July 17th , 18th, 19th 8pm at Tribes

“Do you remember being a child?”

Written and Performed by Jae Kramisen Directed by Natalie Golonka

Edging Productions presents Jae Kramisen’s one-woman show, Little Girls Have Heart Attacks at A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, a gallery set in an East Village apartment, on July 17, 18, and 19, 2008. All performances at 8pm.

What traumas of childhood are carried into adulthood? In this multi-character piece, a woman of varying ages looks at the mental and physical prison of her life. Little Girls Have Heart Attacks tells the story of a little girl, who at various ages has been neglected and mistreated. Playing over a dozen characters, the little girl tries to realize why she is the way she is, why she is stuck in a prison she can’t get out of, and why her heart can’t breathe.

Little Girls Have Heart Attacks invites audiences to return to their childhood. In this piece, the audience will not play the traditional role of sitting back and watching. Set in an intimate space, the piece will need the audience’s participation for the little girl to tell her story. The audience is encouraged to move around the space and play with the child and her toys. Little Girls Have Heart Attacks is an audience interactive piece in which the little girl cannot tell her story without the audience’s help. With every audience, the piece can change

Little Girls Have Heart Attacks is scheduled to open at A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, 285 E. 3^rd St, 2^nd Floor, NY, NY (between Ave C and D; nearest subway F/V at 2^nd Ave), on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 8pm. Additional performances are Friday, July 18, 2008 at 8pm, and Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 8pm. Tickets are $10 each, available at the door. Cash only. Children under 13 not admitted.

Reservations are recommended. For reservations and more information, email Littlegirlshaveheartattacks@yahoo.com or visit www.tribes.org

Please contact Ms. Kramisen for more information concerning the show.

“Izm”
Works by HiCoup
Curated by Justina Mejias
A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery
285 East 3rd St., 2nd Floor, NYC 10009
June 19-July 31
Opening reception 6-9pm, Thurs. June 19, 2008

Racism. Sexism. Alcoholism. Hedonism. Opportunism. Nationalism…

Deconstructing the different “isms” that pervade society, hip-hop emcee and visual artist HiCoup (Haiku) presents a mixed media abstract impressionist rendering of the societal influences that bombard us since conception in the womb.

“Izm” is an artistic exploration of the landscape of humanity through it’s conditioning both conscious and subconscious.

The exhibit features both found items (Doors, specifically) as well as figurative works in more traditional manifestations echoing a microcosm of similar examination. Doors become the center-piece because of their three-dimensional ability to create the metaphoric body. Also chosen for their utilitarian, universal qualities, they evoke a personal relevance to those who stand before them. The viewer is invited to create their own narrative through the lens of their own “isms” as we are all casualties of societies influence.

Combing graffiti art, cartoonist comic book-like drawings, with a suggestion of Basquiat/Pollock-like technique, the works display an array of color palates, displaced anatomy, random text, and variety of emotionally charged reckless and intentional “spatterings.”

HiCoup is a hip-hop emcee and visual artist hailing from New Jersey. He received a BFA in Art from Jersey City University with a concentration in Painting & Drawing.
He has participated in both group and solo shows at many local galleries including the DBC Gallery in NYC and Iandor Fine Arts Gallery in Newark. An acclaimed emerging rapper, he has performed with such veterans as Ludacris, Dead Prez, Mos Def, Bootcamp Click, and Wu Tang Clan.

For more information contact:
Justina Mejias, Curator
justinamaria@msn.com
www.tribes.org

Time: May 25, Sunday, 12 - 6 pm, 2008
Venue: Union Square Park, New York City

*Frustrated with Pollution?
*CREATE A WORK OF ART!
* Make a Human Sculpture.
* Decorate artist Chin Chih Yang
with the various waste material provided.
*Have a ball, and do as you please!
*Sign your work, and take a picture with your creation.
*We’ll be sure to e-mail it to you.

Title: 1,000 years

Chin Chih Yang’s work addresses society’s efforts to protect itself physically and psychologically against various catastrophes, both natural and man-made. These include environmental problems, such as pollution, as well as the effects of totalitarianism, surveillance, plus quarantine and isolation.

1,000 dollars is not a lot. 1,000 days is not too long. But 1,000 years is a long, long time. Can you imagine how much waste we accumulate every day? Do you know that it will take more than 1,000 years for our trash to become biodegradable in the landfills, which emit harmful greenhouse gases ?

LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES

Dear Editor,
In another two weeks we invite tenders to participate in our art festival ARTRMX COLOGNE VOL. 01! Artists worldwide are called to apply and be part of our art off show in Cologne at August 2008. We would be very pleased, if you publicise the last call for our open tender at your web page.

Photographers, street artists, graphic artists, painters and video artists can send in their works to the given subject “WHERE IS MY MIND?” until April 15th 2008. In collaboration with artistic advisors, the artrmx e. V. will assemble and distribute the artworks among different off-spaces throughout Cologne. The jury members are as follows: Dr. Barbara J. Scheuermann (curator “Tate Modern London”), Claudia Stein (chief editor “photography now”, Berlin), Gérard Goodrow (former director “Art Cologne”), Rik Reinking (curator | collector, Hamburg), Zevs (street artist, Paris), Boris Hoppek (street artist and graphic designer, Barcelona), Wolfgang Zurborn (artist, gallery owner “Lichtblick”), Markus Schaden (publisher, “Schaden.com”) , Prof. Julia Scher (artist | professor “KHM”, Cologne), Georg Elben (curator | head of “Videonale” 10 und 11 in Bonn) etc.

Alert, unconventional and inventive artworks are wanted, reflecting the present artistically or in documentary style. The participation fee amounts 40 Euro. For further information, participation conditions and application forms, check our web page: http://www.artrmx.com.

The friendly art society artrmx e.V. is responsible for the ARTRMX COLOGNE conception, the organisation, the PR and execution of the programme as well as for the realisation of an exhibition booklet and a catalogue. In addition the artrmx e.V. will arrange a frame programme, a symposium, a vernissage and a finissage party. Profits of sales out of the works created will go directly to the artists. They also will be given an exemplar of the catalogue and have free entry to all events related to the festival.

The festival will take place between the 22nd of August until the 30th of August.

Press release: http://www.artrmx.de/ARTRMX_pressrelease.pdf

Picture download (free of charge by naming the photographer “Martin Menke”): http://www.artrmx.de/ARTRMX-KeyVisual.jpg

With pleasure we also answer all additional questions on the phone.

With best regards,
Iren Tonoian

The Secret of XS (link)

April 11 - 30, 2008

Opening Reception on Friday, April 11, 6 - 9 pm

Venue: Tribes Gallery

Address: 285 East Third Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10009

Exhibition Dates: April 1 1 – 30, 2008

Telephone: (212) 674-3778

Chin Chih Yang

Conspicuous consumption. Sex. Desire. Voyeurism.

Too much is never enough.

New York - based artist Chin Chih Yang’s recent body of work is at once enticing and disturbing, alluring and disconcerting.

In his first solo show at Tribes Gallery, Yang’s conceptual works will tantalize viewers with provocative videos providing delicious commentary on human foibles and a striking installation piece that stealthily brings to fore the damage incurred by indulging an insatiable appetite.

With loads of campiness and a touch of irony, Chin Chih Yang’s art invites viewers to become better acquainted with the dark side of human nature and to think outside the box in an effort to find a collective solution to save ourselves and our planet.

Found, used, and donated objects will concurrently highlight the plenitude in our lives and metaphorically display twisted relationships marked by mutual dependence and conflict.

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Chin Chih Yang was born in Taiwan and moved to New York in 1983. He received a B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design and a M.S. in Communication Arts from Pratt Institute. A recipient of numerous awards for his work in the fields of art, photography, and design, he has participated in numerous exhibitions and has served as a guest lecturer at universities and cultural institutions. Mr. Yang is the founder and curator of 123soho.com, a website created to introduce, inform, and inspire artists, budding and professional, from around the world.

Deconstructing Time: Memories
curated by Sana Musasama
(view invitation)

March 3 – March 30, 2008 (Sun-Sat: 12-6 or by appointment)

285 East 3rd Street, New York, NY 10009, 212-674-3778

Opening reception: Saturday March 8, 6 – 9 p.m.

February 14, 2008, New York: A Gathering of the Tribes has announced “Deconstructing Time: Memories,” an exhibition of totems sculpted from remnants of childhood memories and glass by Acquaetta Williams, will open at Tribes Gallery in New York on March 3. There will be an artist reception at Tribes on Saturday March 8 from 6 – 9 p.m.

The totems of Ms. Williams Totems are sculpted from deconstructed memories of the past: a roller skate, a clarinet, a child’s wooden block, pocket watches, spinning tops, memorabilia and glass. The totems are a representation of reality that exists in our imaginary world.

The artist in her own words is “rethinking time in terms of our experience and thereby rethinking time in terms of our own self. By using straightforward images, I connect the two — then, here and now. I present the viewers with keys to unlock the unconscious mind: revealing their own personal mind-held cameras. The audience is left to identify with their own story.”

Memories are divided into what we remember and what we want to remember. We seek connection with the shuffling accuracy of the events. We reflect on our past to form an identity. By deconstructing, the timekeepers open a doorway to images that create emotional agitation and excitement – a personal and political sense of relevance. It allows us to skate way pass the corner of what is real and what is imagined or even lost.

Ms. Williams has shown series of work ranging from her interpretation of Giraffe Neck Women, Women Who Carry and Timekeepers and is known for her interpretive use of personal “travelings” gathered from her journey through life. Her work resides in private collections, the Museum of Arts & Design and in the White House permanent collection.

Odilia Rivera Santos, the Puerto-Rican born boogie-down raised Harlem resident, will be singing new and old Latin standards with her three piece band. For a night of pure joy, join us at A Gathering of the Tribes on March 22nd from 7 to 9, $7.00 admission fee. Life is good; come enjoy it with me.

SAT. MARCH 1, 6-9
A Gathering of the Tribes
Presents
A closing reception for
“Being In A Lone Space”…
Featuring the art of Robin Ross & Giustina Surbone.
With poetry by Merry Fortune, Ida Jane Griesemer, Hans Kulla-Mader,
Heather Laney, Arielle Narva, Amelia Woodside, plus special musical guest.
Refreshments available.

A Gathering of the Tribes has announced “Deconstructing Time: Memories,” an exhibition of totems sculpted from remnants of childhood memories and glass by Acquaetta Williams, will open at Tribes Gallery in New York on March 3. There will be an artist reception at Tribes on Saturday March 8 from 6 – 9 p.m.

The totems of Ms. Williams Totems are sculpted from deconstructed memories of the past: a roller skate, a clarinet, a child’s wooden block, pocket watches, spinning tops, memorabilia and glass. The totems are a representation of reality that exists in our imaginary world.

The artist in her own words is “rethinking time in terms of our experience and thereby rethinking time in terms of our own self. By using straightforward images, I connect the two — then, here and now. I present the viewers with keys to unlock the unconscious mind: revealing their own personal mind-held cameras. The audience is left to identify with their own story.”

Memories are divided into what we remember and what we want to remember. We seek connection with the shuffling accuracy of the events. We reflect on our past to form an identity. By deconstructing, the timekeepers open a doorway to images that create emotional agitation and excitement – a personal and political sense of relevance. It allows us to skate way pass the corner of what is real and what is imagined or even lost.

Ms. Williams has shown series of work ranging from her interpretation of Giraffe Neck Women, Women Who Carry and Timekeepers and is known for her interpretive use of personal “travelings” gathered from her journey through life. Her work resides in private collections, the Museum of Arts & Design and in the White House permanent collection.

BEING IN A LONE SPACE
Painting by Giustina Surbone and Robin Ross

January 09, 2008. New York, NY. Tribes Gallery is pleased to announce Being In A Lone Space, a two person exhibition of paintings by Brooklyn artists Giustina Surbone and Robin Ross, on view from February 2 – February 28, 2008. The opening reception will take place on Feb. 2 from 6-9 pm and is free and open to the public. Tribes Gallery is located at 285 East Third Street (between Ave. C and Ave. D) in New York City.

Being in a lone space; a solitary existence within the eternity of space, with its echoes, vibrations and tones reflecting fundamental nature and spirit. This show features the paintings of Giustina Surbone and Robin Ross. Both painters work in oil on canvas and express starkness in their work by placing their often solitary figures against indefinite backgrounds.

Surbone’s paintings represent the psychological in human beings. Her work is about paint and visual expression, with one running theme: people are often outcast because of their eccentricities, sexual identity, or other aspects of their humanity. Helen Harris in the New York Times (April 1995) described Surbone’s painting “Ravaged” as, “…a woman wizened with age, depicted with weathered skin hanging from her diminutive frame, nevertheless retains an imposing presence. The artist retains her subject’s inherent dignity, which outlasts the degradation of the outer shell.”
Ross’ expressionistic portraits are spiritual in nature incorporating lone figures in atmospheric backgrounds. Her work references the mystical relationship between the animal, spirit and human world. Influenced by the abstract expressionists and Rembrandt, her luminous surfaces transform each painting into dreamtime. Ross is a 2007 Sage Brush Award recipient, presented to encourage the continuation of her unusual work.

Tribes Gallery serves as a venue for underexposed artists as well as a networking center and locus for the development of new talent. The space was created in 1993 within A Gathering of the Tribes, a nonprofit arts and cultural organization dedicated to excellence in the arts from the perspective of diversity. Tribes Executive Director and founder Steve Cannon has been active in the multicultural artistic community on the Lower East Side in New York City for almost four decades. He is the curator of many reading series and art shows held at Tribes Gallery.