KinoSaito Anniversary Celebration
13 Sept. 2025 | 3-7pm | $25 | Free for Members*
KinoSaito 4-Year Anniversary Celebration!
Happy birthday to us! KinoSaito is turning 4, and to celebrate we have an evening full of events to support our current exhibition The Unknown and Its Poetics curated by Adrián S. Bará. Be sure to buy your tickets in advance. Members can RSVP for Free.
KinoSaito is a five-minute drive from the Peekskill Metro-North station, which is one hour from Grand Central; shuttles between the Peekskill station and KinoSaito will be available during the celebration on September 13th, from 3–7:30pm.
*Current Members: The discount code is in a recent email from us.
Not a member yet? Become a member for just $50 a year. You’ll get free entry to our Anniversary Celebration and a complimentary KinoSaito Tote Bag (a $20 value). That’s like saving 90% on the membership price! Click here to apply.
Photo above by Chika Kobari
3pm | Artists Talk
Panel Discussion
Curator Adrián S. Bará, Artists Cynthia Gutiérrez and Melissa Joseph will participate in a Q & A moderated by Natalia Viera Salgado (Curator of the National Academy of Design).
Adrián S. Bará
Cynthia Gutiérrez | Photo by Gabriela Sánchez
Melissa Joseph
Natalia Viera Salgado
About the moderator
Natalia Viera Salgado is a Puerto Rican curator and curatorial consultant based in New York City. She is also the founder of :Pública Espacio Cultural, an independent art space in Alto del Cabro, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Her art historical research focuses on contemporary art concerning decolonial practices, architecture, social and environmental justice, and new media with a keen interest in hybrid and interdisciplinary projects. She has worked at the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, El Museo del Barrio, Art in General, Socrates Sculpture Park, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, and Americas Society. Viera holds an MA in Curatorial Practice from the School of Visual Arts and is currently the Associate Curator at the National Academy of Design and a curatorial Resident at the Abrons Arts Center, under the program La Residencia. Among Viera’s recent projects is River Rail Puerto Rico Issue, a publication with around 20 contributors that focuses on Puerto Rico’s water issues from a decolonial perspective.
Artwork above by Larkin Grimm
3-7pm | Artists in Residence
Open Studios
Join us for open studios with our Artists in Residence: Fawn Krieger and Larkin Grimm. Peek into their studios and chat with them about their practices.
Photo above by Fabrice Robin | Edited by Adrián S. Bará
4pm | Sculpture Activation
Pepe López Reus: Ana, 2022
Ana is a key artwork in our current exhibition, The Unknown and Its Poetics. This singular performance will see the artwork activated as a wearable sculpture to allow visitors to experience its full potential. Performed by Jennifer Conrad.
4:30pm | Poem Reading
Emanuel Tovar Andrade: Timonero inmerso en la oscuridad, 2018
Action carried out by a person who, by means of balance, maintains one foot on a cement cube and the other on a block of ice while reading José Gorostiza’s poem Muerte sin Fin. Performed by Kristin Larkin LoGerfo.
Photo above by Chika Kobari
Outdoor
Garden Party
Enjoy the last KinoSaito Garden Party of the summer with local food, complimentary drinks, and a tasting from Primo Aperitivo. Food will be served at 5 PM.
Primo Aperitivo, a natural, botanical grapefruit aperitivo from Mexico. It is made with 100% natural and sustainably sourced ingredients including citrus (grapefruit and orange), botanicals (hibiscus, cardamom, cinnamon stick, castile rose, rosemary, spearmint, guajillo chili, cocoa beans, star anise, allspice, lemon verbena, orange blossom, turmeric, earl grey), and roots (rhubarb and gentian root). It is sweetened with agave nectar and colored with purple sweet potato, with an alcohol content of 18% Alc. By Vol. (36 PROOF).
The production process involves a seven-day maceration of citrus fruits and botanicals in a corn-based spirit, followed by sweetening with agave nectar and coloring. Primo Aperitivo is handmade with local raw materials in Mexico City by Archipiélago Spirits.
Tasting notes describe natural flavors of citrus and sweet hibiscus with a minty finish, being fruity, herbal, and refreshing. A suggested serve is the Primo Spritz, which includes Primo Aperitivo, grapefruit juice, sparkling water, sparkling wine, a pinch of salt, and a grapefruit slice.
Photo above by Chika Kobari
6pm | Music Performance
Edgar Cobián: PEOR AÚN
A performative act that employs sound, music, spoken word, and text to create fragmented narratives, based on seemingly arbitrary and disconnected elements that explore the contradictions of the human condition. With Peor Aún, Edgar Cobián explores both the conceptual and aesthetic possibilities of absurdity and uncertainty. Furthermore, he conceives the body as a political territory that poses resistance through its potentials and expressive manifestations.
Peor Aún | Photo by Alicia Reyes
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KinoSaito members get $25 discount codes in the email, don’t forget to use them!
Not a member yet? Become a member for just $50 a year. You’ll get free entry to our Anniversary Celebration and a complimentary KinoSaito Tote Bag (a $20 value). That’s like saving 90% on the membership price! Click here to apply.