Events

2026-01-25T00:00:00-05:00
  • “The Hospital Clown: Between Joy and Sadness”
    Roundtable featuring
    Giora Seeliger, Harry Page, Ed Stephan
    Moderated by Elizabeth Berkowitz

    1014 - space for ideas 1014 5th Avenue, New York, New York, NY, United States

    Watch the recording of this event HERE. Roundtable featuring Giora Seeliger Artistic Director and Founder of the Red Noses Clowndoctors International Harry Page “Flash” the Clown Ed Stephan “Dumbbell” the Clown Moderated by Elizabeth Berkowitz Art Historian and Digital Interpretation Manager, The Fritz Ascher Society in New York One of the more appealing aspects of the clown subject to artists like Fritz Ascher was the divide between a public persona committed to joy and happiness, and the pain or sadness that might lurk beneath the real, human surface. Hospital or healthcare clowns straddle this divide every day of their professional lives—working to bring happiness to child patients who are often in circumstances that might otherwise inspire grief or pain. This [...]

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