Nabi Su Community
If you have an art showing, performance, or other special event, or would like to list your website, let us know and we'll post it here so our Nabi Su family will see it!
Visit Our Students' Websites:
Aaron Grad
Aaron Landsman
Daniela DiDonato
David Cohen
Eva von Schweinitz
Isabelle Milkoff
J Grabowski
Kiira Korpi (Fan Club)
Lucas Rotman
Mary Vaccaro
Maya Just Maya
Ming Fay
Widad Franco
Xanda McCagg
Nabi Su Tai Chi student J has work in a new group exhibition, "The Lovely Wild" at St. Paul the Apostle Church.
The theme of the exhibition is stated as follows:
"Looking out into a wilderness, not knowing where you are headed, where we are headed. Artists, if they are to be artists, must go into that wilderness and have conversations, conversations where all involved are changed such that the wilderness is no longer fearful but hopeful; not a place of terror, but one of peace."
St. Paul the Apostle
Columbus Avenue at West 60th Street, NYC
September 6 - October 16, 2019
Opening Reception, September 12, 7-9 pm
Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm
Saturday, 8 am - 6 pm
Sunday, 8 am - 6:30 pm
Nabi Su Tai Chi student Xanda has work on view at the Stonington Gallery at the Historic Velvet Mill in Connecticut. The show, "Totemic Icon" runs through October 4, 2019.
The Stonington Gallery
22 Bayview Avenue
Stonington, CT
Through October 4, 2019
The Lovely Wild
Nabi Su Black Belt Maya has three ceramic sculptures in the exhibit "Spring Minds: Art Educators Exhibit - Inspiring Minds." In the top photo, from left to right, are the sculptures "Coniunctio," "Princess Grace" and "The Infinite Nature of Being."
Spring Minds
ValleyArts Community Gallery
400 South Jefferson Street, Orange, NJ
Now Through May 4, 2019
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 9 am - 5 pm
Ming Fay's Exhibition "Beyond Nature"
Nabi Su Tai Chi student Ming Fay has an art exhibition "Beyond Nature" running now through June 1 at Sapar Contemporary Gallery, 9 North Moore, Street in Tribeca.
From our catastrophic tampering in the Anthropocene to the tension and balance of man and creation through the practice of Tai Chi Chuan, in the exhibition “Beyond Nature” Shanghai-born New York-based artist Ming Fay explores our multivalent relationship to nature. During the 1980s, Fay was a member of Epoxy Art Group, an artist collective with many members from China and Hong Kong who were living in New York's vibrant artist haven of the Lower East Side. Finding inspiration from Asian and Asian American traditions, his work, including large-scale fruits and alien plant forms, is familiar yet surreal, serving as a warning to our assumptions that we are beyond the control of nature.
Opening reception: Thursday, April 18, from 6 to 8 pm
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12 to 6 pm
Sapar Contemporary Gallery
David Cohen
Panel Discussion at the Academy
Nabi Su Tai Chi student David Cohen has two panel discussions in April.
On Tuesday, April 2, David Cohen will be moderating "The Review Panel" with Nickolas Pappas, Martha Schwendener and Alexi Worth, for an evening of critical conversation about art, at the Brooklyn Public Library.
On Sunday, April 7, he will be leading a panel discussion at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, featuring five of the Academy’s art award winners: Judith Bernstein, Charlotte de Larminat, Inka Essenhigh, Alain Kirili and Doron Langberg.
The Review Panel
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
, 7 pm – 9 pm
Dweck Cultural Center, Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
For more info: The Review Panel, April 2, 2019
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Art Awardee Panel Discussion
Sunday, April 7, 2019, 4 pm
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Audubon Terrace, west side of Broadway
between 155 and 156 Streets, NY, NY
(#1 train to 157 Street)
For more info: Academy Panel Discussion, April 7, 2019
"A Heart With No Walls"
"Her Spirit Takes Flight"
Nabi Su Black Belt Maya currently has work two exhibits. The silkscreen, "A Heart With No Walls," is on view as part of the "Women's History Month Exhibition" in the Rotunda Gallery at City Hall in Jersey City. The charcoal drawing, "Her Spirit Takes Flight," is on view at ""The Crow Show" in San Diego, California.
Daniel Judah Sklar, 1991
Nabi Su Tai Chi student Daniel Judah Sklar currently has two performances at Circle in the Square Theater, on Monday, March 25, Monday, April 1, at 10 am.
Daniel, who for nearly 50 years has been a teacher, director and playwright, is the founder of "Playmaking," a program which teaches children to write and perform in their own plays. Daniel’s program is used in New York City’s public and private schools, and has been taught from Georgia to the South Bronx.
The current play was written by New York City Public School children in Daniel’s most recent “Playmaking” teaching session. Although plays are usually performed by the children themselves, these two events are being performed by adult professional actors.
Daniel’s book "Playmaking," published in 1991, is a step-by-step account of teaching a Playmaking class at New York’s P.S.34. His technique, grounded in solid theatrical tradition, is appropriate for students of any age, in any setting. The book specifically details Daniel's methods which are carefully developed and rigorously tested techniques for kids writing, acting and producing their own plays.
Circle in the Square Theater
235 West 50th Street, NY, NY
Monday, March 25 at 10 am and Monday, April 1 at 10 am
To get the book: Playmaking
Nasim Alikhana at her restaurant "Sofreh"
Nabi Su friend Nasim Alikhani wishes all blessings for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which begins with the vernal equinox, March 20 2019. Nasim, who is from Iran, is owner/chef of Sofreh, a Persian restaurant located in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Sofreh has been featured in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and most recently, AARP! The food is delicious. The restaurant has been getting rave reviews, so reservations are necessary.
Sofreh
75 Saint Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
near the 2/3 Bergen Street Station
For more info: Sofreh
Nabi Su Tai Chi Students at the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Nabi Su Family at the Academy Exhibition
Nabi Su Tai Chi student Souhad has curated the American Academy of Arts and Letters "Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts." The exhibition was fantastic, and the opening felt like "Nabi Su North" - most of the Tai Chi class was there!
The exhibition runs through April 7, 2019.
The American Society of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts
Thursdays through Sundays, 1 pm to 4 pm, through April 7, 2019
Audubon Terrace, west side of Broadway
between 155 and 156 Streets, NY, NY
(#1 train to 157 Street)
For more info: Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts
The Space Between the Lines
Nabi Su Kung Fu Student Eva von Schweinitz has created a theater piece "The Space Between the Letters." The work is an ongoing investigation into literacy, including its ties into power, class, race. What does it mean and what is the work required to make participation possible for everyone, in the classroom, in society, and all the spaces in between? "The Space Between the Letters" was at HERE Arts Center for two nights in March and at the "Under the Radar" festival in January.
The Catcalling Project
Nabi Su Kung Fu Black Belt and playwright Aaron Landsman is hosting "Catcalling," a workshop and discussion about street harassment and real estate development. A self-defense workshop is included, as well as mapping and other fun stuff. And lunch is served!
What is this? Catcalling is a presentation of Perfect City, a 20-year art and activism working group on NYC's Lower East Side. Perfect City was instigated in 2016 by Aaron Landsman. Housed at Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side of New York City, its work includes performances, mapping exercises about belonging and avoidance, roundtable discussions, writing, and research on street harassment and gentrification.
The Catcalling Project
Saturday, Feb 9, 2019, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, come and go as you please
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, NY, NY
For more info: The Catcalling Project
Lucas and Melodic Miners
Nabi Su Kung Fu student and singer-songwriter Lucas Rotman will be taking the stage with his trio, the Melodic Miners, for a show featuring original songs steeped in Americana, country blues and acoustic-folk traditions. He will be playing at the Sidewalk (corner of 6th & Ave A) on the Lower East Side, Thursday February 7, at 7pm. To find out more, go to: Melodic Minors
Kiira Skating
Nabi Su Tai Chi student Kiira performed for the season opening of Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Rink on October 8, 2018. Her ice dance is beautiful! You can see it here: Kiira's Performance at the Rockfeller Center Ice Skating Rink, October 2018 Season Opener
Isabelle
Nabi Su Tai Chi student Isabelle has a piece on view in Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the "Really Affordable Art Show," a national juried show presented by the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. The opening reception is Saturday, October 6, 2018, from 1-6pm. The exhibition runs through October 28, 2018.
For more Info about the Exhibit: The Really Affordable Art Show
Maya with her paintings at ArtfullBean
Our Endangered World
Nabi Su Kung Fu Black Belt Maya has paintings in two exhibits this October, 2018:
"SoulJourn: Visual Meditations on the Transmutation of Being" is being displayed at ArtfullBean Cafe at Valley Arts, located at 400 South Jefferson Street, Orange, New Jersey.
Maya's trio of paintings, "Our Endangered World," is on view in the "Language of the Voiceless" exhibition at the Woman Made Gallery of Chicago. To view the exposition on line, go to: Woman Made Gallery
David Cohen
Tai Chi student David Cohen will present "The Review Panel: An Evening of Critical Conversation About Art" at the Brooklyn Public Library on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 7PM. This is an event where three distinguished New York art critics join David for a live (and lively!) discussion about current art exhibitions. Located at Dweck Cultural Center, Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. For more details, go to: Art Critical Review Panel
Photos from Kiira's Autobiography
Tai Chi student Kiira has written a book about her life as a champion ice skater, "Kiira." The book is in Finnish, with many beautiful photos. It is the story of her very early career success, her days as a national icon in Finland and her struggle with anxiety. It is a gorgeous book that we truly hope will become available in English!
Rebeca and Business Partner
Kung Fu Black Belt Rebeca and her "Kweercard" team won the first place, grand prize award, in the prestigious New York Public Library "New York StartUP! 2018 Business Plan Competition." She won for her startup business "Kweercards." Kweercards makes greeting cards for the under-served LGBTQ communities. The cards are fun, and they are needed! Thanks to the NYPL for recognizing such a wonderful start-up. And congratulations to Rebeca for writing New York City's best business plan!
Ray
Kung Fu Black Belt Ray received special kudos from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli for "fighting corruption and protecting the public trust."
"Ray Russell works every day to make sure this is at the top of his list as Assistant Chief Investigator. During his long law enforcement career, Ray has investigated many cases where bad actors have stolen funds from state taxpayers. From elected officials to clergymen, Ray has seen how greed can overcome a person's better judgment. 'I'm amazed what people do and how they ruin not only their lives, but those of their families,' he said. 'Our job is to investigate, build a case and make sure the person is held accountable.' Ray is developing a keen understanding of the financial health of private special education schools that receive public aid in New York City. In one recent case, the Division of Investigations, working with auditors from the division of State Government Accountability, teamed up with the Queens District Attorney to prosecute four defendants for gross misuse of funds meant for students at the Island Child Development Center. The multi-year investigation showed millions of dollars were misspent including money used to renovate homes, purchase jewelry and pay for a family wedding. All four defendants plead guilty and were ordered to pay back more than $8 million. Three of the four were sent to jail. 'We worked this case especially hard because of the children,' said Ray. 'In my book, there's nothing worse than stealing from kids.' For his dedication and meticulous attention to detail, Ray is one of the 2,700 proud public servants who make a difference at the Office of the State Comptroller."
—State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli
Riqueno: A Bilingual Poetic Play
Nabi Su student Carolina is part of a wonderful bilingual play full of dance, music and tons of drama. "Riqueno: A Bilingual Poetic Play" is a tribute to Puerto Rico — but mostly the journey for a better life in America and what it represents to be Latino in this country.
"Riqueno: A Bilingual Poetic Play"
July 26, 2018 at 7:30pm
236 East 3rd Street, New York, NY
$10
Maya with Paintings at Open Orange Exhibition
Kung Fu Black Belt Maya has two 36" round paintings, "Daring to Dream" and "Our Endangered World 1" in the Open Orange 2018 exhibition. "Open Orange" is the flagship juried art exhibition at Community Gallery, in Orange, NJ. On Saturday, June 9 there will be an artist talk and closing reception from 3 to 6 pm.
Open Orange 2018
Now Through June 9, 2018
Community Gallery, 400 South Jefferson Street, Orange, NJ
The Space Between the Letters
Kung Fu student Eva has a new project, a devised piece that investigates adult literacy. Performances are this Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6, 2018, at JACK in Brooklyn.
The "Space Between the Letters" is a new multi-disciplinary, research-based performance project that investigates adult learning, the process of knowledge production, and the socio-political fabric of education in the United States. Integrating recorded interviews with adult students and teachers at local literacy programs, interactive video, live-drawing, and choreography, it explores the perspective of adult learners and considers the ways in which education can provide tools to become empowered as a citizen.
Space Between the Letters at JACK: 505 1/2 Waverly Avenue, between Fulton Street & Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn (C Train to Clinton-Washington Ave)
Sat May 5, 8pm
Sun May 6, 7pm
Maya with "Queen Been" at Montclair Studio Gallery
Kung Fu Black Belt Maya has artwork in the exhibition "Discovery in the Detail: Compelling visual exploration through focus on a close up view in a work of art" at Studio Montclair Gallery. The exhibition runs through May 19, 2018. For those of you who have never seen Maya's work, it is beautiful! If you can't get to the show, click the link below to see her work, and also visit her website, listed above.
Studio Montclair Gallery: 127 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair NJ
On view through May 19, 2018
Hours: Monday through Friday, 10am to 2 pm, and by appointment
Carolyn Campora and Astrology Chart
Carolyn Campora was interviewed about astrology on Friday the 13th of April, 2018, by All Business Media on Long Island. It went great!
Re-cognize
Tai Chi student Xanda has an open studio, Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11, 2018, as part of the "High Line Open Studios" event. See Xanda's work in the studio where it's created!
Xanda's Studio: 526 West 26th Street, Studio 509
Saturday, March 10, studio open from 12 - 6 pm
Sunday, March 11, studio open from 12 - 5 pm
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Tai Chi student Souhad has curated the exhibition "2018 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts," at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The exhibition will be on view from March 8 through April 8, 2018.
The Academy is a hidden jewel in NYC and is only open the the public a few months of the year. Admission is free.
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Audubon Terrace, between 155 and 156 Streets, New York, New York
(take the 1 train to 157 Street)
On view March 8 through April 8, 2018
Thursdays through Sundays: 1-4pm
(closed April 1, Easter Sunday)
Ming Fay's Group Show
Tai Chi student Ming Fay has a group show, "Art Across Archives," opening Saturday, February 17, at 7 pm at Think!Chinatown Community Art Space. The exhibition will be on view through March 31.
Art Across Archives, featuring the work of Ming Fay and the Epoxy Art Group, re-constitutes the work of the EPOXY Art Group, a collective of artists hailing primarily from Hong Kong and China active in New York during the 1980s and 90s. The group experimented with a variety of art forms, including installation, performance, slideshows, and zines, as a collaborative means of exploring and re-framing their cross-cultural experiences in America.
On view through March 31, 2018
Wednesday through Friday: 4-7pm
Saturday and Sunday: noon-7pm
Window display visible 24/7
David Russell at Nabi Su Family Day at the Staten Island Yankees, 2017
David Russell’s book "Tom Gamboa: My Life in Baseball." has been getting great reviews. It’s now available on Amazon as a paperback and e-book. Get your copy and be ready for our next Nabi Su Family Day at the Staten Island Yankees!
To get your copy now, go to: Tom Gamboa: My Life in Baseball
Note on Being
Tai Chi student Xanda McCagg has work in the 2018 juried exhibition at Blue Mountain Gallery. The show runs through January 27, 2018. Closing reception Saturday, January 27 from 4 to 6 pm.
Xanda’s work is beautiful. You must see it!
Blue Mountain Gallery
530 West 25th Street, 4th Floor
Closing Reception: Saturday, Jan 27, from 4 to 6 pm
Gallery Hours:
Tue-Sat, 11am to 6pm
For more information go to: Blue Mountain Gallery
Written by David Russell
Black Belt Ray’s son, David Russell, has written a book "Tom Gamboa: My Life in Baseball." Gamboa was a professional baseball player and manager of the minor league Brooklyn Cyclones. You've probably met David at our annual Staten Island Yankees Nabi Su family day. Are the Cyclones the arch rivals of the SI Yanks? Yes! Do you want to read this book? YES!! Get it now and you will be all set for the next Nabi Su Minor League Baseball extravaganza!
To buy your copy now, go to: Tom Gamboa: My Life in Baseball
J Grabowski's Painting
Tai Chi student J Grabowski had an exhibition of his work, "PLACE / MEMORY," at the Jefferson Market Library. The show opened Friday, November 3, and ran through December 3, 2017. J’s work is beautiful. You must see it! If you can’t get to the opening, the library is open daily.
Jefferson Market NY Public Library, Manhattan
425 Sixth Avenue, between West 9th and 10th Streets
Nov 3 through Dec 3, 2017
Opening Reception: Nov 3, from 6 to 9 pm
Library Hours:
M-Th, 10am to 8pm
F & Sat, 10am to 5pm
Sun, 1pm to 5pm
David Cohen
Tai Chi student David Cohen moderated "The Review Panel," an evening of critical conversation about art. The event took place on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 7 pm, at the Dweck Cultural Center, Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza. The panel discussion was be about important art exhibitions in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
For more information go to: The Review Panel
If you weren't able to get to this event, catch it on podcast: The Review Panel Archives
J Grabowski's art-book, "Time Landscape"
Tai Chi student J Grabowski has a new art-book published with his drawings and poems.
We will have a copy on view at the studio starting Monday, September 18, 2017.
To get your own copy of "Time Landscape," go to: Time Landscape
Nabi Su Tai Chi and Kung Fu students with their loved ones came to our July 22, 2017 Nabi Su Family Day at the Staten Island Yankees. We had so much fun!
Nabi Su Tai Chi and Kung Fu students, led by Nabi Su Black Belt Maya, had a "Doob" figurine made in honor of Master Carolyn's 70th Birthday. Master Carolyn went to the Doob shop in SoHo, posed for her action figure, then three weeks later the box arrived in the mail. We had an unwrapping ceremony during class to the tune of "Ride of the Valkyries." What fun! This was an idea only Maya could have come up with. Thank you, Maya, for making Master Carolyn's birthday such a special event!
Aaron Landsman's Perfect City group
Please support Nabi Su Black Belt Aaron Landsman's "Perfect City" experimental theater project.
Perfect City is a collective of NYC residents, artists, activists, students and planners, that creates long-term creative strategies to respond to displacement and gentrification. We are a think tank, an arts collective, and we mix activism, urbanism and creativity. We want us all to be able to live together more equitably.
After a year of research and a few performances, we are producing a two-week celebration of our neighborhood at Abrons Arts Center this fall, and we need your support.
The project was started by playwright and Guggenheim Fellow Aaron Landsman, who saw a pattern in the cities and neighborhoods where he lived and worked. Public officials tout their metro areas' "sustainability," pointing to things like farmers' markets, bike lanes and other conveniences that speak to progressive values, but the cities themselves become unaffordable to all but the wealthy.
From our research with urban planners, we learned that city kids don't usually go into the planning fields, and most cities are planned by suburbanites. So we set out to build a project, a movement and a sea change. Cities by city people.
People who grow up in cities are born urban planners. We have to be. We ride public transit from day one; we use creative strategies to navigate invisible and visible boundaries between neighborhoods; we know how to avoid and how to belong. Somehow, though, our needs and our narratives are not at the table when decisions are being made about zoning and planning. So Perfect City is bringing our own chairs, making a new table, whatever it takes
WHAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING: Perfect City's launch includes two weeks of programming at Abrons, in their main gallery, and in the Experimental Theater. Our programming will include guided Urban Observer walking tours, live rock and roll, mapping exercises, and talks with activists, artists and more.
It's week two of our Kickstarter. Can you join the 60 people who've contributed so far? I'm happy to say that, though this is a slightly strange project for crowd source funding, we're already 35% of the way to our goal of $11,000. We would love to raise another $1600 toward our fall launch by the end of the week. Can you contribute today?
To support, click here: Perfect City Kickstarter
J Grabowski's paintings in Baphash Quarterly
Tai Chi student J Grabowski has work in "BAPHASH Literary & Art Quarterly."
View Tai Chi Student J's gorgeous paintings in the new BAPHASH Literary & Art Quarterly. This beautiful on-line arts journal features fantastic artists - a collection of J's recent work is featured in Volume 1: Issue 4. To view the Journal, click here: www.baphash.com/1-4/this
Tai Chi student David Cohen has curated a group exhibition, "Articulate," opening Sunday, April 9, 2017. The exhibition is on view through May 21.
"This group exhibition, selected by David Cohen, brings together artists working in a striking array of different mediums, genres, styles and milieu, as befits a curator and critic of ecumenical taste who prides himself in looking across lines of fashion and status. In the group he has gathered there is, nonetheless, a common sense of articulation taking the form of visible lines of thought, clarifying elements, or structures that read syntactically. The exhibition will include sculpture (forged metal, assembled wood, assembled found objects), painting, drawing, printmaking, photomontage, photogram and video. Artists draw inspiration from sources as diverse as landscape, computer systems and figure skating, or from gestures or structures rooted in purely abstract visual thinking. The moods vary, too, from the tentative to the declarative, but binding these disparate efforts and varying degrees of organizing principle is a common striving for articulation."
"Articulate" A Group Exhibition Curated By David Cohen
April 5 — May 21, 2017
Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 12 - 6 PM
Opening: Sunday, April 9, from 1 - 5 pm
Art 3 Gallery
109 Ingraham Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Directions: Take L train to Morgan Avenue. At Harrison Place, walk 1 block left to Ingraham Street, then turn right on Ingraham. The Gallery is located between Knickerbocker and Porter Avenue (between Luhring Augustine gallery and Brooklyn Fire Proof).
For more info: www.art-3gallery.com
"Love Story" by Aaron Landsman
One year ago, Nabi Su's Mary Vaccaro saw one of the best plays in her life, "Love Story" by Nabi Su Black Belt Aaron Landsman. Now is your chance to see it — FOR FREE — this weekend at the Bard's Focus Festival.
The piece is about a misfit you might pass by daily, who walks every street in our city, watching parts of it change, disappear and regenerate. One night in a restaurant, he finds himself wrapped up in the world of a couple and starts following them everywhere for months. "I got so wrapped up in them, I lost track of my walking…"
Mary said that's exactly how she felt after the play. It was indescribable. You must see this!
Bard's Focus Festival: Ritual and Capital
18 West 86th Street
Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 3 pm
Click here for your free tickets: www.eventbrite.com
Tai Chi student Souhad has curated the "2017 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts." You must attend this extraordinary exhibition of contemporary American artists! It is on view March 9 through April 9, 2017.
Paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and installations by 35 contemporary artists will be exhibited in the galleries of the American Academy of Arts and Letters on historic Audubon Terrace.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters was established in 1898 to "foster, assist, and sustain an interest in literature, music, and the fine arts," and is chartered by Congress. Each year, the Academy gives approximately one million dollars in awards to artists, architects, writers, and composers. The 119-year-old organization is located in three landmark buildings, designed by McKim, Mead & White, Cass Gilbert, and Charles Pratt Huntington, on Audubon Terrace at 155 Street and Broadway.
Dates: March 9 through April 9, 2017
Hours: Thursdays through Sundays, 1 pm to 4 pm
Location: Audubon Terrace, west side of Broadway, between 155 and 156 Streets. (Take the #1 train to 157 Street and Broadway.)
For More Info: www.artsandletters.org
"Tribute" Xanda McCagg
Visit Xanda McCagg's painting studio!
Tai Chi student Xanda McCagg's painting studio is open for visits Saturday and Sunday, March 4 and 5, 2017, as part of the "High Line Open Studios Chelsea" event. This is the perfect opportunity to see Xanda's gorgeous, large, oil and graphite paintings.
The "High Line Open Studios" event gives visitors exclusive access to private artists' studios in the heart of the West Chelsea Arts District.
Studio Visiting hours: Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5, 12 noon to 6 pm.
Studio Location: 526 West 26th Street, Studio 509 (between 10th & 11th Avenues).
For more info:
www.highlineopenstudios.org
www.xandamccagg.com
"Pangea (Time, Real and Imaginary...)" J. Grabowski
Tai Chi student J. Grabowski had work in a group show "Safe Space," an "Openings" artist collective group exhibition at St. Paul the Apostle that ran through February 22, 2017. "Safe Space" celebrated the first decade of the Openings artist collective. The juxtaposition of art exhibitions with the historical art rich interior of St. Paul the Apostle has consistently motivated deeper public conversations regarding the role of artists and art in the ever changing landscape of society. "Safe Space" continues the effort by "Openings" to foster conversations that have the potential to unite individuals across cultural divides.
"I work in a small studio in Manhattan, but like most New Yorkers my sense of place extends out into daily life. Our neighborhoods and parks, the places we go to eat and shop, the routes we often take, where we stop to rest or talk with friends - all of these 'third places' offer stability, security, and community. They ultimately give rise to ritual and reverie; to a peace of mind. As affordable housing, storefronts and space in general becomes increasingly scarce, and our city moves towards rootless transience, 'safe space' become a meditation on basic sustenance."
Tai Chi student Aaron Grad had a new work commissioned for the 25th Anniversary of the "Mirror Visions Ensemble." It was performed on January 16, 2017 at the Sheen Center in Manhattan. Aaron's piece, "An Invitation to Love" written to text by the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, was dynamic, percussive and exciting. The performance was beautiful!
Kung Fu student Eva von Schweinitz was the lead artist of a new production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Great God Brown." The play was part of the "Unseen O'Neill" program at the Brick in Brooklyn. Performances ran December 14 through 17, 2016. The directing and acting were astonishing.
Tai Chi student J Grabowski had three paintings in the group show "Beauty" at the church of St. Paul the Apostle. The show ran through October 20th, 2016. The opening reception was Thursday, September 15. J's works are beautiful! This expansive group show was in one of New York's most interesting locations. This NYC Landmark church, founded in 1858, houses some of America's greatest religious artwork.
Nabi Su Kung Fu Family Day at the Staten Island Yankees, July 31, 2016
We had a great Nabi Su Kung Fu Family Day at the Staten Island Yankees! Scooter visited us, the kids ran around the suite AND around the bases, the black belts caught up with each other and posed for a photo, and the ball park welcomed Nabi Su Kung Fu on the Jumbotron!
Thanks to Tai Chi student Souhad, we have experienced a realm of historic cultural refinement spanning time and art realms. The American Academy of Arts and Letters lives on Broadway at 155th Street. With luminaries such as Theodore Roosevelt as founders, and a treasure trove of painters, writers and musicians as members, this gorgeous complex is a rare treat indeed. The American Academy is only open to the public two months a year, so visit it when you can! The spring show, curated by Souhad, is "Exhibition of Work of Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards." It ran through June 12, 2016, Thursdays through Sundays, from 1 to 4 pm. The Academy is located on Audubon Terrace, west side of Broadway, between 155 & 156 Streets. (Take the #1 Train to 157 Street & Broadway).
For more info:
www.artsandletters.org
Tai Chi student Isabelle Milkoff had three collages on display in "Broad Strokes," an exhibition at Pen and Brush, in May and June, 2016. Isabelle's collages are dynamic jewels. The exhibition featured a diverse selection of works inspired by modernist mechanisms. Featuring 63 works created by 15 artists, the exhibition offered an earnest contemplation of modern art's rich history beyond the exclusionary lens of the accepted canon. As a result, Broad Strokes aimed to incite and encourage deeper considerations and reconsiderations of the role modern art plays for contemporary women artists. Pen and Brush is a woman's gallery with a history that predates suffrage. Their new home at 29 East 22nd Street is a powerful statement of commitment and elegance that is inspirational.
For more info:
Broad Strokes
Pen and Brush, 29 East 22nd Street
Nabi Su Black Belt Aaron Landsman has written two monologues that were performed in NYC April 20 through April 30, 2016. "Empathy School" was performed by Jim Findlay, and co-created with filmmaker and composer Brent Green. An out-of-work bus driver riffs a layered, immersive story on an overnight ride through rural Illinois. "Love Story," featuring Frank Harts, is about a disappearing city, two people navigating it, and a fidgety, obsessive follower. The two productions will run concurrently at the Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street) New York, NY 10002.
For more info and Tickets:
www.abronsartscenter.org/performances/aaron-landsman-empathy.html
Tai Chi student Souhad curated an art show at The American Academy of Arts and Letters! It was a wonderful collection of 37 contemporary artists. The show ran through April 10, 2016. The Academy is located on Audubon Terrace, west side of Broadway, between 155 & 156 Streets.
For more info:
www.artsandletters.org/press_releases/2016invitational.php
Kung Fu Black Belt Maya has a painting in Woman Made Gallery in Chicago! Her painting is entitled "Holding the Vision." The show ran through April 28, 2016 and the painting can be seen on-line now.
For more info:
http://womanmade.org/maya-just-maya/
Nabi Su Kung Fu students were in a production of "The Sound and The Fury" at the Public in July 2015. The new production featured a performance by Nabi Su Black Belt Aaron Landsman with projections by Nabi Su Brown Belt Eva Von Schweinitz. Obie Award winning ensemble ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE returned to The Public, home to its sold-out performances of Gatz (2010 and 2012) and Arguendo (2013), with their widely praised staging of William Faulkner's modernist masterpiece, "The Sound and the Fury." With a lush sound score, high-energy choreography and a profoundly versatile ensemble, ERS delivered a verbatim staging of the novel's opening chapter ("the Benjy chapter"), Faulkner's famous experiment with memory and language. Serving up the tragic demise of Faulkner's Compson family with humor and pathos against a backdrop of an eerily timeless Southern living room, this ensemble of theatrical daredevils, known for their fearless commitment, breathes thrilling new life into another American literary classic.
For more info:
www.publictheater.org/en/Public-Theater-Season/The-Sound-and-the-Fury/
WOMEN'S LIBERATION DOCUMENTARY: "She's Beautiful When She's Angry"
Congratulations to Tai Chi student Kate Taverna on her documentary film "She's Beautiful When She's Angry." After almost 20 years in the making, "She's Beautiful When She's Angry" won the Audience Award at the Boston Independent Film Festival to a standing ovation!
"She's Beautiful" shows how the women's liberation movement flared up like a revolution across the country between 1967 and 1971, with all the stops and starts, radicalism, outrageousness, humor and idealism that revolutionary movements bring out in us all. It takes us from the founding of NOW (National Organization for Women), when ladies wore hats and gloves, to the emergence of more radical factions of women's liberation.
Unbelievable as this may sound, there is NO OTHER theatrically released documentary that records this period of time in the women's liberation movement. You must see it!!!
For more info:
www.shesbeautifulwhenshesangry.com
https://www.facebook.com/ShesBeautifulWhenShesAngry
Kung Fu student Eva Von Schweinitz created an interactive performance piece "Private(i)" in which solo audience members walk the Brooklyn Navy Yard. http://www.enjoythehide.com/
Nabi Su Days at the Staten Island Yankees - August 2014
For the second year in a row, we had two Nabi Su family days at the Staten Island Yankees. On one day, the Yanks even won! Win or lose, a great time was had by all.
"Summer Solstice: Bursting energy of our star, our sun, our explosive beauty." Read Carolyn Campora's tribute to Summer and the Solstice in the current issue of New York Spirit! Pick up your free copy in health stores and book shops throughout the New York area, or read it on line: New York Spirit Summer Solstice Article 2014
New!
E-book edition of "Bunnoidity," the delightful, sweet book of bunny philosophy!
Nabi Su students loved reading aloud the new e-book edition of "Bunnoidity: How to be a Bunny - The Rabbit Habit" by Carolyn Campora.
We wish our students from our children's Kung Fu class a safe trip back to their home in Italy. We'll miss you!
