some references for Day 1

Recommendations for everyone:

two books
from ISC especially for Sharon, Wendell, and Tamara. Two excellent books discussing artists who work with environmental themes, public engagement and sculpture. I will bring them in next week.

The New Earthwork: Art, Action and Agency 
and
Artists Reclaim the Commons New Works / New Territories / New Publics

Current Exhibitions:
 An Experiment in Counter-Fashion and its coordinating workshops at Elizabeth Foundation Project Space Curated by the Rational Dress Society points to politics in the fashion industry and fashion as a tool for intervention. Making Japanese Paper Clothes, sewing your own soviet poncho, talks on sumptuary laws, and dissecting a garment are some of the workshop options.

Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths
Joyce Scott tackles class, race, bigotry, slavery all through beadwork and glass. Its a must see.

Lectures: 

The Climate Museum
We just missed a panel discussion on climate change and art at Parsons School of Design but their Climate Museum project looks to have more exhibitions and workshops in the future. sign up for updates.

Camille A. Brown on Arts Activism
Friday, February 2 @ 1:00 p.m.
Montclair State University,
School of Communication and Media Presentation Hall
Choreographer Camille A. Brown discusses how the arts can be a platform for creative expression, protest, and healing. In this political climate, communities can use movement as a source of empowerment, highlighting individual as well as collective identity.

The Live Ideas Festival: Radical Vision
presented by NY live Arts has some schedule lectures and presentations on justice, democracy through the arts eyes. April 2018.