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Cocomama Concert: Woman’s World
The members of Cocomama hail from five countries on four continents, and their name refers, appropriately, to the Incan goddess of health and happiness. Playing their own kind of swinging Latin music, powerfully virtuosic yet elegantly musical, Cocomama creates a sound that is all at once original and authentic, fierce, and beautiful. Looking at love
Three Latina Artists on the Power of Printmaking
Artists Nitza Tufiño, Luanda Lozano, and Julia Santos Solomon—all of whose work is featured in Matrix: Prints by Women Artists, 1960–1990—discuss the role printmaking plays in the Latino culture and its power to effect social change. Through conversation and demonstration with an etching press, learn about their artwork and their unique contributions to the birth
Frederick J. Brown: Jazz in the Galleries
Experience Frederick J. Brown’s groundbreaking series The Actress: A Drawing in Five Parts surrounded by jazz music spun live by Bronx-based DJ Sunny Cheeba, founder of Uptown Vinyl Supreme. This immersive experience in the galleries is inspired by Brown’s practice of listening to music in his studio as he worked, as well as his collaborations
Family Art Workshop: Puzzling Prints
Celebrate Women’s History Month by recreating artworks by iconic female artists and transforming them into puzzles! Use printmaking techniques and blank puzzles while learning about artists like Frida Kahlo, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe, and others! Recommended for ages 5+.
Lunar New Year 2023
Kick off the Year of the Rabbit with traditional Asian arts, crafts, demonstrations, and performances for all ages! Celebrate the fourth of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, and,…
Hip Hop Heroes: Create a Comic Book Cover
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop in workshops led by Yonkers-based artist Evan Bishop that are designed to be accessible to audiences of different abilities, ages, and skill levels (as seen in I LOVE NY). Learn about the history of the genre and its impact on global pop culture. Then, create a nonviolent superhero
Family Art Workshop: Puzzling Prints
Celebrate Black History Month as we recreate some well-known artworks by influential black artists and transform them into puzzles! Using printmaking techniques and blank puzzles, learn about and be inspired by artists like Winfred Rembert, Derrick Adams, Jamel Robinson, and many more. Recommended for ages 5+. Sponsored by Con Edison.
Bound: Exploring Creation Through Juxtaposition
Photographer and filmmaker Brandon Alexander, whose work is on view in Order / Reorder, leads an exhibition tour and workshop inspired by VAS, his collection of deep landscapes, still lifes, and street photographs of vacancy and isolation from his travels across the US during the pandemic. Dive into Alexander’s VAS and curate your own sequence
The Sky Tonight: The Skylore of China
Explore the fascinating world of Chinese skylore in this special Lunar New Year edition of The Sky Tonight! Discover the twenty-four lunar houses of the Chinese Zodiac, a celestial system unlike the twelve constellations you may know. Journey through the northern sky to meet the Great Emperor of Heaven, his attendants the Six Jia, the
The Romanticization of the West: A Virtual Conversation
Enjoy a virtual conversation between Thomas Busciglio-Ritter, Richard & Mary Holland Assistant Curator of American Western Art at the Joslyn Art Museum, and contemporary artist Nathaniel Ruleaux, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, whose work addresses westward expansion in relation to his family’s history and historical imagery. They will discuss ownership, westward expansion, and
