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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APP students take a field trip to the Guggenheim Museum
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025
Professors Michael McElroy and Pato Hebert took MA Arts Politics students to the Guggenheim Museum to view Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers.
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Afro-Cuban Music from the Social Club to Broadway
Friday, Nov 7, 2025
An evening with musicians from Broadway’s Buena Vista Social Club. Co-curated by Professors Luis Rincón Alba and Michael McElroy of Art & Public Policy.
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Professor Michael McElroy "Healing and the Arts" Talkback at Manhattan Theatre Club
Friday, Nov 7, 2025
"Healing and the Arts" Talkback at Manhattan Theatre Club.
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CRS Joint Session: "Conferencing" Presented by Misty De Berry
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025
Performance Studies Assistant Professor Misty De Berry ran an interactive workshop on academic conferencing for BA, MA, and PhD students.
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Congrats to Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Arts Politics '20, on her guest essay in the New York Times!
Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
In her New York Times essay “The Wish to Be Seen,” Laylah Amatullah Barrayn reflects on her return to northern Senegal and the enduring legacy of Omar ibn Said.
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APP Professor Kathy Engel is participating in "On Call: June Jordan, Palestine, and the Black Radical Tradition at Stony Brook."
Thursday, Oct 16, 2025
The event will discuss the connections between June Jordan's work, the Black Radical Tradition, and the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
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APP at Manhattan Theater Club's Production of Punch
Friday, Oct 3, 2025
This fall, Art and Public Policy (APP) launched a new collaboration with Manhattan Theater Club’s Learning and Community Engagement Office.
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Congrats to TARISSE IRIARTE, Arts Politics '24, on her Global Ambassador of Peace award!
Wednesday, Oct 1, 2025
On Saturday, September 20th The UN Women's Federation for World Peace International presented Tarisse Iriarte with A Global Ambassador of Peace for my ongoing Arts & Activism work in Puerto Rico, Cuba and the broader Afro Caribbean Diaspora.
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Congrats to Edgie Amisial, Arts Politics '24 on her JCAL's Artworks Fellowship
Wednesday, Sep 24, 2025
Edgie Amisial (b. 1998) is a queer Haitian-American multidisciplinary artist based in NYC. Her practice spans across painting, mixed media, writing, and experimental film, centering Black femme healing, survival, and speculative transformation.
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Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Arts Politics '20, is giving an artist talk at Rutgers University–Newark about her recent work in Senegal!
Wednesday, Sep 24, 2025
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Arts Politics '20, is an award-winning documentary and portrait photographer, writer, and curator in New York City.
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