(In)Visible Guides: Convening

Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand St., New York, NY, United States

Join Perfect City, The Catcalling Project, and SPCUNY Student Actionist Tiffany Zorrilla for a day-long convening of (In)Visible Guides. Programming includes a panel discussion, mapping workshop, zine release, and a neighborhood tour of the Lower East Side.

Apply to be a 2023-24 SPCUNY Faculty Fellow

Social Practice CUNY (SPCUNY), an initiative based at The CUNY Graduate Center that seeks to amplify the collective power of social practice artists, scholars, and advocates across the CUNY system, is currently seeking the third cohort of SPCUNY Faculty Fellows. Applications are due June 30, 2023.

Shared Dialogue, Shared Space: An Alternative Manhattan Project (SDSS: AMP)

The Peninsula W 218th St and Indian Road, New York, NY, United States

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.

Free

Picturing the Constitution: Penumbra

Old Stone House 336 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY, United States

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.

Penumbra Kit: A Workshop on Reproductive Rights and the Constitution

Old Stone House 336 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY, United States

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

National Museum of Kenya Kipande Road, Nairobi, Kenya

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.

Opening Reception and Screening of Uneven Growth

Hudson Guild 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY, United States

Opening Reception: Keynote Speaker, Clyde Kuemmerle
Screening: Uneven Growth
Panel Discussion: Miguel Robles-Durán, Shaindy Weichman, Robert Robinson

Midtown South Community Coalition: Health Before Profits

The People's Forum 320 W 37th St, New York, NY, United States

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

Screening of ‘Julio of Jackson Heights’

Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC) 222-05 56th Ave, Queens, NY, United States

Richard Shpuntoff will introduce his 2016 documentary prior to the screening at Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC).

EMAP Capacity Building Workshop “Webinar on media (arts) and politics” @ NeMe

EMAP member NeMe is happy to invite you to an open webinar on media (arts) and politics. The webinar will consist of talks by SPCUNY co-director Gregory Sholette, Rachel O’Dwyer, and !Mediengruppe Bitnik, and will span subjects that will discuss the relation of art and whistleblowing, the social obligation of the artists now, the blockchain based so called opportunities for artists, and how artistic practice can expand from the digital into the physical space.