Explore/Archive
April 19, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Lavendra/Recovery Project Closing Reception & Zine Launch
E. Jane
Artist E. Jane is concluding their Session with the release of two new zines featuring research, music video stills and production notes.
March 7–April 19, 2024
E. Jane
fueled by a reverence for the artistic legacy of Black American R&B divas
May 5, 2023
Gallery Noir: A Celebration of Black Artisty
Assembly
a community talk + artist showcase centering and celebrating Black queer safety through joy and dance
August 2020
Shuffling the Deck: Queer Communities and Evolutions in Naima Green’s Pur·suit
Madeleine Seidel
January 16–March 21, 2020
Naima Green
Pur·suit is a 54-card poker deck by artist Naima Green that features portraits of queer womxn, trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people.
November 7–December 21, 2019
Christopher Udemezue
Duppy reflects Udemezue’s complex longings and projections of nostalgia toward his and his mother’s homeland, Jamaica.
June 20–August 3, 2019
E.T. Chong
Slaysian Dynasty is a media installation that will serve as a space of dialogue and performance exploring the intersection of Asian Queer and Trans.
November 6–December 15, 2018
Camilo Godoy
Out of Control is a project that will transform Recess into a dance studio to develop a choreography entitled What did they actually see?
September 7–October 26, 2018
Obscure Functions: Experiments in Decolonizing Melanin
Jes Fan
Obscure Functions: Experiments in Decolonizing Melanin will investigate the material agency of melanin, the natural pigment that determines skin color
March 6–April 21, 2018
Tiona Nekkia McClodden
Shug Avery’s Kiss, a project that will turn the physical space of Recess into a juke joint.
July 13–September 1, 2017
Brendan Fernandes
Steady Pulse is a club that plays host to a diverse range of happenings and interventions, including performances, movement workshops, conversations.
October 28–December 11, 2010
The Brown Bear: Neither Particular, Nor General
A.K. Burns and Katherine Hubbard
Burns and Hubbard will adapt Recess into a working installation that will intentionally conflate the hair and art salon.