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SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART: Opening Reception & Mother Artist Salon with pianist Eunbi Kim
DESCRIPTION:Photo: a still from ‘Saturn Years’ video by new media artist Xuan \nPlease join us on July 21\, 2025\, from 7 – 9 pm for the Opening Reception for the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. At the reception\, mother artist Eunbi Kim will give a solo piano performance and share musings on the transformative connections between motherhood\, music\, and identity. Kim and her husband just welcomed their second child. \nThe event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nThe event is the first of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nABOUT THE ARTIST AND PROGRAM \nPianist Eunbi Kim explores childhood\, family\, and identity through multimedia programs that combine music\, visual projections\, and spoken text. She creates sonic memoirs that invite audiences to meditate on their past\, present\, and future selves and how they all coexist. In “it feels like a dream\,” created shortly after becoming a new mother\, she asks the audience\, “What are the dreams we carry? What are the dreams we pass on?” Working in close collaboration with cutting-edge composers and artists of different mediums\, she creates projects that offer audiences the opportunity to tap into their unconscious pool of memories\, dreams\, and desires. \nhttps://www.eunbikimmusic.com \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800
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SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART:  Mother Artist Salon with THIS IS A MOVEMENT
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on July 23\, 2025\, from 7 to 8:30 pm for an Artist Salon with THIS IS A MOVEMENT (TIAM) featuring live music by mother artists Goussy Celestin and Amma Whatt\, and conversation with the artists and Niama Safia Sandy\, co-founder of TIAM. TIAM is an initiative launched in 2022 seeking to create a more equitable music industry through an intersectional Black feminist lens\, centered upon non-hierarchical\, collaborative and imaginative modes of creation and organization. \n This event is one of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nThe event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nABOUT THE MISSION OF THIS IS A MOVEMENT \n THIS IS A MOVEMENT (TIAM) was conceived in 2021 by a set of musicians\, scholars\, and leaders who often crossed paths and noticed a fragmentation in the field. The #MeToo movement had activated conversations and actions around gender justice\, but the efforts were more disparate – artists were organizing\, gathering\, and taking action on the bandstand\, educators were creating curriculum and writings within the academic space\, and producers and presenters were raising standards and focusing on diversity. TIAM was launched with the hope that it could be a centralized place for this community to discuss different perspectives\, share resources\, and advance conversations around equitable representation. The name – This Is A Movement – was chosen to signal that a larger movement is happening in the field and to hold the organizers accountable to the mentality and long-term commitment that movement-building requires. \nThis Is A Movement asks what transformation looks like\, with the goal of creating a robust community network that will work to cultivate a liberated music industry\, placing equity at the forefront. \nWomen\, those of underrepresented gender identities\, and their allies are claiming a space that challenges the status quo of the jazz and creative music scene. This movement is changing ways of thinking\, ways of working\, and ways of living while confronting structural inequities based on gender\, age\, race\, and culture. It is asking the essential question: What does a freer\, fairer\, and more representative music industry look like? To reimagine and remake our ecosystem\, we invite numerous organizations\, institutions\, and individuals\, bringing together artists\, activists\, organizers\, and creatives to share their experience\, their dreams\, and their plans. \nThis Is A Movement offers historical context\, academic data studies\, relevant dialogues\, and special guest speakers to an engaged and diverse audience of industry professionals\, educators\, students\, performers\, and the general public. This Is A Movement invites those leading change in the field\, as well as those for whom these conversations are difficult. It aims to create an incubator for new ideas that will bring about the future change we need in our cultural spaces. \nhttps://www.thisisamovement.com/ \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800 \nABOUT THE MUSICAL ARTISTS \nBrooklyn-born Haitian-American artist GOUSSY CÉLESTIN interchanges the roles of pianist\, composer\, vocalist\, dancer\, educator\, and arranger with ease. \nWhile managing WeBop\, an early childhood music program\, Goussy is raising two sons\, her “greatest creative compositions\,” leading workshops\, composing for her ensemble\, in addition to holding a faculty position at BerkleeNYC. \nGoussy’s awards include\, Laundromat Project: Create Change Fellow\,  Queens Council on the Arts\, Gardarev Residency\, Field Leadership Fund\,  Space @ Ryder Farm Residency\, NYC Women’s Fund\, and received a commissioning grant from Mutual Mentorship for Musicians.  \nShe’s recently been awarded the Jazz Leadership Fellow by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and a New York State Council on the Arts’ Support For Artists Award\, for her KongoNola project. \nhttps://www.goussycelestin.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/goussycelestin_ayitibrass/ \n \nVocalist\, performer\, and activist AMMA WHATT is a dynamic force in music. Praised by the New York Times for her ‘silk-infused vocals\,’ she effortlessly captivates audiences. Her musical story began with learning African chants and West-African dance from her performing parents\, and blossomed into her writing and performing with acclaimed bands like Grammy-nominated Nate Smith and Kinfolk\, empowering children through self-expression and rhythm\, and gracing stages across Europe and the US!  \nAmma was recognized by Pop Matters magazine as “a distinctive soul singer who absolutely seduces your ear\,” and her latest music represents a fusion of modern pop with Soul\, Afro-Caribbean styles\, House\, and Jazz\, featuring evocative storytelling on themes of love\, pain\, and hope. Her viral a cappella videos dedicated to the religious music of Orisha worshippers worldwide exemplify her dedication to incorporating 29 years of faith as a Yoruba-Lukumi priest into her artistic expression. \nWhile she balances music and her family life in New York\, Amma is deeply engaged in global social justice causes and serves as vice president of the executive board of the Egbe Iwa Rites of Passage program. Through her volunteer work and musical activism\, Amma seeks to leverage her voice as a powerful tool for advocacy and allyship. \nhttps://ammawhatt.bandcamp.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/ammawhatt/ \n\n\n\nNIAMA SAFIA SANDY is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist\, curator\, and change agent. \nSandy’s work across disciplines delves into the human story through the application and critical lenses of culture\, healing\, history\, migration\, music\, race\, and ritual. Her creative practice often is an examination of the ways history\, economics\, migration\, and other social forces and constructs have shaped modern realities. Her aim is to use the visual\, written\, and performing arts to tell stories we know in ways we have not yet thought to tell them and to lift us all to a higher state of ontological and spiritual wholeness in the process. \nShe is a co-founder of THIS IS A MOVEMENT. She  currently teaches graduate and undergraduate students at Columbia University\, School of the Arts\, and Pratt Institute\, School of Art. \nhttps://www.instagram.com/___niama___/ \nhttps://www.thisisamovement.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/this.is.a.movement/
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SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART:  Mother Artist Salon with Layale Chaker and Maeve Gilchrist
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on July 24\, 2025\, from 7 to 9 pm for an Artist Salon featuring live music and conversation with Layale Chaker (violin) and Maeve Gilchrist (harp)\, two artists who balance active tour schedules with the demands of caring for their young children. The event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nThe event is one of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nABOUT THE PROGRAM \nChaker and Gilchrist come together in an exploration of the threads that stitch our inherited worlds—the whispers of old tales passed down by grandmothers\, the shadowed weight of mythologies\, superstitions\, and lullabies\, scattered across time and distance. \nDrawing from the musical vocabularies of their respective lineages—Celtic and Levantine—this new duo traces melodic and rhythmical contours shaped by centuries of oral memory. They search for the places where their stories overlap: fields of exile\, haunted lands\, and songs that carry coded truths. \nThis is not a reimagining of the past\, but an exploration of a shared present—an exploration of what flows through us unseen\, like smoke through veins. This suite of music invites the audience to step into a newly formed world\, rooted in the past but written for the present day—a brand new mythology. \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800 \nABOUT THE MUSICAL ARTISTS \nLAYALE CHAKER\, violinist\, singer and composer \nComposer and violinist Layale Chaker was raised on the verge of multiple musical streams in her native Lebanon. Her complex sound universe\, described by NPR as “beguiling” with “bright and beautiful strands… gorgeous\, wine-dark swirls\,” lies at the intersection of classical contemporary music\, jazz\, Arabic music\, and improvisation. Her practice is committed to art as both sanctuary and crossroads—a place where ancestral narratives meet contemporary voices in a continuous reimagination of the world we inherit\, live in\, and bequeath. A 2020-2022 Jerome Hill Fellow\, Chaker is also the recipient of the 2022 Opera America Discovery 2022 Award\, among many other accolades. \nIn 2024\, her work Qarar/Jawab premiered at the Venice Biennale\, and Dawning\, a double concerto\, premiered with the New York Philharmonic. Her debut chamber opera\, Ruinous Gods\, premiered at the 2024 Spoleto Festival before its European debut at Wuppertal Opera. She also recently released a double portrait album on In a Circle Records\, featuring both her classical works and chamber jazz quintet\, Sarafand. \n“Haunting yet quietly rigorous…” — The New York Times \nhttps://layalechaker.com \nMAEVE GILCHRIST\, harpist\, singer\, composer and producer \nEdinburgh-born harpist and composer Maeve Gilchrist has been credited as an innovator on her native instrument and taken the Celtic (lever) Harp to new levels of performance and visibility. Currently based in Kingston\, NY\, Maeve tours internationally as a solo artist and composer. She is a member of the Grammy-winning Silkroad ensemble and of Arooj Aftab’s Grammy-winning Vulture Prince Ensemble. She has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma\, Frankie Gavin\, Esperanza Spalding\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, and Solas.  \nAs a composer\, Maeve straddles the worlds of folk and classical music with pieces that include two original concertos for symphony Orchestra and Celtic Harp\, along with various works for harp and string quartet that have been played by such acclaimed groups as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra\, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra\, and the Aizuri String Quartet. She is a regular visiting artist at Berklee College of Music and has had several instructional books published by Hal Leonard and 80 Days Publishing. Maeve has released a number of albums under her name and is a featured soloist on the Dreamworks blockbuster movie soundtrack\, “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.” Her most recent album\, “The Harpweaver\,” has garnered international acclaim\, including a five-star review from the Irish Times\, which described it as “buoyant\, sprightly and utterly beguiling….a snapshot of a musician at the top of her game.” Maeve is the Artistic Director of the Rockport Celtic Festival\, an innovative new festival focused on cross-curation and the outer fringes of Celtic music. \n“Both Fascinating and Absorbing in equal measure\, an Original Voice” — Scotsman \nhttps://www.maevegilchristmusic.com
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SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART: Closing Reception & Mother Artist Salon
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on July 26\, 2025\, from 3 – 5:30 pm (doors open 3 pm\, program starts 3:30 pm)  for the Closing Reception for the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. At the reception\, mother artists Sita Chay (violin) and Rema Hasumi (keyboards) will perform and join a conversation with the exhibition artists on the exhibition’s themes. The event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nFollowing the conversation\, Vietnamese mother artist and author / peacemaker / philanthropist Le Ly Hayslip will share her thoughts and weave them into a larger conversation about the lessons not learned from the American War in Vietnam — this year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the war as well as the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII — and the need to envision a society where the value of inspiration\, creation\, mutual care\, and unconditional love is recognized and integrated into every aspect of life\, without discrimination. \nThe event is the last of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \n\nSITA CHAY is a violinist\, composer\, and performance artist who won a 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Mariachi Album\, as violinist of the Flor de Toloache. She is an awardee of New York Foundation for the Arts Women’s Fund\, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship\, New Music USA’s Creator Development Fund\, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Creative Engagement Grant\, and Foundation for Contemporary Arts\, and was invited for residencies at the Stone\, Joe’s Pub\, and the Cell Theatre for various projects she is envisioning. Her collaborators include Satoshi Takeishi\, Shoko Nagai\, Sidra Bell\, and Leo Genovese and with them she performed in numerous festivals such as Progressive Chamber Music Festival 2023\, Outfest 2024\, and Multicultural Music Festival 2024. \n\n\nHer most recent project\, “Multidimensionally Human\,” is an interdisciplinary series that she collaborates on with Dr. Nikolai Chapochnikov\, a neuroscientist and psychotherapist. Through this project\, she weaves the psychotherapy modality Internal Family Systems using narrative\, dance\, visual art\, and music as a performance artist. \n\n\nIn 2023\, she released a music narrative film “Ritual of Le Sac” which tells a story of a fish-like life of a baby swimming inside the womb. This project was inspired by her recent journey of becoming a mom and experiencing the kindness and gentle curiosity from various strangers on the street for carrying a life inside. She intended this film to reflect and rediscover the innate human capacity and desire to care and honor life. \n\n\nMs. Chay is the director and a founder of the Korean Shaman Music Ritual\, SaaWee\, which international critics have called as a “delicate powerhouse.” For SaaWee\, she has interwoven her theatrical experiences from Broadway shows\, folkloric spirituality from Korean shaman rituals\, and contemporary music flair from New York jazz scenes. SaaWee’s Return of Songbirds debuted at Lincoln Center as part of #Restartstage project in 2021 and was invited to Ars Electronica Festival 2021. SaaWee won the California Music Video Awards 2022 in Best World Music category. \n\nhttps://www.sitachay.com \nREMA HASUMI is a New York-based sound designer and improviser\, whose eclectic background spans classical\, jazz\, and experimental music. The foundation of her music is grounded in a wide range of pianistic expressions that are at times contemplative and at others assertive. Her recent work involves compositions and improvisations with analog synthesizers\, electronics\, and vocals. Hasumi’s music has been described as one that “is able to capture those elusive moments when silence becomes music and music becomes silence” (Jakob Baekgaard\, All About Jazz) and that “begins with a delicate piano rumination\, wandering\, searching\, finding a state of gentle deliberation that suddenly fades” (Dan McClenaghan\, All About Jazz). Her musical influences span across various musicians\, including Alice Coltrane\, Sun Ra\, Masabumi Kikuchi\, Paul Bley\, Terry Riley\, Arthur Russel\, and many more. \nHasumi’s “Mothers\,” a seven-track album dedicated to the collective experience of motherhood\, will be released digitally on July 1\, 2025. The music represents the journey of mothers striving to protect their creative paths while navigating the deep emotions that come with parenting and the process of redefining their identities. Each track explores a different emotional landscape\, yet all share excerpts of piano improvisation from a single recording session\, which serves as an undercurrent throughout the album. This undercurrent reflects the ongoing\, profound\, and dynamic experience of motherhood. The album features a series of collaged soundscapes\, consisting of synthesizers\, piano\, and vocals performed by Hasumi\, with contributions from Austin White on electric bass and synthesizers on three tracks. Each track’s sound elements are improvised separately and then combined using a collage approach rather than traditional composition. The final mix is designed to offer a three-dimensional\, holistic\, and stimulating listening experience. The album will be available for digital download and streaming\, with a beautiful cover photograph by Aline Müller. Her works\, including the album cover photo\, are part of the Life Is Art Is Motherhood Is Art exhibition. The development of “Mothers” was made possible\, in part\, by a grant provided by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing). \nhttps://rema-hasumi.com/ \nLE LY HAYSLIP is an internationally known Vietnamese-American author\, philanthropist\, peace activist\, speaker\, and mother. She grew up in Ky La (now known as Xa Hoa Quy)\, Vietnam during the American-Vietnam War. She wrote two best-selling memoirs—When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Child of War\, Woman of Peace\, based on her painful and ultimately triumphant journey from a traumatizing childhood in war-ravaged Vietnam to her new life in America. Having grown up in Central Vietnam as a woman\, Le Ly shares a perspective that is unique when it comes to the Vietnam War. She received raving reviews for both books\, including from The New York Times and The Washington Post. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places was included in the 1990 edition of Reader’s Digest’s Today’s Best Nonfiction. Her memoirs\, having been published in 17 different languages throughout the world\, are now used in several universities as course material to study women in history\, the American/Vietnam War\, and other topics. In 1993\, the books were adapted into the film “Heaven & Earth\,” directed by the award-winning director Oliver Stone and starring Hiep Thi Le and Tommy Lee Jones. \nLe Ly’s life as a humanitarian began after she arrived in the US in 1970 and became a US citizen\, but she returned to her native Vietnam in 1986. Her shock from the devastation\, poverty\, and illness left by the war became the impetus for her two philanthropic organizations\, East Meets West Foundation and Global Village Foundation. Both organizations dedicate their efforts to humanitarian relief\, education\, and development to help rebuild Vietnam through providing basic needs (shelter\, clean water\, medical facilities\, education)\, establishing revolving loan programs\, and finding homes for several hundred orphaned children. Hayslip continues to lead groups and delegations in cultural and anthropological studies in her home village. \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800
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