The Remains of Winter
2022-12-21 00:00 - 23:59, 2022-12-22 00:00 - 23:59, 2022-12-23 00:00 - 23:59, 2022-12-24 00:00 - 23:59, 2022-12-25 00:00 - 23:59, 2022-12-26 00:00 - 23:59, 2022-12-27 00:00 - 23:59, 2022-12-28 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York) and 20 more dates
Athena LaTocha

On view: October 1st-January 22ndAll DayHistoric Chapel and Battle Hill

“Athena LaTocha has embraced geological materials from mesas, wetlands and bluffs in her large-scale works. Now, she’s exploring what’s underfoot in New York City.” – The New York Times

Acclaimed artist Athena LaTocha’s large-scale installation explores the history of Green-Wood’s landscape as one of continuous movement and alteration, and invites us to consider the ways we might mourn and memorialize these shifts and changes.

Athena LaTocha, The Remains of Winter (Battle Hill, East), 2022. Work in progress. Commissioned by The Green-Wood Cemetery. Photo courtesy of the artist.

On view in the Historic Chapel and outdoors on Battle Hill, LaTocha’s distinctive sculptures are made from trees that once grew at Green-Wood and have been cloaked in thin sheets of lead. The work embraces the distinctive character of Green-Wood’s landscape and the roles that both human and natural forces have played in its transformation.

Athena LaTocha creates massive works that explore the relationship between human-made and natural worlds. She was inspired by her upbringing in the wilderness of Alaska and the Earthwork artists of the 1960s and 70s. LaTocha has exhibited across the country, most recently at BRIC House; The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey; MoMA PS1; JDJ at The Ice House in Garrison, New York; and the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. LaTocha is the recipient of the Eiteljorg Fellowship, the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Painting, and grants from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

The Remains of Winter is made possible by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts.

Free and open to the public.

Death Cafe: The Remains of Winter Virtual Edition
2022-12-27 18:30 - 19:30
This special virtual edition Death Cafe is inspired by Athena LaTocha’s The Remains of Winter, a series of site-specific sculptures about memory, mourning, and land currently on view at Green-Wood. Harry Weil, Green-Wood’s director of public programs and the show’s curator will open with a discussion of Athena’s work. To learn more about The Remains of Winter, click here.

The Death Cafe is a simple concept. It was inspired by the centuries-old European salon (or cafe) where people gathered informally to discuss ideas.

Price: Free. Registration required.

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Death Cafes apply this concept to the most universal topic of all—death—creating an opportunity for all of us to share our thoughts and feelings on this difficult topic. There is no official agenda and it does not serve as a support group. We do, however, hope Remains of Winter acts as a catalyst for our discussion.

Free. Registration required. Please consider a donation to the Green-Wood Historic Fund so that we can continue to offer free and low-cost programs throughout the year.A Zoom link will be in your confirmation email upon registration.

George Bellows: The Great American Painter
2023-01-11 18:00 - 19:00
George Bellows (1882–1925) has been described as “the most acclaimed American artist of his generation.” In the early twentieth century, as a member of the Ashcan school of painting, he pioneered a realistic depiction of life in New York City: boxing matches, elevated trains, dock workers, and everyday people. Bellows had a short but prolific career; at just 42 years old he tragically died from appendicitis.

Join us virtually for a lively discussion about one of America’s great painters, led by Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman.

Price: $9, and $4 for members.

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He’ll be joined by Charles Brock, associate curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art who in 2012 organized the monumental exhibition on Bellows that was displayed at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., The Metropolitan Museum in New York City, and the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Also joining will be Nannette Maciejunes, executive director emerita of the Columbus Museum of Art, which is home to the recently created George Bellows Center.
