‘Taking Care’ (Closing Reception)
Klapper Hall 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens, New York, United StatesConnor Henderson's MFA Thesis Closing Reception.
Free
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UNIT 25 Building Culture: When Land Becomes Water.
Rise Center 58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Far Rockaway, NY, United StatesThe graduate students at the Spitzer School of Architecture (City College of New York, CUNY) and the Rise Center invite the community to a presentation and discussion of resistance, resilience, and the future of the Rockaway in light of climate change.
Free
WORKSHOP #3 (with BFAMFAPhD)
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. This final WORKSHOP #3 will be a public event on Zoom and will create a dialogue with other projects included in the UnHomeless NYC exhibition.
Come Back Cities: A family event for the NY Deaf-Blind community
Queens Museum Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY, United States‘Come Back Cities’ is a simultaneous in-person and virtual community gathering to unite and celebrate families of Deaf-Blind children.
Free
Apply to be a 2022-23 SPCUNY Actionist (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
Actionists are Master’s students with a serious art practice, usually from MFA programs, who are committed to developing as socially-engaged art practitioners. Eligible students are currently enrolled in a CUNY master’s degree program and will have completed at least one year of study by the end of the Spring 2022 semester. Applications are due by April 25, 2022 (deadline extended!) for the 2022-23 academic year.
A Place To Lay My Head
SPCUNY Student Fellow Cristina Ferrigno's MFA thesis, April 26th-29th. Opening reception Tuesday April 26th, 7pm Klapper Hall Gallery, Queens College.
May Day Salute (2022 Workers Unite Film Festival) featuring preview of “Song of the Essential Worker”
Four of the worker films belonging to 2021-22 Faculty Fellow Zoe Beloff's SPCUNY project (in collaboration with Eric Muzzy), "The Song of the Essential Worker," are part of the Workers Unite Film Festival May Day Salute. May screenings become available on-demand starting Thursday May 5th at 10AM EST through Monday May 9th at 10PM EST.
Free
Two Stories About the Same Miracle
A Black Mother and a Filipino Father's balanced interpretation of resiliency and hope in caring for their daughter PhoeniX. Indigo Hero presents "Two Stories About the Same Miracle", a multimedia theater experience where parents of a special needs child tell their respective stories about her birth and first few years of life. Each parent is dedicating one hour each, to their interpretation. Indigo Hero is comprised of Kilusan (SPCUNY Actionist 2021-22) and Lia Bautista. May 6 and 7: doors open at 6pm, show begins at 7pm.
Donation
American Icons
University Heights Presbyterian Church 2167 University Avenue, Bronx, NY, United StatesAmerican Icons is a collaborative project centering music and stories by Americans who live in the shadows cast by our national myths and monuments. Whose stories are told, whose erased? Student and community residents from Bronx Community College (BCC), the home of the “Hall of Fame of Great Americans,” will share their own experiences learning and working among monuments that fail to reflect America’s diversity. Musicians from Juilliard will interweave these stories with poetic and musical context from America’s past and present.
Free
Fire Exit (MFA Thesis Show)
205 Hudson Gallery 205 Hudson Street, New York, NY, United StatesIncluding work from SPCUNY Actionists Quinlan Maggio and sgp, open daily from 10am-6pm. Events on May 19, 20, 27, and 30.
Parade of the Old New
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center 107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center presents ‘Parade of the Old New’, a solo presentation of works by Zoe Beloff including a large format mural on cardboard and a correlating publication. Dates: May 20th - June 12th. Opening Reception: May 27th 5-9pm.
Free
Apply to be a 2022-23 SPCUNY Faculty Fellow
SPCUNY grants for faculty fund faculty-led projects and assemble a cohort of faculty and students committed to socially engaged art. All CUNY faculty affiliated with any campus who want to develop a project at the intersection of social justice and art are eligible to apply, regardless of title or rank. Applicants can be teaching (including adjunct) or non-teaching faculty, but they must have an active CUNY appointment in at least the fall semester of their fellowship year. Fellows will receive $2,000 stipends towards the fulfillment of their project and access to Materials for the Arts. Applications are due by July 1, 2022 for the 2022-23 academic year.
