@CUE Art Foundation: Occupy Wall Street with Chris Cobb

Occupy Wall Street with Chris Cobb

April 28 - May 5

SHOULD THE ARTS LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY?

A week of talks exploring leadership in the arts. Organized by Chris Cobb.

[PROGRAM]

Saturday, April 28th, 2:00 - 3:30pm

ROUND ROBIN ART COLLECTIVE

• New York City has a rich history of artist groups working together. Collectives like Round Robin often respond to local issues or engage in political dialogs or simply produce exhibitions. Since 2008, this Brooklyn-based group has rented or borrowed spaces for their shows and consistently draws large audiences. At CUE, they will discuss how they organize and what motivates them as they work outside of commercial spaces.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2:00 - 3:30pm

WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE OF THE ART WORLD? CURATORS, CRITICS, ARTISTS, DEALERS, OR COLLECTORS?

• With New York consumed by the art fairs in town - Frieze, Pulse, Verge, NADA, etc., a panel of New York art professionals will speculate who they believe is really in control in the art world. Artists think it's the curators and dealers. Curators and dealers think it's the collectors. Collectors think it's the dealers and artists. So what is the real truth? Participants include Laurie A. Cumbo, Founder and Executive Director of MOCADA; Akiko Ichikawa, New York-based artist and writer; Jessica Wallen, independent curator and Flavorpill contributor; Chris Cobb, artist and SFMOMA site contributor.
• mocada.org | akikoichikawa.info
  

Friday, May 4th, 3:00 - 4:00pm

ACTORS SPEAK: PERFORMING BERTOLT BRECHT IN NYC PARKS

• Artist and filmmaker Zoe Beloff and her fellow actors will discuss her self-financed street theater production of Brecht's "The Days of the Commune" in the parks of New York. Inspired by Occupy Wall Street, Beloff organized a crew of 13 to act, film, and document the play scene by scene. Their interaction with the Occupy movement and reflections of doing street theater area a unique blend of art and activism.
• daysofthecommune.com

Friday, May 4th, 7:00 - 8:00pm

WAMPUM TO WALL STREET: IMPACT 1609 - 2012

Historian and author Christopher Moore will give a talk on how Manhattan's past is retold through memorials and signs and art. He will address the complex issue of who gets to have their story told in the city. He will specifically address the overlooked history of African Americans in early New York and discuss slave markets and the newly rediscovered African Burial Ground which contains about 20,000 bodies under the streets of Lower Manhattan. The burial ground is through to have been 6.5 acres extending from City Hall to Wall Street. Moore is a curator at the Schomburg Center for Black Culture and Commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Saturday, May 5th, 1:00 - 2:30pm

THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT COMES TO ASTORIA AND LONG ISLAND CITY

• Some feel that the future of the Occupy movement is in the neighborhoods. Come hear about the experiences of one group that has emerged out of friendships made at Zucotti Park. Artists, comedians, and musicians are in the group which now has about 50 members and regularly participates in Manhattan as well as in neighborhood events.
• occupyastorialic.org

Saturday, May 5th, 3:00 - 5:00pm

ALTERNATIVES TO MONEY IN THE ART WORLD AND BEYOND: TRADESCHOOL AND OURGOODS.ORG

• Join Caroline Woolard in a discussion about the challenges and possibilities of barter and non-monetary exchange in the arts. She is co-founder of ourgoods.org and tradeschool.coop -- two wildly successful programs that have been written about in the Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker, as well as featured at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Using these programs as examples, she will discuss grass roots organizing and innovative problem solving focusing on how we produce, consume, and distribute cultural value.
• RSVPs for this workshop are suggested: info@ourgoods.org
• tradeschool.ourgoods.org
• ourgoods.org