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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.

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

May 20–June 25, 2022

I Woke Up and Chose Violence

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.

November 11–December 18, 2021

Black Tape Ebony Frame

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.

September 7–October 19, 2021

Dana’s Beauty Supply

Dana Davenport

Dana’s Beauty Supply constructs an experimental beauty supply store and hair gel manufacturing lab.

January 9–February 22, 2020

Microbial Speculation of Our Gut Feelings

Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin

Microbial Speculation of Our Gut Feelings uses the gut’s microbes as a way of looking into immigrant health and resisting processes of colonization.

September 3–October 26, 2019

Life of Mohammad

Maryam Monalisa Gharavi

Life of Mohammad constructs a fictional single life from the lives of seven real people named Mohammad.

June 20–August 3, 2019

Slaysian Dynasty

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.

February 14–April 6, 2019

$200 From… To… -With Love

Lizania Cruz

$200 From… To… -With Love a participatory art project focused on remittances, the money migrant send to their homelands.

January 3–February 9, 2019

R.I.S.E.: COLLECTIVE FURY

Demian DinéYazhi´

R.I.S.E.: COLLECTIVE FURY is a project that will explore how outrage and anger can be mobilized not as tools of division,.

November 6–December 15, 2018

Out of Control

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?

January 9–March 3, 2018

Invisible Man Tattoo

Doreen Garner

Invisible Man Tattoo is a pop up tattoo shop offering designs that reflect the histories and experiences of Black people and the African Diaspora.

November 3–December 23, 2017

A Ponemos Chancla

Troy Michie

A Ponemos Chancla is an installation that simulates a men’s formalwear shop to explore camouflage, the semiotics of fashion.

September 2–October 25, 2014

Half of What’s There

Mira Friedlaender

The artist will unpack, document, and inventory the life’s work of Bilge Civelekoglu Friedlaender.

August 17–October 12, 2012

Date the Time

Molly Dilworth

For Date the Time, Dilworth will create a series of banners and flags, bearing patterns generated from user-submitted photos.

May 30–August 9, 2012

Invisible Men

Abigail DeVille

DeVille will amass bricolage, painting, and sculpture into a selective history of culturally invisible classes of people.

November 18, 2002 at 5:00am

Opening Reception & Conversation Can a Sculpture Feel Pain?: Strategies for Making Art in Contested Spaces

Recess Session artist Jean-Marc Superville Sovak will host a conversation with Samah Hijawi, a Brussels-based artist and researcher, and Noa Charuvi,