Studio Check In With Destinee Forbes
For this edition of Studio Check In, Ilk Yasha, Studio Museum Institute Coordinator, checks in with Destinee Forbes, Marketing Coordinator.
On Abstraction: Things You Can't Tell Just by Looking at Us
Within this text, you’ll find the makings of a new series called The Flow, where contributors are invited to create call and responses between artworks, art movements, or artists with another outlet or field they have an existing relationship with. This is an exercise in expanding entry points and access for appreciating and connecting to works of art and artists by seeing art from multiple vantage points and perspectives. An audio recording is available at the bottom of this text; please follow along.
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Aural Histories
Dance icon, Dianne McIntyre was familiar with close-calls between her dancers and the sculptures on the gallery floor.
Studio Check In With Sheila McDaniel
For this edition of Studio Check In Ilk Yasha, Studio Museum Institute Coordinator, checks in with Sheila McDaniel, Deputy Director, Finance and Operations.
Studio Check In With Gina Guddemi
For this edition of Studio Check In Ilk Yasha, Studio Museum Institute Coordinator, checks in with Gina Guddemi, Registrar at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Expanding the Walls: Past, Present, and Future
With excerpts from former Director of Education and Public Programming and ETW founder, Sandra Jackson-Dumont's original ETW proposal, Education Director, Shanta Lawson, reflects on the past, present, and future legacy of ETW.
I'm Here to Find Myself
The 2019—20 Teen Leadership Council Participants discuss their ideas, dreams, art, and reasons why they joined the program at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Sight We See
Expanding the Walls, 2020 participants brought a personally meaningful object to create a collective piece that represents who they are at this moment, as individuals and as a community.
Honoring a Teen Space
Ginny Huo, Senior Coordinator, Teen Programs, shares how she creates space for teens to be respected, heard, and seen.
ZAZA: Expanding the Walls Alumni Artist Collective
Meet Angelica Calderon and Zainab Floyd, Expanding the Walls alumni who, in their shared interests decided to create space for other artists of color by creating their own collective, ZAZA.
Looking Under Language: Memory, Creole, Poem, and Myth with Ivan Forde
In February 2020, Jennifer Harley, School & Community Partnerships Coordinator, visited artist and 2008, Expanding the Walls alumni Ivan Forde in his East Harlem studio.
Viewfinders and Vinyl: An Interview with Photographer Sen Floyd
An interview with Senetchut Men Ab Nehti, or Sen Floyd, 2011 Expanding the Walls participant. Sen is a Brooklyn-born filmmaker, photographer, and art director now based in New York and Los Angeles.