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Westbeth Home of the Arts
produced by George Cominskie, Per Henriksen and Jesper Bundgaard, Out of Sync (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2011), 30 mins
The first and largest federally funded artists’ colony in the United States, Westbeth became home to a generation of artists grateful for cheap rent and a place to live and work. Since 1970 the west Greenwich Village site has provided a home to artists who range from emerging to well-established and represent a...
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produced by George Cominskie, Per Henriksen and Jesper Bundgaard, Out of Sync (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2011), 30 mins
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The first and largest federally funded artists’ colony in the United States, Westbeth became home to a generation of artists grateful for cheap rent and a place to live and work. Since 1970 the west Greenwich Village site has provided a home to artists who range from emerging to well-established and represent a wide variety of disciplines.
Inhabitants are painters, writers, photographers, filmmakers, poets, sculptors, dancers, choreographers,...
The first and largest federally funded artists’ colony in the United States, Westbeth became home to a generation of artists grateful for cheap rent and a place to live and work. Since 1970 the west Greenwich Village site has provided a home to artists who range from emerging to well-established and represent a wide variety of disciplines.
Inhabitants are painters, writers, photographers, filmmakers, poets, sculptors, dancers, choreographers, musicians, and composers, and have included luminaries like Diane Arbus, Merce Cunningham, Joseph Chaikin, Nam June Paik, and Nadine Gordimer.
Opened through funding provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the J.M. Kaplan Foundation, Westbeth was originally reconfigured from five abandoned industrial buildings by the renowned architect Richard Meiers, and was recently designated as a New York City landmark. This film provides a window into the array of creative inhabitants who live, work, and age there, and chronicles the evolution of the neighborhood from crime-ridden to coveted.
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Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
George Cominskie, Per Henriksen, Jesper Bundgaard, Out of Sync
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Cities, Art & Architecture
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Filmakers Library
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