#bkmtalks
This Thursday, April 14 at 7 pm, we will be joined by Guadalupe Maravilla, Lady Quesa, and Pastor Juan Carlos Ruiz for an exciting #BkMTalks on art, healing, and immigrant communities.
️ Guadalupe Maravilla, artist dedicated to healing through sculpture, drawing, painting, choreography, sound, and performance whose work is currently on view in “Guadalupe Maravilla: Tierra Blanca Joven”
✨ Lady Quesa, staple of the Brooklyn drag scene, regularly hosts the Yas Mama party at C’mon Everybody, and is supervisor of arts programming at youth development organization The Door
⛪ Juan Carlos Ruiz, pastor at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Bay Ridge and, during the pandemic, collaborated frequently with Maravilla on mutual aid efforts including food distribution and sound baths
This program will include ASL and Spanish interpretation. Tickets are $16 ($14 for Members) and include after-hours access to #GuadalupeMaravillaBkM.
How can we visualize the extraordinary loss of life caused by COVID-19?
Media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, whose work is on view in our special exhibition “A Crack in the Hourglass, An Ongoing COVID-19 Memorial,” is joined by architect Sekou Cooke and Paul Farber, director of Monument Lab, to discuss the ways in which art and design facilitate spaces for mourning and cultural trauma.
Join us for #BkMTalks on May 26 at 7 pm. ASL interpretation will be provided. Event information and tickets are available here: https://bit.ly/3MHyqDF
Installation view, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: A Crack in the Hourglass, An Ongoing COVID-19 Memorial, Brooklyn Museum, October 29, 2021 - June 26, 2022. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado)
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