle’s Tompkins Square Library art exhibition, “Goodbye to the Brick and Mortar,” by attending this special program. Lily’s work…

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Lower East Side Arts Open House

Lower East Side Arts Open House at NPC Village Preservation and the Historic Districts Council are housed at the Neighborhood Preservation Center. The entire building used to be the rectory…

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