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June 2023

Everyday Objects, Complicated Histories

Kleaver Cruz

written in conjunction with artist Francheska Alcántara's Session project, Secure the Bag, Mint the Soaps and Throw the Bones.

May 20, 2023 at 6:00pm

Void Spa Opening Reception

A. Sef and Akeema-Zane

View the installation, hear sound by a²z, Akeema-Zane’s music/sound practice arm

May 20–June 13, 2023

Void Spa

Akeema-Zane and A. Sef

Void Spa aims to challenge and subvert the extractive and appropriative use of Black and Brown spirituality within the luxury wellness industry.

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

April 29, 2023 at 1:00pm

Offering of Dreams: Closing Reception & Book Launch

AYDO

Visitors will be able to enjoy a sculptural display of Dreams, a new limited edition, hand-crafted artist book with ceramic and wood elements.

April 22, 2023 at 1:00pm

Digital Shamanism

AYDO

Conversation with Indigenous Korean shaman Mudang Jenn

April 8, 2023 at 1:00pm

Kimchi Making Workshop

AYDO

A conversation on the cultural, economic, and sociopolitical history of kimchi.

April 7, 2023 at 6:00pm

Fermented Dreams

AYDO

This performance will reimagine and interpret the dreams of three generations of women: Ayoung, Ayoung’s mother, and Ayoung’s grandmother.

April 1, 2023 at 6:00pm

Colliding Dreams

AYDO

An intimate performance centered on reimagined adaptations of Ayoung and Nicholas’ dreams.

March 23–April 29, 2023

Offering of Dreams

AYDO

Several total transformations, as each selection of dreams adapted into performance-based videos are situated in different imagined worlds.

March 4, 2023, 2:00 – 5:00pm

Closing Reception for Suhyun Choi: Memorial for Laptop

A ritual co-curated using AI-generated prayers and ceremonies, to soothe the souls of the dead.

March 2023

Rehearsing Repair

Lisa Hsiao Chen

written in conjunction with artist Jean-Marc Superville Sovak's Session project, Can a Sculpture feel Pain?/ Columbus Confessionals.

February 18, 2023, 2:00 – 4:15pm

TFW You’re Techno and Oriental

Through an illustrated lecture artist Suhyun Choi will demonstrate how movies can promote or challenge techno-orientalism.

February 11, 2023, 1:00 – 6:00pm

Day-long Convening: Re-Configuring Our Relationships with Our Tech and Ourselves

Suhyun Choi

This day-long convening will delve into the ways in which relationship building – with ourselves, our communities, & our tech objects.

January 26–February 26, 2023

Opening Memorial for Artist’s Laptop

Join us for a ritual marking the passing of artist Suhyun Choi’s laptop.

January 26 – March 4, 2023

Memorial for Laptop

Suhyun Choi

The public is invited to donate their broken personal devices and write loving farewell letters to acknowledge their relationships

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.

December 17, 2022 at 1:00pm

Columbus Mold-Making Workshop

In this hands-on workshop, attendees will learn the basics of plaster and silicone mold-making.

December 10, 2022 at 3:00am

Online Presentation & Discussion with Dr. Katherine Hite Art⇔ Empathy ⇔ Justice: Toward Reparative Forms of Justice in Memorial Art

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

November 17, 2022–January 14, 2023

Can a Sculpture feel Pain?/ Columbus Confessionals

Jean-Marc Superville Sovak

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.

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.

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.