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June 29–August 10, 2021

The Manipura Sanctum

Smita Sen

In The Manipura Sanctum, artist Smita Sen nurtures an altar space that reaches toward contemplative, social healing.

July 2, 2021, 5:00 – 6:00pm

Opening the Manipura Sanctum: First Offerings, a performance by Smita Sen

Smita Sen

A performance by artist Smita Sen in which she will begin nurturing an altar space an altar space devoted to caregivers of all styles.

September 7–October 19, 2021

Dana’s Beauty Supply

Dana Davenport

Dana’s Beauty Supply constructs an experimental beauty supply store and hair gel manufacturing lab.

November 11–December 18, 2021

Black Tape Ebony Frame

Zachary Fabri

Black Tape Ebony Frame celebrates the living moments of Fabri’s African American family and friends by creating a reel-to-reel analog audio recording.

January 13–March 4, 2022

A Common Thread

Rowan Renee

A Common Thread will transform Recess into a collaborative weaving studio that explores craft.

April 2–May 6, 2022

The Motion Picture Association for Maintaining Personal Ambivalence

Rashayla Marie Brown and Jamila Raegan

RMB will fashion the Session into an independent filmmaking space where audiences can alter the traumatic endings of movies they want to love.

April 9 – May 15, 2022

C.R.E.A.M.: A career fair for more than just survival

Assembly

Assembly collaborated with Performance Artist Ayana Evans for C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me): A career fair for more than survival

May - June 2022

For Freedoms: Another Justice By Any Medium Necessary

Assembly

This For Freedoms billboard campaign will culminate their series of creative programming exploring dimensions of carceral justice.

May 20–June 25, 2022

I Woke Up and Chose Violence

Caroline Garcia

I Woke Up and Chose Violence is a response to the murders and deaths of BIPOC people inflicted by the hegemonic systems.

May 20–June 25, 2022

Secure the Bag, Mint the Soaps and Throw the Bones

Francheska Alcántara

This session is a site of exchange that aims to recontextualize the intricate histories of the brown paper bag and Hispano cuaba soap.

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

September 15–October 29, 2022

Black Movement Pop Up Library

LaJuné McMillian and Yvonne Mpwo

using perception neuron motion-capture suits to witness signature movement vocabularies across the Black diaspora

September 22, 2022, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Opening Reception: LaJuné McMillian's Black Movement Pop Up Library

Artist LaJuné McMIllian and curator Yvonne Mpwo invite you to the first look at LaJué's Session space.

October 22, 2022, 2:00 – 6:00pm

Black Movement in Digital Spaces: Part 1

Day 1 of 2—incorporating a mediation workshop, a motion capture workshop, followed by a panel discussion.

October 29, 2022, 2:00 – 7:00pm

Black Movement in Digital Spaces: Part 2

Day 2 of 2—incorporating a mediation workshop, a motion capture workshop, followed by a panel discussion.

November 17, 2022–January 14, 2023

Can a Sculpture feel Pain?/ Columbus Confessionals

Jean-Marc Superville Sovak

The question of what to do with monuments that have potentially outlived their ideological usefulness

December 10, 2022 at 3:00am

Online Presentation & Discussion with Dr. Katherine Hite Art⇔ Empathy ⇔ Justice: Toward Reparative Forms of Justice in Memorial Art

Dr. Katherine Hite, professor of Political Science at Vassar College will discuss her work with the Politics and the Art of Commemoration in Latin Ame

December 17, 2022 at 1:00pm

Columbus Mold-Making Workshop

In this hands-on workshop, attendees will learn the basics of plaster and silicone mold-making.

January 14, 2023 at 3:00pm

Columbus Confessionals: Closing Reception & Performance

A participatory performance that will include a guided meditation and vocalization and musical accompaniment of the collective liturgy to be offered.