Re-imagining A Safe Space, co-curated by Deborah Willis and Melissa Harris, will explore critical questions regarding the idea of a safe space. We hope to reach deeper and richer understanding of our needs as a public—and how those needs differ depending on demographics and who we are individually.

In an era of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” Bending The Frame, based upon a book of the same name by Fred Ritchin, presents a variety of image-based strategies from documentary photography and visual journalism that, when combined with contemporary art practices, “bend the frame” with the intention of creating greater social impact and a wider discussion that may then lead to social change.

Join us at ITP in welcoming Mike and Eddie, the co-founders of Spot, a suite of social apps to help people better connect in the physical world.

How did Hollywood cinema reflect, deflect, influence, inspire, and steal from modernism’s new aesthetics? Chance at Heaven (RKO, 1933) provides a way of thinking through that question. Directed by William Seiter with art direction by Van Nest Polglase and Perry Ferguson; starring Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers, and Marian Nixon; with commentary by Drake Stutesman, Adjunct Professor of Cinema Studies (TSOA) and Costume Studies (Steinhardt), NYU. Film screening co-sponsored by NYU Cinema Studies and the Grey Art Gallery as part of the exhibition Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson.

A celebration of International Day of the Girl, the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, in partnership with ROLI, presents a multi-purpose talkback-meets-demo session called MAKE ART.