{"id":44026,"date":"2021-11-16T16:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T21:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=44026"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:10:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:10:22","slug":"john-szlasa-how-do-i-measure-my-gratitude-american-academy-of-arts-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2021\/11\/16\/john-szlasa-how-do-i-measure-my-gratitude-american-academy-of-arts-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"~JOHN SZLASA \/ &#8216;HOW DO I MEASURE MY GRATITUDE?&#8217;\/ AMERICAN ACADEMY of ARTS &#038; LETTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOME PIX FROM THE OPENING, TUES NOV 9, 2021 &#8211; PHOTOS BY KATE CERIGO<\/p>\n<p>JOHN SZLASA . . . in:<br \/>\n&#8216;HOW DO I MEASURE MY GRATITUDE?&#8217; &#8211; A BIG GROUP SHOW of 46 ARTISTS<br \/>\nCURATED BY SOUHAD RAFEY<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/artsandletters.org\/\">AMERICAN ACADEMY of ARTS AND LETTERS<\/a>, 633 WEST 155 STREET, NY, NY 10032<br \/>\nthe show runs thru . . . JAN 26, 2022<br \/>\nHRS:<br \/>\nNOV 12-28 \/ FRI-SUN 1-5 PM<br \/>\nfrom thereafter thru . . . JAN 26, 2022 &#8211; OPEN BY APPOINTMENT<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ACADEMY&#8217;S curator of 23 years, SOUHAD RAFEY  . . <\/strong><br \/>\nis retiring at the end of 2021 &#038; has . .  &#8220;organized a farewell exhibit featuring the work of 46 artists<br \/>\nwho have supported and collaborated with Souhad during her career in their &#8216;day job&#8217; at the Academy<br \/>\nas art handlers, museum guards, fine art truckers, and museum colleagues, as a way of honoring them by showcasing their own art work.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>read more &#038; see artist list:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandletters.org\/exhibition\/how-do-i-measure-my-gratitude\/\">&#8216;How Do I Measure My Gratitude?&#8217; &#8211; American Academy of Arts &#038; Letters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artlovers has run into 5 of those artists over the years, and we are so pleased to showcase their work in the show &#8211; on <strong>our<\/strong> page &#8211; as well !!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-Academy-Arts-and-letters.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-Academy-Arts-and-letters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"684\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-Academy-Arts-and-letters.jpg 521w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-Academy-Arts-and-letters-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJOHN SZLASA, &#8216;FASTPLANT&#8217;, 2020.<br \/>\npolymer modified gypsum cement, pigment acrylic, burlap and construction mesh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-Academy-Arts-and-letters-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-Academy-Arts-and-letters-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"684\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-Academy-Arts-and-letters-1.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-Academy-Arts-and-letters-1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJOHN SZLASA, &#8216;Untitled (blue, free), 2020.<br \/>\npolymer modified gypsum cement, fiberglass, pigment, and acrylic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-instagram-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/John-Szlasa-instagram-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"173\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44099\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>see:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/johnszlasa\/\">JOHN SZLASA on Instagram @johnszlasa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and, <strong>from the ARTLOVERSNEWYORK ARCHIVE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Antone-Konst-and-John-Szlasa-Socrates-Scupture-Park.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Antone-Konst-and-John-Szlasa-Socrates-Scupture-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"684\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Antone-Konst-and-John-Szlasa-Socrates-Scupture-Park.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Antone-Konst-and-John-Szlasa-Socrates-Scupture-Park-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nANTONE KONST, and, on the right . . .  JOHN SZLASA.<br \/>\n&#8216;The Socrates Annual 2018&#8217;  &#8211; Group Exhibit, Socrates Sculpture Park, QUEENS, NY.<br \/>\nMarch 24, 2019.<br \/>\nPhoto: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOME PIX FROM THE OPENING, TUES NOV 9, 2021 &#8211; PHOTOS BY KATE CERIGO JOHN SZLASA . . . in: &#8216;HOW DO I MEASURE MY GRATITUDE?&#8217; &#8211; A BIG GROUP SHOW of 46 ARTISTS CURATED BY SOUHAD RAFEY AMERICAN ACADEMY of ARTS AND LETTERS, 633 WEST 155 STREET, NY, NY 10032 the show runs thru [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44026"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44143,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44026\/revisions\/44143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}