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Arthouse2B Second Annual Benefit
Arthouse2B warmly invites you to our Second Annual Benefit, once again on the Feast of St. Cecilia -- Saturday, November 22, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village.
Come celebrate the Arthouse2B community and support our artists as they faithfully pursue their vocation. Our Second Annual Benefit is centered around the theme of Flourishing. The evening will be filled with fellowship, live performances, and encouraging remarks from our speakers as we reflect on the ongoing growth of our artists, who are at the heart of a flourishing culture.
In addition, we are excited to initiate our St. Cecilia Award this year! We will be honoring Marylee MacDougall, an important mentor and friend of Arthouse2B. We are grateful to God for Marylee's guidance and presence during crucial growing stages of Arthouse2B's formation, and beyond. Marylee, a retired General Electric executive, has served on the boards of Courage International, St. John Fisher Seminary, and the GIVEN Institute, and as the first lay chancellor of the Diocese of Bridgeport.
Schedule:
5:30pm - Vigil Mass
6:30pm - Cocktails and Hors d’Oeuvres, Opening of Silent Auction
7:15-9:00pm - Opening Remarks, Dinner, Keynote, Performances (Ballet, Music, Theater), St. Cecilia Award
9-10:30pm - Social, Music, Dessert, Close of Silent Auction
Kindly RSVP by 11/15.
Dress Code:
Cocktail Attire
For dietary restrictions, special accessibility needs, or any questions, please email Emilia, our Benefit Committee Coordinator at treasurer@arthouse2b.org.
Ticketing Options:
Each ticket includes a 35% tax-deductible contribution.
1. Individual Ticket: $200
This ticket option includes entry to the full schedule of events: Dinner, drinks, reception, keynote talk, performances, and silent auction.
2. Sponsor a Table: $2,000
This ticket option reserves an entire table for 8 guests (including the full schedule of events), as well as sponsors 2 tickets for members of our Arthouse2B artist community. This ticket option is a great way to generously support our artists.
Please send us the full names and email addresses of your table guests to Erin McAtee (erin@arthouse2b.org) no later than November 1st.
Note: There are two options for purchasing this ticket:
1. Use the ticket below (a 4% transaction fee will be included)
2. Alternative payment method (Check, Donor Advised Fund) -- for this option, email Erin McAtee to reserve your table.
3. Sponsor an Artist or Religious: $200
This ticket option will help bring religious sisters and brothers, priests, and members of our Arthouse2B artist community to place at each table and contribute to this special celebration. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
4. Can't join us but want to make a donation?
Help sponsor the Benefit through a contribution here!
Flyer by Jp Talty.
New Works Festival
For two weekends in October, Arthouse2B presented our first festival of original theatrical works at The Catholic Center at NYU. The program featured a diverse lineup of theatre, dance, performance art, and more. Opening night of the festival (October 17) was preceded by a Mass for Artists in the NYU Chapel. Following Mass, there was a light reception with small bites and featuring a custom Arthouse2B brew.
The festival featured works created by: Erin McAtee, KARL & Calvin Hitchcock, Amy Pan & Danielle Cummings, Lancelot Schaubert, Angelina Graves, Hanna Chomiczewski, and Studio Child.
The Lineup
Weekend A: October 17-18
Alpha Omega Alpha - Erin McAtee
Fluxus of the Particular - KARL & Calvin Hitchcock
Perpetual Felicity - Amy Pan & Danielle Cummings
Weekend B: October 24-25
Dead Christ - Lancelot Schaubert
In the Grass - Angelina Graves
Unravelings - Hannah Chomiczewski
Special Presentation - Studio Child
Photos by Charlie White.
Flyer by Jp Talty.
Ballet & The Theology Within
On Friday October 3rd, Arthouse2B partnered with Ballet Hartford to bring our community an exclusive ballet performance and talkback. The sold-out event at The Alvin Ailey Studios in Midtown was an exploration of the theology in Claire Kretzschmar's original ballets, featuring live performances by Ballet Hartford dancers and a moderated discussion led by Jessica Stack. Performed excerpts included dances from her acclaimed pieces, A Ceremony of Carols and Raffaella, as well as her newest work-in-progress, Notte di Natale (Christmas Night) which premieres this November 29th in Hartford, CT.
Claire Kretzschmar is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, podcast host, former soloist with New York City Ballet (NYCB 2010-2022), current Artistic Director of Ballet Hartford, and co-founder of Arthouse2B.
Photos by Elena Castello.
Becoming Becoming Gallery Performance: 8/28
On August 23rd and 28th the gallery exhibition of Joséphine Dubern’s work was accompanied by a special immersive gallery performance directed by Karina Majewski delved into the twin vocations of artist and mother and how they are embodied.
The performance featured poetry by Janice Hernandez.
Featured performers:
Emilia Tanu Chornay
Lorena Reiss Farmand
Cindy Hernandez Mathis
Karina Majewski
Courtney Kiolbassa Talty
Karina Majewski is a playwright & performer based in New York City. She received her MFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and their three sons.
Janice Hernandez is a poet and mother living in Chicago. She holds an MFA from George Mason University. Her work can be found in DIAGRAM, the Journal, Hobart, Blackbird, Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere.
Flyer by JP Talty.
Photos by Sean McCullough.
Becoming Becoming Gallery Performance: 8/23
On August 23rd and 28th the gallery exhibition of Joséphine Dubern’s work was accompanied by a special immersive gallery performance directed by Karina Majewski delved into the twin vocations of artist and mother and how they are embodied.
The performance featured poetry by Janice Hernandez.
Featured performers:
Emilia Tanu Chornay
Lorena Reiss Farmand
Cindy Hernandez Mathis
Karina Majewski
Courtney Kiolbassa Talty
Karina Majewski is a playwright & performer based in New York City. She received her MFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and their three sons.
Janice Hernandez is a poet and mother living in Chicago. She holds an MFA from George Mason University. Her work can be found in DIAGRAM, the Journal, Hobart, Blackbird, Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere.
Flyer by JP Talty.
Photos by Sean McCullough.
Becoming Becoming at The Sheen Center
In August 2025, Arthouse2B presented an exhibition of works by Joséphine Dubern at The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture.
The exhibition, curated by Erin McAtee and Lucy Rahner, was an exploration of what it means to be an artist specifically in the context of motherhood: What does it mean to be an artist before versus after having a child? How does the process of creating a work as an artist relate to the process of creating a new life within oneself? What can an artist who is a mother specifically offer the Art World, an artistic landscape that has historically not been the most welcoming to such a state of life?
Becoming Becoming examined how mothers are ontologically gestational, creative in the very nature of their being.
It was shown in the Dilenschneider Gallery at The Sheen Center (18 Bleecker Street) from August 6-28th, 2025.
Joséphine Dubern was born in 1995 in Aix-en-Provence, France. After studying communication sciences at the Université de Montreal, she graduated from Les Beaux-Arts de Marseille. She currently lives and works in Montreal, where she is also the mother of two children.
For two nights only, the exhibition was accompanied by a special immersive gallery performance directed by Karina Majewski that delved into the twin vocations of artist and mother and how they are embodied.
Napa Institute Arts Festival Gallery
In July, Arthouse2B curated an exhibition for the first annual Napa Institute Arts Festival. The two-day event in Northern California featured a curated selection of films, live theatrical performances, a live concert, and a gallery with works by national and international artists.
The gallery exhibition, titled Ever Ancient, Ever New: Meditations on the Holy Face, included works by:
Robert Armetta
Alfonse Borysewicz
Bee Chessman
Sarah Mildred Crow
Andrew de Sa
Sr. Armelle Fauvette
James Langley
Deborah Joan Lanino
Oxana Lim
Nick Maione
Kara Patrowicz
Robert Puschautz
Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs
& Elizabeth Zelasko
“With a strong emphasis on community, the Napa Institute Arts Festival provides a unique opportunity for Catholics to connect, share experiences, and be inspired by the power of art and faith.”
Spring Events at St. Vincent Ferrer
On Friday, May 16th, the Young Adult Ministry at SVF, Club Dominicana, hosted Arthouse2B for a performance of an excerpt from Ruah: Breath of Life, followed by a Q&A, food, and fellowship.
On Tuesday, May 20th, as part of the spring Mystagogy formation series offered by the parish, Arthouse2B Executive Director Erin K. McAtee gave a talk on Georges Rouault: Grace and the Grotesque: Devotional Art in the Heart of the World. A recording of the talk can be found here.
Behold the Beautiful One: The Heart of Beauty Artist Retreat
St. John Paul II once said that at the origin of all that exists, of all the created world, lies “not so much a great mind, as a great heart.” This Heart from which all of creation springs forth into being is the same source from which flows all that is Beautiful. This center of Beauty, this Heart of Beauty, is what anyone who has heard the summons to create, no matter what form that may take, has experienced — even if they couldn’t name it.
On May 9-11th, 2025 at the Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown, NJ, we held our annual retreat for artists.
This year our speakers included: Fr. Malachy Napier, CFR, Fr. Isaac Spinharney, CFR, Sr. Tirzah Mariae, S.V., Br. Damiano Pio, CFR, Fr. Samuel Bellafiore, and Samantha D’Agostino.
Flyer by Ryan Noll
Photos by Edwin Lucero
The Jeweler's Shop at Princeton University
For ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY Arthouse2B’s presented an encore presentation of The Jeweler’s Shop by Karol Wojtyla, directed by James T. Majewski and featuring the original cast.
The play was presented to another sold out crowd in the beautiful Chancellor Green Rotunda at Princeton University on Saturday, April 12th, at 7pm, followed by a conversation with the artists.
Photos by Samuel McGriff
AH2B Film Festival at Catholic Underground
On April 5th, 2025, we presented a lineup of new films at another Arthouse2B Film Festival at Catholic Underground. The evening began with Eucharistic Adoration led by the CFRs in collaboration with our Assistant Director, Zoe Dongas. The screening was followed by an excellent conversation with the filmmakers, moderated by Cristian Murphy.
Featured filmmakers:
Damian Chlanda
JP Talty & Upstate
Claire Kretzschmar
Sidi Wang
Photos by Sean McCullough.
Mass for Artists
We are so grateful to those came to our Mass for Artists on Friday, March 7th.
Thank you to our celebrant, Fr. Jonah Teller, OP, and all those at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village who welcomed us for this special event. It was a night to remember: from the beautiful and uplifting music at Mass and at the reception by Higher Word Orchestra’s Christa Dalmazio, Elizabeth DiFronzo, Roy Demarco, Connor Morrissey, Johnum Palado, and Charlotte Bell; the stirring and visceral poetry by Lancelot Schaubert; the exquisite and contemplative dance piece by Breana Moore; and the moving and sincere crooning by Charles Robertson.
Flyer by Dana Schein
Photos by Edwin Lucero
De•compositions
De•compositions, a new group exhibition featuring drawings and works on paper, was view at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village from March 7 - April 9, 2025.
Co-curator Lucy Rahner considers the ashes on our heads at the start of Lent: “The Lenten season starts with an ashen sign of mortality on the forehead, like the smudge of charcoal an artist finds on his face after a long day in the studio. It seems no coincidence that graphite and charcoal—perhaps the most fundamental media of mark-making—are made of carbon, the very element to which our bodies return...”
Flyer artwork by Jp Talty.
Photos by Edwin Lucero.
Beauty is the Home of Hope - Dance Showcase
Arthouse2B is proud to have co-sponsored "Beauty is the Home of Hope", a showcase of dance artists curated by Elizabeth Buchheister on February 13-15, 2025, at Arts On Site NYC.
"Hope is not abstract or fragile but is grounded in the tangible and transformative experiences of beauty that bring peace, inspiration, or a deeper sense of purpose. When people hold onto hope they pursue renewal."
Choreographers
Alexandra Strouse and Lauren Weinberg
Alisa Nipp *
Ashley Taylor *
Breana Moore *
Brian Huynh *
Claire Kretzschmar in collaboration with visual artist Erin McAtee and singer Elizabeth DiFronzo *
Claudia Logi
Elizabeth Buchheister *
Gabriel DeRego
Jade Connor
Juan Carlos Franquiz II *
Julia Lawton
Lorena Farmand *
Mina Rose *
Shaelyn Kaiser
The Truth Project *
Tiffany Oltjenbruns *
* Indicates the premiere of a new work
Photos by Daniel Huie & Tiffany Oltejnbruns
AH2B x SSM Vespers & Pop-Up Gallery
Arthouse2B co-sponsored a special event with the School of Sacred Music as a part of their Midwinter Light Vespers series at St. George’s Chapel in Gramercy Park. The event included a pop-up exhibition featuring artists from the community along with these beautiful selections for the Divine Office.
Artists featured:
Dana Schein
Ryan Johnson
Stella Song
Eduardo Crespo
Bee Chessman
Monday, February 10th - Saint Scholastica, Virgin
Magnificat quarti toni - David Bevan (1951-2021)
Diffusa est gratia - William Byrd (1540-1623)
Wednesday, February 12th
Magnificat octavi toni - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Beati quorum via - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Flyer by Lucy Rahner
Photos by Erin McAtee
Arthouse2B Expo at Catholic Underground
Arthouse2B has an annual Advent tradition of collaboration with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFRs) of hosting events that feature Christian and Catholic artists during their December Catholic Underground event. In the past we’ve held maker’s markets, a short film festival, and a gallery night.
On December 7th, 2024, we presented an Arthouse2B Expo night. After the monthly Holy Hour, a group of local artists displayed paintings, drawings, photos, cards, prints, and stickers, with work available for purchase.
Location: Our Lady of Good Counsel Church 230 E 90th St, New York, NY 10128
Date: Saturday Dec. 7th
Arthouse2B Benefit
On November 22nd, 2024 the Feast of St. Cecilia, Arthouse2B hosted our first Benefit evening: a warm celebration of our first year as a not-for-profit 501(c)3. With the sacrifice of the Holy Mass, dinner, performances by community members, and an inspiring keynote talk from Sr. Tirzah Mariae, SV, we deepened our gratitude and joy for the support of our mission of restoring culture through the heart of the artist.
Photos by Edwin Lucero
Flyer by Ryan Noll
Saint Lucy: A Musical Hagiography
Saint Lucy is a musical hagiography by Karina Majewski, with music by Mary Fedrigo and Tom Lewis, imagined as a punk rock concert performed by a band of Virgin Martyrs.
It was presented on Friday, September 13th, 2024, to a sold out crowd at St. Joseph’s in Greenwich Village. The show was followed by a reception with custom hand-crafted baked goods by Miriam, O Maria Bakery.
Photos by Sean McCullough
“Playing Around” Panel Discussion
On Thursday, August 22nd, curator Lucy Rahner moderated a panel discussion with artists Audrey Bennet, Sasha Hallock, and Adrienne Lee. There was a small reception after the panel.
Photos by Edwin Lucero
Mass for Artists - August 2024
On August 3rd, 2024, Arthouse2B celebrated its fourth anniversary! After a Mass for Artists celebrated by Fr. Reginald Hoefler, O.P., there was a reception for the opening of a new gallery exhibition entitled “Playing Around”, featuring works by Adrienne Lee, Sasha Hallock, and Audrey Bennett. There were performances by Rachel Den Hartog, Sr. Maria Frassati, S.V., Sr. Fidelity Grace, S.V., Karina Majewski, and Mary Fedrigo.
Flyer by Jp Talty
Photos by Edwin Lucero
“Playing Around” Gallery Exhibition
This exhibition, curated by Lucy Rahner, was presented in the Gabriel Gallery from August 3rd until September 6th. Featured artists: Adrienne Lee, Audrey Bennett, and Sasha Hallock.
From the curator:
“G.K. Chesterton noted that, ‘It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.’ Yet, the experience of forgetting how to play as we become adults—losing that which gave color to childhood—seems depressingly ubiquitous. Play is indispensable, somehow existing for its own sake—for the love of the game—while filling life with vitality.”
Arthouse2B at Catholicpalooza
On Saturday, July 27th, Arthouse2B presented a new experimental musical performance based on the life and martyrdom of Saint Lucy written and directed by Artistic Associate Karina Majewski. The musical hagiography brought alive the story of the truly radical and iconic saint. Music by Mary Fedrigo and Tom Lewis, featuring Lydia Brinkmann, Mary Fedrigo, Karina Majewski, Moises Rodriguez, Peter Murphy, and Victor Giler.
Arthouse2B was also a vendor at the festival. It was a pleasure to meet with attendees and share with them our mission as well as artwork from three members of the community: Oxana Lim, Sean McCullough, & Mindy Indy.
NEC - Eucharistic Revival for Artists - July 2024
On July 19th, Arthouse2B hosted an event in downtown Indianapolis during the National Eucharistic Congress. This gathering connected lay Catholic artists, patrons, clergy, and religious from around the country with the common desire of seeking Beauty and being transformed by it.
The event featured a dance performance by co-founder Claire Kretzschmar, music by Sean Erickson, and artwork by Desiree Hinshaw, who also helped organize the event. Attendees heard a fervorino by Fr. Malachi Napier, CFR, in which he exhorted them to look to the Eucharist as a source for their artistic practice.
A highlight from Fr. Malachy’s remarks: “The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus reveals to us the reality, the truth, the love and the beauty that is behind all the experiences of our lives. These experiences often give birth to art and that shifts the eyes of an artist when they realize that this something they are in contact with, this something that has allowed the artist to create is actually a Someone. That shift from something to Someone opens up a new horizon of creativity in which there is a relationship; the artist is encountering the presence of a person, and that person is in fact, Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.”
Thank you to all who attended our event at the National Eucharistic Congress. It was a gift to commune with you and to encourage each other in the pursuit of Beauty and the Beautiful One.
Flyer by Julian Mancini
Breaking Through: The Culture of Life in Arts and Entertainment
Sponsored by the Human Life Foundation in cooperation with Arthouse2B and the Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer, join us on June 29th for “Breaking Through: The Culture of Life in Arts and Entertainment” — featuring live performances, artwork, presentations, and panel discussions with writers, artists, and those working in fiction, poetry, film, theater, and television. Artistic Associates James and Karina Majewski will present a reading of “Arranged”, an original play by Karina Majewski, followed by a Q & A. The gallery will feature paintings by Bee Chessman. Followed by a reception with music by the Nick Hempton Band.
Tickets available here: $50 full price; $30 special discounted rate for artists and under 30.
The Jeweler’s Shop by Karol Wojtyła
For two weekends in June, Arthouse2B presented Karol Wojtyła’s ”The Jeweler’s Shop” at St. Vincent Ferrer Church on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Artistic Associate James Majewski directed this original adaptation of the most well-known play by the man who would become Pope Saint John Paul II. Featuring Lydia Brinkmann, Vincenzo Hinckley, Karina Majewski, Peter Murphy, and Anna Wulfekuhle, with assistant direction by Dylan Gervais and music direction by Christa Dalmazio.
Photos by Elena Castello
Flyer by Javier Viramontes
Picnic in the Park
On Pentecost Sunday, May 19th, Arthouse2B hosted a picnic potluck in Central Park. After the 12pm Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer on the Upper East Side we walked over to the picnic area south of the baseball fields in the Park to enjoy friendship, fellowship, and food, and to celebrate the Solemnity.
Photos by MJ O'Toole
Arthouse2B's Annual Artist Retreat: Behold the Beautiful One: Mary, Mother of Beauty
Arthouse2B's Annual Artist Retreat:
Behold the Beautiful One: Mary, Mother of Beauty
Inspired by the National Eucharistic Revival that has been happening throughout the United States, Behold the Beautiful One is a retreat for artists inviting them to come and encounter the Beauty that inspires and calls us deeper into creativity as artists. Through Mass, Eucharistic adoration, confession, music, talks, fellowship with other artists and Eucharistic creativity offered over three days, participants experienced the Beauty that inspires our art and were challenged to enter more deeply into the vocation we have as artists to point others to the Beautiful One. We are grateful to have had the support of several religious communities for the retreat, including the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, Sisters of Life, Dominicans of St. Joseph's Provence, and Piarist Fathers.
Date/Time:
Friday, April 12 at 7pm - Sunday, April 14 at 3:30pm
Location:
Annunciation Church
88 Convent Ave.
New York, NY 10027
Mass & The Met
YCP NYC partnered with AH2B for an evening of Mass, artwork, and fellowship on Friday, March 22, 2024. We attended the 5:30 PM daily Mass at St. Ignatius Loyola and then went as a group to The Met Museum for self-guided viewing. We met afterward for drinks and fellowship at a local bar.
Mass for Artists with Cardinal Dolan
On Saturday, March 9th, at 5pm, Arthouse2B hosted a Mass for Artists, celebrated by His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan and accompanied by a special schola under the direction of Christa Dalmazio and Mary Fedrigo. After Mass, the Cardinal joined us in the Gabriel Gallery for the opening of an exhibition featuring the photography of Sean McCullough, harp music by Christa Dalmazio, and a performance preview of “The Jeweler’s Shop”, featuring James & Karina Majewski, Dylan Gervais, Anna Wulfekuhle.
Flyer by Dana Schein
Photos by Edwin Lucero
Gallery Night @ Catholic Underground
On February 3rd, 2024, Arthouse2B partnered with the Fransican Friars of the Renewal to present a night of art, music, and performances after their monthly Catholic Underground Holy Hour at Our Lady of Good Counsel parish in New York City. Artist featured: Salem Farmand, Lorena Reis, Alfonse Borysewicz, Molly Lewis, James Majewski, Anna Wulfekuhle Gervais, Br. François Fontaine, CFR, and Dana Schein.
A Ceremony of Carols: Pilgrimage to the Ballet
Arthouse2B took pilgrims from New York City to Hartford, CT to view “A Ceremony of Carols" - a new ballet choreographed by Claire Kretzschmar, set to music by Benjamin Britten.