Explore/Archive
September 14, 2023, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Conjuring the Past, Marking the Present Opening Reception
KING COBRA and Hue Hallums
Join the artists for introductory remarks and celebratory drinks.
September 23, 2023, 1:00 – 3:00pm
KING COBRA and Hue Hallums
Step into the realm of profound healing as you immerse yourself in a transformative yoga and Reiki collaboration between Yaya and Master Hue.
October 21, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Resonant Being: A journey through Ashtanga/Vinyasa style yoga, Energy and Sound Healing
KING COBRA and Hue Hallums
A blend of yoga and sound healing to offer a comprehensive approach to well-being that encompasses your physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions.
November 2023
Flowers to Seeds: Tilling the Dreamscape in AYDO’s Offering of Dreams
Alison Guh
written in conjunction with artist duo AYDO's Session project, Offering of Dreams.
November 11, 2023–January 25, 2024
Session & Assembly Collaboration: BARRO
Marcela Torres and Assembly
Torres in collaboration with Assembly will explore the history of New York through its soil and natural clay deposits.
January 5, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Marcela Torres and Assembly
Artist Marcela Torres and Assembly will make a series of food vessels and ask Recess community members and the public who want to attend, to bring dis
January 11, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Marcela Torres and Assembly
March 7–April 19, 2024
E. Jane
fueled by a reverence for the artistic legacy of Black American R&B divas
March 7, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
93-’99 Revisited: Music Video Screening #1 with Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
E. Jane
Join us as we watch and discuss music videos made between 1993 and 1999. ASL interpretation will be provided.
March 14, 2024 at 6:00pm
93-’99 Revisited: Music Video Screening #2 with with Chakeiya Richmond aka Keiyaa
E. Jane
Join us as we watch and discuss music videos made between 1993 and 1999. ASL interpretation will be provided.
March 21, 2024 at 6:00pm
93-’99 Revisited: Music Video Screening #3 with Alex G. Weheliye
E. Jane
Join us as we watch and discuss music videos made between 1993 and 1999. ASL interpretation will be provided.
April 4, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Screening & Q+A: Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7
E. Jane
Join us for a screening of Agnès Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7 (89 min, 1962, France).
April 19, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Lavendra/Recovery Project Closing Reception & Zine Launch
E. Jane
Artist E. Jane is concluding their Session with the release of two new zines featuring research, music video stills and production notes.
May 2024
Everyday Objects, Complicated Histories
Kleaver Cruz
written in conjunction with artist Francheska Alcántara's Session project, Secure the Bag, Mint the Soaps and Throw the Bones.
May 2024
Chinyere Okafor
written in conjunction with artist Suhyun Choi's Session project, Memorial for Laptop.
May 9–June 19, 2024
Helina Metaferia
A site for transformative gatherings by and for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) women (cis and transgender)
May 11, 2024 at 2:00pm
Meeting #1: By Way of Revolution | Facilitated by Helina Metaferia
Helina Metaferia
Session artist Helina Metaferia will explore the overlapping practices of performance art and protest movements.
May 24, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Helina Metaferia
Join OlaRonke Akinmowo of TFBWL for a writing workshop that interrogates the possibility of afro-futurism, daydreaming, and world-building.
June 1, 2024 at 2:00pm
Helina Metaferia
Exploring Palestinian culture, history, and resilience through the lens of movement and contemporary performance.
June 19, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Helina Metaferia
Celebrate Juneteenth with the Wide Awakes at a closing event designed as a meditative space for grounding and celebration.
July 16–August 18, 2024
The Forever Museum Archive: Circa 2020_An Object
Onyedika Chuke and Assembly
a series of events, political polls, and artistic gestures chronicling events of 2020 in hindsight
October 5–November 23, 2024
Zain Alam
Enacts in miniature and in music the interlocking rhythms of time in Muslim life, specifically after sunset.