The new Oxy Arts Student Collective discusses goals, structure, and ideas for Oxy Arts on York, the multidisciplinary and community-based arts hub. Any student interested or engaged in the arts is encouraged to attend.
ASSIGNED SEX is a mini documentary that explores the intersectionality of faith, race, and gender for transgender people of color in the modern world.The Sexual and Gender Acceptance (SAGA) Executive Board will facilitate a Q&A with the documentary’s director Shaun Dawson, music supervisor Nandi, and featured participant Kyler “Angel” O’Neal following the screening.
Featured Artists: Carmen Argote, Susu Attar, April Banks, Marisa Futernick, iris yirei hu, Phung Huynh, Jessica Rath and Akemi Ki, and The Echo Park Film Center.
Special DJ Set by Dublab Future Roots Radio, inspired by tastes of culinary LA.
At a time when most working class residents find it difficult to afford the cost of housing in major American cities, it is worth revisiting a moment in the early years of this process. During the summer of 1982, artist Agnes Denes planted, tended, and harvested two acres of wheat on a portion of land fill in Lower Manhattan created by the construction of the World Trade Center and Battery Park City.
Yossen invites participants to confront the use of these objects by sculpting personalized ceramic bowls in the shape of their craniums. By personalizing the form of the food receptacle, Yossen hopes to steer participants towards a more intimate perspective, to provoke modified habits and assumptions.
Drop by to share tea and sweets from a different culture each week and chat about any and everything. Tea is the medium for a ritual that is practiced daily around the world. Though the ritual may vary, tea carves out time and space for hospitality, tradition and mediation. Come share with us.
Performance artist Jasmine Orpilla, together with an ensemble of musicians, pays tribute to all those who guard any hope for humanity during times of war. Orpilla physically marks the symbolism of specific Filipino foods, minerals, materials and weaponry which ‘touch’ upon and ‘feed’ renowned anti-colonial warriors, activists and revolutionaries of the Philippines’ past.
Ensemble musicians include Marlo Campos, Brian Ortal and Lara Balajadia.