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New York, NY – September 22, 2025 – The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation is pleased to announce its fall 2025 programming calendar. All events will take place during the exhibition Romance, Regret, and Regeneration in Landscape, which opened September 18th and runs through December 9th, 2025 at The 8th Floor.
On October 23rd, Chief Curator at Madison Square Park NYC, Denise Markonish, will host a talk with Canadian visual artists Sameer Farooq and Cassils. On November 18th, curator and Director of the Vernacular Institute in Mexico City, Jo Ying Peng, will host a talk with Mexican artist, Chantal Peñalosa Fong. On December 9th, the season will close with a discussion between Richard Mosse and Alexis Rockman, two of the show’s featured artists, moderated by the exhibition’s curators Anjuli Nanda Diamond and George Bolster of The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation.
The 8th Floor is also delighted to announce an open call for the Sight/Geist series for local emerging film and performance artists, which will return in its 6th season in Spring 2026.
All events are free and open to the public and take place at The 8th Floor, 17 W 17th St, NYC.
RSVPs are encouraged via the individual links below.
Thursday, October 23rd | 6-8PM
Our Friends to the North:
Denise Markonish in Conversation with Sameer Farooq and Cassils
Details & RSVP Here
Denise Markonish, Chief Curator at Madison Square Park NYC in conversation with NYC-based Canadian artist Cassils, and Toronto-based artist Sameer Farooq. Together, they will reflect on their practices, experiences as artists in the diaspora, and the current political climate between America and Canada.
Wednesday, October 1st (due November 15th)
Open Call! Sight/Geist: Film & Performance for Emerging NYC Artists
Details & Apply Here
The 8th Floor is excited to announce an open call for the sixth season of Sight/Geist, a series that supports emerging NYC-based film and performance artists. Submissions will be accepted October 1st through November 15th for spring 2026 programming at The 8th Floor.
Tuesday, November 18th | 6-8PM
Our Friends to the South:
Jo Ying Peng in Conversation with Chantal Peñalosa Fong
Details & RSVP Here
Jo Ying Peng, curator and Director of the Vernacular Institute in Mexico City, Mexico in conversation with Chantal Peñalosa Fong, a NYC-based Mexican artist whose practice engages deeply with questions of labor and the border between America and Mexico. They will discuss working as diasporic artists abroad, and the contemporary politics affecting artists, curators, and academics based in the USA.
Tuesday, December 9th | 6-8PM
Addressing the Anthropocene:
Anya Gallaccio and Alexis Rockman in conversation with Anjuli Nanda Diamond, George Bolster
Details & RSVP Here
A discussion between artists Anya Gallacio and Alexis Rockman and the curators of our current exhibition, Romance, Regret, and Regeneration in Landscape. They will examine human impact on the environment related to the epoch of the Anthropocene, the anthropause that occurred during Covid-19, and the curatorial impulses behind the current exhibition at The 8th Floor.
About the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation The Foundation believes in art as a cornerstone of cohesive, sustainable communities and greater participation in civic life. In its mission to make art available to the broader public, to underserved communities, the Foundation provides direct support to, and facilitates partnerships between, cultural organizations and advocates of social justice across the public and private sectors. Through grantmaking, the Foundation supported cross-disciplinary work connecting art with social justice via experimental collaborations, as well as extending cultural resources to organizations and areas of New York City in need. sdrubin.org
About The 8th Floor The 8th Floor is an independent exhibition and event space established in 2010 by Shelley and Donald Rubin to promote artistic and cultural initiatives. Inspired by the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, the gallery is committed to broadening the access and availability of art to New York audiences. Seeking further cultural exchange, The 8th Floor explores the potential of art as an instrument for social change in the 21st century, through an annual program of innovative contemporary art exhibitions and an events program comprised of performances, salon-style discussions, and those organized by external partners. the8thfloor.org
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