School of Visual Arts, Division of Continuing Education presents an evening open to all on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, focusing on personalities and organizations that provide opportunities for performance and art in public spaces.
This free event, at SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street in Manhattan, will feature a discussion including Camille Zamora, opera singer and co-founder of Sing for Hope, an arts organization that connects artists, music and the city streets; Juan Williams, director of Youth Services for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which provides social services, community and arts programming to LGBTQ youth, and whose participants painted a piano to be donated to a public space (one of the popular programs initiated by Sing for Hope); Joan Di Lieto, a celebrated visual artist who also engages in public art installations, Joan was instrumental in the HMI piano painting for Sing for Hope; and Kendal Henry, director and curator of New York City’s Percent for Art program, a city initiative responsible for sculpting 18 new monuments of notable women. Moderated by media personality Valerie Smaldone, “Takin’ it to the Streets” will also feature giveaway items furnished by MOVE, a design collective.
Portraits of demonstrators participating in marches across New York City after the 2016 election, photographed by Stacy Arezou Mehrfar, will be displayed in light boxes located throughout the theater lobby. A reception and performance will follow the presentation and panel discussion.
Doors open at 6PM. There is no admission fee, but reservations are strongly suggested. Go to artandactivismsva.eventbrite.com to reserve tickets.
About School of Visual Arts (SVA), Division of Continuing Education (SVACE):
SVA is an art and design school in NYC offering continuing education courses to meet the diverse educational needs of the professional art and design community, as well as for individuals seeking to learn and be immersed in a
new practice. SVACE’s faculty consists of distinguished professionals and artists alike. Courses under the discipline of Art and Activism offered this fall at SVACE include: Silkscreen and Street Graphics, Art and Politics: Eight
Strategies for the 21st Century, and Pow: The Art of Illustration, among others. www.sva.edu/ce.
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