Current Exhibition:
Observatory’s first group-curated show
View show images here
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, January 7, 2012 7-10 PM
ON VIEW: Sunday, January 8 to Sunday, February 26, 2012
HOURS: Thursday & Friday 3-6PM, Saturday & Sunday 12-6PM
CLOSING RECEPTION/3rd Anniversary Fundraiser: Saturday, February 18, 2012 8PM
Artists and scientists have always been attracted to the moon…
Our closest celestial neighbor, the earth’s little sister, the moon creates the tides and illuminates the woods at night. For centuries, humanity believed the moon provided a key into the invisible realm: it called out the beast within us, freeing us to act as wolves, to run, to dance, to chant—and sometimes (as in Duncan Jones’ Moon) to split in two, to find our double, our changeling moon-self.
Is the moon home to life? Today we know it isn’t, but even as of 1830, speculation was rampant that the moon was inhabited by Christianized bat-people who worshiped in great ziggurats. (See The Sun and the Moon by Observatory alumnus Matthew Goodman for details.) Still, life comes to the moon. We know the moon contains frozen water, and we dream of using it as our jumping-off point for visiting even more alien vistas…
You can find out more about this exhibition by clicking here.
Previous exhibition: the ephemera by James Walsh
Upcoming Events
JANUARY
January 7: LUNATION: Art on the Moon Group Show Opening Party
January 8: CLASS: Dissection as Studio Practice: Lecture and Studio Art Class with artist Laura Splan *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com
January 9: Vanitas Drawing Class with Classically Trained Artist Lado Pochkhua: featuring real human skeleton (class 1) *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com (6 Mondays, Jan. 9th - Feb 13)
January 10: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven: Back by Popular Demand. ***SOLD OUT; send email to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to mailing list
January 13: Gabba Gabba Hey! Ramones Night at Observatory: A screening of End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones out-takes and Q&A with filmmakers Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia and John Gramaglia
January 16: Vanitas Drawing Class with Classically Trained Artist Lado Pochkhua: featuring real human skeleton (class 2) *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com (6 Mondays, Jan. 9th - Feb 13)
January 17: Para-Academia #7: A Crossing Without Borders Part 2 of 2: Death in the Thought of Jacques Derrida: a free The Public School NY class facilitated by Jonathan Basile
January 20: UFOs, Ghosts, Monsters and the Afterlife: “UFO Hunters”’ Bill Birnes on the Supernatural: A night with William Burns of TV’s UFO Hunters and Ancient Aliens, introduced and moderated by Ronni Thomas of The Midnight Archive
January 22: Moon Magick Ritual Workshop with Pam Grossman Class size is limited; Must RSVP to phantasmaphile [at] gmail.com
January 23: Vanitas Drawing Class with Classically Trained Artist Lado Pochkhua: featuring real human skeleton (class 3) *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com (6 Mondays, Jan. 9th - Feb 13)
January 24: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven: Back by Popular Demand. ***SOLD OUT; send email to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to mailing list
January 26: The Search for Granny-Dump Mountain: Illustrated lecture by Journalist Justin Nobel
January 29: The Pornographic Arcades Project: Adaptation, Automation, and the Evolution of Times Square (1965-1975): an illustrated lecture with Amy Herzog, revised for 2012! – NOTE: This event will take place IN MANHATTAN at the Cornelia Street Cafe
January 30: Vanitas Drawing Class with Classically Trained Artist Lado Pochkhua: featuring real human skeleton (class 4) *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com (6 Mondays, Jan. 9th - Feb 13)
February
February 2: PERFORMANCE: Buried Alive! A Matchbox Theatre: A matchbox theatre performance by Deborah Kaufmann
February 3: PERFORMANCE: Buried Alive! A Matchbox Theatre: A matchbox theatre performance by Deborah Kaufmann
February 6: Vanitas Drawing Class with Classically Trained Artist Lado Pochkhua: featuring real human skeleton (class 5) *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com (6 Mondays, Jan. 9th - Feb 13)
February 9: Spectral Findings / Larger Objects: New theatrical works by Ariel Stess & Claire Moodey
February 10: Found: New evidence of phallic monuments in Peru by the civilization of Llhuros: An illustrated lecture by artist Alastair Noble on the ancient civilizations of darkest Peru including Llhuros and the stone engravers of Ica
February 12: Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: With former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton *** SOLD OUT; Additional class added on March 24th; link here
February 13: Vanitas Drawing Class with Classically Trained Artist Lado Pochkhua: featuring real human skeleton (class 6) *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com (6 Mondays, Jan. 9th - Feb 13)
February 14: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven: Special Valentine’s Day Edition! ***SOLD OUT; send email to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to mailing list
February 17: The Moon and Its Closest Associates: A 3-D Slideshow with 3-D Legend Gerald Marks
February 18: Observatory 3-Year Anniversary Fundraiser & LUNATION closing party
February 21: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven: Back by Popular Demand. ***SOLD OUT; send email to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to mailing list
March
March 17: Dissection and Drawing Workshop with Real Anatomical Specimens with physical anthropologist Samuel Strong Dunlap, PhD *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com
March 18: Carbon Dust Drawing Workshop, Featuring Real Anatomical Specimens with Board Certified Medical Illustrator Marie Dauenheimer, MA, CMI *** Class size is limited; Must RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com
March 24: Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: With former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton *** MUST RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com
March 25: Natural Perfume Making Workshop with Julianne Zaleta ***Class size is limited; Must RSVP to phantasmaphile [at] gmail.com