14
Jul/21

ACROSS THE MacDOWELL DINNER TABLE: EXCELLENCE, AESTHETICS, AND VALUE

14
Jul/21

Who: Nell Painter, Linda Harrison, Joyce Kozloff, Garth Greenan
What: Livestreamed discussion
Where: 92Y online
When: Thursday, July 15, free with advance RSVP, 7:00
Why: For more than a century, artists of all disciplines have come to MacDowell to create works in residency in a welcoming New Hampshire community. (It was previously known as the MacDowell Colony, but the name was changed in 2020 because of the its oppressive overtones.) MacDowell Fellows have included James Baldwin, Meredith Monk, Thornton Wilder, Leonard Bernstein, Suzan-Lori Parks, Studs Terkel, Ruth Reichl, and Jonathan Franzen. On July 15 at 7:00, the 92nd St. Y is hosting the free virtual discussion “Across the MacDowell Dinner Table: Excellence, Aesthetics, and Value,” with Newark Museum director and CEO Linda Harrison, visual artist Joyce Kozloff, and gallerist Garth Greenan, moderated by artist, author, and board chair Nell Painter. They will consider the past, present, and future of MacDowell and its place in a quickly changing art world. The Garth Greenan Gallery is currently showing “Alexis Smith: Not in Utopia” through July 30; the Newark Museum has on view “Anual de Artes de Nueva Jersey 2021: ReVisión y Respuesta,” “Four Quiltmakers, Four American Stories,” and “Wolfgang Gil: Sonic Geometries”; and Kozloff’s “Uncivil Wars,” in which she repurposes Civil War battle maps by incorporating images of viruses, runs through August 13 at DC Moore. Kozloff will be at the gallery to talk about the exhibition on July 21 at 6:00 as part of the free ADAA Chelsea Gallery Walk.