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Art Workers are Artists Too

Host: Champagne Jerry

Artists: Sarai Frazier, Andy Sowers, Žilvinas Jonuśas, ESSA.A (Electric Sewage Systems and Analysis), Naomi Harrison-Clay and Tal Mor, Noodt, Matthew Deinhart + Sara Vandenheuvel, Ansel Combs, Jimmy Kavetas and Friends, Emily LaRochelle + Sarazina Joy Stein, Sophia Alaniz, Andrew Fox, Robin A. Ediger-Seto, AMARII, MF BUTCH, CULEBRA, Georgina Kritikos, Sophia Alaniz, Alex Vasquez-Dheming, Evangeline Dillard, and Yisel G.

While artists toil to bring their work to life, there are many unsung heroes that often labor behind the scenes, weaving the intricate threads that bring an artist’s vision to the public. “Art Workers are Artists Too” celebrates and shines a spotlight on the inherent artistry embedded within the daily lives of arts workers, inspiring a shift in perspective to foster a greater understanding and recognition of their skills and creativity. Our crew members, hailing from diverse production backgrounds in theatre, dance, and music, bring a unique set of skills honed from their own artistic practices to support the work of their fellow artists. Grounded in an ethos of support, this creative exchange forms the foundation for a vibrant collaborative environment.

The night honors the vital contributions of those working behind the scenes but also encourages a broader acknowledgment of the artistry, extending beyond the spotlight to encompass the unseen labor wrapped into the creative process.

All of the proceeds raised from this event will support our Derek Lloyd Production Fellowship.

Photo Credit: Rachel Papo

Celebrating the First Family of American Letters: The Greenidge Sisters

 
One of the great advantages of living in New York City is that we can hear new ideas as they are being created, instead of having to wait years for those books to appear on bookstore shelves. First Mondays allows us to share accomplished writers’ processes as they are happening and gives us an intimate insight into their new work in-progress, long before publication or performances. Join us every first Monday at Performance Space New York for a special opportunity to hear the future.

Highly Anticipated New Books!

 
One of the great advantages of living in New York City is that we can hear new ideas as they are being created, instead of having to wait years for those books to appear on bookstore shelves. First Mondays allows us to share accomplished writers’ processes as they are happening and gives us an intimate insight into their new work in-progress, long before publication or performances. Join us every first Monday at Performance Space New York for a special opportunity to hear the future.

Illuminators

 
Access Provision: ASL Interpretation will be provided.
 
One of the great advantages of living in New York City is that we can hear new ideas as they are being created, instead of having to wait years for those books to appear on bookstore shelves. First Mondays allows us to share accomplished writers’ processes as they are happening and gives us an intimate insight into their new work in-progress, long before publication or performances. Join us every first Monday at Performance Space New York for a special opportunity to hear the future.

Autonomy

All of who I am now lies on a continuum—I no longer operate to fulfill roles that were illusions to begin with.
 
In this deeply personal and introspective performance, Chella Man shares their narrative of self-determination, grief, healing, and reclamation of one’s body through tattooing and explorations of their scars from the medical industrial complex. To Man, piercing their skin is an act of erosion, revealing what lies beneath the surface, both within the body and the broader societal constructs we navigate. The piece compiles revelations of liberation that have become their leading values in life. Shattering the constraints of binary thinking, the performance celebrates queer, disabled, and trans bodies. Autonomy lives as an embodied experience, a testament to resilience and adaptability. Through this work, Man explores the continuum of art, disability, gender, and race by adapting and navigating their body as a mutable canvas for profound self-expression.
 
Autonomy is co-produced with the Jewish Museum, where it will be on view, in installation form, as part of  Overflow, Afterglow: New Work in Chromatic Figuration, a seven-person group exhibition opening May 24th.
 
Please Note: Autonomy will facilitate different access experiences based on hearing status and location in the theater. A part of an artistic approach Man calls “intentional inaccess,” captions will be obscured and inverted for hearing audience members to evoke the access glitches, flaws, and friction that what D/deaf and Hard of Hearing people, including Man, often experience. These moments of partial or unreliable accessibility can feel socially alienating, disempowering, and can make it impossible to fully participate. In this production, the tables are turned, and D/deaf and Hard of Hearing people sit in a section where captions are readable. Man aims to expose these experiences in myriad ways for the audience and spark a meaningful conversation about inaccessibility. Man notes, “This piece is rooted in creating an experience of oscillating access, evoking the perpetual stain of inclusion that I experience every day. Creating these intentional moments questions and reveals how the act of creating access for one can inevitably result in in-access for another.”
 

Support for this program is provided, in part, by the Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation.

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