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.
Letters from Anne and Martin, a two-person short play, highlights the lives of Anne Frank and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring the direct words from Anne’s diary and Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Following the performance, the actors and an educator from the Anne Frank Center will engage with the audience about the parallels between the two figures and their moments in history, as well as how we can learn from Anne and Dr. King to combat intolerance today.
Join Dr. Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University, for a discussion about how the rise of political extremism and hate speech contributes to a growing atmosphere of insecurity and dehumanization in our society. Dr. Hinton will also reflect upon how the plays, “Julio Ain’t Goin Down Like That” and “Letters from Anne and Martin,” as well as the film, “BENT,” use performance to come to terms with antisemitism, transphobia, and racism.
The Unconference explores the project contexts of Shared Dialogue. Shared Space.
This open info session is for anyone interested in applying to be a 2024-2025 Social Practice CUNY Actionist. Actionists are CUNY graduate students with a serious art practice, usually from MFA programs, who are working to develop an independent project at the intersection of art and social justice. The info session will be recorded and made available for those who are unable to attend. RSVP required. You can also RSVP to receive the recording.
SPCUNY is pleased to announce the open call for the 2024–25 SPCUNY Actionist Fellowship. We’re accepting applications through April 28, 2024. Actionists are CUNY graduate students with a serious art practice, often but not always from MFA programs, who are working to develop an independent project at the intersection of art and social justice. Selected through an open call, this group will be part of a wider SPCUNY 2024-25 cohort, which includes CUNY faculty/practitioners, all of whom are also developing their own projects. Actionists participate in a weekly seminar in the Fall and Spring semesters that includes all student members of the cohort, and they receive $3,000 in the form of CUNY fellowships towards the fulfillment of their public-facing project.
"Gardening Angel" is a site-specific sculpture by SPCUNY Student Fellow V Tineo representing growth and community prosperity. Join the official walkthrough at noon in Morningside Park with artist Coby Kennedy and Deputy Borough President Keisha Sutton-James.
A celebration of the workers who keep New York City moving. From now to the end of August, six of the banners will be on view at the 53rd Street Branch at the New York Public Library.
Citation Needed is an experimental publishing initiative, dedicated to fostering the creation of artist books created by 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. After many months of creation and production, the authors are thrilled to share their work with the public. This launch party serves as an opportunity for intergenerational conversation and to celebrate the authors' detailed, hilarious, and chaotic new books!
A meditative group-walk through the northern end of Prospect Park that is designed around thinking through ecologies of resilience. Following an infinity-loop pathway, participants will begin making quiet observations about sites in the park both spectacular and mundane. As the walk continues, the group will focus more on radical collaboration and the creation of new liberatory communities. Touchpoints will include utopian urban planning, histories of queer cruising, and ways of seeing Prospect Park as a radically resilient public sphere.
What is social practice, and how does it affect the ways we navigate our lives and make change in the world? Join faculty, staff, and students from Social Practice CUNY for a fun evening hosted by Catherine LaSota, as we celebrate the launch of Part of the Practice, our new podcast about the role of socially-engaged art in our communities and the current moment. Enjoy food, music, special giveaways, and more — and meet some of the guests from our inaugural season. Let’s revel in the end of the summer together. This is a party you don’t want to miss!
Join the James Gallery for Art & Collaborative Inquiry, CUNY Graduate Center, for a conversation between the renowned artist and social movements researcher Oliver Ressler and CUNY Professor Ashley Dawson.
