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.

Selected works by the class of 2017 are on display in the Gulf + Western (Lobby) & 8th Floor Galleries

Dean Green will be hanging out in the Riese Lounge to meet with students. Come by to introduce yourself, and share your ideas and your concerns.

Shahrazaed Preza, a graduate student in the Department of Art & Public Policy, will compete in the $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge on May 5, 2017. Her company, Anudando, is an enterprise that reuses plastic bags (polyethylene-PE) and transforms them into yarn and high quality textiles, preserving dying crafts by giving communities of artisans the opportunity to nurture their own skills and expertise, whilst diversifying their practice and portfolio, all through environmentally friendly ways of working.