KinoSaito Grand Opening

115 7th Street,Verplanck NY 10596

10 September, 2021

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You're Invited to the Opening of KinoSaito! The Board of Directors of KinoSaito 
invite you to our grand opening! Friday, September 10, 1-7pm Saturday, September 11, 1-7pm View the exhibitions Painting as Performance/Performance 
as Painting and Kikuo Saito: Cloud Paintings. Enjoy the theater production: Toy Garden Reprise, presented in collaboration 
with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Company. Visit studios 
of artists in residence, Jane Dickson and Alexandra Rojas. 
Listen to roundtable discussions on the art and life of Kikuo Saito. Jam to the music of Jamie Saft and his trio. For a detailed schedule of opening weekend events, see below. Drinks and light refreshments will be served. RSVPs are required. ———— FRIDAY, SEPT. 10 Galleries will be open from 1:00pm: Painting as Performance/Performance as Painting and Kikuo Saito: Cloud Paintings 3:00: Welcome Toast by Beth Venn, Executive Director, KinoSaito 3:30: Toy Garden Reprise theater performance, presented by Kikuo Saito Studio in collaboration with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club 4:00: Artist-in-Residence open studios of Jane Dickson and Alexandra Rojas 4:30: Book launch for Kikuo Saito and roundtable discussion with the book’s authors moderated by Joshua Cohen. 5:30: Toy Garden Reprise theater performance, presented by Kikuo Saito Studio in collaboration with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club 6:00: Music by Jamie Saft, solo piano SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 Galleries will be open from 1:00pm: Painting as Performance/Performance as Painting and Kikuo Saito: Cloud Paintings 3:00: Welcome Toast by Beth Venn, Executive Director, KinoSaito 3:30: Toy Garden Reprise theater performance, presented by Kikuo Saito Studio in collaboration with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club 4:00: Artist-in-Residence open studios of Jane Dickson and Alexandra Rojas 4:30: Roundtable discussion on Kikuo Saito and his theater works 5:30: Toy Garden Reprise theater performance, presented by Kikuo Saito Studio in collaboration with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club 6:00: Music by Jamie Saft trio (Jamie Saft, piano; Tony Garnier, bass; Mike Clark, drums) KinoSaito is a nonprofit organization and art space dedicated to all forms of abstract art, in the interdisciplinary spirit of its founding muse, American artist Kikuo Saito (1939-2016).   KinoSaito fulfills its mission through exhibitions, performances, and informational and artist-in-residence initiatives, with particular emphases on the presentation and advancement of contemporary theater, and of painting related to the Color Field tradition. In 2014, Saito and his partner Mikiko Ino purchased the former St. Patrick's School, a century-old three-structure property in Verplanck, New York, a historic brick-making hamlet on the Hudson River. The School served as Saito's studio until his passing, after which, and in accordance with his wishes, was reconceived as KinoSaito, and renovated into a multifunctional and multidisciplinary art space projected to open to the public in 2018. KinoSaito intends to both honor the legacy of Kikuo Saito and his unique vision, and to extend his practice of engaged and collaborative artistry into the surrounding community.