Activism Under the Lens: Educator Evenings at the Museum of the City of New York
Join the Museum's Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellows for evenings of informative talks and lively discussions exploring social activism in New York City’s past and present. See below for upcoming talks in the series.
Learn about sources in the exhibitions Activist New York and New York at Its Core available to support your students’ learning in the Museum and online, and leave with resources for your classroom. The events are geared towards educators but open to all with interest in the topics.
All talks are free with RSVP. Light refreshments will be served.
Free
The Art of Change: “Artivism” in New York’s Cultural Institutions
Learn how artists have employed spectacle, symbolism, and collective participation to fight for issues of minority representation, highlight racial and gender exclusion, critique curatorial process, and push for fair labor policies.
Recording New York: Sound, Place, and Civic Identity
Explore the themes of place, memory, and civic commitment in the work of the self-taught, Manhattan-based folklorist Tony Schwartz (1923-2002) and learn how young people can become stakeholders and participants in their communities by listening to historical sound recordings and by making new recordings of their own.
