• CURATING TODAY: REIMAGINING THE CIVIC

    Thursday October 29 and Friday October 30, 2026

    The Jerome L. Greene Space at New York Public Radio, 44 Charlton Street (@ Varick Street), New York, NY 10014

     

    REGISTRATION FORM

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION OPTIONS

    The conference is organized in six sections spanning over two days. Each section is related to and builds upon the others; if you are able, we encourage you to join us for the full two days. 

    Otherwise, you may select the individual sections you plan to attend. If a section is listed “at capacity,” please check “add me to the waitlist” and we will be in touch if we can accommodate.

  • DAY 1 – PRACTICE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 10 am–8 pm

    What does “curating as civic action” actually look like? How do curators enact civic action in concrete, situated ways?


    Sections: 

    10 am–1 pm: Presentations—Six practices of curating as civic action

    Speakers: Riksa Afiaty, Michele Horrigan, Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick and Josh Tengan, Faheem Majeed, Azikiwe Mohammed, and Risa Puleo, with introductions by Danielle Wu and Sienna Fekete


    2:30 pm–5 pm: Panel Discussions—Engagement and Transformation

    Speakers: Riksa Afiaty, Michele Horrigan, Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick and Josh Tengan, Faheem Majeed, Azikiwe Mohammed, and Risa Puleo, moderated by Danielle Wu and Sienna Fekete


    6:30 pm–8 pm: Screening and Conversation—Andrew Tuan Nguyen

    Screening of Andrew Tuan Nguyen’s The Specter of Ancestors Becoming, followed by a conversation between the artist and Marie Hélène Pereira

     

    DAY 2 – INFRASTRUCTURE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 10 am–7:30 pm

    How do we build the conditions that make civic action possible? What kinds of structures, networks, narratives, and forms of international solidarity are needed to sustain those curatorial practices?


    Sections: 


    10 am–11:30 am: Exhibition tour and breakfast—Teddy Sandoval at El Museo del Barrio 

    Visit ICI’s traveling exhibition Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art

    PLEASE NOTE: This section takes place at El Museo del Barrio (1230 5th Avenue, East Harlem)


    2 pm–4:30 pm: Panel Discussions—The Question of Scale 

    Speakers: Brandon Alvendia, Keyna Eleison, Gridthiya Gaweewong, Miguel López, and Marie Hélène Pereira, moderated by Dylan Kim and Renaud Proch


    5 pm–7:30 pm: Conversation with Mary Jane Jacob

    Speakers: Mary Jane Jacob in conversation with Renaud Proch

    Closing reception to follow

  • I WILL ATTEND THE ENTIRE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE

  • OR

  • Thurs. Oct. 29, 10 am–1 pm: Presentations—Six practices of curating as civic action
  • Thurs. Oct. 29, 2:30 pm–5 pm: Panel Discussions—Engagement and Transformation
  • Thurs. Oct. 29, 6:30 pm–8 pm: Screening and Conversation with Andrew Tuan Nguyen
  • Friday, Oct. 30, 10 am–11:30 am: Exhibition tour and breakfast—Teddy Sandoval at El Museo del Barrio
  • Friday, Oct. 30, 2 pm–4:30 pm: Panel Discussions—The Question of Scale
  • Friday, Oct. 30, 5 pm–7:30 pm: Conversation with Mary Jane Jacob
  • Suggested donation: $350

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