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Aiming to help artists of the Central European region interact with and challenge the practices, events and discourses of the New York art world, ALMA ON DOBBIN's programs provide artists with the opportunity to create new work on-site, while accommodating them with living and studio space and, depending on our funding, also with a stipend for a limited period of time. Artists working in all media are eligible to participate in our programs.

ALMA ON DOBBIN has developed relationships with several prominent museums and galleries in New York, including Storefront for Art and Architecture, Hebrew Union College Museum, AIR Gallery and Adam Baumgold Gallery.

  • Waldsee 1944 (Touring Exhibition)

    Beginning in 2005, the Waldsee 1944 exhibition began its global tour, having originated in Budapest at the 2B Gallery in May 2004. In July 2005, the exhibition traveled to New York, where more artists were invited to submit works for inclusion into the show. Originally scheduled to close in mid-August, the show was extended until the end of 2005, due to its overwhelming success. In support of the exhibition and catalogue, Alma On Dobbin received a $5000 grant from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.

    Waldsee 1944 then traveled to Berlin for an exhibition at the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, from May 7-27, 2005.

    Currently, the exhibition is on display in Ulm, Germany, at the Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum Ulm (see Special Exhibitions), until August 6, 2006. Twenty German artists' works have been added to the original group.

    Confirmed locations for upcoming Waldsee 1944 exhibitions:

    Sept 2006 – Dec 2006
    Florida Holocaust Museum - St. Petersburg

    Jan 3, 2007 - March 30, 2007
    FAU-Jupiter (Florida)
    Hibel Museum

    Autumn, 2007
    Ben Uri Gallery, London, UK

    April 10, 2008 - June 20,2008
    Alper JCC –Miami

  • Domestic Goods

    An exhibition exchange between A.I.R. Gallery and 2B Galéria, Budapest. June 29 - July 26, 2006

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    Featuring works by three generations of Hungarian women artists, Domestic Goods is concerned with domestic economies in both senses of the term: it evokes household activities and spaces traditionally assigned or understood as feminine, while also bringing into play the notion of home as a national, geographic and cultural entity. Taking an ironic look at the traditional, gendered understanding of domestic production, the works investigate manifestations of locality, as well as the exchange and global circulation of domestic products in trans-national economy.

    Painting, sculpture, photography, video, installation, featuring works by: Mária Bérhidi, Róza El-Hassan, Ágnes Eperjesi, Ilona Keserü Ilona, Hilda Kozári, Ilona Lovas, Ilona Németh, Ágnes Eszter Szabó, Zsuzsa Szenes and Mónika Sziládi.

    The A.I.R. exhibition in Budapest ran from July 7 - August 7, 2006. Twenty members of A.I.R. created a special portfolio of works on paper for this exhibition. There was a public panel discussion with five artists from the show, July 12, 2006 at the Ernst Museum, Budapest, Nagymezö utca.8. Ph: +36.1.341-4355

  • Daniel Erdély, Spidrons

    A lecture and visual presentation of Erdély's investigations into the artistic implications and possibilities of this unique geometrical shape he discovered/invented. In addition, ALMA ON DOBBIN organized a lecture for the mathematician/artist in Banff, Canada. Louise McCagg Studio, Supported by private donors. September, 2005.

  • Waldsee 1944

    An exhibition of postcard-sized works by more than 70 Hungarian and international artists as a tribute to the 600,000 Hungarian Jews who perished in World War II. This exhibition was first presented in Budapest in May 2004.