Upcoming Programs

Celebrating Pride: LGBTQ+ Artists from the Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection
Tuesday, June 9, 2 p.m. | Location: Virtual

 

In celebration of Pride Month, join us in conjunction with Queens Public Library for this online talk focusing on twelve LGBTQ+ artists with work in the Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection, including celebrated photographer Richard Avedon, early-twentieth-century naturalist and symbolist Andrey Avinoff, colorist Nell Blaine, abstract sculptor Stuart Edelson, landscape painter Bill Sullivan, and Pop artist Andy Warhol, among others. Click here for Zoom link >>

Image: Bill Sullivan (b. New Haven, Connecticut, 1942–d. Hudson, New York, 2010), Lavender Empire State, detail, 1995. Oil on canvas, 28 x 18 in. Acquired from artist, HHAR 4518.

Art As Resistance: Bad Bunny—DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS and Resistance Sticker Making
Monday, June 15, 2 p.m. | Location: Museum | Download Flyer

Join us for a morning of creative expression combining art and activism—artivism—with our special guest Ly Iris. The program includes a discussion on how art promotes resistance, inspired by the film DeBi TiRAR MáS FOTos by Bad Bunny with participants having the opportunity to design an artwork of their own. The workshop is hosted by CreativeLy, a Bronx-based, hybrid creative ecosystem grounded in artivism, offering original artwork, creative services, and arts-based educational experiences. R.S.V.P. art@riverspring.org or 718.581.1596.

Image: Title of flyer created by Ly Iris.

Stuart Edelson: The Art and Activism of a Creative Hyphenate in New York
Monday, June 22, 1:30 p.m. | Location: Virtual

 

Join us, in conjunction with DOROT, to celebrate Pride Month with a talk about the life and work of New York artist Stuart Edelson (b. Bronx, New York, 1944–d. New York, New York, 1995), whose sculpture, Memory Object (1973), is in Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection’s permanent collection. Senior Curator Emily O’Leary will discuss Edelson’s fascinating life as an artist, cultural worker, LGBTQ+ activist, novelist, playwright, and world traveler before his untimely death from AIDS. Organized in conjunction with DOROT. Register here >>

Image: Stuart Edelson stands with his cast bronze sculpture, Memory Object (1973), in an undated photo.

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