Public Programs

Our public programs examine the meaning, value, and challenges of socially engaged art from diverse perspectives

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2017

June 12, 2017

June 21, 2017
New Cultural Exchange: Sustainable Partnerships with Artists
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Siembro Una Rosa Blanca Pa’ Ti, 2010, screen print on paper, 20 x 24 in. Courtesy the artist.
May 2, 2017

FIELDWORKS: BRIC
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April 23, 2017

FIELDWORKS: Open Engagement
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April 21, 2017

Open Engagement, April 21-23, 2017
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March 22, 2017

Aesthetics of Doing: Performing to Transform
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Marc Bamuthi Joseph and ensemble, /peh-LO-tah/ — a futbol framed freedom suite…, YBCA, November 2016. Click here to learn more. Photo: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
January 26, 2017

Public Servants in the Future Imperfect

A Double Book Launch Co-presented with the New Museum
Cover Image: Public Servants: Art and the Crisis of the Common Good, left, published by the New Museum and MIT Press, and Future Imperfect, right, published by A Blade of Grass
January 12, 2017

Decolonizing Workshop: Performative and Engaged Practices
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Anne Pesata, Rulan Tangen, Natalie Beally and Lupita Salazar at Santa Fe Art Institute, in rehearsal for "Running for Water, Running for Land." Image: © Paulo T. Photography. Courtesy the artist.

2016

October 26, 2016

Parallel Fields: Housing Justice
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September 6, 2016

Fellowship Workshop with Chinatown Art Brigade
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June 29, 2016

Fellowship Workshop with Black Quantum Futurism
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June 21, 2016

FIELDWORKS: The 8th Floor
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June 4, 2016

Projects A-E: Celebrating the Art + Social Justice Working Group
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June 1, 2016

Reports from the Field: Harriet’s Apothecary
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May 12, 2016

Aesthetics of Doing: Decolonizing
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April 30, 2016

FIELDWORKS: Open Engagement
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April 29, 2016

Open Engagement, April 29-May 1, 2016
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April 24, 2016

Entry Points: Recent Writing on Art and Social Justice
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April 11, 2016

FIELDWORKS: MassArt
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March 16, 2016

Parallel Fields: Mindful Leadership
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February 23, 2016

Reports from the Field: Apps for Power
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January 26, 2016

Book Launch and Discussion: Remapping Performance by Jan Cohen-Cruz
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January 22, 2016

FIELDWORKS: Parrish Art Museum
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January 13, 2016

Aesthetics of Doing: Tangible Utopia
Waterpod Dome, 2009. Photo by Mike Nagle.

2015

December 4, 2015

FIELDWORKS: Art Basel Miami Beach, Dec. 4
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December 3, 2015

FIELDWORKS: Art Basel Miami Beach, Dec. 3
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November 2, 2015

Fellowship Workshop with Dread Scott
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September 29, 2015

Fellowship Workshop with Laura Chipley
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June 17, 2015

Aesthetics of Doing: Community Organizing
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June 3, 2015

Aesthetics of Doing: Sleeping with the Enemy
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May 14, 2015

Fiesta de Cierre de Donceles – Closing Party!
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May 12, 2015

Reports from the Field: SexEd
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April 17, 2015

Open Engagement, April 17-19, 2015
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February 18, 2015

Reports from the Field: Beauty in Transition
Housing
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January 14, 2015

Parallel Fields: Alternative Economies
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2014

November 4, 2014

Fellowship Workshop with Pablo Helguera
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October 6, 2014

Republic of New York: Perfect City Discussions
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October 1, 2014

Fellowship Workshop with Norene Leddy & Liz Slagus
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September 17, 2014

Parallel Fields: Coming Home
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May 21, 2014

Parallel Fields: Will Work for Food
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May 16, 2014

Open Engagement, May 16-18, 2014
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April 22, 2014

Aesthetics of Doing: Is Socially Engaged Art Always Progressive?
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April 9, 2014

Parallel Fields: Kitchens in Conversation
Food
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March 19, 2014

Parallel Fields: Heavy Metal
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February 19, 2014

Aesthetics of Doing: Effectiveness
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2013

November 18, 2013

Talking Transition: BEYOND ACCESS

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November 4, 2013

Fellowship Workshop with Mierle Laderman Ukeles
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October 10, 2013

Artist Files Book Launch Party

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October 2, 2013

Does Capitalism Work? with Steve Lambert

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October 1, 2013

The Active Partnership

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September 17, 2013

Fellowship Workshop with John Ahearn
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September 5, 2013

Aesthetics of Doing: Learning as Social Empowerment

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July 18, 2013

What We Learned From The Hive

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July 1, 2013

A Conversation with Robby Herbst

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June 27, 2013

Opening Reception: Empathy Corporation

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June 26, 2013

Parallel Fields: Forming a Debtors’ Union
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June 22, 2013

The Hive Presents: Empathy Corporation

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June 19, 2013

F**king Up: How Long Will You Work on This?

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May 22, 2013

F**king Up: How Will You Talk About What Happened?

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April 17, 2013

F**king Up: Why Are You Taking So Many Photographs?

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March 20, 2013

F**king Up: Who Gets to Speak Up?

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March 13, 2013

Parallel Fields: Building a Future for PlaNYC
PolicyPublic
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January 31, 2013

Aesthetics of Doing: Ethics
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January 17, 2013

Eyal Danon In Discussion with Reem Fadda

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2012

November 28, 2012

Parallel Fields: Farming
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November 15, 2012

Artists Helping Artists

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October 18, 2012

Artists Helping Artists

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