apexart once again partners
with high school students from Satellite Academy to present their
exhibition The Blue Print. From the Ground Up.
The student curators organize all aspects of the project including
developing interpretations of artists' work, writing publicity
materials, and developing the exhibition theme. Through installation,
new media and fine arts, these Curatorial Studies students explore
works of art that address different relationships of power in
the city. Students connect their personal experience and their
life in New York City to visual and architectural manifestations
of power and ideology around them. They will closely look at the
architecture in their neighborhoods such as East New York, Harlem
and the Bronx. Some of the topics explored are:
- Popular culture and Hip-Hop culture related to city planning
and architecture
- The historical meaning and relevance of architecture
- Concepts of Utopia
The Student Curators are: Chris Cornwall, Arlene De Jesus,
Marcus Gray, Kevohn John, Stephanie Pink, Michael Muniz, Bakisya
Oliver, Ricardo Roland, Myriah Torres, Raisa Valerio, Jennifer
Villaran, and Kerricia Williams
Eighteen students have participated in a one-semester program
that combines daily art classes and professional hands-on experience
in exhibition planning with the guidance of artist/educator Bea
Schlingelhoff and ABACA director Elizabeth Cavanagh. As part of
the curatorial process the students have visited and discussed
several current contemporary art exhibitions and have met with
artists to learn more about their artistic practice. Students
then decide which artists they would like to present in their
exhibition, plan the installation of the works of art and the
Curator's Talk.
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