An Afternoon on Collective Care
1–5 pm (ASL interpretation portion is from 2-3:30. see below) Great Hall, 1st Floor, and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Honor the impact of two years of the COVID-19 pandemic with an afternoon centered on care, resilience, and healing. In our galleries, exhibition curator Eugenie Tsai leads a tour of The Slipstream: Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience in the Art of Our Time with a focus on themes of illness and support structures. Then, author Kamra Hakim—founder of Black trans–led artist residency Activation Residency—launches their new book Care Manual: Dreaming Care into Being with a reading and conversation followed by a book signing. Hakim is joined by Annika Hansteen-Izora, artist and author of Tenderness: An Honoring of My Queer Black Joy and Rage, and herbalist Marisa Hall to discuss healing within BIPOC communities and the pivotal role that care plays within their respective practices. And finally, instrumentalist Rachika Nayar performs tracks from her debut full-length album, Our Hands Against the Dusk, accompanied by cellist Issei Herr. Using electric guitar, Nayar explores the experience of touch, from caressing to collisions between worlds. Schedule: 1–1:45 pm Curator Tour: The Slipstream: Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience in the Art of Our Time, Great Hall, 1st Floor 2–3:30 pm Book Talk: Dreaming Care into Being, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor 4–5 pm Music: Rachika Nayar and Issei Herr, Great Hall, 1st Floor This event is free, but registration is required. Copies of Care Manual: Dreaming Care into Being will be available for purchase on-site. All visitors 5 and older must show proof of vaccination. Visitors 18 and older are also required to show a valid I.D. Masks are required regardless of vaccination status. ASL interpretation will be available for Book Talk: Dreaming Care into Being. For access needs, please email us at access@brooklynmuseum.org.
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Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, USA
When?
Mar 13
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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An Afternoon on Collective Care
Where?
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, USA
When?
Mar
13
Time?
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Interpreted
1–5 pm (ASL interpretation portion is from 2-3:30. see below) Great Hall, 1st Floor, and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Honor the impact of two years of the COVID-19 pandemic with an afternoon centered on care, resilience, and healing. In our galleries, exhibition curator Eugenie Tsai leads a tour of The Slipstream: Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience in the Art of Our Time with a focus on themes of illness and support structures. Then, author Kamra Hakim—founder of Black trans–led artist residency Activation Residency—launches their new book Care Manual: Dreaming Care into Being with a reading and conversation followed by a book signing. Hakim is joined by Annika Hansteen-Izora, artist and author of Tenderness: An Honoring of My Queer Black Joy and Rage, and herbalist Marisa Hall to discuss healing within BIPOC communities and the pivotal role that care plays within their respective practices. And finally, instrumentalist Rachika Nayar performs tracks from her debut full-length album, Our Hands Against the Dusk, accompanied by cellist Issei Herr. Using electric guitar, Nayar explores the experience of touch, from caressing to collisions between worlds. Schedule: 1–1:45 pm Curator Tour: The Slipstream: Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience in the Art of Our Time, Great Hall, 1st Floor 2–3:30 pm Book Talk: Dreaming Care into Being, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor 4–5 pm Music: Rachika Nayar and Issei Herr, Great Hall, 1st Floor This event is free, but registration is required. Copies of Care Manual: Dreaming Care into Being will be available for purchase on-site. All visitors 5 and older must show proof of vaccination. Visitors 18 and older are also required to show a valid I.D. Masks are required regardless of vaccination status. ASL interpretation will be available for Book Talk: Dreaming Care into Being. For access needs, please email us at access@brooklynmuseum.org.
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