Navigating the Art Industry: Artist Best Practices with Daniel Giordano
$10 | Member discounts | RSVP required
4 May 2024 | 12pm
Artist Daniel Giordano explains the best practices of forming real relationships with art industry professionals, relationships that may result in gallery and museum shows, press, residencies, grants, and more! Giordano will share his first hand experiences and explain how best to meet dealers, curators, and writers who you need to help your career grow.
Topics Discussed Include:
How best to promote your exhibition
Alternative modes of networking for introverts
Artist statements, applications, and website development
How to make the perfect elevator pitch
Building your network
Gallery Representation
Tips for “Stretching your dollars”
Daniel Giordano was born in 1988. He lives and works in Newburgh, NY. Daniel earned his MFA from the University of Delaware. His recent solo exhibitions include MASS MoCA, Ann Street Gallery, Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh, NY; the Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; Wil Aballe Art Projects, BC, Canada; and Sardine, Brooklyn, NY. Recent group exhibitions include the Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz, NY, CLEA RSKY Offsite Project, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY; Fridman Gallery, New York, NY; Barns Art Center, East Fishkill, NY; JDJ, New York, NY; Anonymous, New York, NY; Mother, Beacon, NY; and Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada. Daniel recently completed a fellowship at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. His work was featured in Sculpture Magazine, Frontera Digital, Whitehot Magazine, Chronogram, Canadian Art, The New York Times, Cultured Magazine, and Art Spiel, among others.
Alina Tenser
Jess Wilcox
Artist Talk and Gallery Walkthrough
Artist Alina Tenser in conversation with Jess Wilcox
FREE | RSVP required
5 May 2024 | 4pm
Join us for an artist talk and gallery walkthrough with Jess Wilcox and artist Alina Tenser for an in depth look into our current exhibition Alina Tenser: Wrk Frm Hm. This current installation features a selection of floor sculptures and wall mounted reliefs which continue Tenser’s study of the domestic, the diagrammatic, and the social formation of the self, informed by her experience as an immigrant and parent.
Light Refreshments provided.
Alina Tenser is a Ukrainian born artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Working across sculpture, performance, and video, she makes propositions that elicit physical activation, play, and transference. Utilizing industrial and domestic materials and processes she reimagines taken-for-granted social and material relations; mining the entanglements of her experience as an immigrant and parent. Tenser is currently an Assistant Professor at Lehigh University.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally with recent solo exhibitions at Hesse Flatow, New York, NY; 17Essex Gallery, New York, NY, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, SE; and Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been widely reviewed and written about in publications such as New York Times, The New Yorker Magazine, Artforum, BOMB Magazine, Cultured Magazine, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Third Rail. She has participated in multiple artist residencies, most notably The Queens Museum Studio Program and Recess Activities. Her first public art installation is currently on view at Memorial Sloan Kettering Chemotherapy Treatment Facility in Brooklyn, NY.
May 2024 Opening Reception
$10 | Member discounts | RSVP required
11 May 2024 | 4-7pm
Come join us at KinoSaito for the opening reception of our 3 new exhibitions and an outdoor installation: Kikuo Saito, Chie Fueki: Petal Storm Memory, NON Objectified, and Natsuki Takauji: The Heart of The Tree. Check out the art, then stop by our studios to meet and chat with our current Artists in Residence, Amy Pryor and Sean Devare. Refreshments will be served, with food provided by DoughNation.
Open Studios
$10 | Member discounts | RSVP required
11 May 2024 | 4-7pm
Stop by our studios to meet and chat with our current Artists in Residence, Amy Pryor and Sean Devare.
This is a part of Opening Reception and Garden Party Festivities.
Refreshments will be served, with food provided by DoughNation.
Yoga
$20 | Member discounts | RSVP required
16 May 2024 | 2pm RSVP
13 Jun. 2024 | 2pm RSVP
18 Jul. 2024 | 2pm RSVP
Enjoy Yoga in an art gallery setting surrounded by the abstract paintings of Kikuo Saito and Instructed by Karen D. or Annette Kirlew, the instructors at Inner Being.
Karen D. - M.W.B.E., CEO & Founder of Inner Being LLC
Karen’s passion for Yoga has led her down the path of self discovery, self love, self kindness, & self acceptance. With over 200+ hours of Vinyasa Training, her life was changed forever. Karen cannot wait to share this experience with all of you. Her classes are designed to connect the breath with movement, strengthen the physical body, and help quiet & ease the mind.
Annette Kirlew, Co-Founder Inner Being LLC
Annette enjoys working with adults and students of all ages and backgrounds. She has been facilitating classes in the Peekskill City School District since 2018. Her classes are designed for students and faculty, including families with special needs. In addition you can find Annette leading yoga and wellness workshops with her warriors of life Seniors at Drum Hill Senior Living Facility and other senior living residences.
Please bring a yoga mat if you have one, but not necessary. Chairs will be provided.
This is an accessible yoga course suited for all ages, abilities, and skill levels.
Sound Bath
$35 | Member discounts | RSVP required
17 May 2024 | 6pm RSVP
21 Jun. 2024 | 6pm RSVP
Join us for a sound healing session with Rosemary Boyle Lasher. Participants will sit on a chair or lay down on a bean bag, and soak in the sounds of the crystal harp and koshi chimes.
Rosemary helps others see a situation from a higher perspective so that they can gain greater understanding and reveal pathways into a calmer, grounded and more centered experience of life.
Snacks and drinks included.
Spanish Language Film
Official Competition
Free | RSVP required
31 May 2024 | 6pm
Official Competition (2021)
Directed by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn
When a billionaire entrepreneur decides to get into the movie business, he commissions international auteur director Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz), Hollywood heartthrob Felix Rivero (Antonio Banderas), and titan of the stage Ivan Torres (Oscar Martínez) to collaborate on a cinematic masterpiece. But when these larger-than-life egos arrive for the shoot, they encounter an unexpected series of "rehearsals" set by Lola in this sharp showbiz satire.
This film is being presented as part of KinoSaito’s Spanish Language Film series, and will be introduced by an expert in film history with a facilitated Q&A discussion to follow.
Circular Jazz Trio
$20 | Member discounts | RSVP required
15 Jun. 2024 | 6pm
Circular Jazz is a trio dedicated to musical dialogue and conversation in the jazz and new improvised music tradition. Currently exploring the music of the late, great Bert Wilson. Although not a household name in jazz, he and his music has influenced many of the who’s who of the jazz world.
Featuring:
Bryan Copeland | bass
Dan Blake | tenor and alto saxophones
Bob Meyer | drums and cymbals
Ravel: His Life in Art Song
$25 | Member discounts | RSVP required
16 Nov. 2024 | 6pm
Join Ravel specialists Kristina Cook, soprano, and Kessa Mefford, pianist, in a musical tour through the history of the art songs of Maurice Ravel! They are the only duo in the world to ever perform and make an album of the entirety of these songs. Come for an evening of entertaining backstory on one of the most famous French composers, robust stage interactions between the musicians, and a fully memorized performance, by both singer and pianist.
Featuring:
Kristina Cook | soprano
Kessa Mefford | pianist
KinoSaito Programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.