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June 29–August 10, 2021
Smita Sen
In The Manipura Sanctum, artist Smita Sen nurtures an altar space that reaches toward contemplative, social healing.
July 2, 2021, 5:00 – 6:00pm
Opening the Manipura Sanctum: First Offerings, a performance by Smita Sen
Smita Sen
A performance by artist Smita Sen in which she will begin nurturing an altar space an altar space devoted to caregivers of all styles.
September 7–October 19, 2021
Dana Davenport
Dana’s Beauty Supply constructs an experimental beauty supply store and hair gel manufacturing lab.
October 2021
A History of Black American Beauty and a Meditation on the Beauty Supply
Brooklyn White
November 11–December 18, 2021
Zachary Fabri
Black Tape Ebony Frame celebrates the living moments of Fabri’s African American family and friends by creating a reel-to-reel analog audio recording.
January 13–March 4, 2022
Rowan Renee
A Common Thread will transform Recess into a collaborative weaving studio that explores craft.
April 2–May 6, 2022
The Motion Picture Association for Maintaining Personal Ambivalence
Rashayla Marie Brown and Jamila Raegan
RMB will fashion the Session into an independent filmmaking space where audiences can alter the traumatic endings of movies they want to love.
April 9 – May 15, 2022
C.R.E.A.M.: A career fair for more than just survival
Assembly
Assembly collaborated with Performance Artist Ayana Evans for C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me): A career fair for more than survival
May - June 2022
For Freedoms: Another Justice By Any Medium Necessary
Assembly
This For Freedoms billboard campaign will culminate their series of creative programming exploring dimensions of carceral justice.
May 20–June 25, 2022
Caroline Garcia
I Woke Up and Chose Violence is a response to the murders and deaths of BIPOC people inflicted by the hegemonic systems.
May 20–June 25, 2022
Secure the Bag, Mint the Soaps and Throw the Bones
Francheska Alcántara
This session is a site of exchange that aims to recontextualize the intricate histories of the brown paper bag and Hispano cuaba soap.
Fall 2022 - Present
Assembly x Red Hook Community Justice Center
Assembly
visualization & embodiment exercises that invite us to challenge our preconceived notions, while developing a historical understanding of policing
September 15–October 29, 2022
LaJuné McMillian and Yvonne Mpwo
using perception neuron motion-capture suits to witness signature movement vocabularies across the Black diaspora
September 22, 2022, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Opening Reception: LaJuné McMillian's Black Movement Pop Up Library
Artist LaJuné McMIllian and curator Yvonne Mpwo invite you to the first look at LaJué's Session space.
October 22, 2022, 2:00 – 6:00pm
Black Movement in Digital Spaces: Part 1
Day 1 of 2—incorporating a mediation workshop, a motion capture workshop, followed by a panel discussion.
October 29, 2022, 2:00 – 7:00pm
Black Movement in Digital Spaces: Part 2
Day 2 of 2—incorporating a mediation workshop, a motion capture workshop, followed by a panel discussion.
November 17, 2022–January 14, 2023
Can a Sculpture feel Pain?/ Columbus Confessionals
Jean-Marc Superville Sovak
The question of what to do with monuments that have potentially outlived their ideological usefulness
December 10, 2022 at 3:00am
Dr. Katherine Hite, professor of Political Science at Vassar College will discuss her work with the Politics and the Art of Commemoration in Latin Ame
December 17, 2022 at 1:00pm
In this hands-on workshop, attendees will learn the basics of plaster and silicone mold-making.
January 14, 2023 at 3:00pm
Columbus Confessionals: Closing Reception & Performance
A participatory performance that will include a guided meditation and vocalization and musical accompaniment of the collective liturgy to be offered.