Greenwich House

Dance Clarinets Present the Music of Joseph Daley
2020-02-19 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Greenwich House Music School’s adult woodwinds ensemble Dance Clarinets will be presenting the world premiere of “Colorations and Explorations” by Joseph Daley, commissioned by Greenwich House Music School with assistance from the Department of Cultural Affairs.

After 50 years of working with some of the most remarkable artists in the adventurous music scene, Joseph Daley has emerged as one of jazz and contemporary music’s most exciting leaders and composers. His albums The Seven Deadly Sins and The Seven Heavenly Virtues earned rave reviews and secured a spot on several Best of the Year lists thanks to his innovative contemporary take on the tradition of Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and George Russell.
Tickets are $15 general/$10 students and seniors at the door
Take a look at the night’s program here.

GHP Open 6-10pm
2020-02-17 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
GHP will have regular hours on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 17, 2020.
GHP will be open from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Classes will meet as usual.
For more information, visit Pottery Notes or Open Studio Hours on the Current Students section of our website.

Pottery at the Whitney: Open Studio for Families
2020-02-08 10:30 - 15:00 | Whitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
In connection with the current exhibit, Making Knowing: Craft in art, 1950-2019, Greenwich House Pottery is hosting workshops in a week-long residency at the Whitney Museum of American art.
In this Open Studio, families are invited to add their own clay creations to a large-scale ceramic city, working closely with artists from the Pottery. Come play with clay!
Free with Museum admission.

Greenwich House Pottery at the Whitney
2020-02-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Whitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
In connection with the current exhibit, Making Knowing: Craft in art, 1950-2019, Greenwich House Pottery is hosting workshops in a week-long residency at the Whitney Museum of American art.
Adam Welch, Director of Greenwich House Pottery, leads this hands-on workshop where participants will take inspiration from work on view in Making Knowing and learn about different hand-building techniques in order to create their own artworks. All skill levels are welcome.
Adam Welch will also discuss the shared history of the Whitney and the Pottery. Refreshments will be served.
The workshop is $45 for adults, $40 for members of the Whitney, and includes all materials and firing.

Pottery at the Whitney: Open Studio for Teens
2020-02-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Whitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
In connection with the current exhibit, Making Knowing: Craft in art, 1950-2019, Greenwich House Pottery is hosting workshops in a week-long residency at the Whitney Museum of American art.
For this special Open Studio, teens are invited to learn new techniques from ceramics artists and try their hand at creating clay sculptures. They will also have the chance to experiment with the potter’s wheel and have their piece fired in a kiln. All skill levels welcome; no prior experience with ceramics necessary.
Refreshments and art materials will be provided. No RSVP required and the event is free for teens! Upon entering the Museum, pick up a ticket in the lobby.

Carly Slade Winter Master Series Workshop
2020-02-07 10:00 - 2020-02-08 16:00 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Two-Day Workshop: Carly Slade
Carly Slade will teach a two-day workshop on Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8, 2020, in conjunction with her exhibition, City Wide, which will be on view January 10 through February 7, 2020.
Get ready to learn the construction methods, surface design, and secrets Carly employs in her buildings and trucks. Bring a photo of your favorite truck and gear up for a hands-on fun during this Master Series Workshop! Even if truck-making is not your interest, learning the construction methods, use of templates, surface design, and secrets Carly employs in her buildings and trucks will have many applications with whatever you typically handbuild.
This two-day workshop will meet on Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., but you may continue working in the studio until 10:00 p.m. on Friday and 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. There will be a one hour lunch break each day. Often workshop participants will purchase a take-out lunch or dine together at a nearby cafe. There are many local restaurants and eateries close by where you can find fast and delicious food, but feel free to bring a bag lunch if you prefer. Each day the studio will remain open so that you may continue to work on projects started.
Bisque firing is included in the cost of the workshop.
Bring your favorite clay tools and brushes, an image of the truck you would like to build, and if you have them: a metal ruler, fettling knife, bevel tool, and underglazes (these items are available for purchase in the registration office.)
To register, visit us in person or contact us at 212-242-4106 x10.
Students registered for Winter 2020 term qualify for a discounted price of $235.
You must register in person to receive discount.
Contact us at pottery@greenwichhouse.org with any questions.

Open Studio Closed
2020-02-07 09:30 - 2020-02-08 22:00 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Open studio will be closed in the Slipcasting studio February 7-8, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Carly Slade will be giving a two-day hands-on workshop in the Slipcasting studio on those days.
Learn more or register for the workshop here.
For more information, visit Pottery Notes or Open Studio Hours on the Current Students section of our website.

Sound It Out: Jeff Davis's The Fastness
2020-02-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Drummer-composer Jeff Davis’s returns to Sound It Out @ Greenwich House to lead his new band The Fastness, celebrating the release of the group’s eponymous first album. The all-star quintet features saxophonist Tony Malaby, guitarist Jonathan Goldberger, keyboardist Russ Lossing & bassist Eivind Opsvik.
Tickets: $15 ($12 students/seniors) at the door

GHMS Junior Recital
2020-02-01 14:30 - 16:00, 2020-02-01 12:30 - 14:30 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Students from Greenwich House Music School perform work they’ve learned throughout the year.

Book Launch: Just Bunny and the Great Fire Rescue
2020-02-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Join us to celebrate the release of Just Bunny and the Great Fire Rescue! The local fire department will have their truck for kids to explore as part of the festivities.

GHMS Senior Recital
2020-01-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States

GHP Glaze Clinics
2020-01-30 17:30 - 18:30, 2020-01-30 14:30 - 15:30 | NY
Glaze Clinics will take place on Thursday, January 30 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and again from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Meet in the glaze area. Bring a bisque piece for hands-on help and brush up on your glazing basics. Open to all currently registered students, just show up!
The glaze area will be reserved from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for the glaze clinics.

Sound It Out: Mike Baggetta Trio
2020-01-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
This double-bill presents two of Sound It Out’s favorite guitarists: Mike Baggetta and Nick Millevoi. Mike returns to the series to lead his atmospheric trio featuring bass guitarist Jerome Harris and drummer Billy Mintz. Wilco guitar hero Nels Cline has hailed Mike as “a guitar-poet,” while The New York Times has said: “Mike Baggetta makes stealthy, mysterious music… He’s trying to do something personal with improvisation without ever getting in the way of beauty.” The trio’s “Spectre” album is a rare gem. Doing double-duty, Mike will also be opening up the night in a duo with Nick Millevoi, another six-string individualist who has rocked Greenwich House on numerous occasions. NPR has described Nick’s guitar in full flight as “like a rocket darting skyward between clouds.” Guitar fans shouldn’t miss this show!
Tickets: $15 ($12 students/seniors) at the door

Simple Moldmaking Workshop
2020-01-24 10:00 - 16:00 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
This one-day, hands-on workshop will introduce you to working with plaster to make a one-part slump mold. This type of mold is ideal for many of the paperclay techniques Lisa covers in class, as well as traditional handbuilding methods. This is also the perfect opportunity to make a customized mold, such as a mold with a built-in foot.
If time permits you will be able to make more than one mold.

Registration is limited to currently enrolled students who have taken paperclay this year at GHP. If there is space, other GHP students will be welcome to register.

Required supplies for this class:

Please bring a suitable form from which you’ll make your mold, your clay tools and a dust mask. For those currently registered in paperclay, you will discuss if your object is suitable for this kind of mold in class. If you are not currently registered in paperclay you may contact the instructor prior to the workshop to clarify your idea.

Stage Struck Performance
2020-01-21 16:00 - 16:30 | Greenwich House Theater, 27 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Last January, Greenwich House Music School launched a musical theater class with Ars Nova teaching artists called Stage Struck. Now, students from the class will show off what they’ve been learning with their first performance! They will be performing work from the musicals Fun Home, Hamilton, Matilda and more.
Join us for this free performance at Greenwich House Theater open to the public. It will last for approximately 25 minutes.
If you know a theatrical kid who would be interested in taking the class, registration for the spring term is open now! Stage Struck begins January 28, 2020.

GHP Closed
2020-01-20 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
GHP is closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
For more information, visit Pottery Notes or Open Studio Hours on the Current Students section of our website.

Janet Koplos Book Talk
2020-01-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Janet Koplos will visit GHP on January 16th at 3:00 p.m. to discuss and sign her new book What Makes A Potter, Functional Pottery in America Today, which features numerous GHP faculty and alum. GHP students will be able to buy the book for a discount rate of $30, but it must be ordered in advance. Due to logistics, there will not be additional books for sale at the event; check out the book in the liaison office and order your advanced copy before December 12. (You may order at the discounted rate without attending the talk.)

This event is free and open to the public.
Please reserve your seat by registering now.

Arthur Cook and Deborah Gilwood: A Recital of Works for Cello and Piano
2020-01-11 20:00 - 21:00 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Cellist Arthur Cook and pianist Deborah Gilwood present works by Faure, Macchia and Beethoven.
Free admission

Mozart for Munchkins - Piano Trio!
2020-01-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Have you said hello to the violin, cello or piano recently? Join us for our new, sparkly program for piano trio! Enjoy works from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and more!
MfM creates an interactive and engaging atmosphere in which families can experience and enjoy music! Children of all ages are welcome to roll, crawl, squeal, and dance to their hearts’ content, while parents, grandparents, and caregivers can sit back and unwind. While the setting is informal, the programming remains first rate; from Bach to Bernstein, Beethoven to Barber, Mozart for Munchkins features outstanding works performed by exceptional musicians—an unforgettable experience for the whole family!
Kids under 12 are free!
Each interactive performance is followed by an “instrument petting zoo” where everyone is welcome to try the instruments and meet the performers!

Sound It Out: Angelica Sanchez, Tony Malaby & Tom Rainey
2020-01-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
The telepathic trio of keyboardist Angelica Sanchez, saxophonist Tony Malaby & drummer Tom Rainey make their long-awaited return to Greenwich House to kick off 2020 and the eighth year of the Sound It Out series. Angie will bring along her funky Wurlitzer electric keyboard to evoke the two fantastic live albums the trio made 15 years ago, “Alive in Brooklyn, Vols. 1 & 2,” unsung classics of buzzing, riveting improvisation that All About Jazz rightly hailed as “exuberant and enthralling.”
Angie, Tony and Tom are each renowned masters of the music, whether leading their own various bands or playing with the cream of the New York jazz scene. About their trio, Tom says: “It sounds simple to say, but the three of us have real creative chemistry together. Chemistry is the difference between just a group of good musicians playing in a room and something magical happening together. Tony and Angie are like musical family to me. I’ve been playing in various groups with Tony for more than 20 years now. There’s so much depth to what he does, and it gets deeper all the time. Angie’s personality really comes out in her writing as well as her playing – this honesty and generosity of spirit lives in the music. For my part, I want to contribute to the collective, to keep it going and do what I can to always make the music special.”
Tickets: $20 ($15 students/seniors) at the door

City Wide, Carly Slade
2020-01-10 17:00 - 2020-02-07 18:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
City Wide
Carly Slade
Opening Reception | Friday, January 10, 2020 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Artist Talk | Friday, January 10, 2020 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Master Series Workshop | February 7-8, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view through February 7, 2020

The Jane Hartsook Gallery is pleased to present Carly Slade’s first solo exhibition in New York City. Slade constructs buildings skewed by two-point perspective to tell universal stories about the way architecture communicates our hopes and lived experiences. In this exhibition, Slade has created three buildings from her former neighborhood in Philadelphia. Driving by these buildings on her way to and from her studio, she observed not only the buildings’ day-to-day changes, but also the residue of their deeper history: new signs, new paint jobs, a once-beautiful lintel in disrepair. Each of these buildings embodies what Slade grew to love and admire about Philadelphia—a sense of hope, dedication, and a “make it work” mentality.
Slade uses trade and craft skills to construct miniaturized buildings whose smaller scale invites us to think critically about how we communicate our identities through architecture and who we envision in certain spaces. Having worked in construction for ten years, Slade is highly attuned to the craftsmanship of a building’s construction and is accustomed to the way many men in that field made clear that they didn’t think she belonged there. She is skeptical of the divide between craft skills and trade skills; she sees as much knowledge and skill in a well-positioned pipe as in any craftwork. Just as Slade questions the distinction between trade and craft skills, she also questions the way spaces and skills are gendered. By combining skills that have been identified in the past as being exclusively “women’s” or “men’s” work, like cross-stitch or electrical wiring, to create her finished buildings, Slade calls out a host of false dichotomies.
Carly Slade is an artist based in Tempe, AZ. She earned her MFA from San Jose State University and her BFA from Alberta College of Art and Design. Slade has been a resident artist at the Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA; 2017–2019), Lawrence Arts Center (Lawrence, KS; 2016–2017), Archie Bray Foundation (Helena, MT; 2016), Medalta (Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; 2012), and Watershed Center for the Arts (Newcastle, ME; 2011). Slade has shown her work throughout the United States, including at: Johnathan LeVine Projects (Jersey City, NJ; 2018), The Clay Studio; (Philadelphia, PA; 2018), Arch Enemy Gallery (Philadelphia, PA; 2017), and the American Museum of Ceramic Art (Pomona, CA; 2016). This will be her first exhibition in New York City. Slade is from Alberta, Canada and is currently an instructor at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ.
Download the press release here.

Images: © Alan Wiener, courtesy of Greenwich House Pottery, 2020.

Opening Reception for City Wide
2020-01-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States

Carly Slade Artist Talk
2020-01-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Carly Slade will give a talk about her exhibition, City Wide, which will be on view January 10 through February 7, 2020.

Seats are limited.
Please register to RSVP.
This event is free and open to the public.

Open Studio Closed
2020-01-10 15:30 - 17:30 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Open studio will be closed in the 2nd Floor Handbuilding studio on January 10, 2020 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Carly Slade will be giving an artist talk in that room from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Register for the talk online or in the liaison office.
For more information, visit Pottery Notes or Open Studio Hours on the Current Students section of our website.

Winter Term Begins
2020-01-06 18:00 - 22:00 | Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Fall term at Greenwich House Pottery begins!
For more information, visit the Classes section of our website.

CreArtBox: Brandenburg
2019-12-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
For the second installment of the 2019 CreArt Music Series, CreArtBox collaborates with the Arte String Quartet to present a program based around Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.
In 1721 Bach presented a total of 6 concertos to Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. In 2019, CreArtBox will present the 5th in this series of works at the Renee Weiler Concert Hall at the Greenwich House School of Music, with the musicianship of each artist on full display.
Alongside the concerto, CreArtBox will present works by Benjamin Britten, Philip Lasser, and Evan O. Adams. The evening will open with Britten’s String Quartet No. 2, a mid-twentieth century piece that harkens to traditional forms while still exploring new territory typical of the period. The evening continues with an exploration of the twenty-first century through Lasser’s Ballade for flute & string quartet. Lasser elects to create and evolve an emotional landscape rather than focus on abstract compositional aspects of form; the piece is still presented in a quasi-concerto style, relating it back to the tradition explored by Bach hundreds of years earlier.
The evening also will feature the premiere of a new commission by composer Evan O. Adams. His work Branden Bird Can Share Too exists as a companion piece to Bach’s 5th concerto, deconstructing and reconstructing various aspects of the original work. In addition to CreArtBox, O. Adams has also written works premiered by the JACK Quartet and Quince Ensemble.
PROGRAM
Evan O. Adams (1996 – )
Branden Bird Can Share Too – New commission, world premiere [5’]
Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)
String quartet No. 2 [30’]
Philip Lasser (1963 – )
Ballade for flute & string quartet [9’]
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 [25’]

Sound It Out: Michael Formanek’s Very Practical Trio
2019-12-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Bassist-composer Michael Formanek’s Very Practical Trio – featuring saxophonist Tim Berne and guitarist Mary Halvorson – returns to the Sound It Out series, celebrating the Intakt release of Even Better, the trio’s first album together. Mike, a longtime Sound It Out favorite, scored three consecutive five-star reviews in DownBeat for his previous albums on ECM, and The New York Times has described his music as “graceful in its subversions, even sumptuous.”
Jazzwise has praised Tim’s art as being “suffused with genuine humanity and more than a little wisdom,” while the Wall Street Journal called Mary “one of the most exciting and original guitarists in jazz – or otherwise.”
The music of Even Better conveys Mike’s special sense of instrumental song. “It may not be what comes to mind for some people when you say the word ‘song,’ but it’s a personal idea of song for me,” he explains. “I conceived the compositions as cohesive, song-like structures, with a lyrical quality – not just head/solo/head in the usual jazz way. The pieces aren’t overly arranged, but the improvisations do spin out of the material of the songs and then go back into it. I think this record really brings out the tuneful nature in everyone’s playing.”
Tickets are available at the door.

Ben Kono Group Premiere of "Voyages"
2019-12-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Since moving to New York City in 1999, woodwind specialist, saxophonist and composer Ben Kono has been attracting attention as a singular emerging voice in cutting-edge groups like Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble and the Ed Palermo Big Band. With the release of his critically acclaimed recordings CROSSING and DON’T BLINK, he has come into his own light as a leader and composer of note.
The Ben Kono Group presents a new work commissioned by the 2018 Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation entitled “Voyages”. The suite features his long-standing quintet joined by a stellar string quartet in an extended jazz composition inspired by the writings of his grandfather, Rev.Juhei Caleb Kono, who immigrated to the U.S. during a turbulent time for Asian Americans in this country.
Featured in this performance are:
Ben Kono, woodwinds
Pete McCann, guitar
Mike Holober, piano
Matt Clohesy, bass
Jared Schonig, drums
Sara Caswell, violin
Meg Okura, violin
Lois Martin, viola
Jody Redhage Ferber, cello
Tickets are $15 /$10 for students and seniors, can be purchased at the door or in advance
