Book launch for SPCUNY Faculty Fellow Emily Raboteau's highly-anticipated collection of essays, LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL: Mothering Against "the Apocalypse" at the Center for Fiction.
This presentation analyzes the socially transformative potential of artistic practice to confront dictatorial and neoauthoritarianism in historical and contemporary times. By engaging with a variety of interconnected case studies in Southern Europe, the Americas, and Africa, the aim is to challenge the centrality of Western-based genealogies within the histories of political and socially engaged art.
Discover insights on community activism and urban development in a virtual celebration of Associate Professor of Anthropology and former SPCUNY Faculty Fellow Naomi Schiller's latest co-authored book as she delves into discussions on the role individuals can undertake in shaping their neighborhoods and cities, exploring the challenges community organizers face in navigating New York City's intricate decision-making processes to advocate for housing and foster vibrant, sustainable communities.
During the Holocaust, homosexual men imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps were required to wear inverted pink triangle badges on their uniforms, a symbol that was later reclaimed as an emblem of Gay Pride. Join Dr. Jake Newsome, Scholar and Author of Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust, and Dr. Kerry Whigham, Assistant Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University and Co-Director of its Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, for a conversation about “BENT,” the 1979 play subsequently adapted for the big screen, which explores the persecution of Queer men in Nazi Germany, during and after the Night of Long Knives in 1934.
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!
