Spring 2022 Climate Justice Fellow Alicia Raquel Morales convenes a panel on navigating urban spaces, with Alethea Pace and Kayla Hamilton.
POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN! NEW DATE: JUNE 29, 2023, 6-8 PM
Join us for the celebration of PUSH/PULL Issue 19: Heirlooms: On What We Pass Down, edited by Dena Igusti. (Fellow 2022). How do we live with what we inherit? What is considered hereditary? What defines a lineage, and is it always bound by blood? By disposition? By tragedy?
An intergenerational space for Black LBGTQ people to get to know and connect with one another in Harlem through storytelling and archive.
NEW DATE! JUNE 22ND, 6-8 PM. LOCATION TBA
In collaboration with Dayonesart we bring you al fresco art classes led by Black Utopian Fellowship Director Denae Howard, with live models. Materials provided!
The New York City premiere of the short film, "Tear Suture Scab," a comical quasi-fairytale by Ayo Janeen Jackson, which follows Suki, a Black Unicorn and her shadow, Shade, on a journey of resurrection, healing and self-liberation.
Tara Aliya Kesavan and Indranil Choudhury (Fellows 2022), with Aditi Dey, present Bengali Urban Gardening Oral Soundscape, an oral history project and installation that aims to research urban gardening practices within the Bangladeshi community in New York. In neighborhoods like Jamaica in Queens and Sunset Park in Brooklyn, residential homes are often used to grow seasonal produce, turning backyards and open spaces into lush vegetable gardens each year.
The People’s Immunology Committee convenes a post-patriarchal present where cells speak with and through the bodies that hold them. Featuring a performance, workshop and interactive exhibit workshop. Emily Bass (Associated Artist), creator of The Dendron Project, will lead this event, which invites co-creation of a new renderings of knowledge and questions about how bodies heal, recognize and respond.
The Japanese Tea and Ritual Room, presented by Associated Artist Maho Ogawa, takes the form of an interactive performance installation which connects Japanese Tea Ceremony, Zen meditation, and personal ritual and aims to help people find peace through the custom and philosophy of Tea Rituals.
NEW LOCATION DUE TO RAIN: ONLINE, REGISTRATION HERE
Join Zoe Berger (Associated Artist) to explore a new kit of educational resources to teach concepts of computer coding without any screens necessary! This event is aimed at children aged 5 - 10 years old and introduces Cartesian Coordinates and Planes, as well as Boolean Logic and Logic Loops using fun games and activities.
Join us for a Wages for Art(work) Co-Working Session, where participants are invited to make art while Associated Artist Quinlan Maggio works at their day job. During this hour-long session, participants can engage in any activity that is creatively generative for them, such as drawing, painting, collage, writing, sleeping, cooking, taking a walk, etc.
Veronica Agard (IFÁṢADÙN FÁSANMÍ) (Associated Artist) leads Writing with the Ancestors, where attendees will be guided on how to foster a relationship with their elevated ancestors and experience a healing through writing practice. Participants will also gain access to the Ancestor In Training Syllabus, and a digital journal with bonus prompts to support their journey as Ancestors in Training.
ID: A layered photo filled with warm golden brown textures. At the top and center of the photo is a gold round bowl with spiky black patterns at its edges. The bowl sits on top of the layered textures and has a faded ear in it’s center. Behind the bowl is a transparent silhouette of a person standing. They are pictured from their feet to their waist.
Join Lauren Covey (Associated Artist) as she discusses her new work “a sonic family portrait” and shares her process of working with sound as a mental health tool. She will teach participants her process of recording sound as a coping tool by recording from emotionally charged environments and remixing them into unique soundscapes.
Beyond Memorial workshop transforms public spaces marred by violence, using art to convert sites of loss into areas of healing & celebration. Join Fellow Emmanuel Oni as he introduces Beyond Memorial's origin, its past and current projects, and its cyclical framework. Participants will also create their own “sacred tool”, a kaleido-cycle, that highlights this process based on remembrance, re-imagination, and resistance.
Eco Somatic readings, conversations and movement centering disability and LGBTIQA+ ecologies of pain and joy with the environment. Featuring Stephanie Heit, Petra Kuppers,Christopher “Unpezverde" Núñez, and moira williams.
Where: Online Zoom Meeting / Zoom Registration link HERE
Access Menu:
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Participation Guide
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Please contact moira670@gmail for more accessibility information requests and needs, thanks!
Join sound artist and oral historian, Bianca Mońa, for the premiere of 3 short films Embodied Healing. She will discuss her process for building personal narratives. This will be an experience centered in Black womanhood and healing. Photo credit is Joel Mentor"
Join our Associated Artist Ray Jordan Achan and our Climate Justice Fellows Bl3ssing Oshun Ra and Cody Herrmann as they discuss their Fellowship journeys and the changing needs and desires of artists working in climate justice, climate advocacy and environmental racism.
As part of Root Systems: The Legacy of Artist Collectives in NYC, an exhibit at Amos Eno Gallery, Culture Push and Amos Eno Gallery will be co-presenting a panel on practice by recent and current Culture Push Fellows from the Fellowship for Utopian Practice and Associated Artists. Please join Alexandra Hammond, Andrew Ingall, Ray Jordan Achan, and Zain Alam for interactive presentations and a roundtable discussion.
Boa’s Repair Shop offers workshops to repair physical objects and metaphysical states of being. Caring for objects (which are imbued with human labor, networks of supply chains and raw materials) is caring for each other, Earth and ourselves. Much is made of the brokenness of our nation and our big divides. Surely this is true. But perhaps our search for final solutions is what keeps us from practicing more beneficial ways of being. What if systems are meant to be broken because breaking is always happening? In Boa’s Repair Shop Flag Repair, we approach the construction of a flag from the inside out by tapping into our deepest individual and collective resource – imagination. We journey to an imagined home, find its shape, bring these symbols out of our imaginations, develop them, and use them to create a flag together.
Meet with the artist and talk through the themes for her exhibition It’s a Luxury to Look Back, at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.
On July 16th we will be collaborating with Dayonesart to bring you art classes.
This program will be held at Fort Greene Park and run from 11am - 1PM {priority will come to those who complete this registration and submit a $5 donation to $artschoolscammer on CASH APP with B2BxCP as the Note}.
Back2Basics is a series of Life Drawing Classes hosted by #Dayonesart. Each class is held throughout the Summer 22" in a beautified aerated private Studios and Gardena locations in Brooklyn.
This program is for All ages! Please keep in mind Artists will be drawing from an array of live nude and semi nude models - we do not body shame or discriminate in regards to ableism.
Participating will receive materials at the beginning of each class along with 1 fresh squeezed libation.
Zain Alam, Alcia Raquel Morales, and Ray Jordan Achan share their practices and process, with a roundtable discussion following the presentations.
Morales will be sharing a peek into crowning in october, or how to change shape while remembering your name, and their practice of city scape ritual dance. What does it mean to sink into a place? What does this challenge, unearth, and offer?
In his presentation, Achan guides the audience through a vivid history of Newtown Creek and discusses his work in connecting marginalized communities with the complicated history of the Creek.
Alam will share the latest reserch from his work with re-framing Muslim chant, story, and song.
Immerse in the Art & History of South Bronx on a Walking Tour with our Black Utopian Fellow Dennis Redmoon Darkeem.
Participants are encouraged to bring a candle, incense or essential oils, or an oil burner; water, tea, or a libation; Lingerie, a robe, or a sensual ensemble; and a journal.
To ensure that participation is accessible to as many people as possible, we will be compensating participants for their time. Each participant will receive $25 for engaging in these workshops.
Culture Push Fellow Bianca Mońa is a lover of the arts. As an artist, curator, educator, and advocate, she has initiated a number of projects at institutions such as Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY) and The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC). All of her artistic endeavors center on a greater understanding of contemporary Africa and her Diaspora. In addition, she is particularly keen on investigative projects that tackle the living history of regular citizens who negotiate grand topics such as gender, heritage, and social-economic placement.
Black Burlesque Queen. The Embodiment of Josephine Baker. A paragon of glitz and glamour. Visionary. Those are the phrases most people think about when they discover Perle Noire. Perle, or Mama Perle as she is known to the burlesque community, has a unique gift. The gift of healing an audience in a theater or in a classroom. In 2003, Perle started her burlesque career starring in the burlesque musical, Backstage At Da Fonky B. In 2008, she burst onto the mainstream burlesque scene, winning the Best Debut category during the annual Burlesque Hall of Fame weekend in Las Vegas. Perle has been named one of the world’s top two burlesque performers by 21st Century Burlesque Magazine three years in a row.
This past summer, the Grand Street Settlement 2nd - 5th graders took on an enormous task; preserving and continuing the historical legacy of their community. They met with Hometown Heroes, practiced over 5 art mediums diligently, and worked together to create a patchwork of their vibrant community!
Join Brownsville Heritage House, Art/thentic Education, and our Hometown Hero partners in celebrating their accomplishments with an exhibition of their work alongside historical Brownsville archives.
Learn more about the history of Brownsville and its pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement and enjoy the beautiful Stone Ave Library space!
Come celebrate the artistic achievements of the Grand Street Settlement 2nd-5th graders! Learn more about their community and stories!
“I was born and raised throughout Los Angeles, but I consider Mid-City, Ladera and Windsor Hills my stomping grounds. I graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a B.A. in Sociology in May of 2013. I hold a certification in Advanced Youth Development, and serve as an Ambassador for Ethical Global Engagement with Omprakash. With over 7 years of experience as a teacher, tutor, and youth advocate, my work has spanned the field of education. I am currently based in the Brownsville community of Brooklyn, NY. I find inspiration in many places and have lived in Costa Rica and China. My work is also heavily connected to exploring my ancestral roots. Namely, I create through the West African and Native American principles of "no art for art's sake." Both beauty and functionality are equally important in creating new futures for Black and Brown communities. “ - Khadijah McCaskill
Goal: The goal for the contest is to foster pride in Hollis, honor its history, and give a space for residents to express their vision for how they want to see Hollis develop in the future. Email me at angelamiskisartsllc@gmail.com if you have any questions.
What: Create a poster promoting pride and care for Hollis, Queens.
Who: The contest is open to all students and residents of Hollis, Queens. People with strong ties to Hollis are also welcome to participate. Just come to have fun! You can join us even if you don't want to enter your poster to the contest.
Where: We will host open art labs at the God's Gospel Cafe Activity Center. During the art labs we will provide art materials like paper, colored pencils, oil pastels, crayons, and markers.
When: Saturday, September 25, 2021 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Participants will get a chance to create a collage work with handmade paper and other collage materials.
Where is Brownsville From? Participants will have the opportunity to examine pivotal historical moments in Brownsville history and how they fit into its present through a mapping arts activity.
This conversation will introduce participants to open source resources and and tools for immersive and interactive world building, and critically approach topics such as the limitations of the binary logic of programming languages, node based building, user access, and community support for MR/VR creators.
What is passed down to us by our environment? How do we live with what we inherit? What is considered hereditary? What defines a lineage, and is it always bound by blood? By disposition? By tragedy? Ray's investigation into the history and mismanagement of Newtown Creek with collaborator Dena Igusti, poses these questions as we look towards the future of creating cleaner and more equitable waterways. In this presentation, Ray and Dena will showcase parts of their documentary piece about Newtown Creek and detail their personal experiences with the waterfront. Utilizing archival photographs of past and present they interrogate what it means to "inherit" the mistakes of the past and what can be done to fix them in the future.
This presentation is an introduction to Ray and Dena’s Tending the Edge project.
Archiving ideas and actions that shape respect and care between people and their living environments
Iki has been documenting people who inspired her through the caring ways that they provide stewardship of the places where they live. In recent years, she begun to see their actions as movement, much like she experiences dancers when she frames and records their movements. Out of that came the idea of “Movements of Today”.
During her time as Associated Artist with Culture Push Iki will be developing a project of recording and archiving people who are taking care of issues to do with clean water and food sovereignty in New York City. Her aim is to develop a sustainable structure to document, produce, and archive water stewards and urban farmers. She also plans to cultivate a platform where the filming and archiving could then generate resources and support for the endeavors of people and groups she is documenting.
