WELCOME
The purpose of the not-for-profit Aesthetic Realism Foundation is to meet the urgent need for people throughout America and the world to see each other and reality fairly. The means to that fairness is Aesthetic Realism, the philosophy founded in 1941 by Eli Siegel, American poet, critic, and educator. Located in SoHo, NYC, the foundation is a center for culture and kindness. It offers classes in the visual arts, poetry, music, anthropology, and more. There are public seminars, individual consultations, workshops for teachers, and thrilling dramatic and musical events. People of all ages understand themselves newly through the principles of Aesthetic Realism. Read more
Special Event
Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream;
or, Earthy Whirl
Eli Siegel’s magnificent 1951 lecture, with scenes from this wild, immortal comedy. And—Live music performed by Barbara Allen (flute) & Edward Green (harpsichord)
Sunday, April 26 • 2:30 PM
What Gets in a Man’s Way—the World or His Own Ego?
Public Seminar
Thursday, March 5 · 6:30 PM
The Fight in Ourselves—What Is It About?
Dramatic Presentation
Saturday, March 21 · 8:00 PM
TWEET TICKER
BLOG UPDATE
Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes:
“Art & What People Deserve” is about what every person is owed in two enormous fields: love and economics. You’ll learn about the true relation between all art and economic justice. And you’ll see a man writing honestly about the largest question in men’s lives: What does it mean to be kind, including to a person I hope to care for?
All this is in the compelling, beautiful new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known!
TERRAIN GALLERY
Terrain Gallery Anniversary Exhibition
Celebrating the Life & Art of
DOROTHY KOPPELMAN
Through April 2020
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Winter semester of classes is now in session. For information about auditing classes, call the Registrar at 212.777.4490.
You’ll be thrilled to read this letter by Devorah Tarrow. She tells about the Aesthetic Realism Foundation’s great, good effect on people of all ages as she writes about our Outreach events—and more!
“I am Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, sociologist, and Director of Outreach for the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, the most valuable and exciting educational institution in America.
“Aesthetic Realism…has the answers to the most pressing national matters—youth violence, failing education, the horrible prejudice and economic injustice that make for so much suffering. [It] also answers the biggest questions in people’s personal lives—including How can I really like myself?…” more
See this stirring film of Eli Siegel’s Nation prize-winning poem “Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana.” Historian Howard Zinn said of it:
“Ken Kimmelman’s reproduction, on film, of Eli Siegel’s magisterial poem, is an extraordinary achievement. It matches, in its visual beauty, the elegance of Siegel’s words, and adds the dimension of stunning imagery to an already profound work of art.”