Upcoming Programs
Shirley Gorelick, Family II, 1973, acrylic on canvas. 80 x 70 inches. Collection of Brooklyn Museum, New York.
October 28th & October 30th
Shirley Gorelick: Portraiture, Community, and Legacy
October 28th, 6-8 PM: Portraiture and Community
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres, artists, on their collaborative life-cast portraits
Max Warsh, artist, curator, and advisor to the Shirley Gorelick Foundation, on Shirley Gorelick (1924-2000)
Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez, photographer and art historian, on Sheyla Baykal (1944-1997)
Betty Yu, multimedia artist, photographer, filmmaker, educator, and activist, on her practice
October 30th, 6-8 PM: Portraiture and Memory through Oral History
Penny Arcade, performance artist, actress, poet and theater-maker, and Steve Zehentner filmmaker, theater designer/director and archivist, on the Lower East Side Biography Project, a video oral history documentary project that they founded together
Lauren Shadford, Executive Director of Voices in Contemporary Art (VOCA), on the organization’s approach to artist interviews
Max Warsh, artist, curator, and advisor to the Shirley Gorelick Foundation, on conducting interviews of Gorelick’s friends and portrait subjects
Both events will take place at Soft Network 636 Broadway, Room 320, NYC 10012. Events will also be live-streamed for AFELL members.
These programs are organized by Soft Network in collaboration with the Shirley Gorelick Foundation
Archive in Residence
Sheyla Baykal, Angels of Light, Gossamer Wings, 1973. Copyright Estate of Sheyla Baykal.
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Members include those active in legacy planning for a specific artist or community as well as representatives of an artist's legacy entity such as an estate, foundation or trust. Goals are learning, networking, sharing resources and building community.
OFFSCREEN and Cultish are delighted to announce the winner of the first edition of the Cultish x OFFSCREEN Prize: Susan Brockman, presented by Soft Network.
A special mention was awarded to Lita Albuquerque, presented by Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach.
Cultish is a platform for creative exploration born from a shared passion for the arts and exceptional craftsmanship. With Cultish, Publicis Luxe reaffirms its commitment to culture as a transformative driver for luxury, thus pushing the boundaries of artistic expression for brands
It is in this dynamic that Cultish chose to partner with OFFSCREEN, an event highlighting artists working with still and moving images, who present site-specific installations in dialogue with a unique space.
The partnership between Cultish and OFFSCREEN culminates in the awarding of a prize, recognizing the best artistic proposal exhibited during the 2024 edition. This Cultish x OFFSCREEN Prize is awarded by a panel of international curators invited by OFFSCREEN, joined by curators from Publicis Luxe.