How do art and archives intersect? In this roundtable discussion, member of the Queens College and NYC communities will discuss creative projects undertaken during COVID-19, and their connections to primary sources and archival repositories. Livestreamed on https://www.facebook.com/queensmemory.
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).
NYC's Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz will discuss the current housing crisis with activists, scholars, and CUNY students.
The 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 professional development workshop presented in partnership with Flushing Town Hall. During this Zoom conversation, we will speak with artists from the Social Practice CUNY program, Naomi Kuo and Cristina Ferrigno, whose practices are based in working with the community and discuss best practices when connecting with people to create art and tell their stories. This will be a moderated conversation with space for Q&A.
Hear SPCUNY co-director Chloë Bass, the artist behind two concurrent projects in Los Angeles, in conversation with curators Cate Thurston, of the Skirball Cultural Center, and Taylor Renee Aldridge, of the California African American Museum (CAAM), about the roles of institutions and artists with respect to the creation and stewardship of memory, memorials, and the presentation of private feelings in public spaces.
Opening Reception: Keynote Speaker, Clyde Kuemmerle
Screening: Uneven Growth
Panel Discussion: Miguel Robles-Durán, Shaindy Weichman, Robert Robinson
Choreographer and artist Michael Kliën will speak about Parliament and his practice of social choreography that he has developed at the Laboratory for Social Choreography at Duke University. He will be joined by SPCUNY Faculty Fellow Emily Raboteau and Cory Tamler, author of A Permanent Parliament: Notes on Social Choreography (2022). Co-presented with the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center. Open to the public, no RSVP required.
