Explore/​Archive

A landmark Assembly exhibition featuring 24 artists, 67+ artworks, workshops, performances, and a decade of collective transformation.

A fair dedicated to showcasing publications, original artwork, and editioned works by underrepresented and emerging artists and writers.

Join us for the Closing Reception of Bel Falleiros' Session project—with a reading by Bel Fallerios and Eva Mayhabal Davis

Use simple art-making tools, like drawing and transfer paper to create symbols and nurture each others relationship to Earth

Weaving together body movement, clay instrument sounding and singing, the three artists will present a sequence of activities throughout the program

a space to reconnect with the cycles of life—light and dark, beginning and ending—as a way to reflect on regenerative practices

Music, poetry, and performance in support of Recess. Join us May 15 to close our Spring Donor Drive and sustain artists.

Closing performance and premiere of Zeelie Brown’s new sonata, performed live with collaborators across voice, electronics, and strings.

A shared meal and conversation with cellists Zeelie Brown and Jeffrey Zeigler exploring music, land, and lineage through storytelling and listening.

Assembly Fellows premiere new plays in live readings by professional actors. Join us for a public sharing and conversation.

Taught by Critical Resistance, a space for collective learning around the prison industrial complex and the movements working to dismantle it.

Learn about the newly reworked Critical Writing cohort at Recess. Meet the program team and ask questions before applying

Join us for Assembly’s Open Mic! Sound, story, community—drop-ins welcome.

Opening reception and intimate solo cello concert with Zeelie Brown, celebrating a new Session installation exploring sound and ecology

Taught by Critical Resistance, a space for collective learning around the prison industrial complex and the movements working to dismantle it.

The artist will compose and premiere a new sonata exploring the links between music, ecology, and spatial justice

Swap clothes, customize your finds, and build community. Free, creative, and open to all.

A circle of creative exchanges between Assembly youths and 3 incarcerated participants from Parole Prep’s Archive-Based Creative Arts program

Writer and cultural producer Daria Simone Harper reflects on Portals: Traversing Black Continuums

Join Recess Artist & Community Fellow, Prerana Reddy, and Session artist alumni Cleo Reed as they break down the Session Open Call Application process

Join us for Assembly’s Open Mic! Sound, story, community—drop-ins welcome.

Artist and educator Neta Bomani offers a guided meditation on FREEDOM TIME: Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls

Explore the art and ethics of sound description with composer Jay Afrisando—online or in person.

Experience GHOST BARRELS—a final, experimental performance by disabled artists closing the Sick Center at Recess.

Join a tribute to Sick Music ancestors: songs, sonic experiments, and unheard histories of sound.