Binary gender profiling begins pre-birth. Testing assigns a sex in utero and the inculcation of the gender divide begins, from the unveiling parties that have arisen with gendered cakes assigned colors and symbols to highly specific offerings in clothing, toys and accessories for children. From the boy/girl lineup present in many schools to the numbers of women entering STEM careers, gender is ubiquitous, LISTEN: Artists Respond to Politics, explores the diversity of responses among 13 cis and trans women and gender non-conforming artists to our current political times and the #MeToo movement. Political upheaval forces society to name the wrong, to define oneself, to advocate for the rights of ourselves and others, and to respond to oppression of all marginalized groups. The artists explore social, political and gender constructs and how they play a part in sexual harassment, assault and the emergence of the #MeToo movement. Is there a direct correlation to how one is depicted and how they are treated? How are sexualized depictions of women in the media contributing to sexual assault? How are trans women and gender non-conforming persons represented in the media? How can the tide be shifted? In these troubling times voices need to be heard. We want you to listen and respond. Visitors will be asked to share their reactions, ideas and plans for confronting theseissues.
Francheska Alcantara’s work explores Caribbean culture and the diaspora. Alcantara examines core aspects of the #MeToo movement and the public and private aspects of coming forward about sexual assault and harassment. Seyi Adebanjo is a gender-non-conforming trans artist whose film focuses on the impact queer/trans/gender non-conforming persons are having in the Bronx and living proudly, with joy and boldness. Lizzy Alejandro’s work addresses menstrual equality and taxation of sanitary products as luxury items, encasing sanitary products in gold and jewels bringing to light the lack of equity in access to women’s health needs. Pamela Cortez’s digitally manipulated photographs depicts women as both powerful and delicate, possessing the ability to carry and give life. Based on the artist’s experience as a transgender femme-identified individual, JP-Anne Judy Giera’s mixed media installation elucidates the complexities of public restroom use

Free Workshops + Events
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Mi Casa Writers Workshop Thursday, February 28, 7-8pm
 
One Book I One Bronx Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi organized by Literary Freedom Project
Tuesdays, March 5 - April 2, 6-8pm
 
Panel Discussion moderated by Kiara Ventura Friday, March 8, 6-9pm
 
Mi Casa Open Mic Wednesday, March 13, 7-8pm

Curatorial Tour
Thursday, March 14, 6:30-7:30pm
 
Gather.Chat.Grow. TeenDialogue Thursday, March 21,6-9pm
 
Artist Panel Discussion moderated by DeborahYasinsky Thursday, March 28,6-9pm
 
Family Program | Collages + Portrait Workshop with Ruth Rodriguez
Saturday, March 30, 1-3p

April 3 through May 16, 2019
Opening Reception – Sunday, April 7, 2-4pm

PAPER 2019 features pieces by artists working in paper broadly considered. The aim of the exhibition is to highlight the vitality, diversity, sense of experimentation and skillful execution and the many ways in which contemporary artists approach this material. 

Curated by Jennifer Farrell, Associate Curator Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC 

EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Angela A'Court, J.L. Abraham, Dustin Adams, Tommy Anastasio, Theo. A. Artz, Chellis Baird, Sandra Baker, Anita Gangi Balkun, Justin Barfield, Lisa Berger, Miriam Bisceglia, Mariella Bisson, Emily Blundell, Sonia Bombart, Larissa Borteh, McCormick Brubaker, Nina Buxenbaum, Jennifer Cadoff, Helen Cantrell, Ann Chernow, Marcia Cooper, Aurélien Couput, Ivy Dachman, Marina Daneva, Elysa DeMartini, James Dormer, Katharine Draper, Alanna Fagan, Arlene Farenci, Ecka Blaire Faulds, Donna Forma, Sally Frank, Catherine Freudenberg, Leslie Fry, Hanneke Goedkoop, Vincent Hawley, Fran Henry-Meehan, Kate Holcomb Hale, Lauren Horelick, Renée Hughes, Leandre Jackson, Mary Janacek, Christina Kang, Judith Orseck Katz, Elisa Keogh, Barbara King, Lara Knutson, Karleen Kubat, Carole P. Kunstadt, Nancy Lasar, Liz Leggett, Wayne Madsen, Victoria Manning, Ellen Mason, Mary McFerran, Kiyoshi Otsuka, Maryanne Pollock, Gina Randazzo, Barbara Ringer, Gerald Saladyga, Susan Siegel, Marisa Silverstein, Taro Takizawa, Keith Thomson, Job Tibay, Lynne Tobin, Cedric van Eenoo, Evan Venegas, Gregg Welz

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March 7 - Aprill 22 Curated by Haifa Bint-Kadi Opening Reception Thursday, March 7th 5:30-7:30 p.m Women's art work continues to be undervalued, overlooked and under-represented simply because the work is created by a woman. In fact, even if a female artist's work is cast into the limelight as a "rediscovery" such as Bonheur, Gentileschi, Scipio Moorhead or Alma Thomas, it soon is forgotten once again. Are female artists "getting their turn" as the New Times proclaimed in 2016? In this exhibit we are celebrating female artists by dedicating our gallery not to women's work, but powerful work created by women who refuse to be overlooked.   Participating Artists: ​Isabella Bannerman, Diane Brawarsky, Donna Faranda, Connie Freid, Debbie Gioello, Diane Greene, Mara Gross, Ysabella Hincapié-Gara, Zeus Hope, Barbara King, Teresa Lamb, Milai Liang, Lisa Miller, Fani Miller-Beard, Damali L. Murray,  Sheila Perelman, Gina Randazzo, Virginia Soyka, Susan Steeg, Patricia Stuart,  Alacia Stubbs, Claudia Thuleweit, Leslie Weissman, Karen Wyks-LIndsay

July 1 – 29, 2018

SIGNAL, is juried by Lumi Tan, Curator at The Kitchen, one of New York City’s oldest and best-known nonprofit spaces showing innovative work by emerging and established artists across disciplines. 

In the post-modern era, personal expression has been dismissed as an outmoded or trite directive for art-making; but within the current cultural moment, the capacity for personal expression feels both imperative and precarious. While highly visible platforms for expression online are almost universally accessible, how does that visibility affect how we express ourselves publicly? That same visibility has demonstrably affected our ability to communicate off-line and in person, as well as provoke crucial reflection on whose voices are amplified, and which are authentic. How can art—whether abstract or figurative— still serve as personal expression? How can one’s work successfully communicate to an audience through an exhibition? And how does the work position the artist within a larger community?

Two of my photographs - Back Alley Series Louise and Back Alley Series Marien are included in this exhibition.