New York International Children’s Film Festival To Be Presented Virtually March 5-14
New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) will be presented virtually from March 5-14. The 24th edition of the Festival will open on March 5th with a premiere event for Elizabeth Ito’s new Netflix animated series
City of Ghosts. The animated feature
Nahuel and the Magic Book, directed by Germán Acuña, will make its North American premiere on March 6th as the 2021 Opening Spotlight program, and the Festival will conclude with a Closing Spotlight screening of Disney’s
Raya and the Last Dragon with an exclusive, live conversation with the film’s directors Don Hall and Carlos López-Estrada and appearances by lead voice cast member Kelly Marie Tran.
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) announces the dates for its expansive 2021 exhibition, KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature, featuring work by internationally celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition will include four experiences that will debut at the Botanical Garden. NYBG is the exclusive venue for
KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature. On view April 10 through October 31, 2021, the exhibition will be installed across the Garden’s landscape, in and around the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, and in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library Building. Advance, timed, limited-capacity tickets for the landmark presentation go on sale to the public March 16, 2021, at nybg.org/kusama.
How to Celebrate Black History Month Virtually?
January 29, 2021
The African Diaspora International Film Festival will celebrate Black History Month virtually nationwide from Feb. 12 to the 15.
The selection of 16 fiction films and documentaries from 14 different countries offers a global perspective on significant historical moments in the life of people of African descent worldwide.”
The African Diaspora International Film Festival will celebrate Black History Month virtually nationwide from Feb. 12 to the 15 with a selection of films about the multiple dimensions of Black History. The selection of 16 fiction films and documentaries from 14 different countries offers a global perspective on significant historical moments in the life of people of African descent worldwide.
January 27, 2021
Join Next City for the first of two virtual conversations in our series, “The Future of Monumentality,” as we examine the past, present, and future of public monuments from the unique intersection of art, design, and urbanism. The speaker series, moderated by New York Times critic Salamishah Tillet, is co-presented in partnership with the High Line.
In 2020 communities around the world protested the institutional racism of police violence toward Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people the same people who have experienced disproportionately devastating health effects and economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the most powerful symbols engaged by these protests has been the removal and defacing of monuments, as well as their use as focal points and backdrops for rallies, speeches, performances, and collections of protest signs. And as the disturbing insurrection in Washington, D.C., has shown, white supremacists continue to wield and deface monuments
Staten Island Arts taps eight local artists for ‘Know Me’ exhibition
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
Staten Island Arts hosts a virtual reception for Know Me, an upcoming art exhibition featuring eight local artists. Here is Exhale by Jessica L Gianna. (Courtesy of Staten Island Arts)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Eight local artists will display their work from a social distance next month, thanks to Staten Island Arts.
The organization releases its next exhibition on Thursday, Feb. 25, titled “Know Me: Eight Artists Explore Identity.” There will be a free, virtual reception for the collection from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. that evening. Artists participating in the collection are Kofi Antwi, Flint Gennari, Elvia Iannaccone Gezlev, Jessica L. Gianna, Daniel Jared Smith, Windy Nicely, Laura Pannone and Tabitha Lee Turchio.