Special Projects
Screenings
March 8, 2019
Film Screening: Women Painting, created by Michelle Weinberg and Sarah Michelle Rupert. Women Painting is a documentary video of conversations with eleven female artists in the studios, sharing their personal histories, backgrounds, and theories on art, life, and feminism. This event is part of the public program for the exhibition, Ice Cream Social, curated by Paola Gallio.
December 16, 2018
Film Screening: Negotiating Intergenerational Intimacy. This screening of seven short films is curated by Banyi Huang. The event is part of the public programming of the exhibition, Looking in the Spotless Rain, curated by Yulia Topchiy.
Performances
August 4, 2019
Assembly Room in Collaboration with The Immigrant Artist Biennial (TIAB) presents LABOR OF LOVE: Performance by Kathie Halfin. Performance at our Sidewalk Cellar as promotional soft launch fundraiser for TIAB.
June 7, 2019
WE ALL SLEEP ALONE one night of dance and stand up comedy, by Buzz Slutzky, MOLLY & NOLA, at Sidewalk Cellar. The event is part of the parallel programming of Plays on Camp, a group show curated by Ksenia M. Soboleva.
June 2, 2019
Performance: QUEER IN MOTION, one night of performance and moving images featuring Lily Benson, Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Hannah Hiaasen, Nathan Storey Freeman, Ohyung Li, curated by Ksenia M. Soboleva Sidewalk Cellar. The event is part of the parallel programming of Plays on Camp, a group show curated by Ksenia M. Soboleva.
May 24, 2019
Performance: THE MORE I STUDY MY BODY, THE LESS I CARE FOR NATURE by Monilola Ilupeju and Nathan and Storey Freeman, at Sidewalk Cellar The event is part of the parallel programming of Plays on Camp, a group show curated by Ksenia M. Soboleva.
January 19, 2019
Performance: Lima Rey Music Performance at Sidewalk Cellar. This special event is part of the public program for the exhibition, Looking in the Spotless Rain curated by Yulia Topchiy.
January 12, 2019
Performance: Eating Bitterness, a participatory food performance piece by artist Luke Luokun Cheng, curated by Banyi Huang. This special event is part of the public program for the exhibition, Looking in the Spotless Rain curated by Yulia Topchiy.
Workshops
January 15, 2019
Workshop: Jewelry making workshop with local community led by artist Alice Yang in collaboration with Manny Cantor Center | Educational Alliance. The workshop is followed by a tour of the current Assembly Room exhibition led by curator, Yulia Topchiy.
January 5, 2019
Workshop: World Building with Powers of Ten organized by artist Alice Yang in collaboration with Seward Park Public Library and Assembly Room. In this workshop for teens and adults, Alice Yang reimagines social issues through fiction. The event is part of the public program for the exhibition Looking in the Spotless Rain curated by Yulia Topchiy.