Explore/Archive
October 10, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Opening Reception with Meter & Light: Day
Zain Alam
Session artist Zain Alam will screen Meter & Light: Day, the first part of his installation series completed earlier this year.
October 5–November 23, 2024
Zain Alam
Enacts in miniature and in music the interlocking rhythms of time in Muslim life, specifically after sunset.
July 16–August 18, 2024
The Forever Museum Archive: Circa 2020_An Object
Onyedika Chuke and Assembly
a series of events, political polls, and artistic gestures chronicling events of 2020 in hindsight
June 19, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Helina Metaferia
Celebrate Juneteenth with the Wide Awakes at a closing event designed as a meditative space for grounding and celebration.
June 13, 2024, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Abolitionist Benches x Culture Push
A community event about community safety and abolition, highlighting the abolitionist benches and paper alchemy created at Recess Art.
June 1, 2024 at 2:00pm
Helina Metaferia
Exploring Palestinian culture, history, and resilience through the lens of movement and contemporary performance.
May 24, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Helina Metaferia
Join OlaRonke Akinmowo of TFBWL for a writing workshop that interrogates the possibility of afro-futurism, daydreaming, and world-building.
May 11, 2024 at 2:00pm
Meeting #1: By Way of Revolution | Facilitated by Helina Metaferia
Helina Metaferia
Session artist Helina Metaferia will explore the overlapping practices of performance art and protest movements.
May 9–June 19, 2024
Helina Metaferia
A site for transformative gatherings by and for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) women (cis and transgender)
May 2024
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 2024
Chinyere Okafor
written in conjunction with artist Suhyun Choi's Session project, Memorial for Laptop.
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.
April 4, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Screening & Q+A: Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7
E. Jane
Join us for a screening of Agnès Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7 (89 min, 1962, France).
March 21, 2024 at 6:00pm
93-’99 Revisited: Music Video Screening #3 with Alex G. Weheliye
E. Jane
Join us as we watch and discuss music videos made between 1993 and 1999. ASL interpretation will be provided.
March 14, 2024 at 6:00pm
93-’99 Revisited: Music Video Screening #2 with with Chakeiya Richmond aka Keiyaa
E. Jane
Join us as we watch and discuss music videos made between 1993 and 1999. ASL interpretation will be provided.
March 7, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
93-’99 Revisited: Music Video Screening #1 with Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
E. Jane
Join us as we watch and discuss music videos made between 1993 and 1999. ASL interpretation will be provided.
March 7–April 19, 2024
E. Jane
fueled by a reverence for the artistic legacy of Black American R&B divas
January 11, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Marcela Torres and Assembly
January 5, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Marcela Torres and Assembly
Artist Marcela Torres and Assembly will make a series of food vessels and ask Recess community members and the public who want to attend, to bring dis
November 11, 2023–January 25, 2024
Session & Assembly Collaboration: BARRO
Marcela Torres and Assembly
Torres in collaboration with Assembly will explore the history of New York through its soil and natural clay deposits.
November 2023
Flowers to Seeds: Tilling the Dreamscape in AYDO’s Offering of Dreams
Alison Guh
written in conjunction with artist duo AYDO's Session project, Offering of Dreams.
October 21, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Resonant Being: A journey through Ashtanga/Vinyasa style yoga, Energy and Sound Healing
KING COBRA and Hue Hallums
A blend of yoga and sound healing to offer a comprehensive approach to well-being that encompasses your physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions.