THE ARTIST & HOMELESS COLLECTIVE

Hope Sandrow (artist)

Discussant, Nina Felshin (editor of But Is it Art? The Spirit of Art and Activism)

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In the early 1990s, conceptual artist Hope Sandrow founded the Artist & Homeless Collaborative, an innovative New York City public art project. Combining elements of grassroots activity with media techniques, she worked with homeless women living at the Lenox Hill Women’s Mental Health Shelter at the Park Avenue Armory and several New York artists, exploring the transformative potential of art in public and private life. Together with volunteers from the art world and activist groups including the Guerrilla Girls, Women’s Action Coalition, and Visual AIDS, the women residents called attention to their experiences through exhibitions, published work, and activist poster projects. Sandrow will discuss her project with Nina Felshin, the editor of But Is it Art? The Spirit of Art as Activism (Seattle, WA; Bay Press, 1995).