Art & Design Events, New York, Cesar Chavez Day, Wednesday, 31 March 2021

A daily compilation of suggestions for the continuing appreciation of art and design in dire times

VIRTUAL EVENTS

United Nations Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism Through the Arts panel:Discussion of screening Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts Lesslie Umberger, Jeffrey Wolf,   Radcliffe Bailey, Howard O. Robinson 10-11 link 

Pratt Institute Dept. Digital Arts Guest Lecture Series: Emma Enderby 12:45-2 reservation link 

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #266: Radical Poetry Reading with Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Mei-mei Berssenbrugge curates the 30th Radical Poetry Reading featuring poetry read by Bhanu Kapil and Berssenbrugge 1pm link 

Printed Matter conversation: Josephine Meckseper and Paulina Pobocha 5:30 link 

R & Company conversation: Ashwini Bhat, Amber Cowan and Luam Melake, moderated by Lora Appleton, Founder of the Female Design Council, highlighting the acclaimed practices of three award-winning artists shaping the collectible design landscape today; presented with the Female Design Council 6pm link 

Hunter College MFASO lecture: Trudy Benson 7pm link 

NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ON-SITE  no reception unless noted

Ki Smith 197 E 4 exhibition: Charlie Hudson Points of Distraction reception April 16 

Blue Mountain 547 W 27 exhibition: Carol Haft Pathos

Painting Center 547 W 27 exhibition: Barbara Marks Isolation Journal + The Before Times: Drawings, Paintings, and Sundries

David Richard Gallery 211 E 121 artist reception: Dee Shapiro In The Beginning... Selections From 1974 through 1980 4-7

Columbia University Wallach Art Gallery 615 W 129 MODA Curates exhibitions: AABV: Aestheticizing Anti-Black Violence—From Critique to Satire, curated by MODA Curates Fellow Marcus Jamison; Narrative Thread: Gina Adams and Marie Watt curated by MODA Curates Fellow Erin Gallagher

Columbia University Wallach Art Gallery  615 W 129 Visual Arts Class of 2021 First Year MFA Exhibition SOUND ART: Avishag Cohen Rodrigues, Timothy Kwasny, and Yixuan Shao; VISUAL ARTS: Sergio Miguel, MD Rasel Ahmed, Lindsey Brittain, Ivana Carman, Kevin Claiborne, Noga Cohen, Ian Decker, Juan Hernández Díaz, Priscilla Jeong, Bicheng Liang, Keli Safia Maksud, Farah Mohammad, Keika Okamoto, Diana Palermo, Ava Ravich, Denisse Griselda Reyes, John Rivas, Khari Turner, Raelis Vasquez, and Yuri Yuan, curated By Carmen Hermo

IN MEMORIAM

Colombian conceptual artist Antonio Caro (1950-2021)

Art restorer Gianluigi Colalucci (1929-2021)