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The Song of Hiawatha
April 6, 2016Howl! is pleased to present a 20-minute preview sample of Wengrofsky’s The Song of Hiawatha, a feature-length documentary film about the American counterculture as lived by Hiawatha Bailey, a Native-American and African-American political activist and musician, who was a pioneering black hippie and among the first black punk rockers. A story told at the intersection…
ContinuedJames Romberger / Marguerite Van Cook / Clockwork Cros.
April 5, 2016This show presents both individual and collaborative works from a family of New York based artists. It offers a complex interaction in which elements from the artists’ private lives flow between their works. The discourse is domestic in that it resides within their common home and also informs issues from the greater social and national/international…
ContinuedThe Correct Sadist: Terence Sellers (1952-2016)
April 4, 2016We at Howl! mourn the loss of our dear friend Terence Sellers earlier this year in New Mexico. Terence was my neighbor on Plaza Blanca and a friend to many in New York including Howl! Arts Board members Chi Chi Valenti and Brian Butterick. A writer and a woman of contrasts, she attended St. John’s,…
ContinuedMILESTONES AND HAPPY ACCIDENTS
March 28, 2016“What is a Happening? A game, an adventure, a number of activities engaged in by participants for the sake of playing.” —Artist Alan Kaprow, father of the Happening Kaprow coined the term “happening” nearly 60 years ago at a picnic at artist George Segal’s farm to describe the participatory interaction of the art pieces going…
ContinuedArt/Fashion by Scooter LaForge
March 24, 2016(From left to right: Patricia Field and Gazelle Paulo, Iris Barbee Bonner for These Pink Lips, Jorge Clar for Scooter LaForge) Howl! Happening, an Arturo Vega Project is a great place for me to see my visions come to fruition. I’m grateful for this space where I can express myself without reservation. I’ve been working…
ContinuedSecrets of the Heart Film Festival
March 17, 2016Howl! Happening is very excited to present Secrets of the Heart Film Festival, THIS Saturday, March 19th. Doors are at 7pm, and the event is free to attend. Filmmakers from around the globe will be featured right here at 6 East 1st Street by Jeffrey Wengrofsky. Read about Jeffrey and the festival below- and join…
ContinuedExcerpt from Legs McNeil’s “TO HELL WITH YOUS!”, The Making of an Artist
March 3, 2016Written By Legs McNeil for Arturo Vega: Insults. Please find the full piece in the Arturo Vega: Insults catalogue. Available at the opening on March 5th, 2016. ARTURO VEGA: “TO HELL WITH YOUS!” The Making of an Artist (Copyright 2016 by Legs McNeil) Arturo Vega was the must optimistic, jubilant and fun pal anyone could wish…
ContinuedAnohni’s Statement on the Academy Awards
February 28, 2016Our dear friend, longtime EV/LES musician and legendary BlackLips Performance Cult co-founder Anohni (FKA Antony) and HOWL! ARTS supporter, who has received an Oscar nomination for her song “Manta Ray” from the climate crisis documentary “Racing Extinction”, released this statement on Thursday explaining why she will not be attending the awards ceremony. Anohni’s statement comes on the…
ContinuedAn Excerpt from Sandra Schulman’s “Hell, Love and Other Insults”
February 25, 2016Written By Sandra Schulman for Arturo Vega: Insults. Please find the full piece in the Arturo Vega: Insult Paintings catalogue. Available at the opening on March 5th, 2016. YOU BIG APE. YOU IDIOT BASTARD. No one could insult you quite like Arturo Vega. And because he was brutally honest, fiercely intelligent, and spoke several languages,…
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