December 20, 2024, 12:30 – 5:00pm
Dancing While Caged + DJ Set with Stefan Ruiz
June Canedo de Souza
a conversation around the experience of dancing inside prison while incarcerated; whether individually, socially, in a classroom, or choreographer.
Fall 2022 - Present
Assembly x Red Hook Community Justice Center
Assembly
visualization & embodiment exercises that invite us to challenge our preconceived notions, while developing a historical understanding of policing
January 13–March 4, 2022
A Common Thread
Rowan Renee
A Common Thread will transform Recess into a collaborative weaving studio that explores craft.
March 11, 18, & 25, 2021
Assembly x NYU 2021: Art and Abolition
Assembly
The Gallatin Galleries, Assembly, with Shaun Leonardo and Peer Leaders—What role can art, the image and and performance play in abolition?
September 14–October 26, 2020
something else (Variations on Americana)
Kiyan Williams
The American flag, when deep-fried, forms an outer skin that appears to be cankerous, bubbling with calcified flour and charred detritus.
March 21–May 11, 2019
blue are the feelings that live inside me
AMERICAN ARTIST
From March 21 – May 11, 2019, American Artist will present blue are the feelings that live inside me, a series of photographs responding to a growing
January 9–March 3, 2018
Invisible Man Tattoo
Doreen Garner
Invisible Man Tattoo is a pop up tattoo shop offering designs that reflect the histories and experiences of Black people and the African Diaspora.
January 4–March 3, 2018
Primetime
Alexandra Bell
exploring the role of stereotypes, messaging, and news media to directly engage issues of racism, gun violence, and police brutality
June 23–September 1, 2017
then the street lights–like a warning bell
Sable Elyse Smith
a project by Sable Elyse Smith consisting of constellation of works that simultaneously reference sites of play and enclosure
January 12–March 9, 2017
Shaun Leonardo: Assembly
Shaun Leonardo
Assembly is invested in reframing the narrative around the justice system with and for court-involved participants
May 30–August 9, 2012
Invisible Men
Abigail DeVille
DeVille will amass bricolage, painting, and sculpture into a selective history of culturally invisible classes of people.
April 13–June 11, 2011
Worn Thin
Jeff Williams
Williams will develop a series of sculptures, photographs, and videos along with a stratum of accumulated site-specific experiments.