Take a look at events, projects and accomplishments from the Department of Art & Public Policy and our community of faculty, students and alumni. Photos and descriptions below.
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Art and Public Policy Professor Karen Finley to present new performance work, “COVID VORTEX ANXIETY OPERA KITTY KALEIDOSCOPE DISCO”
Wednesday, Mar 29, 2023
In COVID VORTEX ANXIETY OPERA KITTY KALEIDOSCOPE DISCO, Finley reflects on our pandemic era traumas, politics, and world events, as well as our coping strategies to deal with isolation, loss, and a culture overwhelmed by anxiety.
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APP Alum Camonghne Felix Featured in New York Times Book Review
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023
In her debut memoir, DYSCALCULIA: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation, the poet Camonghne Felix lurches from crystalline descriptions of heartbreak and mental illness to cloudy, overwrought passages about love and desire.
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APP Professor Anna Deavere Smith to moderate a Q&A about the new Showtime series, “Murder in Big Horn”
Monday, Mar 6, 2023
MURDER IN BIG HORN investigates the disappearances and possible murders of young Indigenous women and girls from the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Nations in Big Horn County and its surrounding area.
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2018 APP Alum Ikram Lakhdhar in Conversation with Yasmine Nasser Diaz at the Getty Museum
Monday, Mar 6, 2023
Diaz will be joined in conversation with curator Ikram Lakhdhar to explore the artist's role as an archivist of the immigrant experience, preserving intergenerational exchanges through collecting and storytelling.
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2022 APP Alum Xyza Cruz Bacani featured in “New York Now: Home A Photography Triennial” at the Museum of the City of New York
Monday, Mar 6, 2023
The exhibition will open on Friday March 10th.
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2020 APP Alum Andrea Ambam's play R(estoration) I(n) P(rogress) running at Provincetown Playhouse
Monday, Feb 27, 2023
R.I.P. follows the healing journey of an estranged mother and son after a police-involved death forces them back together.
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APP Professor Karen Finley to speak at Art Work Panel at Columbia University
Monday, Feb 6, 2023
Art Work is a panel discussion on the subject of working towards more equitable, diverse, inclusive, and sustainable art ecologies with three radical leaders in the performing and visual arts.
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APP Alumni Ladi’Sasha Jones contributes to “Black to Black,” a special supplement issue of the Gagosian Quarterly.
Thursday, Feb 2, 2023
In her article, Ladi’Sasha Jones explores Black women artists who utilize archives, such as Wangechi Mutu, Lorna Simpson, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Lauren Halsey and Xenobia Bailey
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APP Chair and Professor Pato Hebert is panelist in discussion about The Long COVID Survival Guide
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2023
The conversation touched on the history of patient-led movements and activism, the role of community support, and how people can best equip themselves to understand their experience and navigate biased healthcare systems.
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2021 APP Alum Laylah Amatullah Barrayn in conversations with Dr. Deborah Willis to discuss her new book, “We Are Present: 2020 in Portraits" at the Magnum Foundation.
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2023
"We Are Present: 2020 in Portraits” is a year-long visual account of love, grief, vulnerability, creativity, isolation, communion, determination and faith braided within its narrative.
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