By 2050 polar ice caps will have melted.The water in NY Harbor will be up to the Statue of Liberty’s left elbow.

An animatronic exhibit of multi-media art

Opening Reception: July 1, 4 p.m. 237 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011

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Legere Legere engineered all installation animatronics

In addition, Legere invents new sustainable and nontoxic painting compounds from experimental and ancient materials.

Visit Legere at the Chashama studio at 274 Seventh Avenue to learn more

NY - Phoebe Legere, an internationally recognized artist dedicated to nurturing and strengthening the artistic and musical spirit of New York, is proud to partner with Chashama and Chelsea Blick Art Store for the presentation of "Water Goddess of Liberty” This interdisciplinary performance and visual art spectacle will take place on July 1, at 4 pm, on 23rd St. in the window of Chelsea Blick Art Store.

The “Phoebe Legere Window” features animatronic elements. The Statue of Liberty as a Goddess and water keeper, clutches a dripping paintbrush, with a darling immigrant child on her hip. The water in New York Harbor will have reached Liberty’s elbow by 2050. To illustrate the reality of climate change, an animatronic wave slowly covers the beautiful woman and the child.  Legere is obsessed with the human figure. She drills down into the deep sources of our iconic Water Goddess of Welcome.

Legere's international reputation lies in her award winning multi-disciplinary artworks held by major museums and collections,

·       ground-breaking original multi-media plays with music,

·      17 albums of original music with cover art by Legere,

·    lifetime of breaking down the barriers between art forms,

·      use of old master painting techniques fused with ancient Native American traditional iconography and foraged painting mediums.

·      Support from the National Endowment for the Arts, NYSCA, Yaddo, and the NY Department of Cultural Affairs,

The Performance will take place at Chelsea Blick on July 1 at 4 pm, offering a range of visual images and experiences suitable for all interests and age groups.

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Biography

Phoebe Legere, (pronouns It, Its)

is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, filmmaker, painter, poet, and playwright. It is the inventor of a multi-disciplinary performance art form it calls Total Art Synthesis - abNXT. The visual art works of Legere are held by collectors and museums worldwide.

In 2022 Legere’s one person Evanescent Landscapes/Vanishing Women, a show about Native American issues and the environment, opened at the Bundy Museum in Binghamton, NY. The show is now traveling the world.

 Phoebe Legere was Chelsea Blick Artist in Residence 2023. She is a Yaddo and NYSCA Fellow. Legere was artist in residence at the Emily Harvey Foundation in Venice, Italy. Legere’s new art film, directed, scored and starring Legere will be released in early 2025.

Legere is the President and Founder of FNAA, Foundation for New American Art Inc.