To inaugurate Earth Week @ Greenwood Cemetary, Mary Ting will give a presentation on her work and its trajectory from personal grief to environmental research, lectures and projects, with a focus on the Grief Artlab. A walk and discussion follows the talk.
This workshop provides an introduction to some of the methods used in social practice art, an approach that emphasizes the potential of art to support positive social change. In this workshop, we will engage in practicing 'connection' to create an experience of community and care through listening, sharing and making.
It is a life conversation and walk between two art collectives in hybrid format (online/in-person in Brooklyn & Barcelona) between Brooklyn Vestigial traces of Lenapehoking Indigenous and Barcelona watershed memory of social struggles and hopes for the living conditions of its inhabitants with the construction of the new bourgeois city and linked to the trade of slaves taken from Africa to the coasts of the North American Caribbean.
An outdoor event celebrating the release of Echoes of Youth, an audio project mapping youth experiences in New York City's public spaces!
The Shared Dialogue, Shared Space: An Alternative Manhattan Project (SDSS: AMP) invites nine artists/teams to present their community-oriented and thought-provoking participatory art, engaging the community in conversations on peace-building. The participating artists/teams include Stephanie Alvarado with Nancy Paredes, Eugenie Chao, Yeon Jin Kim, brandon king, Moses Ros, Minshik Shin, The Square Theater, and V Tineo. This outdoor participatory art project will be held at the peninsula and front side of Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan, on October 21st (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE, due to rain) from 12–4 p.m.
Penumbra is a conceptual art installation at the Old Stone House in Park Slope Brooklyn that draws attention to the millennia-long legacy of women using herbs for abortion and contraception, a ‘birthright’ that is part of a deeply hidden, repressed, and often destroyed global practice. As part of Picturing the Constitution Exhibit, Penumbra will be on view October 20, 2023-January 14, 2024. The opening reception is October 22, 4-6pm.
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a women’s history of abortion; confront unexamined assumptions about rights, justice, and privacy; and engage in dialogue around what we want our constitution to mean. This workshop and related Penumbra kit and installation is a part of the exhibition Picturing the Constitution. Picturing the Constitution features artists’ responses to the origins, contents, and interpretations of the United States Constitution.
A ProtoScore is a durational gathering of artists, scientists and members of the public in Nairobi. This is a mutually generative and creative process that fosters curiosity and connection. It is an experiment for scientists and artists to explore collaborations. It builds relational connections between artists and scientists through a non-hierarchical form of conversation, where each person in the conversation has an equal voice. The conversation format was created together in Kenya between artists and scientists.
Open on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
from 1–5 pm plus appointments. Discover a transformative experience at the final exhibition of 2023 Shared Dialogue, Shared Space collaboration between Korea Art Forum (KAF) and Immigrant Social Services (ISS). See event page for full calendar of events.
Opening Reception: Keynote Speaker, Clyde Kuemmerle
Screening: Uneven Growth
Panel Discussion: Miguel Robles-Durán, Shaindy Weichman, Robert Robinson
Tue. Feb. 13 – 6 PM Midtown South Community Coalition: Health Before Profits Location: The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018 Accessibility protocols: Masks available
Tue. Feb. 20 – 6 PM Midtown South Community Coalition: Rent is Too Damned High Location: The People’s Forum 320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
