Tag Archives: social practice

Engaging Artists Week Two

Posted on Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

At our second session of Engaging Artists Todd Lester of freeDimensional gave a great keynote speech; Martha Dorn (Art Therapy Outreach Center) introduced to the practice of Art Therapy, and Art Therapist Karen Gibbons led us through a cathartic experiential exercise.

Engaging Artists Week One

Posted on Monday, June 16th, 2014

Our 2014 Engaging Artists residents. Bottom, sitting from left to right: Christina Sukhgian Houle, Jamie Grove, Anne Peabody, Flavia Berindoague, Sue jeong Ka, Corinne Cappelletti, Anthony Heinz May. Top, standing from left to right: Anna Adler, Kate Weigel, David Wallace, Fanny Allié, Dato Mio, Travis Fairclough, Julia Ann Frances Rooney, and Emily Miller. Our Engaging

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The Parameters of Public Art

Posted on Monday, April 15th, 2013

Randy Kennedy’s recent article in the New York Times “Outside the Citadel, Social Practice Art Is Intended to Nurture” (March 20/13) raised some interesting questions regarding Public Art and Social Practice Art. Surely, as Mr. Kennedy states, in the art form “known primarily as social practice, its practitioners freely blur the lines among object making,

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An Evening of Protest and Social Engagement with Pablo Helguera

Posted on Thursday, December 1st, 2011

This past Tuesday night we held an event in the famed Orozco Room at the New School to share our recent project, produced in collaboration with Pablo Helguera: “El Club de Protesta (The Protest Club)” and introduce Pablo’s new book “Education for Socially Engaged Art“. The evening started off with an introduction to José Clemente

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Thoughts on the final concerts — El Club de Protesta

Posted on Monday, August 22nd, 2011

—————————————————————————————————————————– El Club de Protesta reached its conclusion with two final concerts at the Hudson Guild Theatre this past Friday and Saturday, August 19th & 20th. This inspiring project, conceived by artist Pablo Helguera, provided a channel for the community to voice concerns, both personal and systemic, about our contemporary world. It then gave them

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Concert – El Club de Protesta – High Line

Posted on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Last Tuesday’s concert at the High Line was a great success, thank you to all who came out to show their support!   For everyone who could not make it out: here are some select songs from El Club de Protesta Concert – July 19, 2011 – The High Line, New York and some photos

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