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Aileen Bassis


Artist and Poet



Queens Arts Council awarded me an Artist Project Grant to create a community arts project at Lewis Latimer House Museum in Flushing. I'll be posting about this in the fall.


"Giving Light: Arts for Justice through the lens of human rights" On view: June 30 - July 23, 2022, curated by Beverly Emers at Bronx Art Space, opening reception June 29, 5-8 pm. bronxartspace.org


“Democracy Now!” This will be a celebration of all the things we love about Democracy and the reasons why we want to KEEP it! Gallery GAIA, 79 Hudson Avenue, Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn curated by Jackie Lima. The exhibition opening on Thursday, July 7th from 6 – 8 pm and will be open on weekends through August, 2022.


Two works about the Capitol rioters are on view at Bethany Arts Community in Ossining NY in the exhibit, "Impact 2022: Art Bears Witness" bethanyarts.org


Kowlowe Gallery at Westchester Jewish Center included my work in the exhibition, "Mayim Chaiyim: A Watershed." On view from mid-February through June 2022.


Philadelphia Center for the Book exhibition, "Looking Out/Looking In" is online with my artists book, "Mundane Moments: Tomorrow Becomes Yesterday" and also on view at Swarthmore College's McCabe Library, Oct. 23- Dec. 5, 2021.


Cornell Museum at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL will have 4 of my artists books in the exhibition, “Common Ground: Selected Work From The Rollins Book Art Collection" September 18 - December 31, 2021


West Virginia University Libraries in Morgantown will include one of my etchings from my series, "Time to Leave" in the exhibition, "Food Justice in Appalachia" beginning this fall with an online exhibit launching in October 2021 and physical exhibit opening in December 2021.


“Artists React to the Pandemic, George Floyd and the Election” is an online exhibition curated by artist/activist Patricia Dahlman with work by: Kathy Aoki, Aileen Bassis, Sue Coe, Donna Coleman, Patricia Dahlman, Michael Dal Cerro, Anne Dushanko Dobek, Robyn Ellenbogen, Tim Fite, Robert Geshlider, Todd Hanson and Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider, Cheryl Harper, Carla Rae Johnson, Jackie Lima, Anne Q McKeown, Doug Minkler, Frank Lopez-Motnyk, Ray Must, Hubert Neal Jr, Joseph O’Neal, Chris Pelletiere, Carol Radsprecher, Ilse Schreiber-Noll, Rita Valley, and Lisa G Westheimer.



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