#lastlookatstudio

[nicowheadon]

“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better... All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. 🖤 Let’s keep it rigorous with the painstaking excellence, y’all. I couldn’t connect more to these words as we arrive at all sorts of new beginnings and #lastlookatstudio Day 4/4! 🏛 See you at the @studiomuseum #TODAY for culminating performances by @the.jumpsuit.project @mrrichardkennedy and @sable_elyse followed by a panel discussion with @juliemehretu @hammons_online and #MabelOWilson! 🎟 Admission is free all day (12-6pm) and seating is first-come-first-served. See you soon! 👋🏾 (at The Studio Museum in Harlem)

[nicowheadon]

Some Snapshots from #lastlookatstudio Day 3! 🏛 Yesterday was all about the voices that bring this museum to life. 🗯 It was such a gift to hear from Texas Isaiah (@kingtexas) and Walter Price as they discussed what inspires them about their fellow artists’ work, on view in #Fictions through tomorrow. To hear such meaningful connections between how artists uniquely see, interpret and experience this world we share was truly inspirational. 🙌🏾 Equally so, we enjoyed hearing from our visitors in the form of our time capsule activities which also continue on today in the lower level workshops. We learn so much about who we are through the stories that are written here—thank you for being so open to this ever-evolving process of multi-directional learning. 💭 See you today for the last day of Last Look! 👀 (at The Studio Museum in Harlem)

[nicowheadon]

Join us tomorrow afternoon at the @studiomuseum for Day 3 of #lastlookatstudio! 👀🏛👀 We are kicking off the afternoon with free guided tours and hands-on workshops for all ages, followed by Artists on Artists with Texas Isaiah and Walter Price in the galleries! 🖌🔛📷 “This in-gallery program is presented on the occasion of Fictions, a survey of recent work by nineteen emerging artists of African descent who live and work across the United States. The artists in the exhibition engage with a variety of media, drawing inspiration from diverse sources—such as everyday objects, childhood memories, current and historic events, and the body—often creating parallel or alternate narratives that complicate fact, fiction and memory. Join us as exhibiting Fictions artists discuss representing black personhood across mediums. 🎙 Artists on Artists is an ongoing series that invites contemporary artists to respond to specific works on view in the Studio Museum galleries with a focus on form and process. Through guided observation, visitors hear from artists working across a diversity of media as they reflect on impactful works, and explore their own connections to—and interpretations of—the exhibiting artist's practice and methods. 🎟 This event is a part of Last Look, a four-day celebration of art and artists from our final exhibition season in our current building.” (at The Studio Museum in Harlem)

[nicowheadon]

Yesterday was full of firsts at the @studiomuseum—first day of #lastlookatstudio, first in-gallery ekphrastic poetry reading, first theatre-to-lounge transformation, and first test drive of our brand new portable PA system! 🤓 Thanks to those that made it out to celebrate with us! See you this afternoon for our curator-led tours between 1-5pm! (at The Studio Museum in Harlem)

[nicowheadon]

So, if you haven’t seen or heard from me for a while, it’s because I’ve been meditating on #THIS with my rockstar team (@negraanegra @anais.duplan @hmurphii) and everyone else at @studiomuseum who makes all we do possible! 👩🏾‍🎤👩🏾‍🎨👷🏾‍♂️👩🏽‍💻🙋🏾‍♂️👩🏽‍🔧👨🏿‍🎤 It’s been hard to imagine this transformative moment in the Museum’s history actually being upon us, but here it is—and we literally couldn’t be more excited to be taking this journey with all of you. 💧 Thanks for being the best community a Museum could ever hope for, and for continuously showing up, speaking out and throwing down with us. Let’s make these next four days together something epic, y’all! 👀👀👀 #LastLookatStudio 👋🏾 “Celebrate a momentous Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend at The Studio Museum in Harlem with four days of art and artists from our final exhibition season in our current building. Make art, explore ideas, and take a last look at Fictions, We Go as They, and Their Own Harlems as the Museum prepares for an exciting transition! After January 15, 2018, the Museum’s dynamic exhibitions, events, and programs will be presented at partner sites and satellite locations as part of inHarlem. You’ll find us throughout the neighborhood and beyond as we prepare to construct our new home right here on our current site.” 🎵🎊🏛🎉🎶 Join us #TONIGHT at 5:30pm as poets Joshua Bennett, Desiree Bailey, Marwa Helal, Chanice Hughes-Greenberg, Aracelis Girmay, and Nkosi Nkululeko activate and respond to Fictions through a reading of ekphrastic texts in the galleries! Each poet will share work they have written in response to specific works on view in the exhibition, and highlight the creative, interdisciplinary relationship between contemporary poetry and visual art. This program also highlights the importance of interdisciplinary relationships amongst artists seeking to expand linguistic, social and historical boundaries. (at The Studio Museum in Harlem)