Westbeth Gets a Much-Needed, and Very Pricey, Overhaul
Read the original article from the New York Times about Westbeth’s recent overhaul!
Picture Stories: Photographs by Arlene Gottfried
Photos by a late Westbeth resident, Arlene Gottfried
The Kitchen
The arts collective The Kitchen has been in operation since 1971 and now is based at Westbeth. The Kitchen brings together live performances, exhibition-making, and public programming under one roof, and cultivates wild thought, risky play, and innovative and experimental making, encouraging artists and cultural workers alike to defy boundaries.
Martha Graham Dance Company
The Martha Graham Dance Company and school is housed on the top floor of Westbeth, in space formerly used by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Lithe dancers are frequent riders of the elevators in the lobby up to the studio, that has million-dollar views of the NY skyline.
The High Line
New York’s favorite tourist destination is the High Line. This elevated park built on abandoned rail beds is blocks from Westbeth, and is the continuation of the rail line that formerly transected the building when it served as the Bell Telephone Research Labs.
David, Tribes NYC
Photographer David Plakke’s Tribes Project documents the heart and soul of New Yorkers.
Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as it’s Kept
Westbeth visual artist Veronica Ryan’s work included in 2022 Whitney Museum Biennial.
De Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
The DeGrummond Collection holds more than 35 books by prolific author of children’s literature and Judaica, the late Miriam Chaikin. Her papers are also archived in their Special Collections, available for scholars.
Edward Field
Poet Ed Field’s paean to the horrors of war made into award-winning short film. Ed reads his poem A Minor Accident of War recalling being shot down during WWII, see and listen here in an article in The Advocate.
Puppets of New York
Westbeth puppet masters Ralph Lee (Landshark!) and Penny Jones featured in major exhibit Puppets of New York at Museum for the City of NY.