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    A Gathering of the Tribes is an arts and cultural organization dedicated to excellence in the arts from a diverse perspective. Located on the Lower East Side of New York City, Tribes has been in existence since 1991.


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    Phone: 212-674-3778
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    Email: Info@tribes.org


  • Tribes is a member of Chamber Music of America, Poets & Writers, Poets Society of America, St. Marks Poetry Project. We are Funded by NYC DCA, NYSCA & The Andy Warhol Foundation among others. All contributions are tax deductible.

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  • The 16th Annual Charlie Parker Festival

    Throughout the forties, Charlie Parker revolutionized jazz and immortalized the Lower East Side by capturing its combustive atmosphere and translating it into music. It is no wonder that every year the Lower East Side returns a little bit of the favor by celebrating Charlie Parker, his life and his legacy, as well as his deep rooted relationship with this neighborhood, through A Gathering of the Tribes' Charlie Parker Festival.
    This year, A Gathering of the Tribes is please to present the 16th Annual Charlie Parker Festival, entitled "BIRD LIVES," from August 2 - August 29. More information about this year's festival can be found here

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285 East 3rd Street, 2ème étage, NYC 10009
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WHAT

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 15 2010

 

WHAT

A Lost and Found Art Show

August 2010 / with the annual Charlie Parker Festival

Reception with music Saturday August 14 7pm-10pm

A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery

285 E 3rd St. Second Floor New York 10009

LES/East Village, between Aves C and D near the F, L and 6 lines

thumbabyandfriends This August, we celebrate how a gallery has become an orphanage for
lost art. The makers rejected their object offspring, forgot them, or mostly simply hoped this gallery could give them better, or gave in kind. Hailing from diverse backgrounds, epochs and climates, the objects attract questions about context and absurdity, and evidence many years of Tribes history. The abandoned pieces themselves draw away from the common notion of artists’ ownership and intent and rather forces an understanding of how the collective unconscious, intentional or not, can bring new appreciation for such works once placed in a home together. Each piece has its own life story to tell, and every viewer plays a large role in discovering it.

More than a few pieces remain from previous Charlie Parker Festivals, and the lively interplay of downtown styles celebrates the Bird and his generous lifestyle.  The outcome of living for the sake of one’s art, whatever it may be, and pushing the boundaries of what that art can be, becomes most brilliantly weird in the periphery.

Works will be available for silent auction, prices based on whatever information was kept with the piece.  At least one room will be all $0 to start, with $1 bid increments.  Come help them reclaim their history and give them a loving home.  Includes work by Chris Twomey, Hilary Maslon, and Emilio Cruz. Sales benefit Tribes.

Curated by Janet (Janet@Bruesselbach.com) and Ana (ambezanilla@yahoo.com)

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Samuel Bjorgum Aporias Catalog

June 30th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Exhibition Opening, Gallery No Comments »

Samuel Bjorgum
Aporias

July 3rd-30th A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery 285 E 3rd St. Second Floor New York, NY 10009
OPENING SATURDAY JULY THIRD 7:00 PM

1.
Untitled, 12 by 24 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, $700.00


2.
Untitled, 11 by 14 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, $550.00


3.
Untitled, 11 by 14 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, $550.00


4.
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, $800.00


5.
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, $800.00


6.
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, $800.00


7. 16by20BJORGUM_Panorama9
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, NOT FOR SALE

8. 16by20BJORGUM_Panorama3
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, $800.00


9. 16by20BJORGUM_Panorama4
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2009, Samuel Bjorgum, $800.00


10. 16by20BJORGUM_Panorama2
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, NOT FOR SALE

11. 16by20BJORGUM_Panorama8
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $800.00


12. 16by20BJORGUM_Panorama1
Untitled, 16 by 20 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $800.00


13. BJORGUM8
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


Ten Limited Edition 14 by 14 inkjet archival prints available, $100 each


14. BJORGUM3
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


15. BJORGUM9
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


16. BJORGUM10
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


17. BJORGUM6
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


18. BJORGUM2
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


19. BJORGUM7
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


20. BJORGUM4
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


21. BJORGUM5
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


22. BJORGUM1
Untitled, 12 by 12 inches, Oil and Alkyd on Hardboard, 2010, Samuel Bjorgum, $500.00


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Tribes <3 July: Garden Music & Visual Art Exhibition

June 18th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Features, Gallery, Music Performance, Performances No Comments »

Tribes Gallery
285 East 3rd St, 2nd Fl


Opening Reception Aporias July 3rd, 7pm

On view July 3-30th

Samuel Bjorgum plays the parallax between participant and spectator, which are partial perspectives not necessarily overlapping with artist and audience. The paintings methodically overlap desire-engaging images regarded as problematic for their crystallization of object and subject. They aspire to an approachability and accessibility frustrated but not negated by their multiplicity and evasion. These small paintings are processes that oscillate between what would culturally be called hot and cold, approaching holism backwards through the social mess of division, immanently inconcludably.

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CatWeazle Club

July 8 , 8 pm

Doors open for sign up 7:30pm
performances 8pm
12-15 open stage slots filled with comedy, poetry, music, dance and one featured set!!

Performers Free. Listeners $5
Domestic and imported beers at $2-3 apiece
Featured Performance by: ‘Free Advice’
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Trance By Edgar Nkosi White

July 18th 5-7 pm
*In the garden with guest drummers*

TRANCE is a performance arts piece created by God. It is an odyssey through the life and work of Langston Hughes as interpreted by Edgar Nkosi White through music and spoken word.

CatWeazle Club
July 22 , 8 pm

Doors open for sign up @ 7:30pm
Performances start @ 8pm
12-15 open stage slots filled with comedy, poetry, music, dance
Performers Free. Listeners $5
Domestic and imported beers at $2-3 apiece

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Samuel Bjorgum ‘Aporias’ en Espanol

June 18th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Features, Gallery No Comments »

Julio 3-30 2010

Recepcio’n para artista Julio 3ro 7pm-9pm
A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery
285 E 3rd St. Segundo Piso. New York 10009
LES/East Village, between Aves C and D near the F, L and 6 lines

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Sam Bjorgum compromete a la paralaje entre participante y el espectador, que son perspectivas parciales no necesariamente se superponen con el artista y el público. Pinta a partir de imágenes consideradas como problemáticas para su cristalización del objeto y el sujeto, para lo cual el artista es el espectador. Aspiran a una cercanía y accesibilidad frustrados pero no negada por su multiplicidad y la evasión. Las pequeñas pinturas son procesos que oscilan entre lo que culturalmente se llamaría caliente y fría, se acerca el holismo hacia atrás por el desorden social de la división. Bjorgum vive y trabaja en Minneapolis.

Ver www.samuelbjorgum.com para más.
Contacto de Galeria: Janet@Bruesselbach.com

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Samuel Bjorgum ‘Aporias’ Russian

June 18th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Features, Gallery No Comments »

“Стихия Сэмюэля Бджоргум- это импульсивность образа, достигнутая особым цветовым строем, ярким и звонким, и одновременно бесстрастным и холодным. Сэмюэль достигает свои идеи сталкивая противоположность чувств, мыслей и желаний, вызывая колебание и дрожь, выплёскивая накал, вызывая резонанс цветa и его звучание.

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Искусство Сэмюэль Бджоргума переносит зрителя в особую среду, в которой события протекают вне времени и вне пространства, где сам художник играет параллакс между событиями, которые являются частичными перспективами не обязательно накладывающимия с переживанием художника и аудитории. Его картины подкупают своей возможностью понять и объять образ, не исключая его многогранность и иллюзорность. Эти маленькие картины-процессы, колеблющееся между состоянием “горячо и холодно”, пропуская холизм через беспорядок разделения, выявляя его очевидность.
Сэмюэль Бджоргум живёт и работает в Миннеаполисе. ”

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Tribes Presents Samuel Bjorgum ‘Aporias’

June 18th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Features, Gallery No Comments »

Samuel Bjorgum Aporias
July 3-30 2010
Opening Reception July 3rd 7pm-9pm
A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery
285 E 3rd St. Second Floor New York 10009
LES/East Village, between Aves C and D near the F, L and 6 lines

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Samuel Bjorgum plays the parallax between participant and spectator, which are partial perspectives not necessarily overlapping with artist and audience. The paintings methodically overlap desire-engaging images regarded as problematic for their crystallization of object and subject. They aspire to an approachability and accessibility frustrated but not negated by their multiplicity and evasion. These small paintings are processes that oscillate between what would culturally be called hot and cold, approaching holism backwards through the social mess of division, immanently inconcludably.
He lives and works in Minneapolis.
www.samuelbjorgum.com samuel.bjorgum@gmail.com

For inquiries contact Janet@Bruesselbach.com

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June Calendar 2010

June 2nd, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Book Party, Exhibition Opening, Gallery, Music Performance, Workshop No Comments »

WALTZING IN QUICKSAND: POETS IN COLLAGE
May 21st - June 27th, 2010

Collage Workshop
: Sunday June 6th, 2-4 pm
Opening Reception: Sunday June 6th, 4-6 pm

Garden Concert with Michael Shenker
Sunday June 6th, 6:30 pm

Tribes Gallery
285 East 3 rd St
New York, NY 10009

Tribes Gallery is excited to present the exhibition Waltzing in Quicksand: Poets in Collage. This is the most recent and ambitious showing of the work of Poets in Collage regulars Steve Dalachinsky, Bob Heman, Yuko Otomo, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Valery Oisteanu and Bruce Weber, who have been exhibiting together in various permutations around town since 2006, with the inspired addition of Star Black, Aaron Howard, Nicole Peyrafitte and Lewis Warsh.

Sunday June 6th from 2 to 4pm
there will be a collage workshop led by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and Valery Oisteanu. Anyone can join in making collages! Donation based*
Poets in Collage Opening Party following the workshop from 4-6 pm~
6:30 pm Concert in the Garden with Michael Shenker, vocalist and pianist performing R &B, Jazz, and Pop Classics as well as original songs.
Thursday June 10th, 8 pm CATWEAZLE CLUB PRESENTS:  Completely unplugged! 12-15 open stage slots — comedy, poetry, music, dance — sign-up commences at 7:30pm, performance begins at 8pm. Featuring one or two extended sets per evening. Offering local and imported beers at $2-3 apiece. Please join us!
FEATURED PERFORMER
6/10 Willy Gantrim & the Phantoms
“…stopped in our tracks by Willy Gantrim, who was playing solo acoustic in the front of the cafe. He recalled a cross between Dylan, Deer Tick and Tallest Man on Earth - a potent and awesome combo. Rocking a pseudo-pompadour, Gantrim had a mysterious air about him, and his dusty South Western Americana songs … were excellently crafted and executed in an honest and humble manner.” (Stark Online) Please join facebook.com/catweazlenyc
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Sunday June 13th 5-7 pm, Kathryn Takara & Rashidah Ismaili Read Islands, Issues, Identities: Poetics from the African Diaspora : “Hawai`i and West African Black scholar/poets reflect on the politics of identity, family, community, alienation, and assimilation.”
Sunday June 20th 2-5 pm, The Vision Festival Presents...
Poetry by: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Bob Heman, Lewis Warsh.
Poetry & Music : Albey Balgochian & Jane Grenier B, Barry Wallenstein, Yuko Otomo - Shayna Dulberger, Jake Marmer / & Alon Nechushtan, Aaron Howard w/Gwen Krueger & Tomislav Butkovic, Steve Dalachinsky , Alexandre Pierrepont, Tamara Singh, Tsaurah Litsky, Steve Ben Israel
Musicians/Improvs: Ellen Christi, Max Johnson bass, Andrew Barker drums, Charles Waters reeds
Sunday, June 27th 5 to 7 pm What happens next zine collating/reading
Host: Eve Packer Contributors, artists & poets: Joanne Pagano Weber, Marilyn Sontag, Bruce Weber, Keith Roach, Diana Kurz, Ellen ‘windy’ Lytle, Marilyn Sontag, Eve Packer, Bob Quatrone, Miriam Stanley, George Spencer, Ron Kolm, Cindy Hochman, Patricia Carragon, and others to be announced…

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Garden Readings & Music
May 23rd-June27 2010
A Gathering of the Tribes
285 East Third Street, 2nd Fl
NYC 10009

Sunday June 6th from 2 to 4pm there will be a collage workshop led by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and Valery Oisteanu. Anyone can join in making collages! Donation based*

*Poets in Collage Opening Party following the workshop from 4-6 pm~

7:00 pm Concert in the Garden with Michael Shenker,
vocalist and pianist performing R &B, Jazz, and Pop Classics as well as original songs.

Sunday June 13th 5-7 pm, Kathryn Takara & Rashidah Ismaili Read
Islands, Issues, Identities: Poetics from the African Diaspora : “Hawai`i and West African Black scholar/poets reflect on the politics of identity, family, community, alienation, and assimilation.”

Sunday June 20th 2-5 pm, The Vision Festival Presents…
Poetry by: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Bob Heman, Lewis Warsh.
Poetry & Music : Albey Balgochian & Jane Grenier B, Barry Wallenstein, Yuko Otomo - Shayna Dulberger, Jake Marmer / & Alon Nechushtan, Aaron Howard w/Gwen Krueger & Tomislav Butkovic, Steve Dalachinsky , Alexandre Pierrepont, Tamara Singh, Tsaurah Litsky, Steve Ben Israel
Musicians/Improvs: Ellen Christi, Max Johnson bass, Andrew Barker drums, Charles Waters reeds

Sunday, June 27th 5 to 7 pm What happens next zine collating/reading

Host: Eve Packer Contributors, artists & poets: Joanne Pagano Weber, Marilyn Sontag, Bruce Weber, Keith Roach, Diana Kurz, Ellen ‘windy’ Lytle, Marilyn Sontag, Eve Packer, Bob Quatrone, Miriam Stanley, George Spencer, Ron Kolm, Cindy Hochman, Patricia Carragon, and others to be announced…


FREE COLLAGE WORKSHOP

A Gathering of the Tribes presents:
Poet-run collage workshop
June 6, 2010 from 2-4 pm

Open to everyone!!! FREE
Tribes Gallery
285 East Third Street, Manhattan
212.674.3778
info@tribes.org

Coinciding with a show of poets’ collages curated by Bruce Weber, Tribes Gallery is sponsoring a one-of-a-kind special free workshop!

Join poet and master collagist Jeffrey Cyphers Wright for an afternoon of fun and learning. Wright is part of a long-tradition of poets who do collages. He studied with Alice Notley at St. Mark’s Church. His collages have been included in magazines and art exhibitions.

Materials such as rubber stamps, markers, glue and images will be provided but participants are encouraged to bring extra images. At the end of the workshop you will be able to take your creations home.

Valery Oisteanu, the poet and noted art historian will join Wright. Wright and Oisteanu have curated several collage shows together and both write regularly for The Brooklyn Rail.
Other poet/ collagists in the show include Star Black, Lewis Warsh, Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo and Bruce Weber.

So come and enjoy an afternoon of hands-on, ‘make your own & bring it home’ work of art with experienced and acclaimed writers and artists. Stick around after the workshop for the Opening Party for the Poets in Collage exhibition on view now at Tribes Gallery!

*The events were made possible by Salon 94, David Hammons and Capital One Bank *

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Waltzing in Quicksand: Poets in Collage

May 14th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Features, Gallery, Poetry, Workshop No Comments »

WALTZING IN QUICKSAND: POETS IN COLLAGE
May 21st - June 27th, 2010
Collage Workshop: Sunday June 6th, 2-4 pm
Opening Party: Sunday June 6th, 4-6 pm

Music in the Garden by Michael Shenker!

Sunday June 6, 6:30 pm

Tribes Gallery
285 East 3rd St, 2nd Floor
NYC 10009

Tribes Gallery is excited to present the exhibition Waltzing in Quicksand: Poets in Collage. This is the most recent and ambitious showing of the work of Poets in Collage regulars Steve Dalachinsky, Bob Heman, Yuko Otomo, Valery Oisteanu, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, and Bruce Weber, who have been exhibiting together in various permutations around town since 2006, with the inspired addition of Star Black, Aaron Howard, Nicole Peyrafitte and Lewis Warsh.

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This exhibition of over 30 astounding images features multiple works by the artists that range from Steve Dalachinsky’s dazzling series of decorative ethnic fans to Star Black’s precise geometric cuttings that glance in and out of magnificent architectural spaces. Also featured in the exhibition are Yuko Otomo’s dancing abstractions in line, Aaron Howard’s boldly colored collages picturing out of this world creatures floating menacingly on the pages of an ancient edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, Bruce Weber’s confluences of shoes, tires and people peering out surprisingly from corners, Nicole Peyrafitte’s re-imaginings of classic naturalistic scenes by Winslow Homer, Lewis Warsh’s expansive permutations of the alphabet, Jeffrey Wright’s punchy experimental shiftings of stamps, magic markers, gouache, spray paint and collage, Bob Heman’s box-like investigations of emptiness and sound, and recent works from the last Surrealist Valery Oisteanu’s erotic model series.

There will be no opening reception on May 21st, although the show will be available for viewing.
Sunday, May 23r from 5 to 7 pm
  there will be a reading with Donald Gardner and Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo & guests….Open Reading & Contribution!

Sunday June 6th from 2 to 4pm

A collage workshop led by Jeffrey Wright and Valery Oisteanu. Anyone can join in making collages, donation based* Following the workshop will be the party from 4 to 6 pm in the garden!!

Sunday June 13th 5-7 pm

Kathryn Takara & Rashidah Ismaili Read Islands, Issues, Identities: Poetics from the African Diaspora : “Hawai`i and West African Black scholar/poets reflect on the politics of identity, family, community, alienation, and assimilation.”

Sunday June 20th 2-5 pm

The Vision Festival Presents Poetryby:Jeff Wright, Bob Heman, Lewis Warsh. Poetry & Music : Albey Balgochian & Jane Grenier B, Barry Wallenstein, Yuko Otomo - Shayna Dulberger, Jake Marmer / & Alon Nechushtan, Aaron Howard w/Gwen Krueger & Tomislav Butkovic, Steve Dalachinsky , Alexandre Pierrepont,  Tamara Singh, Tsaurah Litsky, Steve Ben Israel  Musicians/Improvs: Ellen Christi, Max Johnson bass, Andrew Barker drums, Charles Waters reeds

Sunday June 27th 5 to 7 pm

What happens next zine collating/reading: Host: Eve Packer: contributors, artists & poets: including Joanne Pagano Weber, Marilyn Sontag, Bruce Weber, Keith Roach, many others.

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FREE COLLAGE WORKSHOP

Poets-run collage workshop

Tribes Gallery, 285 East Third Street, Manhattan

 June 6, 2010 from 2-4 in the afternoon.

Coinciding with a show of poets’ collages curated by Bruce Weber, Tribes Gallery is sponsoring a one-of-a-kind special free workshop. Join poets and master collagists Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and Valery Oisteanu for an afternoon of creativity and learning.

Wright and Oisteanu are part of a long-tradition of poets who do collages. Wright studied with Alice Notley at St. Mark’s Church. His collages have been included in magazines and art exhibitions. Oisteanu was active member of Ray Johnson’s mail- art Correspondence school and teaches private collage and assemblage.

Materials such as rubber stamps, markers, glue and images will be provided but participants are encouraged to bring extra images. At the end of the workshop you will be able to take some of your creations home.

Wright and Oisteanu have curated several collage shows together and both write regularly for The Brooklyn Rail.

Other poet/ collagists in the show include Star Black, Lewis Warsh, Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo and Bruce Weber.

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A Starter Kit for Collectors in Arabic

May 2nd, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Gallery, Music Performance, benefit No Comments »

معرض فني و بيع  لصالح

جمع من القبائل

السبت الأول من مايو - الأحد السادس عشر من مايو 2010

عرض عامالسبت الأول من مايو من الساعة  الثانية ظهراً - السادسة مساءً

حفلة استقبال الفنانيينالسبت الأول من مايو. من الساعة السابعة مساءً - العاشرة ليلاً

معرض القبائل

285 East 3rd street, 2nd Floor NYC 10009 العنوان :

جمع من القبائل هي منظمة للفنون و الثقافة مكرسة للفن المتميز من وجهات نظر مختلفة . المنظمة تقع:

Lower East Side of New York City

المنظمة موجوة منذ عام 1991

الفعاليات:

يوم الجمعة  السابع من مايو ، من الساعة السادسة مساءً - حتى العشرة ليلا: الشرب من عمر 21+ و 5$ لدخول الحفلة  و 10$ للبار المفتوح.

“Photo-POW presents: POW Debuts the World”
With Photo Slide show & music video presentation from 6-8pm
Wwith BBQ in the Backyard from 8-9pm and live performances from 9-10pm  Featuring: ClockWork Cros, Miz Metro,Circa 95 & MC K Swift (performers subject to change) Evening courtesy of WWW.Photo-Pow.com
“COME AND ENJOY THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER”

يوم السبت الثامن من مايو ، من الساعة السادسة مساءً - حتى العاشرة ليلاً : ليلة السبت للموسيقى و الفيديو.

New music 7:00 pm with “Cack-A-Lack”
Featuring: Mahlon Hoard–compositions/sax, Justin Veloso–drums, Paul Wheeler–guitar
Video 8:00 – 9:00 pm Featuring video work by:
John Veit: “Corn on Cotton”28min,2002 ,video Documentary
“Mutaints” 10min ,2009 ,animation with a twist
Robert Tanzie Thornton:”Tributes”(trailer /excerpts)10 mins 2003-7
Video Documentary
Joseph Nechvatal
Music 9:00 – 10:00 pm with “Cack-A-Lack”

يوم السبت الخامس عشر من مايو ، من الساعة السادسة مساءً - حتى العاشرة ليلاً : سهرة السبت للفيديو و الموسيقى مع:

Music 7:00 pm: Cack-A-Lack featuring Mahlon Hoard, Justin Veloso, Paul Wheeler
Video 8:00 – 9:00 pm : John Veit, Robert Tanzie Thornton, Joseph Nechvatal
Music 9:00 pm: Cack-A-Lack

Sunday May 16 finale, 7:00 – 10:00 pm New Music: On’Ka’a Davis Presents D’Juke Music
On’Ka’a Davis—guitar, electric violin
Electric Meg Montgomery—electric trumpet
Nick Gianni—saxes and flute,
Rhadu Ben Judah—drums
David ‘Riddim-Athon’ Pleasant—drums

مشاركي الفن البصري:

Torick”TOXIC” Ablack,Charlie Ahearn,John Ahearn,Tomei Arai,Willie Birch, Carol Blank,Andrew Castrucci,Fay Chiang,Gregory Coates,Esperanza Cortes,Thom Corn,Jody Culkin, Peggy Cyphers,Jane Dickson,Norman Douglas,John Drury,Harry Druzd,Stefan Eins,Matt Enger,Dan Enger, Mark Enger,Brigitte Engler,John Farris,Gerald Feldman,Pam Goldman,”DOZE”Green,Gerald Jackson, Nikki Johnson, Steven Lack,Jaunita Lanzo’,Joe Lewis,Karin Luner,Johnny”CRASH” Matos,Jayson Mena,Renny Molenaar, Cyrille Mazzard,Greg Nanney,Joseph Nechvetal,Jondra Nolan,Tom Otterness,Calvin Reid,Huston Ripley, Crosby Romberger, James Romberger,Rick Rodine,Randee Silv,Kiki Smith,John Spencer,Gary Taxali,Robert Tanzie Thornton, Toyo Tsuchiya,, Marguerite Van Cook, John Veit ,Tom Warren,Christopher Wynter., Music/Video/Soundscape Artists: Patrick Brennan,On Davis,Mahlon Hoard,Joseph Nechvetal,, Crosby Romberger,John Zorn

Thom Corn المنظم :

 

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A Starter Kit for Collectors: Exposition et vente au profit de TRIBES

April 26th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Features, Gallery, Music Performance, Poetry, Video, benefit No Comments »

A Starter Kit for Collectors: Exposition et vente au profit de A Gathering of the Tribes
Samedi 1er mai – Dimanche 16 mai 2010
Vernissage: Samedi 1er mai 14-18H
Réception pour les artistes : Samedi 1er mai, 19h-22H

Tribes Gallery
285 East 3rd Street, 2ème étage, NYC 10009

A Gathering of the Tribes est une association artistique et culturelle qui s’attache à la diversité.  Située dans le Lower East Side, à New York, Tribes existe depuis1991.

Samedi 1er mai, 14:00 -18:00: Vernissage
Samedi 1er mai, 19:00 – 22:00 : Réception des artistes
Dimanche 2 mai, 19:00 –22:00 : Musique et dance: “Ply Conundrium” Avec : Patrick Brennan composition/saxophone Lisle Ellis, Hilliard Greene, David Sidman –guitare, Larry Roland-basses, special guests: Tamango-percussions, Bern Nix-guitar, Patrick Holmes-clarinette
Dimanche 7 mai, 18:00 –22:00 pm $5 la soirée, $10 pour l’open bar: “Photo-POW présente: POW Debuts the World” Avec des diaporamas, de la musique et de la vidéo, de 18H à 20H.  BBQ dans le jardin de 20H à 21H. Performances live de 21H à 22H. Avec: ClockWork Cros, Miz Metro,Circa 95 & MC K Swift (programme susceptible de changer) Soirée proposée par www.photo-pow.com
“COME AND ENJOY THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER”
Samedi 8 mai, 18:00 – 22:00 Musique et vidéo Musique à 19:00 pm avec “Cack-A-Lack” Avec: Mahlon Hoard–composition/saxo, Justin Veloso–batterie, Paul Wheeler–guitare
Vidéo 20H – 21:00
John Veit: “Corn on Cotton”28min, 2002, documentaire
“Mutaints” 10 min, 2009, animation
Robert Tanzie Thornton:”Tributes”(extraits) 10 min, 2003-7
Documentaire
Joseph Nechvatal
Musique 21:00 – 22:00 avec “Cack-A-Lack”

Samedi 15 mai, 18:00 –22:00 Musique et vidéo avec… Musique 19:00: Cack-A-Lack avec Mahlon Hoard, Justin Veloso, Paul Wheeler Vidéo 20:00 – 21:00 : John Veit, Robert Tanzie Thornton, Joseph Nechvatal Musique 21:00 : Cack-A-Lack
Dimanche 16 mai, cloture, 19:00 – 22:00 Musique : On’Ka’a Davis présente D’Juke Music On’Ka’a Davis—guitare, violon électrique Electric Meg Montgomery—trompette électrique Nick Gianni—saxo et flûte, Rhadu Ben Judah—batterie David ‘Riddim-Athon’ Pleasant—batterie

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A Starter Kit for Collectors: Art Exhibition and Sale A Benefit for A Gathering of the Tribes

April 26th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Features, Gallery, Music Performance, Poetry, Video, benefit No Comments »

A Gathering of the Tribes is an arts and cultural organization dedicated to excellence in the arts from a diverse perspective. Located on the Lower East Side of New York City, Tribes has been in existence since 1991.   tribes-poster-color.jpg

Saturday May 1st, 2:00 - 6:00 pm : Public preview
Saturday May 1st, 7:00 – 10:00 pm : Artist reception
Sunday May 2, 7:00 –10:00 pm : New music and dance: “Ply Conundrium”
Featuring: patrick brennan compositions/saxophone
Lisle Ellis, Hilliard Greene, David Sidman –guitar, Larry Roland-basses, with special invited guests: Tamango-Tap percussion, Bern Nix-guitar, Patrick Holmes-clarinet
Friday May 7, 6:00 –10:00 pm All Ages+21 to drink $5 for party$10 for open bar:
“Photo-POW presents: POW Debuts the World”
With Photo Slide show & music video presentation from 6-8pm
Wwith BBQ in the Backyard from 8-9pm and live performances from 9-10pm  Featuring: ClockWork Cros, Miz Metro,Circa 95 & MC K Swift (performers subject to change) Evening courtesy of WWW.Photo-Pow.com
“COME AND ENJOY THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER”


Saturday May 8, 6:00 – 10:00 pm
Music and Video Saturday Night
New music 7:00 pm with “Cack-A-Lack”
Featuring: Mahlon Hoard–compositions/sax, Justin Veloso–drums, Paul Wheeler–guitar
Video 8:00 – 9:00 pm Featuring video work by:
John Veit: “Corn on Cotton”28min,2002 ,video Documentary
“Mutaints” 10min ,2009 ,animation with a twist
Robert Tanzie Thornton:”Tributes”(trailer /excerpts)10 mins 2003-7
Video Documentary
Joseph Nechvatal
Music 9:00 – 10:00 pm with “Cack-A-Lack”


Saturday May 15, 6:00 –10:00 pm
Music and Video Saturday Night: with…
Music 7:00 pm: Cack-A-Lack featuring Mahlon Hoard, Justin Veloso, Paul Wheeler
Video 8:00 – 9:00 pm : John Veit, Robert Tanzie Thornton, Joseph Nechvatal
Music 9:00 pm: Cack-A-Lack
Sunday May 16 finale, 7:00 – 10:00 pm New Music: On’Ka’a Davis Presents D’Juke Music
On’Ka’a Davis—guitar, electric violin
Electric Meg Montgomery—electric trumpet
Nick Gianni—saxes and flute,
Rhadu Ben Judah—drums
David ‘Riddim-Athon’ Pleasant—drums

Participating Visual Artists:
Torick”TOXIC” Ablack,Charlie Ahearn,John Ahearn,Tomei Arai,Willie Birch, Carol Blank,Andrew Castrucci,Fay Chiang,Gregory Coates,Esperanza Cortes,Thom Corn,Jody Culkin, Peggy Cyphers,Jane Dickson,Norman Douglas,John Drury,Harry Druzd,Stefan Eins,Matt Enger,Dan Enger, Mark Enger,Brigitte Engler,John Farris,Gerald Feldman,Pam Goldman,”DOZE”Green,Gerald Jackson, Nikki Johnson, Steven Lack,Jaunita Lanzo’,Joe Lewis,Karin Luner,Johnny”CRASH” Matos,Jayson Mena,Renny Molenaar, Cyrille Mazzard,Greg Nanney,Joseph Nechvetal,Jondra Nolan,Tom Otterness,Calvin Reid,Huston Ripley, Crosby Romberger, James Romberger,Rick Rodine,Randee Silv,Kiki Smith,John Spencer,Gary Taxali,Robert Tanzie Thornton, Toyo Tsuchiya,, Marguerite Van Cook, John Veit ,Tom Warren,Christopher Wynter., Music/Video/Soundscape Artists: Patrick Brennan,On Davis,Mahlon Hoard,Joseph Nechvetal,, Crosby Romberger,John Zorn

Curator/Organizer : Thom Corn

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A Starter Kit for Collectors: Art Exhibition and Sale A Benefit for A Gathering of the Tribes

April 15th, 2010 A Gathering Of The Tribes Posted in Events, Exhibition Opening, Features, Gallery, Music Performance, Poetry, Video No Comments »

Saturday May 1st - Sunday May 16th ,2010
Public preview:
Saturday May 1st 2pm-6pm
Artist reception: Saturday May 1st 7pm-10pm

Tribes Gallery
285 East 3rd Street, 2nd Floor NYC 10009

A Gathering of the Tribes is an arts and cultural organization dedicated to excellence in the arts from a diverse perspective. Located on the Lower East Side of New York City, Tribes has been in existence since 1991.

Saturday May 1st, 2:00 - 6:00 pm : Public preview

Saturday May 1st, 7:00 – 10:00 pm : Artist reception

Sunday May 2, 7:00 –10:00 pm : New music and dance: “Ply Conundrium”

Featuring: patrick brennan compositions/saxophone
Lisle Ellis, Hilliard Greene, David Sidman –guitar, Larry Roland-basses, with special invited guests: Tamango-Tap percussion, Bern Nix-guitar, Patrick Holmes-clarinet

Friday May 7, 6:00 –10:00 pm All Ages+21 to drink $5 for party$10 for open bar:
“Photo-POW presents: POW Debuts the World”

With Photo Slide show & music video presentation from 6-8pm

With BBQ in the Backyard from 8-9pm and live performances from 9-10pm

Featuring: ClockWork Cros, Miz Metro,Circa 95 & MC K Swift (performers subject to change) Evening courtesy of WWW.Photo-Pow.com
“COME AND ENJOY THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER”

Saturday May 8, 6:00 – 10:00 pm Music and Video Saturday Night

New music 7:00 pm with “Cack-A-Lack”

Featuring: Mahlon Hoard–compositions/sax, Justin Veloso–drums, Paul Wheeler–guitar

Video 8:00 – 9:00 pm Featuring video work by:
John Veit: “Corn on Cotton”28min,2002 ,video Documentary

“Mutaints” 10min ,2009 ,animation with a twist
Robert Tanzie Thornton:”Tributes”(trailer /excerpts)10 mins 2003-7
Video Documentary
Joseph Nechvatal

Music 9:00 – 10:00 pm with “Cack-A-Lack”

Saturday May 15, 6:00 –10:00 pm Music and Video Saturday Night: with…

Music 7:00 pm: Cack-A-Lack featuring Mahlon Hoard, Justin Veloso, Paul Wheeler

Video 8:00 – 9:00 pm : John Veit, Robert Tanzie Thornton, Joseph Nechvatal

Music 9:00 pm: Cack-A-Lack

Sunday May 16 finale,7:00 – 10:00 pm

New Music: On’Ka’a Davis Presents D’Juke Music
On’Ka’a Davis—guitar, electric violin Electric Meg Montgomery—electric trumpet, Nick Gianni—saxes and flute, Rhadu Ben Judah—drums, David ‘Riddim-Athon’ Pleasant—drums

Participating Visual Artists:
Torick”TOXIC” Ablack,Charlie Ahearn,John Ahearn,Tomei Arai,Willie Birch, Carol Blank,Andrew Castrucci,Fay Chiang,Gregory Coates,Esperanza Cortes,Thom Corn,Jody Culkin, Peggy Cyphers,Jane Dickson,Norman Douglas,John Drury,Harry Druzd,Stefan Eins,Matt Enger,Dan Enger, Mark Enger,Brigitte Engler,John Farris,Gerald Feldman,Pam Goldman,”DOZE”Green,Gerald Jackson, Nikki Johnson, Steven Lack,Jaunita Lanzo’,Joe Lewis,Karin Luner,Johnny”CRASH” Matos,Jayson Mena,Renny Molenaar, Cyrille Mazzard,Greg Nanney,Joseph Nechvetal,Jondra Nolan,Tom Otterness,Calvin Reid,Huston Ripley, Crosby Romberger, James Romberger,Rick Rodine,Randee Silv,Kiki Smith,John Spencer,Gary Taxali,Robert Tanzie Thornton, Toyo Tsuchiya,, Marguerite Van Cook,John Veit ,Tom Warren,Christopher Wynter., Music/Video/Soundscape Artists: Patrick Brennan,On Davis,Mahlon Hoard,Joseph Nechvetal,, Crosby Romberger,John Zorn

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