When the spring exhibition in Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery was being planned more than a couple of years ago, we had no inkling that issues of gender equality would once more take center stage as they have since last fall. Our intention was that Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness would provide a safe space to explore what it means to each of us, whether in political, cultural, religious or ideological terms, to be an “outcast”―and what sometimes happens, creatively and rapturously, when women are forced to the margins.
Building off the Outcasts exhibition, we have also planned an afternoon on May 21 devoted to a conversation and performance that will expand on themes in Outcasts. Given the timeliness of the subject, we thought you might like to bring it to your audience’s special attention. Most are local to New York City, if not, specifically, the Bronx. If you would like to speak with any of them about their lives as female, and often minority or immigrant, artists in this political landscape.
And here are captions for the two photos for May 21
Conversation:
Left to right: Deborah Frizzell, Harry Weil, Fay Ku (credit Katherine Helen Fisher), Samira Abbassy (credit Janette May), Scherezade Garcia (credit William Vazquez)
Performance:
Left to right: Natalie N. Caro (credit Hnazario), Jess X. Snow (credit Patrick Weishampel), Mahogany Browne, Jane Gabriels (credit Marisol Diaz), Caridad De La Luz
SAT, MAY 20 FAMILY ART PROJECT: STARTING SEEDS WITH THE NEXT EPOCH SEED LIBRARY
Join Winter Workspace Session 1 artists Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco of the Next Epoch Seed Library for a spring planting project. Sow the seeds of tasty, wild edibles and decorate containers and labels to hold and protect them. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM
SAT, MAY 20 GARDEN HIGHLIGHTS WALK
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM
SAT, MAY 20 WAVE HILL HISTORY WALK
Discover the fascinating history of Wave Hill’s architecture and landscape on a walk with a Wave Hill History Guide. Hear about the people who once called Wave Hill home, among them Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, Bashford Dean and Arturo Toscanini. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 1PM
SAT, MAY 20 GALLERY TOUR
Wave Hill’s Curatorial Fellow will lead a tour of the spring exhibitions in Glyndor Gallery. The group show,Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness, explores how women have been treated and portrayed as outcasts in history, myth and biblical legend. In the Sunroom Project Space, Borinquen Gallo’s imaginary hive interior is informed by Wave Hill’s beehives. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM
SUN, MAY 21 FAMILY ART PROJECT: STARTING SEEDS WITH THE NEXT EPOCH SEED LIBRARY
Join Winter Workspace Session 1 artists Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco of the Next Epoch Seed Library for a spring planting project. Sow the seeds of tasty, wild edibles and decorate containers and labels to hold and protect them. Free with admission to the grounds.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM
SUN, MAY 21 YOGA IN THE GARDEN
Enjoy the garden as the setting for your yoga practice as you find your breath and become connected to the landscape. Classes are led by certified Yoga Haven instructors, for all levels. Please bring a mat and be on time. This class is held indoors in case of rain. Drop-in rate is $30/20 Wave Hill Member; series fee is $210/$130 for eight weeks.
ON THE GROUNDS, 10–11AM
SUN, MAY 21 OUTCASTS: FINDING HER VOICE
Guest co-curators and art historians Deborah Frizzell and Harry J. Weil lead a conversation with artists Samira Abbassy, Scherezade Garcia and Fay Ku who are exhibiting as part of Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness. The artists speak about how they use ancient and modern mythologies as a source to create artwork that explores hybrid alternatives to the social and cultural order. Samira Abbassy’s self-portraiture and mixed-media sculptures explore cultural identity, knitting together disparate visual languages, conventions and myths drawn from Arab-Iranian, Persian, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist traditions. Interdisciplinary visual artist Scherezade Garcia addresses contemporary allegories of history and the processes of colonization and migration, which frequently evoke memories of faraway home and the hopes that accompany relocating in a new land. Fay Ku layers her drawings with hybrid animal, human and vegetal forms, her archetypes comment on cultural identity and tradition through a delicate sense of line and a sensitivity to surface. Following the conversation, hear spoken-word artists and poets perform on the grounds. Free with admission to the grounds.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 1PM
SUN, MAY 21 GARDEN HIGHLIGHTS WALK
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 2PM
SUN, MAY 21 OUTCASTS: USING HER VOICE, A PERFORMANCE
As part of Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness, the spring show in Wave Hill's Glyndor Gallery, spoken-word artists and poets perform on the grounds, bringing their voices into the open air. Their work aims to heal and empower by way of inclusiveness, resistance and recovery from loss and trauma. ArtistsMahogany L. Browne, Natalie N. Caro, Caridad De La Luz and Jess X. Snow will offer their own works, share works by kindred spirit poets and writers, or perform new works that respond to the artwork on view in the gallery. The artists were selected for their unique voices that draw on personal experience, cultural context with a drive to communicate. Bronx-based artist and curator Jane Gabriels serves as host for the program. As a champion of cultural production in the Bronx, Gabriels puts the works in context, providing a reference point for these powerful messages. With its strong Bronx focus the program showcases the creativity of our borough and beyond and introduces these visionary artists. Find out more about the performers here. Come early to explore the grounds and hear curators and visual artists speak about their work. Free with admission to the grounds.
ON THE GR OUNDS, 2:30PM
MON, MAY 22
Closed to the public.
MON, MAY 22 MEMBERS TRIP: WOODLANDS AND WILDLIFE OF CORNWALL, NY SOLD OUT
Spend a fine spring day exploring woodland trails, meadows and the extensive natural habitats of theHudson Highlands Nature Museum and adjacent Black Rock Forest with Nature Museum educators and Wave Hill staff. Visit the resident animals and displays at the Museum’s Wildlife Education Center, tour the old farm and fields of the Outdoor Discovery Center and take a scenic hike in the Black Rock Forest to enjoy lofty views of the Hudson River. Expect to see a wide variety of birds and other wildlife on this trip. $60 Wave Hill Member. Lunch on your own in Cornwall. Registration required, online atwavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center, starting April 26.
MEET AT FRONT GATE, 9AM–5:30PM
TUE, MAY 23 GARDEN HIGHLIGHTS WALK
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM
TUE, MAY 23 GALLERY TOUR
Wave Hill’s Curatorial Fellow will lead a tour of the spring exhibitions in Glyndor Gallery. The group show,Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness, explores how women have been treated and portrayed as outcasts in history, myth and biblical legend. In the Sunroom Project Space, Borinquen Gallo’s imaginary hive interior is informed by Wave Hill’s beehives. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM
THU, MAY 25 SPECIAL EARLY CLOSING
The gardens close at 3PM today to dress for our annual Spring Gala.
A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscape, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.
HOURS Open all year, Tuesday through Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM–5:30PM, starting March 15. Closes 4:30PM, November 1–March 14.
ADMISSION $8 adults, $4 students and seniors 65+, $2 children 6–18. Free Saturday and Tuesdaymornings until noon. Free to Wave Hill Members and children under 6.
PROGRAM FEES Programs are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.
Visitors to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one-day getaway offer. Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the gardens. More at http://mta.info/mnr/html/
DIRECTIONS – Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, as well as the W. 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking is available nearby with continuous, complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and our front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at www.wavehill.org/visit/.
Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at www.wavehill.org.
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