Resident Artists of Note
Westbeth Artists Housing has been home to a number of influential artists, musicians and performers including Diane Arbus, Robert Beauchamp, Paul Benjamin, Karl Bissinger, Joseph Chaikin, David Del Tredici, Robert De Niro, Sr., Vin Diesel, John Dobbs, Gil Evans, David Greenspan, Moses Gunn, Hans Haacke, Billy Harper, Spencer Holst, William Kennon, Gayle Kirschenbaum, Anita Kushner, Ralph Lee, Hal Miller, Herman Rose, Barbara Rosenthal, Ed Sanders, Tobias Schneebaum and Anne Tabachnick.
Merce Cunningham, the noted choreographer and dancer, had his studio and offices at Westbeth for almost 40 years, up to the time of his death and the dissolution of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 2012.
The film Growing Up At Westbeth by Christina Maile and Francia Tobacman Smith features archival photos, footage and interviews, 40 years later, with the children who grew up at Westbeth. The film was shown at the 40th Anniversary Celebration of Westbeth in October 2010 as part of the Westbeth Film Festival. A film about the noted feminist artist Anita Steckel], a resident of Westbeth, is in production by the same filmmakers.
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