September 12, 2018 6:30 pm–8:30 pm American Folk Art Museum Self-Taught Genius Gallery 29-47 32nd Place Second Floor Queens, NY 11101 RSVP Gather with a team of quilters and storytellers to celebrate the completion of Common Thread, a twelve-week series of workshops to create a community story quilt. Organized by local artist Naomi Kuo (SPQ […]
Press Contact: Sue Bell Yank 310-308-7246 sbyank@18thstreet.org 18TH STREET ARTS CENTER CELEBRATES YOUTH ARTISTS AND EMPOWERING YOUTH VOICES THROUGH SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY FESTIVAL SANTA MONICA (CA) – 18th Street Arts Center, a 30-year-old artist residency and contemporary arts center in the inland Pico Neighborhood of Santa Monica, holds its third major Pico Block Party community […]
Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art Book Launch with Social Practice Queens Friday, May 11, 2018 6-8pm *RSVP has reached its capacity for this event. If you’d like to be placed on the waitlist, please email media@sdrubin.org. The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation […]
A Busy May for Social Practice Queens A Fresh Civility at The Plaxall Gallery Even though the school year is coming to an end, Social Practice Queens isn’t slowing down its efforts to share socially engaged art. In the next month, the collaborative graduate program (run by Queens College in partnership with the Queens Museum) […]
This winter, artists UNO (MFA 18) and Cheon Pyo Lee staged an interactive yet personal project on the experience of having a broken heart. The workshop series was titled, Broken Hearts: The Words We Say, The Pictures We See. Participants were invited to describe and draw their story of heartbreak while exploring how memories are shaped […]
8TH ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY CRASH COURSE, MARCH 24TH SUSTAINABILITY CRASH COURSE 2018 Pratt Center for Sustainable Design Strategies On Saturday, March 24, 2018, Pratt’s CSDS will host the 8th annual Sustainability Crash Course, a day-long series of presentations, panel discussions and workshops with a host of experts from Pratt’s faculty and elsewhere. In years past we have […]
Friday, May 11, 6-8pm The 8th Floor, 17 West 17th Street, NYC Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art Book Launch with Social Practice Queens The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation will host a book launch for Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and […]
Social Practice Queens (SPQ) will be holding an info session for prospective students. Join us and meet with current faculty and students, tour the Art Dept. facilities and graduate studios + learn more about our MFA and Advanced Certificate Programs. Tuesday, March 6th 12:00PM – 1:30PM Queens College CUNY Art Department Klapper Hall, […]
Social Practice Queens is proud to partner with CUE Art Foundation on the series Access/Points: Approaches to Disability Arts! Access/Points: Approaches to Disability Arts is a series of conversations, workshops, and artist projects that explores ability as the crux of radical inclusion and access in the arts and beyond. The series investigates the ways that artists, […]
Chloë Bass: The Book of Everyday Instruction Washington and Lee University Artist’s Talk and Reception Monday, January 22, 5:30pm Wilson Hall’s Concert Hall Multi-form artist Chloë Bass uses daily life as a site of deep research to study scales of intimacy: where patterns hold and break as group sizes expand. The Book of Everyday […]
Let’s Keep in Touch Youth Workshop with Carmen Papalia and Whitney Mashburn Nov 12 2017 12:30pm–3:30pm What could you learn about a piece of art if you were allowed to walk right up to it and touch it? Find out at Let’s Keep in Touch and discover the world that opens up when you close […]
Social Practice Queens: A Reflection of Resistance Join Us for a Performance and Conversation around what this year has been, for Resistance, Art, and Communities. November 14th, 7pm – 9th Queens Museum Studio #9 New York City Building, Corona, NY 11368 rsvp: socialpracticequeens@gmail.com
“Social Practice Queens Brings Art to the People” 2017 SPQ Action Art student-led community art projects and scholarships for foreign born, international, and recent immigrant student have been generously provided by the Vilcek Foundaiton. Check out more on their profile on SPQ and recent student projects here.
2017 Fall Unity Walk Sunday, October 15th 1-5pm The Beacon of Pluralism project led by SPQ / QC MFA alumni Gina Minielli and Nancy Bruno will be exhibited at the Free Synagogue after Saturday October 8th to celebrate its 100 years during Open House New York. The Free Synagogue will be the starting point of […]
Join Social Practice Queens (SPQ) in welcoming R. Scott Hanson to Queens College October 17th, 6:30-8pm. He will be talking about his research on Religious Diversity and Tolerance in Flushing, Queens. Event co-organized with “Beacon of Pluralism” a collaborative community project led by SPQ/QC MFA Alumni, Gina Minielli Gunkel and Nancy Bruno. Event supported by […]
‘Presence is Required’ | A SPQ Thesis catalog by Alix Camacho Published on Sep 4, 2017 Presence is Required includes diagrams, instructions, objects, and situations created by Alix Camacho. The exhibition investigates forms and dynamics produced by bodies in the same physical space. Focusing on elements such as time, balance, height, and body proximity, the […]
Artist Talks: New Media Art and Social Practice September 23 at 8:30 am – 5:30 pm Lefrak Concert Hall 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Queens, NY 11367 View Map HG Contemporary Art Center has organized a symposium on New Media and Social Practice in art, featuring artist-professors from Queens College and beyond. Registration is free and includes […]
Home of Practice Sat, August 19, 2017 – Tue, August 29, 2017 Opening reception: Friday, August 18 at 6 PM – 8 PM The James Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center Please join Social Practice Queens in celebrating the opening of HOME OF PRACTICE, an exhibit of recent work by Jeff Kasper, Erin Turner, Floor Grootenhuis, Paula […]
Join Social Practice Queens (SPQ) Sunday, June 25th from 1-4:30 at Queens Museum for a collection of 5 public events, performances and workshops from current MFA students and recent graduates! Take a look below for the line up! Queens Museum New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, NY 11368 To register for Collective […]
Art as a Tool for Resistance with Social Practice Queens (SPQ) Jun 11 2017 1:00pm–4:30pm Resistance Theatre Artists: Julian Phillips, Zaid Islam, Floor Grootenhuis Location: Unisphere gallery Schedule: 1:30-2:30pm, 3:00-4:00pm To register, please contact: nung-hsin@queensmuseum.org During Resistance Theatre participants will have an opportunity to explore the practical and interpersonal facets of protest and authority. First the group […]
“Presence is Required” includes diagrams, instructions, objects, and situations by Alix Camacho that investigate forms produced by bodies present in a same physical space. Camacho’s works focus on elements such as time, balance, height, and body proximity that are part of different social assemblies. This event is part of Alix Camacho’s MFA thesis in Art […]
Join SPQ Friday, May 5 (6-8pm) for a Reception and audio narration of new & ongoing body of videos, text, audio, performance by SPQ student Jeff Kasper (17) investigating the choreography of relationships and pursuit of publicness and physical connection, particularly between men. Where?: Queens College CUNY Klapper Gallery Klapper Hall 4th Floor 65-30 Kissena […]
Intersectionality, Art & Activism Panel Discussion Tuesday 28th March, 6 – 8 pm Klapper Gallery, Klapper Hall 4th Fl Queens College CUNY Special guests: . Daisy Bulgarin (Semillas Collective Co-founder) . Fernanda Espinosa (People´s Collective Arts Member) . Amin Husain (G.U.L.F., MTL, NYC Solidarity with Palestina Co-founder and Gulf Labor Coalition Member) . Kerbie […]
“There’s a kind of renewal that can happen for people spiritually or through community that can really sustain us in these times,” said Chloe Bass, a visiting professor at Queens College.” (NY1 Flushing) The Beacon of Pluralism project joins together the diverse cultural, ethnic & religious communities of Flushing, Queens to remember the basic right […]
Don’t miss ‘Protecting Our Nature and Our Sacred Land: Images of Oak Flat by Standing Fox & Social Practice Queens MFA candidates Floor Grootenhuis, Erin Turner and Uno Nam at the Queens Museum.