Course Description

This course will investigate the ways in which artists have presented narratives in the public realm and the organizations that have made the presentation of those works central to their curatorial practices over the last 40 years. Focusing on recent works presented in New York’s public spaces by Creative Time, The Public Art Fund, the Percent for Art Program, Arts for Transit and other non-profits organizations, this course will look at what it meant to tell stories and open discourses that challenged or interrogated widely-held value systems, the events and the politics of their time. In addition to the specifics of current and other key works and projects, we will discuss the conditions that governed the development of public performance, temporary and permanent installations, the ways in which those works were influenced by public approval processes and governmental agencies, media coverage and community response. Each student’s final project will be an on-line proposal for an exhibition that conveys a “narrative“ developed in the context of this course, referencing other relevant works .

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Project Proposal Description

El Sótano Art Space

I propose to create, direct, and manage an artist-run space based in Bushwick, Brooklyn. El Sótano comes from a realization that there is a lack of space for representation of the diverse and inspiring new creative minds that are underrepresented within the art world. As an artist in New York City, I have experienced the dividing limitations and boundaries that need to be crossed to be seen in the art world and want to create a space free of them. Oftentimes, artwork takes a static and passive role within the white-cube space or the institutional framework, that limits the true potential of the artwork since it is not spoken about, addressed in its full capacity, or contextualized properly. El Sótano will focus on providing a space that catalyzes these conversations and sparks the essence of community through a safe and open space to convene to discuss art in a universal context. As an artist in New York City, I have experienced the dividing limitations and boundaries that need to be crossed to be seen in the art world and want to create a space free of them. Inspired by the rise of alternative spaces in the 70s, El Sótano will be a space for conversation that focuses on the cultural and social value of the arts rather than the capital value.










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