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Art Off Pause Playlist

May 3, 2020 by tbradley

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Did you miss us? That’s okay – every episode of #ArtOffPause is available for viewing on YouTube.
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Previous Guests on #ArtOffPause

  • Wednesday 8/12: Dr. Bimbola Akinbola on portraiture, diaspora, and COVID philanthropy in Chicago 
  • 7/ 1: Tammy Johnson on bellydance, community, and Black resilience in the Bay Area.
  • Tuesday 5/12:  Kevin Seaman on toxic masculinity, drag culture and #femMASCULINE in San Francisco.
  • Tuesday 5/5:  Dr. Ndubuisi Ezeluomba on insider/outsider visions of ancestor worship at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
  • Monday 5/4:  Alexander Hernandez on textiles, migration, and resilience in Latino communities in California.
  • Tuesday 4/28:  Marcela Torres on agentic modes, Muay Thai, and moving past violence in Chicago.
  • Monday 4/27:  Channing Kennedy on preschool storytimes and equity in California.
  • Friday 4/25: Kale Roberts on hijacking the ritual of tailgating in Florida.
  • Thursday 4/24: Betty Yu on imagining de-gentrified futures in New York.
  • Wednesday 4/23: Dr. Kimberli Gant on showcasing Black artists at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia.
  • Tuesday 4/21: Dr. Emma Chubb and Yao Wu on shifting curatorial approaches at the Smith College Museum of Art in Massachusetts.
  • Monday 4/20: Lexa Walsh on radical hospitality and artist residencies in California.

Filed Under: Events, Frontpage, Video, Watch Grid

Art Off Pause Livestream

April 13, 2020 by tbradley

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We need art, and we need each other. Every part of our world has been disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak.  Americans have turned to arts as a refuge. Since we can’t gather in person, we’ve moved our socializing online.

#ArtOffPause is a livestream series and social media campaign that helps us to stay connected as we look ahead. Our arts institutions are “on pause” to stop the spread of COVID-19. Artists, curators, and scholars will preview their suspended or upcoming projects via livestream. Our community can envision what the future might bring after the public health crisis.

We can’t access our museums and galleries, but we have access to each other. This crisis gives us an opportunity to highlight the people and process of art, instead of objects. Through connecting on a daily basis, we can deepen our relationship to our work and to our larger community. We need something to look forward to in the face of national adversity.

Register for Art Off Puase Watch on YouTube

Stay tuned for more from #ArtOffPause this summer!

 

 

 

Filed Under: Events, Frontpage, Read Grid, Video, Watch Grid

Coronavirus Cancels Everything

March 13, 2020 by tbradley

Hi friends,

I’m writing from my home, surrounded by the fallout of coronavirus. Our county is referred to as the “Westchester cluster,” which sounds vaguely like an old-timey candy instead of an outbreak. The National Guard is helping out the good people of New Rochelle, schools are closed next to my writing spot in Scarsdale, and our streets get quieter as the diagnosed cases tick up. We’re already community distancing as our schools, cultural institutions, and houses of worship try to contain the damage.

Museums are a great place to spend ideas, culture, and germs. I’ve been watching closely as #CancelEverything becomes real – every hour brings a cancellation or postponement. I’m not saying you have to stay home, but you can’t go to a museum or theater in NYC. Of course, we can still love up on art in the time of coronavirus. I’m clearly not a doctor, so I can’t help you with testing or public policy. But I can suggest how to make the best of a (mandatory? requested?) Covid-19 staycation:

  • Read a book: This is the time for independent study – your public library is full of arts expertise. Librarians are like a search engine or the internet, without conspiracy theories and #sponcon. I’m selecting my books online so that I can hit the circulation desk, wash my hands, and be back home.
  • Take a hike: Lace up your boots and see some outdoor art. We can definitely maintain a healthy distance from each other in a sculpture park like Socrates or Storm King. And let’s be honest, you’re going to be spending even more time sitting if you’re working from home. Get some fresh air!
  • Give generously: If you can’t buy a ticket at the door, make a donation. Smaller organizations are going to be hard hit by any reduction in visitors. The mandatory closures mean a significant drop in attendance for cultural institutions. That money isn’t coming back when the situation improves.

It’s no secret that there are plenty of low-wage and contingent workers in the arts. Teaching artists, security guards, cleaning staff, and art handlers tend to be under or uninsured. They also deal the most with the public. Boards and executives, this is the time to be creative in your duty of care. The Rauschenberg Emergency Grants program is a great start, but it won’t be enough. Supporting our most vulnerable colleagues will have a huge impact on our communities. Remember, Typhoid Mary was a service worker. She infected others because she couldn’t afford to stay at home.

 

Filed Under: Read Grid, Writing Tagged With: arts, coronavirus, new rochelle, quarantine, scarsdale, westchester

2019 Whitney Biennial

May 17, 2019 by tbradley

The Whitney Biennial goes Millennial! We speak with artists Brendan Fernandes and Tiona Nekkia McClodden; curators Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta; the legendary Arnold Lehman and Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-Chief of Hyperallergic.

Filed Under: Frontpage, Video, Watch Grid

Museum of Impact

January 14, 2017 by tbradley

This episode features the Museum of Impact, a pop-up reflecting culture in the era of #BlackLivesMatter. We talk to founder Monica O. Montgomery and arts partners Danza Azteca Chichimeca, Five Boro Story Project, and IMI Corona.

Filed Under: Video, Watch Grid

The Art of Politics

February 12, 2016 by tbradley

How do we talk politics? Many months away from the presidential election, I’m already tired of our current discussion. The news is full of conversations that don’t work: recaps of overcrowded debates, endless fact checking, and GIFs of candidates’ faces. Also not helpful for political inspiration: long policy papers that no one but reporters and political junkies will read. And certainly the least useful: the screaming and shouting led by reality-show candidate Donald Trump.

Read more at The Nation

Filed Under: Frontpage, Read Grid, Writing

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