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Upcycle, Uplift (Artist Workshop)

Kingsborough Art Museum 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY, United States

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. The participatory project invites the public to engage in deep listening with homeless people, opening themselves up to the complex issues that drive people to the street beyond the stereotypical assumptions.

Three Public Events with Willie Baronet

Kingsborough Art Museum 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY, United States

10–11 a.m. WHAT IS HOME? (artist talk and signage-making workshop, Kingsborough Art Museum)
1:30–3 p.m. SIGNS OF HUMANITY (film screening and director’s talk, Art & Science Building, 163)
3–4 p.m. HOME IS A JOURNEY (march, starting from Kingsborough Art Museum)

Thesis Show (A Pollicino)

Klapper Hall 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens, New York, United States

A Pollicino's thesis show will be on March 22nd at 6:30pm, at Queens College. Refreshments afterwards.

WORKSHOP #1 with BFAMFAPhD (invite only)

Three Facilitated Workshops focus on the impact of food and housing precarity on the well-being of students at Kingsborough Community College. The first two workshops use Intergroup Dialogue, a deep listening practice that highlights similarities and fosters understanding among different groups. The third workshop will be open to the public.

The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (lecture)

In this talk, critical urbanist Manon Vergerio will give a brief background on the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (AEMP), a web-based interactive mapping project that personalizes eviction data through the evictees’ stories of struggle and resistance.

NON-LINEAR: QC MFA Annual Exhibition

Culture Lab LIC 5-25 46th Ave., Long Island City, New York, United States

The Queens College MFA Annual Exhibition 2022 includes all of this year's Social Practice CUNY Student Fellows. Opening reception: April 2, 6-9pm.

How to Begin Again: An Initiation Towards Unitary Urbanism

How to Begin Again is a 4-step initiation to a new awareness about alternatives for the future of urban design. It centers on the concept of unitary urbanism, which CohStra redefines as “an anti-capitalist and transdisciplinary practice that attempts to bridge popular and scientific knowledge to co-produce social and environmental justice in cities.”

The Artist & Homeless Collective (discussion)

In the early 1990s, conceptual artist Hope Sandrow founded the Artist & Homeless Collaborative, an innovative New York City public art project. Sandrow will discuss her project with Nina Felshin, the editor of But Is it Art? The Spirit of Art as Activism (Seattle, WA; Bay Press, 1995).

WORKSHOP #2 with BFAMFAPhD (invite only)

Kingsborough Art Museum 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY, United States

Three Facilitated Workshops focus on the impact of food and housing precarity on the well-being of students at Kingsborough Community College. The first two workshops use Intergroup Dialogue—a deep listening practice that aims to highlight similarities and foster understanding among different groups. The third workshop will be open to the public.

Upcycle, Uplift with Sachigusa Yasuda

Kingsborough Art Museum 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY, United States

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.

Ending Housing Precarity

NYC's Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz will discuss the current housing crisis with activists, scholars, and CUNY students.