UnHomeless NYC is an exhibition of 16 socially engaging artists dealing with the issues of housing insecurities. It serves as a forum to connect community groups, activists, artists, students, and scholars to explore the topic of homelessness and seeks for its solution. In-person opening March 9th, 3-7pm.
The Queens College MFA Annual Exhibition 2022 includes all of this year's Social Practice CUNY Student Fellows. Opening reception: April 2, 6-9pm.
Upcycle, Uplift proposes a utopian solution to the current housing crisis by developing a line of recycled clothing created in workshops and remodeled based on the needs of homeless people.
NYC's Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz will discuss the current housing crisis with activists, scholars, and CUNY students.
Ignea: An Exchange About Nesting Technologies gathers audiences around a built fire to talk about possible ways to inhabit the planet, taking into account its scale, interdependencies, and temporalities. It […]
Connor Henderson's MFA Thesis Closing Reception.
The graduate students at the Spitzer School of Architecture (City College of New York, CUNY) and the Rise Center invite the community to a presentation and discussion of resistance, resilience, and the future of the Rockaway in light of climate change.
‘Come Back Cities’ is a simultaneous in-person and virtual community gathering to unite and celebrate families of Deaf-Blind children.
SPCUNY Student Fellow Cristina Ferrigno's MFA thesis, April 26th-29th. Opening reception Tuesday April 26th, 7pm Klapper Hall Gallery, Queens College.
A Black Mother and a Filipino Father's balanced interpretation of resiliency and hope in caring for their daughter PhoeniX. Indigo Hero presents "Two Stories About the Same Miracle", a multimedia theater experience where parents of a special needs child tell their respective stories about her birth and first few years of life. Each parent is dedicating one hour each, to their interpretation. Indigo Hero is comprised of Kilusan (SPCUNY Actionist 2021-22) and Lia Bautista. May 6 and 7: doors open at 6pm, show begins at 7pm.
American Icons is a collaborative project centering music and stories by Americans who live in the shadows cast by our national myths and monuments. Whose stories are told, whose erased? Student and community residents from Bronx Community College (BCC), the home of the “Hall of Fame of Great Americans,” will share their own experiences learning and working among monuments that fail to reflect America’s diversity. Musicians from Juilliard will interweave these stories with poetic and musical context from America’s past and present.
Including work from SPCUNY Actionists Quinlan Maggio and sgp, open daily from 10am-6pm. Events on May 19, 20, 27, and 30.
