Welcome to Judson Arts’ Spring 2024 Season!

All performances take place in Judson’s Meeting Room,
accessible at the 243 Thompson St. entrance,
with doors and free food at 6:30pm and art at 8:00pm.

Coming up:

5/8 Black Aesthetics - Chloe Marie

5/15 Black Aesthetics - crackhead Barney

5/22 METRA by The Hartfords

5/29 - OPERA: SITE by Luc Vitková

6/5 Black Aesthetics - Amina Ibrahim & Reason Wade

6/12 NO EVENT

6/19 Black Aesthetics - Malcolmx Betts

 

+++ May 8 +++

6:30pm Free food + Doors | 7:30pm Show

AFRAID OF THE ABSTRACT

by Chloe Marie

Curated by Malcolmx Betts & Arien Wilkerson as part of the Black Aesthetics Series

This performance explores being bound to an eternity of self-exploration. Dance helps process fear, music and sound frame the external atmosphere. I am catapulted into a realm of introspection, where shadows of uncertainty intertwine with the luminosity of discovery. Within this enigmatic piece, each step becomes a testament to resilience, indicative of the human spirit's capacity to transcend survival. Through the volatility of movement and the resonance of space, fragments of identity coalesce to present humanness. It is within this realm of introspection that I find solace, a sanctuary amidst the tumultuous cadence of life.

Genres: Dance, Movement, Song, Music, Experimental Theatre

Performance by Chloe Marie @saturn_as_a_girl
Music/Sound by Lee Clarke @leeclarkeonline

CHLOE MARIE

Chloe Marie is a multi-disciplinary artist based on the Lenni Lenape Land also known as Philadelphia. In 2013, Chloe moved to Philadelphia to attend The University of the Arts where they received their BFA in 2017. While at UARTS they worked with artists of varying styles of performance and technique. Chloe currently collaborates with multiple artists in Philadelphia and occasionally teaches. Chloe realizes the immense privilege they have to live life as an artist; they are extremely thankful for those in their life who continue to support and care for them.

LEE CLARKE

Lee Clarke is a producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Philadelphia. Early musical experiences with his grandmother, a NYU-trained pianist, paved the way for formal study in jazz and synthesizers at University of the Arts. Inspired by depth explorations in harmony and beat-making through the works of Stevie Wonder and J Dilla, he went on to arrange and produce for artists in the Philadelphia and New York areas. Projects with long term collaborators Kingsley Ibeneche and Ivy Sole have been featured on Pitchfork, NPR, The Fader, okayplayer and Afropunk. HIs first solo project, Off Nights, was released on Astro Nautico in 2020. His latest project Genes, a beat tape, draws on themes of memory, degradation and the evolution of sound and bloodlines.


Judson Arts continues the long tradition of arts ministry at Judson Memorial Church, a spiritual force in Greenwich Village for over 120 years, devoted to creative freedom, social justice, and progressive faith. From the acclaimed Judson Poets’ Theater and Judson Dance Theater to today’s Judson Arts programming, Judson embraces the necessity of art in our lives and nurtures an uncensored environment for innovative expression, considering all artists potential modern-day prophets who show us where we’ve been, who we are, and what we can become.

Our programmer/artistic director, Reverend Micah Bucey (he/they), currently serves as Minister at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, a congregation committed to curiously seeking the intersections between expansive spirituality, radical social justice, and uncensored creative expression. A graduate of Fordham University and Union Theological Seminary, Micah is also a regular film reviewer for Spirituality & Practice and a member of Interfilm, the international interchurch film organisation, twice serving as a member of the Ecumenical Jury for the Berlin International Film Festival. Micah believes that artists have the potential to serve as society’s modern-day prophets, showing us where we’ve been, who we are, and what we can become. Find out more at micahbucey.com.