In Conversation: William T. Williams, Melvin Edwards, Ashley James, and Guy Ciarcia
Read an exclusive excerpt from the publication Smokehouse Associates, in which the artist collective speaks with curator Ashley James.
ON [____]SCAPES: Let me know you made it there okay. Send a postcard? Wish You Were Here.
Daonne Huff is Director of Public Programs & Community Engagement.
A note: This essay is primarily memoir and opinion-based. Some views may come across as generalizations but they are rooted in personal experience and observation.
The Community Bears Witness
As a means of gathering feedback on the new sculptural presence, Thomas J Price: Witness, in the neighborhood, the Studio Museum’s Education staff interviewed several park-goers and participants in a writing workshop program.
mkpọtụ azįza (Harmattan Dust)
During mid-summer in the Northern Hemisphere (July), the westward-moving trade winds south of the northward-moving subtropical ridge expand northwestward from the Caribbean Sea into southeastern North America (Florida and Gulf Coast).
On Abstraction: Things You Can't Tell Just by Looking at Us
Within this text, you’ll find the makings of a new series called The Flow, where contributors are invited to create call and responses between artworks, art movements, or artists with another outlet or field they have an existing relationship with. This is an exercise in expanding entry points and access for appreciating and connecting to works of art and artists by seeing art from multiple vantage points and perspectives. An audio recording is available at the bottom of this text; please follow along.
A note: This piece has been heavily hyperlinked. If you see a bolded, a bolded italicized, or an underlined word within a section, please click it.
Aural Histories
Dance icon, Dianne McIntyre was familiar with close-calls between her dancers and the sculptures on the gallery floor.
Studio Check In With Daonne Huff
For this edition of Studio Check In Ilk Yasha, Studio Museum Institute Coordinator, checks in with Daonne Huff, Director of Public Programs and Community Engagement at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Women Leading the Charge: A Discussion on Social Practice in Harlem
As The Studio Museum in Harlem enters the second year of inHarlem—a series of collaborative programs and public art initiatives exploring innovative ways to work in the neighborhood—I’m honored to convene five pioneering women of color that represent leadership at community partner organ
Ishmael Houston-Jones: PLATFORM 2012: Parallels
The following is an excerpt from Ishmael Houston-Jones’s curatorial statement, which appears in the catalogue for PLATFORM 2012: Parallels.
Flux with Us: A Personal Perspective on Benjamin Patterson
After last week's Benjamin Patterson performance, I asked one of the fearless audience volunteers, Matthew D. Morrison--a Ph.D.