Judson Arts Fall/Winter 2024

All shows take place in Judson’s Meeting Room,
accessible at the 243 Thompson St. entrance, with doors and free food at 6:30pm and art at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted.

DECEMBER 2024

Wed 12/4 - Black Aesthetics - Dominica Greene

Wed 12/18 - The Big Bang

 

++ WED DEC 4 ++

6:30pm Doors + Free Food | 7:30pm Free Show

questions on i n h e r i t a n c e

by Dominica Greene

‘questions on i n h e r i t a n c e’ is an end-of-year ceremony discussing the things we inherit which do not belong to us, but become ours. It is a space to lay out grief and address our legacy. Through engaging in live conversation and movement with women who have a close relationship to new life – through motherhood or spiritual practice – it aims to draw a connection between death and birth, birth and future, future and hope. The evening is shaped by a series of vignettes to experiment the very beginnings of ideas and research. Utilizing installation, dance, spoken word, and minimal audience participation, it hopes to leave all in attendance wondering: what cycles will we break and which will we choose to keep?

Dominica Greene – Concept & Performance

Ariel Blake – Co-creation & Performance

Heaven Schydlowsky – Co-creation & Performance

Dominica Greene

Dominica Greene is a bi-racial Caribbean-American artist harnessing the elements, spirit, and womanness into an existence rooted in love, community, and regeneration. Residing on the unceded lands of the Munsee Lenape people, Greene creates conceptual, body-based art guided by her philosophy that dance is a ubiquitous energetic entity encompassing anything that is alive or in proximity to aliveness. Her work seeks to reflect nature, human and otherwise, as a way of highlighting humanity, our similarities and differences, and the stark similarities in our differences.

 

++ WED DEC 18 ++

6:30pm Doors + Free Food | 7:30pm Free Readings

THE BIG BANG

a cold reading series hosted by Jonathan Caren

Join us to experience this month’s exciting readings of new works!

 

++ JAN 7-11, 2025 ++

Out-FRONT Festival

by Pioneers Go East Collective

Tues Jan 7 + Fri Jan 10 @ 7pm
Miranda Brown + Noa Rui-Piin Weiss: !!simon says~~!:));)$$
Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett: VESSELS

Wed Jan 8 + Thurs Jan 9 @ 7pm
Jill Sigman: Re-Seeding (Encounter #4)

Fri Jan 10 @ 8.30p + Mon Jan 13 @ 7pm
Dick Biter
Stuart B Meyers
thegarden.exc

Sat Jan 11 @ 3pm
Film Screening showcasing 5 dance-film and experimental shorts

 

Judson Arts continues the long tradition of arts ministry at Judson Memorial Church, a spiritual force in Greenwich Village for over 120 years, devoted to creative freedom, social justice, and progressive faith. From the acclaimed Judson Poets’ Theater and Judson Dance Theater to today’s Judson Arts programming, Judson embraces the necessity of art in our lives and nurtures an uncensored environment for innovative expression, considering all artists potential modern-day prophets who show us where we’ve been, who we are, and what we can become.

Our Artistic Director, Reverend Micah Bucey (they/them), currently serves as Senior Minister at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, a congregation committed to curiously seeking the intersections between expansive spirituality, radical social justice, and uncensored creative expression. A graduate of Fordham University and Union Theological Seminary, Micah is also a regular film reviewer for Spirituality & Practice and a member of Interfilm, the international interchurch film organisation, twice serving as a member of the Ecumenical Jury for the Berlin International Film Festival. Micah believes that artists have the potential to serve as society’s modern-day prophets, showing us where we’ve been, who we are, and what we can become. Find out more at micahbucey.com.