Approaching Distance – solo exhibition by Todd B. Richmond
Approaching Distance – solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Todd B. Richmond on view January 24 through May 20, 2024 1155 Ave of the Americas (6th Ave & 44th St) in Midtown Manhattan, NYC Opening Reception: Thursday, Feb 15, 6-8pm > please RSVP here Viewing hours 10am-7pm, and by appointment > please email us your [...]
Silweta Premieres Jan 19-20, 2024
Pioneers Go East Collective/Out-FRONT! Festival presents Paz Tanjuaquio / TOPAZ ARTS Dance Productions Silweta (World Premiere) Fri, Jan 19, at 7pm, and Sat, Jan 20, at 6pm, Abrons Arts Center Playhouse Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St, New York City Ticketing info > Free with reservation. Suggested donation of $25 TOPAZ ARTS Dance Productions premieres a [...]
Thanks for a Remarkable 23 Years!
Happy New Year! As we count down the hours in 2023, we reminisce on a remarkable year at TOPAZ ARTS and are excited for new works in 2024 with upcoming performances and exhibitions in January. We thank you for being a part of TOPAZ ARTS’ 23 Years and wish you peace in the new year! [...]
December Performances at PAC/NYC
We are thrilled to announce that Paz Tanjuaquio will be performing in The March, Dec 10-16 at the new Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) in new works by 3 choreographers. The March Dec 10-16, 2023 by Big Dance Theater Choreography by Tendayi Kuumba, Annie-B Parson, Donna Uchizono. What happens when we dance together? And what [...]
Artist Talk: Sunday Nov 5 at 6pm
Artist Talk with Eloisa May P. Hernandez Sunday, Nov 5, 2023 at 6pm: Free > RSVP TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue > directions TOPAZ ARTS welcomes Eloisa May P. Hernandez from the University of the Philippines in presenting an Artist Talk, Sunday, Nov 5, 2023 at 6pm. Hernandez shares her work as a photographer, curator [...]
TOPAZ ARTS’ 23rd Year Celebration featuring Terrain
Join us! On Saturday, Oct 21st at 4pm, TOPAZ ARTS’ 23rd Year Celebration features Terrain 長江頭 by AAPI Dance Artist-in-Residence Huiwang Zhang. TOPAZ ARTS presents Terrain 長江頭 Saturday, October 21, 2023, 4:00pm TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Ave: directions > Free with RSVP > Through echoing of each other’s essence, the mirage of Terrain 長江頭 forms. How do our bodies — moving [...]
Topaz Arts presents FX Indépendance: Filipinx Dance Artists
FX Indépendance: Filipinx Dance Artists Performance and Artist Talk Sunday, June 11th, 4-6pm Free: RSVP on Eventbrite at TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Ave, Woodside, Queens > directions TOPAZ ARTS presents FX Indépendance: Filipinx Dance Artists – Performance and Artist Talk on Sunday, June 11th, 4-6pm. On the eve of Philippine Independence Day, the program will [...]
Join us Sunday, May 21st for a Spring Salon
Join us! On Sunday, May 21, 2-4pm, TOPAZ ARTS presents a Spring Salon featuring readings by Nancy Agabian celebrating her new novel The Fear of Large and Small Nations joined by fellow writers Aida Zilelian, Catherine Kapphahn, and Nita Noveno, and performance by AAPI Dance Resident Artist Nikaio Bulan Sahar. Sunday, May 21, 2-4pm The [...]
Pairings: Paintings by Roy Fowler
TOPAZ ARTS Visual Arts Program presents Pairings: Paintings by Roy Fowler on view April 29 to May 28, 2023 closing reception: Sunday, May 28, 2-5pm TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue > directions Viewing hours are Saturdays 12-4pm and by appointment – please email: visit@topazarts.org Click here for Exhibition Works List TOPAZ ARTS is pleased to [...]
Open Rehearsal Showing with Keely Garfield
Open Rehearsal Showing with Keely Garfield Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 3:00pm: Free TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue > directions TOPAZ ARTS is pleased to present a free open rehearsal showing with choreographer in residence Keely Garfield. Join us on Sunday, March 5th at 3pm for the opportunity to see her new work in [...]
TOPAZ ARTS AAPI Artists Residencies
TOPAZ ARTS 2022 AAPI Dance Residencies Celebrating Dance Artists of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage TOPAZ ARTS announces the 2022 AAPI Dance Residencies. Celebrating AAPI Dance Artists, TOPAZ ARTS supports choreographers with time and space to focus and develop the creation of new dance works. The TOPAZ ART Dance Residencies are made possible, in [...]
Open Studio with Jason A. Cina
TOPAZ ARTS presents an Open Studio Showing with painter and photographer Jason A. Cina. As part of a one-month artist residency, Cina shares new work in sculptural paintings, as well as a series of photography. Open Studio with Jason A. Cina Fri, Jan 13, 5-9pm Sat, Jan 14, 12-4pm TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Ave, Queens, [...]
TOPAZ ARTS presents Tenjin Ikeda
Download Exhibition List here > TOPAZ ARTS Visual Arts Program presents Powers Revealed in Printmaking – a solo exhibition by Tenjin Ikeda on view October 22 to December 10, 2022 opening reception: Saturday, October 22, 3-6pm as part of TOPAZ ARTS’ 22nd Year Celebration Free! register here> TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue: directions > open [...]
Celebrating 22 Years on Oct 22
TOPAZ ARTS’ 22nd Year Celebration Free! register here> 10.22.2022, Sat, 3-6pm TOPAZ ARTS: 55-03 39th Ave: directions > Join us! On Sat, Oct 22nd from 3-6pm, TOPAZ ARTS 22nd Year Celebration will feature artists in visual arts, dance and poetry. In the gallery, view the opening of “Powers Revealed in Printmaking” by Tenjin Ikeda, and [...]
Topaz Arts presents We Are They
TOPAZ ARTS presents a screening of We Are They Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 6:30pm at TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue, Woodside, Queens > directions Free with registration > masks and vaccinations required TOPAZ ARTS presents a screening of the short film We Are They – in celebration of the street naming Little Manila Queens Avenue [...]
Performance: May 26 at Judson Church
Paz Tanjuaquio performs as part of CROSSROADS at Judson Church Featuring artists: Paz Tanjuaquio, Doron Perk, Angel Acuña, Dane Terry Thursday, May 26, 2022, 8:00pm Free event: RSVP > Eventbrite at Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South, NYC >View Map TOPAZ ARTS is pleased to announce a new work “Dead Stars Still Shine” – [...]
May 21 Performance and Opening
Leonard Cruz Tanztheater Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 4:00pm Tickets: free with registration at TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue, Woodside, Queens > directions DOWNLOAD PROGRAM INFO Leonard Cruz Tanztheater presents a new work “Amihan: Moon Warrior of Miracles” on Saturday, May 21st at TOPAZ ARTS, performed by Leonard Cruz with a new collaboration with live [...]
Current and Upcoming Events this Spring 2022
Join us for current events and upcoming performances in May! Performances in May: Leonard Cruz Tanztheater Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 4:00pm Tickets: free with registration at TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue, Woodside, Queens > directions Leonard Cruz Tanztheater presents a new work at TOPAZ ARTS with creative residency time during May 2022, culminating in [...]
Coast/Coast: Solo Exhibition by Todd B. Richmond
Coast/Coast: solo exhibition of large-scale paintings by Todd B. Richmond on view through June 1, 2022 opening reception: Thursday, March 3, 6:15-8:00pm Lobby Exhibition, 733 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, NYC > directions presented by Durst & Chashama Coast/Coast is a solo exhibition of paintings by Todd B. Richmond, surveying recent work [...]
New Paintings by Todd Bradford Richmond
TOPAZ ARTS Visual Arts Program presents a solo exhibition of New Large-scale Paintings by Todd Bradford Richmond on view October 24 through December 10, 2021 TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue in Woodside, NY > directions viewing hours are by appointment: visit@topazarts.org Read the review > “Painting is no small thing in latest Topaz show” In [...]
Topaz Arts presents an Open Showing
TOPAZ ARTS presents an Open Rehearsal of Molissa Fenley and Company TOPAZ ARTS is pleased to present an Open Showing featuring Molissa Fenley and Company in an Open Rehearsal of Cosmati Variations Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 6pm Admission is free – please register here > Limited seating: please pre-register in advance Proof of vaccination [...]
Watch Ghosts in the Desert
Thank you for joining us in celebrating TOPAZ ARTS’ 21st Year! Please enjoy the video of the performance of Ghosts in the Desert: Download Program > Based on two poetry texts, The Beauty of Ghosts and The Sahara of I, by Luis H. Francia, Ghosts in the Desert explores a complex range of personal and [...]
Celebrate Topaz Arts’ 21st Year
TOPAZ ARTS celebrates its 21st Year, reopening with live performance and visual arts on October 24, 2021 – featuring Ghosts in the Desert – performances of poetry by Luis H. Francia joined by Claro de Los Reyes and Paz Tanjuaquio including her new work Dead Stars Still Dance – a new digital dance made in [...]
Keep TOPAZ Running 2021
TOPAZ ARTS is celebrating 21 Years! Help us #keepTOPAZrunning by making a contribution for keeping the arts going for over 21 years! To raise funds for TOPAZ ARTS, Paz will once again run a marathon by participating in the Virtual 125th Boston Marathon on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 7:30am EST. As a Virtual Race, [...]
