The Center For Italian Modern Art (CIMA) Announces ‘Schifano And Jazz’ — An Evening Of Music
OCTOBER 20TH AT 6:30 PM ET
IN CELEBRATION OF CIMA’S CURRENT EXHIBITION “FACING AMERICA: MARIO SCHIFANO, 1960-65” ON VIEW UNTIL NOVEMBER 13TH
In celebration of The Center For Italian Modern Art’s current exhibition, “Facing America: Mario Schifano, 1960-65” the research center and gallery announces “Schifano and Jazz” a concert dedicated to Schifano’s passion for American Jazz on Wednesday, October 20th at 6:30 pm ET.
With a cast of local New York City musicians, including multi-instrumentalists Stefan Zeniuk (Vampire Weekend) and Ari Folman-Cohen (Grammy Award-winning guitarist Stephane Wrembel), as well as violinist Cody Geil, The Center For Italian Modern Art will host a live, unplugged music performance paying homage to the jazz artists that influenced Schifano’s art such as Miles Davis, Bud Powell, and Freddie Hubbard.
Before the performance, CIMA will invite guests to raise a toast for another engaging season of modern Italian art in NYC!
This special program will have discounted tickets for CIMA members and students. Registration, masking, and proof of vaccination are required.
More info here: https://www.italianmodernart.org/events/schifano-and-jazz-an-evening-of-music/
ABOUT CIMA:
Founded in 2013, CIMA is a public non-profit dedicated to presenting modern and contemporary Italian art to international audiences. Through critically acclaimed exhibitions—many of them bringing work to U.S. audiences for the first time—along with a wide variety of public programs and substantial support for a new scholarship awarded through its international fellowship program, CIMA situates Italian modern art in an expansive historic and cultural context, illuminating its continuing relevance to contemporary culture and serving as an incubator of curatorial ideas for larger cultural institutions. CIMA works to add new voices to scholarship on modern Italian art with annual fellowships that open fresh perspectives and new avenues of research. A visit begins with complimentary espresso, followed by an informal exhibition tour with one of the resident fellows. Visitors are welcome to linger for additional viewing and conversation.
ABOUT STEFAN ZENIUK:
Stefan Zeniuk is an NYC-born saxophonist, composer, animator and DJ. He has released 4 albums with his 10-piece psycho-mambo group, Gato Loco. His original stop-motion animations have been featured on NPR and Billboard. He is the inventor of the Flame-O-Phone, a fire-breathing baritone sax, and has performed and recorded with bands ranging from Vampire Weekend to The Violent Femmes. He is a weekly radio DJ on WKCR 89.9fm in NYC.
ABOUT ARI FOLMAN-COHEN:
Ari Folman-Cohen is an eclectic and open-minded musician and his repertoire and stylistic approach fuse the varied experiences he finds himself in. As bass player for Grammy award-winning guitarist Stephane Wrembel he holds down exciting and sturdy Gypsy Jazz bass lines. In Avant Punk Mambo group Gato Loco he thrashes melodically on the electric bass. When playing with his ska and rocksteady project Pangari and The Socialites he supplies the melodic foundations. In addition to musical pursuits he works on his own film creation, as well as forays into short stories, cartoons and script writing.
ABOUT CODY GEIL:
Cody Geil is a multi- instrumentalist and singer. She writes and records full string quartet arrangements and original compositions. Originally from Chicago Il, Cody is now based in New York City, and has released two original albums. Go with the Day, a collection of original world fusion instrumental compositions, and The Chase-Lion Tamer is an eclectic indie pop collaboration, which mixes looped violin lines, layered haunting vocals and catchy beats.
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For More Information, Please Contact:
Mikaela Duhs
Rebecca Shapiro