How can we think about different fashions of interplay inside the arts that emphasize equality, cooperation, and neighborhood? What practices are supportive of a simply and sustainable artistic economic system? SUNY New Paltz’s inaugural Composium explores these questions by way of a collection of workshops, shows, and occasions.
Join keynote speaker Caroline Woolard, W.W. Corcoran Visiting Professor in Community Engagement at George Washington University and founding co-organizer of Art.coop and the CCO of OpenCollective, for a dialogue of how artists can type networks of solidarity.
San Francisco Bay Area-based visible artist and social practitioner Christine Wong Yap will share latest hyperlocal and worldwide initiatives that mix social engagement, participatory analysis, lettering, comedian books, flags, and public activations.
Morgan Post, researcher for the Penumbra Foundation and creator of the textbook Alternative Photographic Processes for the Contemporary Photographer: A Beginner’s Guide, will handle fairness in artwork training and photographic materiality.
Join Chris Freeman to discover his journey from artist, skateboarder, and fabricator to gallery director with a deal with neighborhood enrichment.
Interdisciplinary artists Lenka Clayton, founding father of An Artist Residency in Motherhood, and Creative Capital recipient Phillip Andrew Lewis collectively run Gallery Closed, a challenge area in Pittsburgh. Together, they’ll focus on their in depth background of socially engaged neighborhood initiatives.
Stick round after the shows for workshops hosted by SUNY New Paltz sculpture professors Michael Asbill and Emily Puthoff, a joyous communal meal with honey tasting offered by the Hudson Valley Bee Habitat, and an exhibition at Unison, a community-focused artwork heart.
To view the full schedule and RSVP for occasions, go to newpaltz.edu.
These occasions are generously supported by SUNY New Paltz’s Office of Enrollment Management and the Department of Art. For questions or particular lodging, please contact Matthew Friday at fridaym@newpaltz.edu or (845) 257-6049.
