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Alias Man Ray Exhibition Opening

2009-11-15T05:00:00Z

Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention
November 15, 2009 - March 14, 2010

Alias Man Ray presents a fresh look at the diversity of Man Ray's body of work, examining it in the context of his lifelong cover-up of his Russian-Jewish immigrant past and his suppression of his background. The project marks the first time that his willful construction of an artistic persona is explored and demonstrates how this personal agenda informs his work and methods.

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A Day of Reinventing Ritual at The Jewish Theological Seminary

2009-11-15T14:30:00Z

The JTS in collaboration with The Jewish Museum, presents a day on their campus featuring workshops with artists, including Tobi Kahn, Rachel Kanter and Allan Wexler -- in the Museum's exhibition Reinventing Ritual, and an adaptation of Galeet Dardashti's performance The Naming, capped by an analysis of the day's activities by Vanessa Ochs.

For further information, contact: publicevents@jtsa.edu or 212.280.6093, or visit www.jtsa.edu/reinventingritual Tickets: $36 general; FREE ages 7-17; FREE JTS students and alumni.

Register Online here

Image Credit: Image Credit: Studio Armadillo: Hadas Kruk (Israeli, b. 1970) and Anat Stein (Israeli, b. 1972). Hevruta-Mituta, 2007. Plastic chess board and thirty-two knitted skullcaps. 2 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (6 x 70 x 70 cm). Courtesy of the artists, Tel Aviv.

Concert

2009-11-15T19:00:00Z

Gustafer Yellowgold
2:00 pm

Gustafer Yellowgold concerts blend hip, delightful music with vibrant moving images, entrancing both kids and adults. New York Magazine named illustrator/songwriter Morgan Taylor "Best Kids' Performer" in 2008.

SOLD OUT
$16 Adults; $11 Children
JM Family Member Prices: $13 Adults; $9 Children

Ages 3 and up

Film: Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

2009-11-15T19:00:00Z

Sunday, November 15, 2:00 pm
Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival: Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness
Director: Llewellyn M. Smith, 2009, 57 min, New York Premiere
Program F22 l Linder Theater

Who has the authority to tell another culture’s history? Melville J. Herskovits, a second-generation Jewish-American, redefined the way the world understands African-American history. At a time when eugenics dominated the study of race, Herskovits examined the roots of African American culture in Africa, hoping the uncovering of cultural links would improve black American self-image. Combining his field films made in Nigeria, Dahomney, Mali, and elsewhere with key moments in anthropological and civil rights history, as well as interviews with current-day scholars, Herskovits demonstrates the nuances of identity politics involved in anthropological study. Who has access to the archives? Who gets their research funded? Who is objective and who is self-interested? When Herskovits, founder of the white-dominated African American Studies Association, clashes with prominent black intellectual elites, including W.E.B. Du Bois and sociologist E. Franklin Frazier, the conflict calls into question all we know about each other.

Special Guests: The filmmaker will be in discussion with Jerry Gershenhorn, a professor at North Carolina University and author of Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge.

Price for The Jewish Museum's patrons:
Mention The New York Jewish Film Festival to receive $10 member price

To Order Tickets:
ph: 212-769-5200; Online: www.amnh.org/mead

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
(Enter at 77th St between CPW and Columbus Ave)
www.amnh.org The New York Jewish Film Festival is proud to co-present this screening at the 33rd Annual Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, November 12-15! All screenings are held at the American Museum of Natural History.

Daytime Lecture Series: Man Ray and the Legacy of Dada

2009-11-16T16:30:00Z

This three-part lecture series considers the life, work and legacy of Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky), considered to be one of the most important figures in the Dada and Surrealist movements of the early 20th century. Man Ray's work in painting, experimental photography, fashion photography and other media not only played a critical role in the New York and European avant-garde art movements, but continues to resonate in contemporary art and culture.

November 16 @ 11:30am
From Emmanuel Radnitzsky to Man Ray: The Birth of a Dada Artist
The artistic beginnings and subsequent career of Man Ray will be considered along with his connection to Marcel Duchamp and other leading figures of the Dada movement.

December 7 @ 11:30am
From Dada to Surrealism: Man Ray in the Twenties and Thirties
The development of Man Ray's photographic work will be explored including a look at his experiments with avant-garde techniques and his equally important fashion photography.

December 14 @ 11:30am
Man Ray in the 21st Century
This lecture examines the legacy of Man Ray and the Dada and Surrealism movements on post-Dada artists (e.g. the New York School) and the contemporary art scene.

Richard Turnbull is the Chair and Assistant Professor of Art History at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He is also a lecturer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

$45 (Entire Series); $20 (Single Lecture)

Related Exhibition: Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention

All Ticket Sales are Final. No Refunds or Exchanges. Speakers are subject to change without notice.

Image Credit:
Man Ray, Le violon d'Ingres, 1924, vintage gelatin silver print. Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection. © 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris.

Fall 2009 Corporate Viewing

2009-11-16T23:30:00Z

Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention
Monday, November 16, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Join us for a private evening exclusively for employees of our Corporate Members. Relax with your colleagues during the reception over light food, wine, and other refreshments then enjoy a first look and docent led tours of our new exhibition Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention, the first major Man Ray exhibition in New York in 35 years.

Email corpmembership@thejm.org to request an invitation.
Only requests from corporate member email addresses will receive the invitation. Please mention Fall Corporate Viewing in the subject line.

Educator Workshop

2009-11-19T09:00:00Z

Photography and the Art of Man Ray
4:00 –7:00 pm

Explore the groundbreaking art of 20th-century artist Man Ray. Randy Williams, Professor of Studio Art and Art Education at Manhattanville College and Instructor at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will discuss inventive ways of bringing photography and Man Ray’s art into the classroom. Participants tour the exhibition Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention to consider Man Ray’s photography in relation to his paintings, objects and films.

Recommended for elementary, middle and high school educators.

Program Fee: $10 (refreshments will be served)
Advance registration and payment required. To register, please call 212.423.3289 by Thursday, November 12.

Educator Workshops are made possible by a generous grant from the Kekst Family.

Alias Man Ray Gallery Talk

2009-11-23T17:15:00Z

12:15pm

"Exhibition Planning" with Lauren Schell Dickens, Neubauer Family Foundation Curatorial Assistant.

Part of our Man Ray Monday's program schedule.

FREE with admission.

Image Credit: Man Ray, Le violon d'Ingres, 1924, vintage gelatin silver print. Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection. © 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris.

Alias Man Ray Gallery Talk

2009-11-30T17:15:00Z

Lines of Distinction Lecture

2009-12-03T23:30:00Z

Alias Man Ray
6:30pm

Through his work as painter, photographer, sculptor, object maker,
and poet, Man Ray recast the concept of artistic identity. As a complex figure who needed to be anonymous yet not blend in with the crowd, Man Ray was caught in an ongoing process of concealment and self-assertion. This lecture, by exhibition curator Mason Klein, will address how this conundrum became a critical part of Man Ray’s work. Klein argues this contradiction informed the ways in which Man Ray was able to use his art to reconcile his alienation as a Jew from a Russian immigrant family, for he managed to be at once assimilated and an outcast.

Member Prices: $10
General: $15; Students / Over 65: $12

The Lines of Distinction lecture has been endowed by Barbara and Benjamin Zucker in memory of Lotty and Charles Zucker and by Susanne Hallo Kalem, William W. Hallo, and the late Ruth Hallo Landman, in memory of Dr. Gertrude Hallo.

Image Credit:
Man Ray, Le violon d'Ingres, 1924, vintage gelatin silver print. Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection. © 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris.

Art Workshop & Gallery Tour

2009-12-06T16:30:00Z

Family Workshop for Children with Special Needs
11:30 am–1:00 pm

Join us for a morning of art and activities for families who have children with special needs, ages 5 to 12. Participants will explore the work of twentieth-century artist Man Ray through an art project and guided gallery activities. Snacks will be provided.

Ages 5 to 12
Admission is free but advance registration is required. Space is limited.
Please call 212.423.3256 to register.

Daytime Lecture Series: Man Ray and the Legacy of Dada

2009-12-07T16:30:00Z

This three-part lecture series considers the life, work and legacy of Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky), considered to be one of the most important figures in the Dada and Surrealist movements of the early 20th century. Man Ray's work in painting, experimental photography, fashion photography and other media not only played a critical role in the New York and European avant-garde art movements, but co ntinues to resonate in contemporary art and culture.

November 16 @ 11:30am
From Emmanuel Radnitzsky to Man Ray: The Birth of a Dada Artist
The artistic beginnings and subsequent career of Man Ray will be considered along with his connection to Marcel Duchamp and other leading figures of the Dada movement.

December 7 @ 11:30am
From Dada to Surrealism: Man Ray in the Twenties and Thirties
The development of Man Ray's photographic work will be explored including a look at his experiments with avant-garde techniques and his equally important fashion photography.

December 14 @ 11:30am
Man Ray in the 21st Century
This lecture examines the legacy of Man Ray and the Dada and Surrealism movements on post-Dada artists (e.g. the New York School) and the contemporary art scene.

Richard Turnbull is the Chair and Assistant Professor of Art History at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He is also a lecturer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

$45 (Entire Series); $20 (Single Lecture)

Related Exhibition: Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention

All Ticket Sales are Final. No Refunds or Exchanges. Speakers are subject to change without notice.

Studio Class & Gallery Tour

2009-12-13T15:30:00Z

Reuse, Reinvent: Electric Hanukkah Menorahs
10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Tour the special exhibition Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life and work with multimedia artist duo LoVid to craft your own glowing Hanukkah menorah using low-tech electronics and sculptural techniques.

$12 per adult; $10 per child
$10 adult family level member; $8 child family level member

Ages 8 to 12
Advance registration is required. Space is limited.
Please call 212.423.3337 to register.

Hanukkah Concert

2009-12-13T19:00:00Z

ShiraLaLa
2:00pm

Join us for a one-of-a-kind Hanukkah concert featuring the fabulous kiddie-rock stylings of singer Shira Kline. Sizzle like latkes to the contagious beats of Hanukkah Bamba and more!

$16 Adults; $11 Children
JM Family Member Prices: $13 Adults; $9 Children

Ages 3 to 8

Daytime Lecture Series: Man Ray and the Legacy of Dada

2009-12-14T16:30:00Z

This three-part lecture series considers the life, work and legacy of Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky), considered to be one of the most important figures in the Dada and Surrealist movements of the early 20th century. Man Ray's work in painting, experimental photography, fashion photography and other media not only played a critical role in the New York and European avant-garde art movements, but co ntinues to resonate in contemporary art and culture.

November 16 @ 11:30am
From Emmanuel Radnitzsky to Man Ray: The Birth of a Dada Artist
The artistic beginnings and subsequent career of Man Ray will be considered along with his connection to Marcel Duchamp and other leading figures of the Dada movement.

December 7 @ 11:30am
From Dada to Surrealism: Man Ray in the Twenties and Thirties
The development of Man Ray's photographic work will be explored including a look at his experiments with avant-garde techniques and his equally important fashion photography.

December 14 @ 11:30am
Man Ray in the 21st Century
This lecture examines the legacy of Man Ray and the Dada and Surrealism movements on post-Dada artists (e.g. the New York School) and the contemporary art scene.

Richard Turnbull is the Chair and Assistant Professor of Art History at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He is also a lecturer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

$45 (Entire Series); $20 (Single Lecture)

Related Exhibition: Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention

All Ticket Sales are Final. No Refunds or Exchanges. Speakers are subject to change without notice.