SUNDAY, APRIL 27,
2008, 3:00 pm
Introduction to the Business of Art
North
Wing—2nd Floor
Admission:
Free
Calling
all artists! Meet Assistant Curator Erin Riley-Lopez for
an informal conversation about the Artist in the
Marketplace (AIM) program and get the inside scoop on
how to apply for the next round.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008, 5:30- 7:30PM
Jamel Shabazz Book Signing
North Wing - Lobby
Admission: Free
The Bronx Museum of the
Arts proudly presents its monthly First Wednesday book
signings featuring Bronx–based writers and/or books about
the Bronx.
The series kicks off with a
book signing for famed street photographer Jamel Shabazz,
who is currently being honored with an exhibition by The
Bronx Museum’s Teen Council. Shabazz will be signing his
three publications “Back in the Days”, “A Time Before
Crack”, and “Seconds of My Life”.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,
2008, 6:00 pm
Salsa Profunda (Deep Salsa)
North Wing – 2nd
Floor
Admission: Free
The
Bronx Museum is proud to present Salsa Profunda (Deep
Salsa), a project by artist collective Areytos,
featuring performances and visual art by youth from the
Citizens Advice Bureau and guest artists Sita Frederick,
Rodney Lopez, Renan A. Morales, Priscilla Renta, Tina
Vasquez, Will Villegas, Jose Ortiz, and Aaron Lazansky-Oliva.
Reception to follow.
SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008, 1:00 –
4:00 pm
MomZ Rock Artisans
and Craft Fair
North Wing Lobby
Free with Museum admission
Join
The Bronx Museum for “MomZ Rock,” an artisans
and craft fair for Mother’s Day, featuring one-of-a-kind
gifts such as scarves,
handkerchiefs, hats and much more – made and sold by
noted female graffiti artists and their mothers.
SATURDAY, MAY 17,
2008, 12:00 to 6:00 pm
A Day of
Collaborative Performance
North
Wing—2nd Floor
Admission:
$5.00, free for Bronx Museum members
Contemporary collectives do outrageous Work! A day long
performance at the Museum featuring The Brainstormers (in
collaboration with the Guerrilla Girls), Christal Brown and
INSPIRIT, 6+, Ridykeulous, Broadband, and much, much
more....
Performance Day Schedule of Events:
12:00-12:30pm
– The Waitresses "All Waitresses Marching-Band Parade".
A march up the Grand Concourse from 161st St. to the Bronx
Museum of the Arts' North Wing Entrance
12:00-2:30pm
– Christal Brown/INSPIRIT with "Project: Becoming: On
Display." Group forms living sculptures; featured
interacting with exhibited art works. Location: North
Wing lobby and galleries.
12:00-3:00pm – 6+: "Walking Bethlehem".
An interactive travel tour via webcam of the Holy Land.
Location: North Wing 2nd Floor Alcove.
12:00-6:00pm – Ridykeulous: "That Looks Really
Cute On You!" Group builds plaster and found-object
sculpture, with various interruptions, constructions,
presentations and surprises and accompaniment of the band
Legends. Location: South Wing lobby.
1:00-3:00pm – GuerrillaGirlsBroadband "Feminist
Recruiting Center". Anti-war counter-recruits will be
enlisted and given ID cards. Location: North Wing
lobby.
1:30-3:30pm – The Brainstormers (in collaboration
with GuerrillaGirls). Satiric demonstration in front of
museum protesting gender inequities. Location: North
Wing entrance.
3:00-3:15pm – Christal Brown/INSPIRIT and Project:
Becoming perform. Location: North Wing - 2nd Floor.
3:15-4:00pm – Spiderwoman Theater Retrospective
performance. Location: North Wing - 2nd Floor.
4:00-5:00pm – The Waitresses "Unhappy Hour". Serving
drinks and snacks. Men pay $1, women 77 cents.
Location: North Wing 2nd Floor.
5:00-5:30pm – Ridykeulous: "That Looks Really Cute
On You!" Group destroys sculpture. Featuring: Legends,
Dr. Laurie Weeks, Nicola Tyson, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer and
special surprise guests. Location: South Wing lobby.
SUNDAY,
JUNE 1, 2008, 2:00 to 6:00pm
AIM28: How
Soon Is Now? Opening
Admission:
Free
Join The
Bronx Museum for the launch of the 28th annual of
its Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) program. Meet and greet
the new crop of 36 fledging artists who will no doubt make
an impact in the
art world.
SATURDAY, JUNE 7,
2008, 3:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Grand
Concourse: Cultural Crossroads
North
Wing—2nd Floor
Admission:
$5.00, free for Bronx Museum members
Panel
on grassroots initiatives that foster and promote
dialogue among diverse populations and how the Grand
Concourse serves as an axis drawing new waves of
immigrant communities.
Featuring Gail Nathan (Bronx River Art Center), Kellie
Terry-Sepulveda (The Point), Charles Rice-Gonzales (BAAD).
Moderated by Holly Block (Executive Director, Bronx
Museum of the Arts).
A
walking tour of the neighborhood led by Sam Goodman will
start at 11am promptly. Reservations requested at
718-681-6000 ext. 132
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008, 7:00 to
9:00 pm
How Soon Is Now?: Readings
and Performances
North Wing—2nd
Floor
Admission: Free
Celebrate the works in the exhibition How Soon Is Now?
with poetry and performances by Rodrigo Toscano, Vivek
Narayanan, Camille Guthrie, Drew Gardner, Brandon Downing,
Mónica de la Torre
and others.
Reception and music to follow!
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008, 2:00 to
5:00 pm
QUEERHOOD 2008: A Cultural
Celebration of LGBT Pride in the Bronx
North Wing – 2nd Floor
Free with Museum admission
Join The Bronx Museum of the Arts in the second annual June
Pride program to celebrate and recognize LGBT diversity in
the borough. Produced by AIM 2007 artist and director of
CINEMAROSA, Hector Canonge, the event will feature film
screenings, poetry readings, and performances by artists
whose work relate to LGBT lives and experiences in the Bronx
and NYC at large. Music and visuals will be hosted by a
local DJ. Light refreshments will be served.
SATURDAY, JUNE 28,
2008, 3:00 pm
AIM28
Roundtable
North
Wing—2nd Floor
Free with
Museum admission
Join a
group of artists in this year’s Artist in the Marketplace
program, plus special guests in an informal discussion about
new trends in the arts marketplace. Hear their position,
share yours.
SUNDAY, JULY 13,
2008, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
AIM28 Talk
North
Wing—2nd Floor
Free with
Museum admission
The Bronx
Museum is pleased to present Claire Barliant, the second
writer in a new series of commissions for the AIM catalogue,
whose essay explores the possibility of using the market as
an artistic medium, and a way to challenge the status quo.
