Wave Hill Announces 2012 Winter Workspace Program

December 2011

Now in its third year, Wave Hill’s Winter Workspace Program transforms Glyndor Gallery into a space for artists to create new work and develop ongoing projects. Ten contemporary artists, representing an array of artistic practices, will be in residence over two, six-week sessions, from early January until late March 2012. Artists open their studios to engage with the public, giving visitors the opportunity to converse with the artists and learn about the creative process behind each project. Winter Workspace artists also lead hands-on demonstrations open to the public.

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Winter 2011–2012 Wave Hill Newsletter

December 2011

Winter is a uniquely beautiful, serene season at Wave Hill. Enjoy stunning walks and workshops, as well as Wave Hill's signature Horticultural Lecture series, which kicks off January 18 at Manhattan's New York School of Interior Design.

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Wave Hill Announces 2012 Horticultural Lectures

November 2011

This signature series for avid gardneers kickas off January 18 with a lecture by architect Larry J. Wente. Author and lawyer Barbara Paul Robinson follows on February 22, and the series finishes with a lecture by landscape architect Thomas L. Woltz on March 21. Tickets are available online, as well as by visiting Wave Hill, or calling the public garden at 718.549.3200 x220.

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Wave Hill Van Lier Visual Artist Fellowship

November 2011

Wave Hill announces a new fellowship program for young artists. The Van Lier Visual Artist Fellowship, funded by the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of the New York Community Trust, provides an opportunity for two young artists to develop the skills and professional credentials needed to establish a successful career as visual artists.

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Fall 2011 Wave Hill Newsletter

September 2011

Tap into the expansive, outdoor spirit of the season at Wave Hill this fall. From gardens to gallery, Wave Hill is a-buzz with a generous harvest of programs, including a special focus on bees, honey and beekeeping.

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Wave Hill Continues 2011 Sunroom Project Space Season on September 13

August 2011

Solo show series features installations created by New York-area emerging artists: The Friendly Falcons and Their Friend the Snake (artists Jeffrey Kurosaki and Tara Pelletier), Caitlin Parker and Sreshta Rit Premnath.

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Wave Hill Exhibition Explores Role of Bees

July 2011

Wave Hill presents Hive Culture: Captivated by the Honeybee, an exhibition that explores a multi-dimensional preoccupation with the pivotal role that bees play in pollination, environmental health and our changing relationship to nature. It features painting, prints, sculpture, photography and video by 18 artists.

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Wave Hill Commissions Choreographer Merián Soto for One-Year Residency

July 2011

Wave Hill has commissioned award-winning choreographer Merián Soto to return to the Bronx, her artistic home, to develop a site-specific project during a one-year residency. Soto’s project is Wave Hill’s 2011–2012 generated@wavehill commission, a program that provides artists the opportunity to create temporal work for the grounds. Over the next 12 months, Soto will develop and perform Branch Dances at Wave Hill. This year-long work consists of four outdoor performances, one each season, beginning fall 2011.

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Summer 2011 Wave Hill Newsletter

June 2011

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Wave Hill Participates in Blue Star Museums Admissions Program for Active Duty Military Personnel and Their Families

May 2011

Starting Memorial Day and extending through Labor Day, 2011, Wave Hill offers free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families through the garden's participation in Blue Star Museums, a partnerhsip of the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and more than 1,300 museums across America.

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Wave Hill Expands Accessibility to Gardens with New All-terrain Wheelchair

May 2011

Thanks to the generous support by The Morris P. Leibovitz Foundation, Wave Hill offers visitors an all-terrain, manually operated wheelchair available for the elderly and disabled to better enjoy Wave Hill’s beautiful gardens and grounds. Specifically designed for outdoor use, the wheelchair has all-terrain wheels that provide a comfortable and safe ride.

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2011 AIM Biennial Joint Exhibition at Bronx Museum of the Arts and Wave Hill

April 2011

For three decades, the Bronx Museum of the Arts' Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) program has helped to demystify the often opaque professional practices of the art world for artists at the beginning of their careers, and has introduced the work of these emerging artists to the public. The AIM Biennial will be curated by Wayne Northcross and Jose Ruiz, and will consist of a joint exhibition opening June 26, 2011, at the Bronx Museum and Wave Hill, the two largest institutions in the Bronx dedicated to showcasing the work of local emerging artists. Exhibiting at Wave Hill are Hannah Smith Allen, James Bills, Noa Charuvi, Cecile Chong, Matthew Conradt, Dennis Redmoon Darkeem, Xavier Figueroa, Veronica Frenning, Debbie Grossman, Meg Hitchcock, Hein Koh, Heidi Lau, Glendalys Medina, Maia Cruz Palileo, Gregory Reynolds, Viviane Rombaldi Seppey, Allyson Ross, Romy Scheroder, Tina Schneider, Gabriel J. Shuldiner, Jessica Stoller, Marina Zamalin and Jenny Zhang.

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Wave Hill Announces Restoration of Grand Hudson River Valley Mansion

March 2011

Wave Hill is pleased to announce that historic Wave Hill House, the largest structure on the institution’s grounds, is undergoing transformative improvements that will meet the expectations of the 21st century visitor. Since the early 1960s, the house has been transformed many times to accommodate the change of Wave Hill House’s use from residence to public cultural institution. During the entire project, visitors can expect to enjoy all the amenities they are accustomed to at Wave Hill, including regular programming and food service.

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Spring 2011 Wave Hill Newsletter

March 2011

Experience the emerging spring season at Wave Hill in our latest newsletter.

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Exhibition Underscoring Influences of Nature in New Works Opens at Wave Hill April 3, 2011

February 2011

Wave Hill announces the opening of Alchemy & Inquiry: Philip Taaffe, Fred Tomaselli, Terry Winters. Organized by independent curator Raymond Foye and Wave Hill Senior Curator Jennifer McGregor, the show brings together for the first time three prominent artists who each maintain his own distinctive approach to materiality and process, while sharing a common practice of producing works that are rooted in the ways they each study, observe, engage with and revere nature.
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Wave Hill Launches 2011 Sunroom Project Space Season
February 2011
Six emerging artists will exhibit their work in solo shows in Wave Hill's Sunroom Project Space.
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2011 Winter Workspace in Glyndor Gallery

January 2011
Nine contemporary artists, representing an array of artistic practices, will be in residence in this program, now in its second year. Artists will create new work or develop ongoing projects over two, six-week sessions running from January 4, 2011 to March 27, 2011.

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