# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Creative Ozone: Lecture and Book Signing
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 06 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 06 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Dr. Miriam Chaiken launches her book Creative Ozone: The Artsists of Westbeth, a captivating portrait of the legendary artists’ residence that shaped contemporary art, activism, and New York’s cultural landscape for over fifty years. Join us in person or online via Zoom: https://nmsu.zoom.us/j/82365370909

Join us at the University Art Museum for a reading and dicussion with author Dr. Miriam Chaiken. Copies of Creative Ozone: The Artsists of Westbeth will be available for purchase. 

Miriam Chaiken is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology from New Mexico State University. Her previous research focused on maternal and child health, gender equity, and development in sub-Saharan Africa. Her most recent edited volumes include Applied Anthropology and Social Change and Responses to Disasters and Climate Change. 

In Creative Ozone, Miriam Chaiken offers a rare insider’s look at this extraordinary community. Drawing on intimate interviews with multiple generations of Westbeth residents, including those who grew up in the building as "feral children" immersed in art from birth, Chaiken captures the spirit of a place where creativity and activism are inseparable. She explores how Westbeth artists have weathered gentrification, economic upheavals, and major historical events, from 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy to the ongoing pandemic, revealing the resilience of this one-square-block artistic village. Blending vivid storytelling with cultural history, Creative Ozone is a tribute to the artists who shaped, and were shaped by, New York City. 

Rich with character-driven narratives, this book will captivate art lovers, history buffs, and anyone fascinated by the creative life. Whether you’re drawn to the bohemian legends of Greenwich Village, the evolution of urban spaces, or the intersection of art and activism, Creative Ozone offers an unforgettable portrait of a community like no other.
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- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, health-wellness, literary-art, kids, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Las Cruces
- **state**: NM
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1308 E. University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88003
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- **long**: -106.75128
- **full address**: 1308 E. University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88003

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- **organizer**: NMSU Art Museum (https://allevents.in/org/nmsu-art-museum/26023561)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 06 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1308 E. University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88003
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** NMSU Art Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts, health-wellness, literary-art, kids, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Creative Ozone: Lecture and Book Signing ?
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