Chick Corea heard the world as one continuous rhythm, where Bach meets the blues and samba slips into swing, and tonight at Dizzy’s Club, that spirit comes alive through Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca. Leading a band of master musicians, Villafranca brings Corea’s music into a vibrant Afro-Caribbean setting, blending styles and rhythms in a way […]
Bandolin virtuoso Hamilton de Holanda joins the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis for a vibrant celebration of Brazilian jazz in Rose Theater. The program brings the iconic music of Moacir Santos, the pioneering composer who helped shape Brazil’s modern sound, to life alongside Holanda’s own electrifying new works. Fresh off a win for Best Latin Jazz […]
The first major museum exhibition spotlighting the artist’s singular vision, Dana Barnes: Untamed Gestures features monumental hand-formed fiber works alongside a fully immersive recreation of Barnes’s Lower East Side studio in New York City. Barnes’s sculptural landscapes composed of fibers such as merino, yak, alpaca, and silk create a compelling tactile environment in which motion […]
Expanding the voices represented in MAD’s permanent collection, OUT of the Jewelry Box considers the importance of queer perspectives in the world of studio and contemporary art jewelry. The exhibition showcases an extraordinary gift from Ron Porter and Joe Price, who have collected and worn art jewelry throughout their forty-one-year relationship, nine of those legally married. On […]
10:30am: Peace-play on the rooftop playground (weather permitting) 11:00am: This week’s activity 12:30pm: Community Lunch 1:30-2:30pm: Peace-play on the rooftop playground (weather permitting) How to Join To join, please RSVP to Youth Programs Director Audrey Kindred at ethicalfamilies@nysec.org. For more information about our youth and family programming, please visit ethical.nyc/families. About Young Ethical Explorers Young […]
Mounted during the celebration of the United States semi quincentennial, Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States draws from the American Folk Art Museum’s rich collections to explore links between vernacular art and the construction of an American sense of self. Introducing visitors to the concept of “folk” as a category developed in conjunction […]
Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists takes a critical look at the historical definition of the “self-taught artist” in the United States from the early twentieth century to today. The exhibition examines how artists without academic training have depicted, conceptualized, and identified themselves on their own terms. In doing so, it aims at challenging reductive, […]
Summer for the City Lincoln Center Visionary Artist: Wynton Marsalis Trumpet Tradition Feat. Bruce Harris Art Blakey’s bandstand was never just a gig—it was a proving ground. From the early fire of Clifford Brown and Kenny Dorham, through the hard-bop declarations of Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw, the trumpet chair in Art Blakey […]
This centennial exhibition traces the arc of Martha Graham’s groundbreaking career, centering her visionary approach to dance as psychological expression. Graham transformed the dancing body into a vessel for inner life, using movement to externalize emotion, memory, and the unconscious. By putting the raw psychology of the individual and social collective on stage, she redefined […]
Mounted during the celebration of the United States semi quincentennial, Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States draws from the American Folk Art Museum’s rich collections to explore links between vernacular art and the construction of an American sense of self. Introducing visitors to the concept of “folk” as a category developed in conjunction […]