The Rudolf Steiner BOOKSTORE ANNEX at Anthroposophy NYC
BOOKSTORE ANNEX at Anthroposophy NYC, 138 West 15th Street (between 6th and 7th avenues), is a multi-use alternative space.
The space can be seen during bookstore hours or by appointment.
Please call (212-242-8945) or (917-940-7108) during bookstore hours, or email art@asnyc.org
ABOUT THE BOOKSTORE ANNEX
“By gaining a direct relation to the spiritual, a person can acquire the forces necessary for the creation, out of the innermost core, of true art. For true art stands beside real knowledge on the one hand, and on the other, genuine religious life. Through knowledge and religion man draws closer to the spiritual element in thought, feeling and will… Looking at the physical surroundings akin to his physical body, he comes to realize that physicality is not the whole of his humanness… saying to himself: Though I stand within earth existence, it contradicts that part of my human nature which was imagined forth from worlds quite different from the one in which I live between birth and death.” ~ Rudolf Steiner, The Arts and their Mission, Dornach, 3 June, 1923.
The Rudolf Steiner Bookstore Annex offers a multi-use alternative space at Anthroposophy NYC in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. It operates under the non-for-profit umbrella of Anthroposophical Society in America New York Branch, Inc., and shares the Auditorium with various programs, organized by Anthroposophy NYC, the Branch study groups, and the short-term renters, such as Michael Chekhov Acting Studio, and other diverse educational and social gatherings.
Anthroposophy NYC is supportive of spiritual expression in all forms of art, and regularly hosts classes and workshops in arts and various crafts (frequently by our exhibitors), including small theatrical productions, eurythmy classes and performances, choral recitals, concerts, poetry readings, painting and drawing classes, weaving workshops, seasonal craft workshops, and the like.
All this activity means that many individuals get to spend extended amounts of time enjoying and benefiting from the artwork on our walls in a way that is not possible with brief gallery visits. For those who are not attendees at various programs organized by Anthroposophy NYC or short-term renters, work on display can be viewed by appointment.
By providing the space for artists to share their work, The Rudolf Steiner Bookstore Annex at Anthroposophy NYC creates opportunities for non-verbal conversations about the spiritual element of humanity.
Artists whose work and approach strive to speak of this immaterial aspect of the human experience and who have a connection to anthroposophy and the work of Rudolf Steiner are welcome to submit proposals for use of the space.
Please send submissions to utilize the space to curator Penny Carter: art (at) asnyc.org.
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