Thursday, September 3, 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Join Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Bronx Calling co-curators Laura Napier and Hatuey Ramos-Fermín, Bronx-based AIM artists Lucia Hierro and Tracie Hervy, and Christine Licata, Director of Performing and Visual Arts at Casita Maria, for a discussion about Bronx artistic production. Moderated by Danielle Jackson.
Free admission and refreshments (donations suggested)
Location: 2nd Floor North Wing
1040 LOUNGE: A PATIENT’S BILL OF RIGHTS
Thursday, September 10, 6:30pm to 9:00pm
“A Patient’s Bill of Rights: Fighting for Community Health at Lincoln Hospital” will address the prominence of health issues in the activism of the Young Lords, and the relevance of these historical struggles to contemporary health care debates. Featuring panelists Walter Bosque, Felipe Luciano, Daniel Meyers, Carlito Rovira, and Cleo Silver, and hosted by Johanna Fernández. In conjunction with the exhibition ¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York.
Free admission and refreshments (donations suggested)
Location: 2nd Floor North Wing
Sunday, September 13, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
“Imagi/nation” will feature a panel of intergenerational artists who have worked with members of the Young Lords Organization on visual art and film projects from the 1970s to present. Hosted by ¡Presente! curator Yasmin Ramírez and featuring artists Sophia Dawson, Marcos Dimas, Yasmin Hernandez, Miguel Luciano, Juan Sánchez, and Caecilia Tripp. In conjunction with the exhibition ¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York.
Free admission and refreshments (donations suggested)
Location: 2nd Floor North Wing
Wednesday, September 16, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Holly Block Executive Director and Friends of Artist in the Marketplace cordially invite you to The Bronx Museum of the Arts’ Boogie Down Meets Downtown: The AIM Party! Please join the Bronx Museum for a preview and celebration of the new AIM space downtown.
Featuring Outernational Beats by DJ Lightbolt
Location: Santos Party House at 96 Lafayette Street, between White and Walker Streets
6:00 – 6:30PM Hard hat tours of the new AIM space at 80 White Street
RSVP to bronxmuseum@fremontblueevents.com or click through to purchase tickets.
1040 LOUNGE: THE BREAKBEAT POETS
Friday, September 18, 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Join us as we welcome contributors to the new poetry anthology The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop— a multi-generational examination of life and poetry in the age of hip hop. The book features 78 poets, born between 1961-1999, who are creating the next and now movement(s) in American letters. Co-presented with Mosaic Literary Magazine and PEN American Center.
Copies of the book for sale during the event
Free admission and refreshments (donations suggested)
Location: 2nd Floor North Wing
1040 LOUNGE: ST. LUKE’S CHAMBER ENSEMBLE SUBWAY SERIES 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 6:30pm to 9:00pm
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble comes to The Bronx Museum of the Arts as part of its five-borough Subway Series, performing a free one-hour concert featuring music for winds and strings. Donate art supplies (colored pencils, water color sets and glue sticks) to Subway Series partner Cool Culture, a nonprofit that works with NYC’s most under-served families.
Free admission and refreshments (donations suggested)
Location: North Wing Lobby