2025 PHA artists celebration: fête of the fates
October 9 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
We invite you to join us on Thursday, October 9th for the 2025 PHA Artists Celebration, our annual benefit to raise support for the critical necessity of creative expression.
Take part in this Fête of the Fates: a predestined journey and moveable feast throughout PHA’s shops before culminating in the performance of William Kentridge’s Sibyl in the historic Grand Hall.
6:00 PM Sharp: Arrival – Receive your destined journey
6:00 – 7:30 PM: Moveable Feast throughout PHA Shops
8:00 PM Sharp: Performance begins
Attire: Creative Expression; comfortable shoes recommended.
Tickets:
$1,850 ($1,325 tax deductible)
includes one (1) ticket to the 2025 PHA Artists Celebration: Fête of the Fates and performance of William Kentridge’s Sibyl
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For inquiries on sponsorship and support, contact Megan Skidmore, Development Director: development@powerhousearts.org | 516.253.4741.
About PHA’s 2025 Artists Celebration: Fête of the Fates
Starting at 6 PM sharp arrival, guests will be sent on predestined paths throughout the fabrication shops, where they will witness the transformative processes of creative expression found at Powerhouse Arts. PHA shop teams will bring to life the magic unique to their respective crafts in ceramics, printmaking, textiles, metalwork, public art, as well as a participatory activity. Culinary courses from amuse-bouche to dessert will be served along with libations before everyone is ushered into our Grand Hall to experience Kentridge’s Sibyl at 8 PM.
About William Kentridge’s Sibyl
In Sibyl, William Kentridge offers a two-part production that confronts our desire to know the future—and the forces that obscure it. Sibyl earned Kentridge the 2023 Olivier Award for outstanding achievement in opera. Inspired by the ancient myth, Waiting for the Sibyl is a chamber opera featuring 10 performers immersed in Kentridge’s dynamic visual language: hand-painted backdrops, animated ink drawings, projected text, collage, and shadow play. The score by Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Kyle Shepherd layers South African vocal harmonies with rhythmic chant and piano. The evening opens with The Moment Has Gone, a film by Kentridge with live musical accompaniment featuring Shepherd’s original piano score and an all-male vocal chorus led by Mahlangu.
William Kentridge’s Sibyl will be presented at PHA as part of the inaugural Powerhouse: International.