Adventures in Organizing and Art: A Conversation with Damon Rich & Damaris Reyes, NY
03/09/08
Organized by Elise Youn, the New Museum presents a conversation between CUP’s Damon Rich and Damaris Reyes, community organizer and executive director of Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), on the evolution of their collaborative work–successes, mishaps, obstacles, and accomplishments.
This event is free with Museum admission, but tickets are required. Please request a ticket for this event in person at the Visitor Desk the day of the event. Advance reservations are not available. For more information, visit www.newmuseum.org/events/154.
Sunday, March 9, 2008, 3–5 pm
New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
New York, NY
6 to Spring, N/R to Prince
CUP in TX
03/08/08
On March 3, Damon Rich will give a public presentation on CUP’s work as part of the University of Texas at Austin Design Lecture Series. This event is free and open to the public. While in town, Damon will conduct a student workshop called Bigness in TX/Austin City Limits on the densification of Austin’s downtown and the annexation at its periphery. For more information, visit www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/schedule_of_activities.cfm
Monday, March 3, 2008, 5:30 pm
University of Texas at Austin
College of Fine Arts
Art Building (ART), 2300 block, San Jacinto Street
Austin, TX
Edible Estates Public Debate
03/07/08
Fritz Haeg’s Edible Estates project aims to replace domestic front lawns with edible garden landscapes. Join him as he discusses his new publication, “Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn” with such panelists as professor of architecture Dolores Hayden, curator Shamim Momim, and author Frederick Kaufman. Friday, March 7, 7 pm. Celeste Bartos Forum, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York. For tickets, visit www.smarttix.com
Lofty Pursuits at Artists Space
02/16/08
As part of “On Being An Exhibition,” a group exhibition at Artists Space that explored the reciprocal relationship between artists and the infrastructure of the art space, The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) staged a conversation between urbanist and sociologist Sharon Zukin and real estate developer Jed Walentas, vice-president of Two Trees. On Saturday February 16th, Artists Space curator Joseph del Pesco will host a follow-up conversation with CUP’s Rosten Woo with screenings of documentation from the “Lofty Pursuits” event. Participation is limited to 24 so please RSVP to rsvp@artistsspace.org.
Food Groups: a live talk show with Amy Franceschini and Michael Hurwitz
02/12/08
CUP is pleased to present two major food groups in a conversation about urban agriculture. The live talk show will feature Amy Franceschini, founder of the San Francisco-based design collective Futurefarmers, and Michael Hurwitz, director of New York’s Greenmarket program. Moderated by Habana Outpost’s Kate Zidar, the program will address the challenges of sowing vegetables in the urban fabric. Tuesday, February 12, 7 pm. Housing Works Bookstore Cafe. 126 Crosby Street (between Prince and Houston). R/W to Prince Street, B/D/F/V to Broadway/Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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