Phoebe Legere To Emcee ACKER AWARDS! Theater for the New City, March 10th!

Phoebe 

Legere

hosting 

the Acker

Awards

Once again multidisciplinary artist and wonder Phoebe Legere has been tapped to host and emcee the Acker Awards. Named after the experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer Kathy Acker, Clayton Patterson created the award in 2014 to “embrace the whole spectrum” of downtown avant-garde creators. Each recipient of the Acker receives a box which contains a contribution from each of the winners, as well as a pair of posters designed by other award winners . 

Cool Phoebe Legere

is the Founder and 

Executive Director

of the

Foundation for New

American Art, a nonprofit

501c3 dedicated to

bringing arts education programs

to underserved children attending public schools where the budgets for art, music, dance, theater have 

been cut or drastically reduced. Learn more at FoundationForNewAmericanArt.org

TONIGHT: The Acker Awards Hosted by Acker Award Winner Transmedia Artist Phoebe Legere

FROM PHOEBE LEGERE's FACEBOOK POST:

"40 great genius visionaries WILL be acknowledged and be AWARDED an #Acker #AWARD on Monday, April 8, 2024. I'm telling you, it is freakin' #cultural #education NOT TO BE MISSED under any circumstances and 100% free.***At Theater for the New City - DOORS at 6 pm, starting promptly at 7 pm. 

"This is a chance for everyone to say "THANK YOU!" to Clayton Patterson for his heroic service to the Lower East Side, Manhattan The book/program is a work of art to be treasured and the PRIZE! is the Acker Box, a time capsule of creativity. The Acker Box, brainchild of Clayton the Great, is now held in Major Museums including the@WarhoMuseum the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA The Museum of Modern Art NY Underground Museum and the Foundation for New American Art."

 

Photos From Last Night: The Acker Awards Hosted by Phoebe Legere

 

Shared on Phoebe Legere's Facebook page...in Phoebe's Own Words: 

"Here I am in a #poetry duet with #music legend Walter G. Steding
last night at THE ACKER AWARDS at Crystal Field's
Theater for the New City
-photos by Puma Perl
and JOff (Bowery Boys) -

"Walter receives his Acker Award for Avant Garde excellence from Clayton Patterson

"Last night was a triumph of the American Art Spirit: The Acker Awards conquered the dark forces of death, materialism, and stupidity. We stood together, with love, and cheered for risk-taking, 

Clayton Patterson, left, Phoebe Legere & Walter G. Steding

avant-garde,

artists. 

"Congratulations to all the 2021-2022 Acker Winners! Warm hugs to the incomparable, indomitable, wonderful Clayton Patterson***
Triumph of the American Art Spirit: The Acker Awards conquered the dark forces
of death, materialism, and stupidity. We stood together, with love, and cheered
for risk-taking, avant-garde," said Phoebe Legere.

A Poem By Phoebe Legere:

"The BIllyburg Bridge" _

People like us are often misunderstood

We ride rusty old bikes that make too much noise 

It’s embarrassing. 

Half famous, we glide over the Billyburg bridge 

Or live in caves 

Inglorious shame of unrecognized genius 

Forlorn, solitary, chronically depressed but somehow 

Happy,

in the rich shifty flux 

Of Art's strong bliss 

My brain brush winds,

through dark mazes,

Streets, Avenues.

New York is a Holy Book 

Whose messages are written 

In every star, leaf,

rock, cock, nipple, 

and river.

- Phoebe Legere

 

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Painter-Composer-Artist-Musician-Playwright Phoebe Legere to Host Acker Awards

Tonight, Phoebe Legere will once again host the prestigious New York Acker Awards, celebrating the contributions of writers, musicians and artists of the avant grade in the greatest city in the world.

Phoebe, a former Acker Award winner herself, for her contributions to art, music, composition and writing, has hosted the Ackers for seven years by popular demand. 

In Phoebe's social media post she announced, "The Acker Awards! Theater for the New City. Come! Support art superhero Clayton Patterson and the winners of the 2023 Acker Awards! #culture #avantgarde #excellence 155 Second Avenue 7pm  

"The Cavalcade of Geniuses will make your hair stand on end! ...Thank you Leonard Abrams of the East Village Eye and Anthony Haden Guest of the Royal Family for your essays in praise of the Mighty Acker Award! Folks call a funeral memorial a 'celebration' now... so join us in this celebration of the Lower East Side Avant Garde! #FREE and open to the public."

Program for the New York Acker Awards

PHOEBE LEGERE HOSTS THE ACKER AWARDS

On March 26 at Theater for The New City,
Phoebe Legere hosted The Acker Awards!

Photo of PHOEBE LEGERE by CHERYL PYLE

Photo by CLAYTON PATTERSON

ABOUT THE ACKER AWARDS

The Acker Awards is a tribute given to members of the avant garde arts community who have made outstanding contributions in their discipline in defiance of convention, or else served their fellow writers and artists in outstanding ways. The award is named after novelist Kathy Acker. Creators of the Acker Awards are Alan Kaufman (San Francisco) and Clayton Patterson (New York City). This year's recipients will have the opportunity to both nominate and vote for future recipients of the Acker Awards.

PHOEBE LEGERE HOSTS ACKER AWARDS

PHOEBE LEGERE hosts the ACKER AWARDS Tonight at THEATER 80, 80 St. Marks Place in New York City. The Awards, that honor achievement in the Avant-Garde, start at 6 pm tonight. Come say hi to Phoebe and founder Clayton Patterson. 

See Phoebe's facebook posts below:

PHOEBE LEGERE HOSTS ACKER AWARDS

UPDATE: Photo from the Event

TRANSMEDIA ARTIST PHOEBE LEGERE: RECIPIENT OF TWO 2014 ACKER AWARDS: Visual Arts & Music

 

Tonight, TransMedia Artist, Phoebe Legere, will receive two Acker Awards, in Visual Arts, and in Music, in a ceremony at Theater 80 in New York City.

Phoebe on Guitar

Baby by Phoebe

One of Phoebe's Scores

The Acker Awards is a tribute given to members of the avant garde arts community who have made outstanding contributions in their discipline in defiance of convention, or else served their fellow writers and artists in outstanding ways. The award is named after novelist Kathy Acker who in her life and work exemplified the risk-taking and

Karen Acker

uncompromising dedication that identifies the true avant garde artist. Acker Awards are granted to both living and deceased members of the New York and San Francisco communities.

The cities were chosen for their historic linkage as centers for the avant garde. The providers of the Acker Awards are Alan Kaufman (San Francisco) and Clayton Patterson (New York City). The recipients were determined through extensive discussion with members of the arts communities in both cities.

TransMedia Artist Phoebe Legere will receive the Acker Award tonight in two categories: Visual Arts and Music. at Theater 80. To learn more about this prestigious award, please visit http://www.ackerawards.com/

Karl Lagerfeld and the Buffalo

The ACKER AWARDS Sunday June 1st, at Theater 80 St. Mark’s
doors open at 6:30 ends at 10PM

Tears and Fruit