What’s Coming Up
Napa Institute Arts Festival Gallery
Arthouse2B is proud to be curating an exhibition for the first annual Napa Institute Arts Festival. The two-day event in Northern California will feature a curated selection of films, showcasing a range of compelling stories and artistic visions, 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, will include 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
Pauline Wood
& 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.”
Becoming Becoming at The Sheen Center
Join us for the opening reception on August 7th from 5:30pm - 7:30pm!
Becoming Becoming is an exhibition of new works by Joséphine Dubern, an artist and mother of two. Dubern has created a prolific body of engaging, colorful abstract works that span the time before her becoming a mother, up until, and after, the birth of her two children.
The exhibition will explore 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 examines how mothers are ontologically gestational, creative in the very nature of their being.
The exhibition will be in the Dilenschneider Gallery at the Sheen Center (18 Bleecker Street) from August 6-28th.
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, Dubern's work will be accompanied by a special immersive gallery performance created by Karina Majewski that will delve into the twin vocations of artist and mother and how they are embodied. You can purchase tickets for these performances below:
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.
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
“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.”
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.
Kindling: Works by DaoZi & Aman
Arthouse2B and Con-solatio collaborated to present “Kindling” - an exhibition of paintings, drawings and calligraphies by master Dao Zi and his disciple, Aman, curated by Fr. Paul Anel and Jiale Hu. The one-day-only gallery exhibition included a moderated talk with the artists, with Chinese and English translations by Jiale Hu.
sub*stantia
About the Event
The Gabriel Gallery at Annunciation Church in West Harlem presented sub*stantia - a gallery exhibition curated by Maggie Jones, James T. Majewski and Erin K. McAtee, and featuring artwork by Jamie Elizabeth Allen, Alfonse Borysewicz, Zoé de Bretagne, Bee Chessman, Vitaly Lopez, Veronica Marrinan, Misato Pang, Lucy Rahner, and Jacqueline Rodriguez.
Behold this Heart
About the Event
An immersive art and poetry experience of Mary’s Heart was performed on two consecutive evenings and featured artworks by Erin K. McAtee, with live music and poetry performed by Fr. Sam Bellafiore, Sr. Jordan Rose, SV, and Jenny Kibrick.
In the Flesh
About the Event
The Gabriel Gallery at Annunciation Church in West Harlem featured the gallery exhibition, In the Flesh, curated by Lucy Rahner and featuring works by artists Alfonse Borysewicz and Julia Hembree Smith.
Roots and Wings Art Show
About the Event
The Gabriel Gallery at Annunciation Church in West Harlem featured a group exhibition curated by Lucy Rahner. Featured artists included Eduardo Andres Crespo, Sofia Kayafas, Zhouanqi Liu, Anastasia Lopoukhine, Julia Merkenschlager, Kylee Snow, Dena Sturm, Ziyu Tang, Joe Tessitore, Hao Wang, Patricia Wongkar, and Schicheng Zhao.
Meditation on the Meaning of Birth
About the Event
An immersive art and poetry experience by Erin K. McAtee and Fr. Joseph Michael, CFR was performed in the Gabriel Gallery at Annunciation Church in West Harlem. Against the backdrop of artwork by Erin K. McAttee exploring the theme of motherhood, Fr. Joseph Michael, CFR read original poems inspired by the theme of birth. The performance was followed by an outdoor urban courtyard social.
Spiritus Vita
About the Event
The Gabriel Gallery featured photography by M.J. O’Toole and Alizah Wilson and highlighted the theme of newness and vibrancy found in street photography, portraiture, and dance.
Open Call Group Exhibition
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The Gabriel Gallery at Annunciation Church in West Harlem featured works by John Reynolds, Francesca Capone, Leah Horowitz, Sibley Barlow, Geoffrey Gneuhs, Emely Abreu, Elisa M. Torres, Br. François Fontainé, CFR, Fr. Orlando Rodriguez, and O Blood and Water Films.
Mystagogia - Erin K. McAtee Solo Show
About the Event
The Gabriel Gallery at Annunciation Church in West Harlem featured a collection of works by artist Erin K. McAtee. The works and theme of the show reflected different stages of entering into faith and encountering its mysteries.
Video by Molly Lewis:
Open Call Group Exhibition
About the Event
The Gabriel Gallery at Annunciation Church in West Harlem featured works by Jorge Orellana, Felicia Ann Perez, Francesca Capone, Eduardo Andres Crespo, Chris Amodio, and Lucy Rahner.
“Coincidentia Oppositorum: The Coincidence of Opposites” Fr. Michael Reyes, OFM Solo Exhibition
About the Event
Franciscan Friar and artist, Fr. Michael Reyes, OFM shared a collection of his works in the Gabriel Gallery at Annunciation Church in West Harlem.