https://ardensherman.com Arden Sherman Mon, 09 Dec 2019 01:08:34 +0000 https://ardensherman.com en https://ardensherman.com/Writing Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:59:19 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/Writing Select Writing Contributions: 2019 If Trash Could Talk, Interview with Alicia Grullón and Nelson Molina, for the catalogue of What is Here is Open: Selections from the Treasures in the Trash Collection, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, 2019 <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe0d3f02bde99795bf490ad29f71e42633d0de3897345a71c4cbe58d632548e4/What-is-Here-is-Open_01.jpg" data-mid="47130190" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe0d3f02bde99795bf490ad29f71e42633d0de3897345a71c4cbe58d632548e4/What-is-Here-is-Open_01.jpg" /> 2018 Grey Area, catalogue essay, published for the exhibition, Dust Specks on the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean &amp; Haiti, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, 2018. 2017 Museum as Think Tank, essay for Research Convening: Perspectives on Exhibiting Social Practice in Museums, Independent Curators International Journal, 2017. <img width="1600" height="1097" width_o="1600" height_o="1097" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/077fd5a61e196023e525dc3e331645ad0dd69041c2b8381421562701a0b7edaf/Ukeles---Art-Interviews--at-A.I.jpg" data-mid="19634231" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/077fd5a61e196023e525dc3e331645ad0dd69041c2b8381421562701a0b7edaf/Ukeles---Art-Interviews--at-A.I.jpg" /> 2016 Exhibition of Force, contribution by Arden Sherman and Julian Myers Szupinska on the revamped SFMOMA, The Exhibitionist Journal Blog, April 2016. Pass It On: 6 Tips to Conduct a Great Studio Visit, contributor, Creative Capital Blog, June 2016 Community Bones, catalogue essay, published for the exhibition Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles: An Exhibition about Dominoes, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, Fall 2016. 2015 &nbsp; Pay What You Wish, contribution on the 2015 Creative Time Summit, The Exhibitionist Journal Blog, December 2015. A Question of Passing, catalogue essay for the exhibition, If You Leave Me Can I Come To?, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, Fall 2015. Hiram Maristany: The Neighborhood Anchor, catalogue essay for the exhibition, Anchor: An Exhibition Centered on the Photography of Hiram Maristany, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, Spring 2015. <img width="115" height="131" width_o="115" height_o="131" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4945d2a2648e6e779e95c91d0bf0c5607453863e09fad84912439f381011c0e9/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-5.42.02-PM.png" data-mid="47130121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/115/i/4945d2a2648e6e779e95c91d0bf0c5607453863e09fad84912439f381011c0e9/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-5.42.02-PM.png" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 2013&nbsp; Proposal for a Museum: Mise en green, SFMOMA Open Space Blog, edited by grupa o.k., January 2013. Beyond Documentation: The Exhibition Photography of Shunk-Kender and Balthasar Burkhard, peer reviewed essay, Journal of Curatorial Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, February 2013, pp. 90-110(21). The Green Inside the White Cube, essay for exhibition catalogue, Unless Otherwise Noted curated by Marina Norohna for CCS Bard Graduate Thesis exhibition, less like an object more like the weather, 2013. Jet-Ski Scam in Thailand by Rirkrit Tiravanija, contribution to Dream Exhibitions for Art F City, edited by Corinna Kirsch, November 2013. <img width="768" height="602" width_o="768" height_o="602" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75a51155b8122f809216d3e1a6847b5860e3da1ba75d0edb9c3c7e980dcc43c8/mise-en-green-siteimage.jpg" data-mid="19633318" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/75a51155b8122f809216d3e1a6847b5860e3da1ba75d0edb9c3c7e980dcc43c8/mise-en-green-siteimage.jpg" /> 2010 Pictures of Exhibitions: An Interview with the photographer Balthasar Burkhard, HSz: As is/As if, Fall 2010. How to Tattoo a Phantom Interview with Lawrence Weiner for the exhibition catalogue, We have as much time as it takes, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, Spring 2010. <img width="594" height="600" width_o="594" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c277b931554aa523712c74ce0d460326d25d0e6aaa02357a058ebaa4aa1dedd5/heizer-bb-attitudes.jpg" data-mid="19633081" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/594/i/c277b931554aa523712c74ce0d460326d25d0e6aaa02357a058ebaa4aa1dedd5/heizer-bb-attitudes.jpg" /> <img width="247" height="338" width_o="247" height_o="338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73bfebd36b09f34a504f1cae6dfd5eccb86f7aacc51096cec5f14163cea942db/FileItem-41216-Screenshot20110319at10206PM.png" data-mid="19633179" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/247/i/73bfebd36b09f34a504f1cae6dfd5eccb86f7aacc51096cec5f14163cea942db/FileItem-41216-Screenshot20110319at10206PM.png" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; https://ardensherman.com/Press Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:26:12 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/Press Select Press: 2020 New York Times HyperallergicC&amp; French CultureHyperallergic What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries (Review of exhibition: The Extraordinary) Spotlighting Immigrant Artists Enduring the Arduous Process of Applying for an O-1 Visa Installation view #museumshutdown Dust Specks on the Sea Dust Specks on the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean &amp; Haiti Reflecting on the Mistakes I’ve Made as an Art Critic (Revised review of exhibition: A CENTURY OF DISSENT! 2017) 2019 New York Times Fox 5 News Gothamist Hyperallergic New York Times New York Times New York Galleries: What to See Right Now (Review of exhibition: What is Here is Open) Treasures in the Trash at Hunter College Visiting The DSNY's Museum Of Trash, A Tribute To New York &amp; Nostalgia A Sanitation Worker’s Collection of Salvaged Objects Spring Gallery Guide: A Quick Tour of Harlem (Review of exhibition: do it (in school)) What to See in New York Art Galleries Right Now (Review of exhibition: Dust Specks on the Sea) 2018 ARTnews New York Times The New Yorker Blouin Art Info ARTnews Artnet Sculpture Magazine Artnet 9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week (Reveiw of exhibition: Mother Bethel Harlem USA) ‘Queenie’ Shows the Force of Latin Women in Art Goings On About Town - June 4 &amp; 11, 2018 Issue (Review of exhibition: QUEENIE) “QUEENIE” Pictures of an Exhibition: "QUEENIE" Editors’ Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week (Review of exhibition: QUEENIE) Futurefarmers Editors’ Picks: 12 Things to See in New York This Week (Review of exhibition: Futurefarmers: Arrange) 2017 Vice Garage WLRN Miami It’s Liquid Artforum&nbsp; &nbsp; Hyperallergic Broadway World Domino Dancing Play Dominoes In An Art Gallery SPOTS, DOTS, PIPS, TILES: AN EXHIBITION ABOUT DOMINOES NEW TRIENNIAL FOR ARTISTS BASED IN UPPER MANHATTAN An Artist Invites Visitors to Remake Historical Protest Signs Hunter East Harlem Gallery Launches THE INCOHERENTS SALON 2016 Untapped New York Juvenile Justice Hyperallergic Spots, Dots, Pips, and Tiles, An Exhibition All About Dominoes New York Art Exhibit Hopes to Spark Conversation on Female Incarceration The Saga of Affordable Housing, from the Historical to the Personal 2015 New York Times New York Times Our Town NY HyperallergicFader&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ‘If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?’ A Show Whose Subject Is Death 10 Galleries to Visit on the Upper East Side (review of Anchor: An exhibition centered on the photography of Hiram Maristany) A Gallery Grows in Harlem&nbsp; Art that Acknowledges Death Without Showing the Body This Non-Profit Is Giving East Harlem Teens Free Classes In Digital Art This Summer For more press links, please see&nbsp;comprehensive list on Hunter East Harlem Gallery website.&nbsp; https://ardensherman.com/Information Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:59:19 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/Information <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/562c7abaf7f96441a8dc52fa841ca9cd79030acc0d5baff6522e5b44f01f63bf/695A4386-Edit.jpg" data-mid="165047950" border="0" data-scale="86" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/562c7abaf7f96441a8dc52fa841ca9cd79030acc0d5baff6522e5b44f01f63bf/695A4386-Edit.jpg" /> Photo by Christina Arza Arden Sherman is a curator and organizer. She is currently Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL. She was formally Director &amp; Curator of Hunter East Harlem Gallery, a multi-disciplinary space for art exhibitions and socially-minded projects located at Hunter College in New York City. Her specializations are socially-engaged art, community work, and photography. Arden has years of experience in non-profit and university settings and has held positions at Creative Time, Loyola Marymount University Gallery, Pratt Institute, as well as Prospect New Orleans and Headlands Center for the Arts. Arden has curated and organized dozens of exhibitions, projects, and programs. Some noteworthy exhibitions are Anchor: An Exhibition Centered on the Photography of Hiram Maristany (2015); Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles: An Exhibition about Dominoes (2016-17); Futurefarmers: Arrange, Selected Projects from 23 Years of Work (2017); QUEENIE: Selected artworks by female artists from El Museo del Barrio's Collection (2018); Dust Specks on the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean &amp; Haiti (2018-24), and THE EXTRAORDINARY: An exhibition about the O-1 Artist Visa (2019). Arden's work is consistently featured in numerous press outlets including New York Times, Artnews, Hyperallergic, ArtNet, and Art in America among others. She is co-editor of the book, 125th Street: Photography in Harlem which launched in the&nbsp; Summer 2022 with Hirmer Verlag.She earned her master's degree in Curatorial Practice from California College of the Arts in 2010 and her bachelor’s degrees in Latin American &amp; Caribbean Studies and Studio Art from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. LinkedIn https://ardensherman.com/Exhibitions Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:11:24 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/Exhibitions https://ardensherman.com/Queenie Thu, 28 Jun 2018 02:22:07 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/Queenie QUEENIE Selected artworks by female artists from El Museo del Barrio's Collection <img width="844" height="850" width_o="844" height_o="850" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e20ff6723934bad9fb26ae51578416e788a16ed97f501254145c5ef5222d4e6a/Tufino.JPG" data-mid="19491107" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/844/i/e20ff6723934bad9fb26ae51578416e788a16ed97f501254145c5ef5222d4e6a/Tufino.JPG" /><img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74123558c34d89ac3bd43250a826016eed3c55e435cb9069233d9c9c612aee1e/Exposito_2.JPG" data-mid="19491076" border="0" data-scale="37" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74123558c34d89ac3bd43250a826016eed3c55e435cb9069233d9c9c612aee1e/Exposito_2.JPG" /><img width="5062" height="3382" width_o="5062" height_o="3382" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ffba5a8fd1e003af68c191318048b21a6fbf07030f946d959c6c6525d19f2b7/Lomas-Garza.JPG" data-mid="19491100" border="0" data-scale="36" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ffba5a8fd1e003af68c191318048b21a6fbf07030f946d959c6c6525d19f2b7/Lomas-Garza.JPG" /><img width="694" height="827" width_o="694" height_o="827" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afff59c2d20faec099deeea5d9117f42f1debffa0291c4bf3bd68441ff0baf33/Garcia.jpg" data-mid="19491089" border="0" data-scale="41" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/694/i/afff59c2d20faec099deeea5d9117f42f1debffa0291c4bf3bd68441ff0baf33/Garcia.jpg" /><img width="5563" height="3834" width_o="5563" height_o="3834" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9174c72da07fd8ebe0ffa234df99155b5f6c79f6b730540f9c2c1e5d6b649301/de-Guzman.JPG" data-mid="19491106" border="0" data-scale="37" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9174c72da07fd8ebe0ffa234df99155b5f6c79f6b730540f9c2c1e5d6b649301/de-Guzman.JPG" /><img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91b61cf4743073ce5a84a999ad4dacf61a4fc412e0a68a5c76d03a86bd316592/Kaire.JPG" data-mid="19491166" border="0" data-scale="35" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91b61cf4743073ce5a84a999ad4dacf61a4fc412e0a68a5c76d03a86bd316592/Kaire.JPG" /><img width="5089" height="3360" width_o="5089" height_o="3360" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e1e17fdd92c3606cf8b50f2f198775b2de273a6a570f155bb258870801b1c75/Herrera.JPG" data-mid="19491168" border="0" data-scale="45" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e1e17fdd92c3606cf8b50f2f198775b2de273a6a570f155bb258870801b1c75/Herrera.JPG" /> March 21 - June 23, 2018Hunter East Harlem Gallery Curated by Arden Sherman Featuring: Anonymous female artisans from Chile, Tania Bruguera, Cristina Hernández Botero, Margarita Cabrera, Melissa Calderón, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Melba Carillo, Marta Chilindron, Alessandra Expósito, iliana emilia garcia, Scherezade Garcia, Dulce Gómez, Carmen Herrera, Jessica Kairé, Carmen Lomas Garza, Evelyn López de Guzmán, Anna Maria Maiolino, Glendalys Medina, Ana Mendieta, Marina Núñez del Prado, Liliana Porter, Raquel Rabinovich, Nitza Tufiño New artwork commissions by Melissa Calderón, Alessandra Expósito, and Glendalys Medina. QUEENIE features a selection of artworks by female artists across various media from the Permanent Collection of El Museo del Barrio. The exhibition highlights the institution’s collection with a particular focus on the female artists and QUEENIE takes its title from a sculpture by Alessandra Expósito. The exhibition brings together works which prompt a multifarious dialogue around society and gender through the artists’ varying perspectives and experiences. As part of the exhibition, HEHG has invited three NYC-based artists to respond to the exhibition with a new commission that further explores the connections among the collecting process, societal change, and gendered experience. Organized by Arden Sherman, Curator, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, Noel Valentin, Permanent Collection Manager, El Museo del Barrio, Elizaveta Shneyderman, Gallery Manager, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, and Olivia Gauthier, Gund Curatorial Fellow, Hunter College. https://ardensherman.com/Kara-Walker Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:58:06 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/Kara-Walker Kara Walker A Subtlety or ... <img width="1600" height="1016" width_o="1600" height_o="1016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a64899f6fa24c85f72fcf62b4099f7b0581accd0230c3007ac8975efd4155e7/DSC_0560.JPG" data-mid="19632724" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a64899f6fa24c85f72fcf62b4099f7b0581accd0230c3007ac8975efd4155e7/DSC_0560.JPG" />... the Marvelous Sugar Baby an Homage to the unpaid and overworked Artisans who have refined our Sweet tastes from the cane fields to the Kitchens of the New World on the Occasion of the demolition of the Domino Sugar Refining Plant May 10 – July 6, 2014Former Domino Sugar Factory, Brooklyn NYOrganized and Administered by Creative Time Curated by Nato Thompson Site Manager: Arden Sherman In late spring of 2014, Creative Time presented the first large-scale public project by Kara Walker, one of the most important artists of our era. Sited in the sprawling industrial relics of Brooklyn’s legendary Domino Sugar Factory, Walker’s physically and conceptually expansive installation—a massive, sugar-coated sphinx-like woman—responded to the building and its history. As Site Manager, I was in-charge of the audience experience: on-site maintenance, docent engagement, public safety, education and conceptualization of the artwork. I managed the exhibition experience on a holistic level from entrance to exit and maintained the site for approximately 10K daily visitors. https://ardensherman.com/Anchor Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:20:44 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/Anchor Anchor An exhibition centered on the photography of Hiram Maristany <img width="1800" height="1764" width_o="1800" height_o="1764" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf8847c9798e30a59b6d20c3f0d0babbfc6804b14e02f6dd5e69ecdc187c5a9f/Anchor1.jpg" data-mid="19630340" border="0" data-scale="57" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf8847c9798e30a59b6d20c3f0d0babbfc6804b14e02f6dd5e69ecdc187c5a9f/Anchor1.jpg" />With new projects by Nicole Cohen, Selena Kimball, Miguel Luciano, Steven Perez, Saul Williams, Caroline Woolard March 25 – June 13, 2015Hunter East Harlem Gallery Curated by Arden Sherman Hunter East Harlem Gallery at Hunter College presented the multilayered exhibition, Anchor,&nbsp;during the Spring of 2015. The exhibition features iconic and some, never-before-seen photographs by Hiram Maristany, and six contemporary artists—Nicole Cohen, Selena Kimball, Miguel Luciano, Steven Perez, Saul Williams, and Caroline Woolard—who have selected photographs from Maristany’s personal collection, and used them to create unique new works exhibited in the gallery and in various locations throughout the East Harlem neighborhood over the exhibition’s duration. Hiram Maristany is the&nbsp;colloquial neighborhood “anchor” as he has been documenting his native East Harlem for over 50 years and is coinied the official photographer of the Young Lords Party.More information here. https://ardensherman.com/Dust-Specks-on-the-Sea Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:56:47 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/Dust-Specks-on-the-Sea Dust Specks on the Sea:  Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean &amp; Haiti <img width="6000" height="4005" width_o="6000" height_o="4005" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3b26599953323a92a3732aeb8f80827f8a2719a7fd275312378859822714a20/sea-548.jpg" data-mid="35388772" border="0" data-scale="92" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3b26599953323a92a3732aeb8f80827f8a2719a7fd275312378859822714a20/sea-548.jpg" />Exhibiting artists:&nbsp;Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Julie Bessard, Hervé Beuze, Jean-François Boclé, Alex Burke, Vladimir Cybil Charlier, Gaëlle Choisne, Ronald Cyrille, Jean-Ulrick Désert, Kenny Dunkan, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Adler Guerrier, Jean-Marc Hunt, Fabiola Jean-Louis, Nathalie Leroy-Fiévée, Audry Liseron-Monfils, Louisa Marajo, Ricardo Ozier-Lafontaine, Jérémie Paul, Marielle Plaisir, Tabita Rezaire, Yoan Sorin &nbsp; November 7, 2018 - March 2, 2019Hunter East Harlem Gallery Curated by Arden Sherman and Assistant Curator is Katie Hood Morgan In 1964, French President Charles de Gaulle visited Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana on official State business. Flying over the Caribbean Sea, de Gaulle described the islands as “dust specks on the sea.” His quote evokes an otherworldly aerial view of the Caribbean archipelago, while also revealing a deep-seated hierarchical perspective of the region, stemming from France’s history as a powerful colonizing force in the Caribbean. Challenging this colonial perception, Dust Specks on the Sea focuses on sculptural works by twenty-two artists from Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, &amp; Haiti. It presents various approaches to subject matter, materials, and process that speak to contemporary practices by artists of this region, evincing their participation in a globalized artworld and putting pressure on notions of who is at its “center” and who is on its “periphery.”More information here. https://ardensherman.com/The-Extraordinary Mon, 09 Dec 2019 01:08:34 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/The-Extraordinary THE EXTRAORDINARY An exhibition generated from an OPEN CALL of artists holding or applying for an O-1 Artist Visa <img width="1500" height="1089" width_o="1500" height_o="1089" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20d5c05157ab7478fefb3fda05eabbea76d116f563cf317bc592dfd0c7038539/extra3.jpg" data-mid="56261529" border="0" data-scale="62" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20d5c05157ab7478fefb3fda05eabbea76d116f563cf317bc592dfd0c7038539/extra3.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="968" width_o="1500" height_o="968" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85f71d66ae9b5b349122dc2ff3cc0e67487f7272676db97246f7da21573d2eb6/extra4.jpg" data-mid="56261755" border="0" data-scale="62" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85f71d66ae9b5b349122dc2ff3cc0e67487f7272676db97246f7da21573d2eb6/extra4.jpg" />THE EXTRAORDINARY An exhibition generated from an OPEN CALL of artists holding or applying for an O-1 Artist Visa Curated by Arden Sherman and Nora Maite Nieves&nbsp; Participating Artists:Sarah Mihara Creagen, Canada Woomin Kim, South Korea Firoz Mahmud, Bangladesh Yue Nakayama, Japan Anna Parisi, Brazil Shimpei Shirafuji, Japan Catalina Tuca, Chile Ramyar Vala, Iran October 16, 2019 - February 29, 2020Hunter East Harlem Gallery The Extraordinary is group show of eight artists who have or are seeking an O-1 Non-immigration Visa: Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement. Qualification for an O-1 Visa is based on subjective and complicated set of criteria: that individuals be “renowned” and have “distinction” in their field. The exhibition aims to bring attention and transparency to the immigration process while also critiquing this very system. The Extraordinary is an exhibition that visa-seeking artists can list on their CVs as part of the visa-qualifying process. The exhibition checklist was generated from an open call that received 123 applications from artists from 40 different countries. The eight artists included here were selected by a jury made of immigrant arts workers.&nbsp; Jurors: ✦ María del Carmen Carrión, Project Manager, Cisneros Institute at MoMA ✦ Solana Chehtman, Director of Civic Programs, The Shed ✦ Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions &amp; Curator, Queens Museum ✦ Javier Telles, internationally recognized artist The structure that surrounds The Extraordinary aims to locate HEHG as a resource for the community and a safe place for critical discourse around the misunderstandings and misconceptions about legal immigration. Programming will include workshops with immigration lawyers, an artist panel discussion, support group sessions with O-1 Visa holders, performances, and more. The Extraordinary is curated by Arden Sherman and Nora Maité Nieves at Hunter East Harlem Gallery. Support for this exhibition is generously provided by The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, and Hunter College. Exhibition Webpage. https://ardensherman.com/What-is-Here-is-Open Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:33:13 +0000 Arden Sherman https://ardensherman.com/What-is-Here-is-Open What is Here is Open: Selections from the Treasures in the Trash Collection <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a453864094db5d65869d7484ab15b794d4843a612b7d0f97429409e639e1528d/What-is-Here-is-Open_01.jpg" data-mid="48442273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a453864094db5d65869d7484ab15b794d4843a612b7d0f97429409e639e1528d/What-is-Here-is-Open_01.jpg" /><img width="1189" height="1800" width_o="1189" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e919aff03d509f01989479e547ac921a5d8cef995f38028be013923637f67c0/_SP_4951-HDR-web.jpg" data-mid="48442335" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e919aff03d509f01989479e547ac921a5d8cef995f38028be013923637f67c0/_SP_4951-HDR-web.jpg" /> Curated by Alicia Grullón and Nelson Molina Organized by Arden Sherman, Raymond Codrington, Nora Maité Nieves, Maggie Lee. Participating Artists:&nbsp;Tomie Arai, Dominique Duroseau, Maria Hupfield, Coronado Print Collective (Pepe Coronado, Leslie Jiménez and Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez), Shellyne Rodríguez June 26 - September 14, 2019Hunter East Harlem Gallery For over 30 years, Nelson Molina worked for the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) as a sanitation worker. His regular pick up routes were in Manhattan 11, a district bordered by 96th and 106th Streets between First and Fifth Avenues. While he worked, he collected discarded objects. As he amassed over 40,000 items, Molina created the Treasures in the Trash Collection, a museum inside DSNY’s garage on 99th Street. Each piece in the collection preserves and represents a moment in time, recovered by Molina’s sense of the importance of place, sustainability, and community. What is Here is Open: Selections from the Treasures in the Trash Collection places works by seven New York City-based contemporary artists alongside Molina’s found objects. Molina and curator Alicia Grullón have chosen pieces from the Treasures in the Trash Collection to accompany the contemporary artists’ works, creating unique, site-specific installations within the gallery. Most of the discarded items in Molina’s museum were collected in and around his local neighborhood of East Harlem, and What is Here is Open seeks to engage in a dialogue on the past, present, and future identity of this community. In so doing, it blurs the lines between art, memory, and archive, and takes on both an anthropological and artistic resolve that rests in the community’s vision of itself. The resulting project emphasizes the artistic and curatorial processes of those who make, those who collect, and those who arrange, engaging the similarities among these actions. What is Here is Open: Selections from the Treasures in the Trash Collection is organized by Arden Sherman and Nora Maité Nieves at Hunter East Harlem Gallery; Raymond Codrington at Hi-ARTS; and Maggie Lee at the Foundation for New York’s Strongest at DSNY. Support for this exhibition is generously provided by Hi-ARTS, the Foundation for New York’s Strongest, and Hunter College. Exhibition Webpage.