Join us in the gallery on Thursday, May 29th for the opening reception of Framing Lives, the seventh annual exhibition of the CUE Teen Collective.
Join us in the gallery on Saturday, May 10th for a special celebration with artist Levon Kafafian to mark the closing of The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers. The event consists of a performance by Kafafian and a DJ set by 8ULENTINA, along with small bites by Chef Sebouh Yacoubian and drinks courtesy of Vogis Gin and Back Home Beer. See event info for tickets.
Join us in the gallery on Saturday, April 12th for a special event hosted by artist Levani as part of their participation in the group exhibition The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers. The event consists of a screening and listening session with works by Levani and artist Marika Kochiashvili, followed by an open dialogue with Levani and exhibition curator Lila Nazemian.
Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, February 26th for a special ticketed dinner event by artist Fatemeh Kazemi and food collective Bazm as part of Kazemi’s participation in the group exhibition The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers. The event consists of a five-course performative meal created especially for the evening. See event info for tickets.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, January 30th for the opening reception of The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers, a group exhibition presenting works by Levon Kafafian, Fatemeh Kazemi, and Levani. The exhibition is curated by Lila Nazemian with mentorship from Martha Joseph.
Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, August 7th for a special event to mark the closing of the solo exhibition This Fire That Warms You by Tsohil Bhatia. The event will include a performance by the artist and a viewing of their new video work.
Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, October 30th for a special ticketed dinner event by Red Flower Collective in celebration of This Fire That Warms You by Tsohil Bhatia. The event consists of an eight-course meal, with menu by Rujuta Rao and drinks by Rupee Beer Company.
Tsohil Bhatia in the kitchen at Fire Island Artist Residency, 2024. Photo by Sunny Leerasanthanah.
Please join us for a special food-based activation by Tsohil Bhatia for Red Flower Collective, a communal eating and research collective of which they are a co-founder. The event is hosted by the New Art Dealers Alliance as part of the programming for NADA House, where CUE presents a new sculptural work by Bhatia, Untitled (Rano) in conjunction with their solo exhibition This Fire That Warms You.
The menu for the event will consist of aloo kachori, dahi bhalla papdi chaat, and masala peanut chaat. Come try it all! Food will be available until it runs out.
Red Flower Collective collaborates with artists, chefs, and curiosities-in-residence, and affirms queer and diasporic identities as they manifest themselves through food. The collective explores the kitchen as a forum in which to receive generational knowledge, and prioritizes the recipes derived from this research.
The event is free and all are welcome (donations are appreciated and support the work of Red Flower Collective). Bhatia’s sculpture, Untitled (Rano), will be on view at NADA House through October 27th, with public hours Friday–Sunday, 11 am–5 pm. No registration is required to attend either the event or public hours.
Register for updates via Luma here. (Please note that registration does not guarantee food—come early to ensure it’s still available!)
Read more about the work at NADA House here. To learn more about the artist’s solo exhibition at CUE, mentored by Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), see here.
Join us on Governors Island on Friday, September 6th for the opening reception of NADA House and to see Untitled (Rano), an ephemeral sculpture by Tsohil Bhatia presented by CUE in conjunction with Bhatia’s solo exhibition, This Fire That Warms You.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, September 5th for the opening reception of This Fire That Warms You, a solo exhibition by Tsohil Bhatia with mentorship from Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo).
Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, August 7th for a special event to mark the closing of the solo exhibition Luma by Catalina Tuca. The event will include a performance by artist María Verónica San Martín, session by herbalist Antonia Estela Pérez, and food by chef Oscar Riquelme.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, June 20th for the opening reception of Luma, a solo exhibition by Catalina Tuca with mentorship from Esperanza Mayobre.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, May 30th for the opening reception of 13 degrees of separation, the seventh annual exhibition of the CUE Teen Collective.
Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, May 22nd from 9:00–11:00 pm for a special event to mark the closing of the solo exhibition Sometimes My Accent Slips Out by Bhen Alan. The event will include karaoke with the artist, with lyrics projected onto Alan’s large-scale work, Mother Tongue (2023).
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, April 4th for the opening reception of Sometimes My Accent Slips Out, a solo exhibition by Bhen Alan with mentorship from Jade Yumang.
Tune into Montez Press Radio for a live broadcast with artist Keli Safia Maksud and artist, filmmaker, and writer Christian Nyampeta. Maksud and Nyampeta will discuss ideas embedded in worried notes, Maksud’s recent solo exhibition at CUE, and expand on themes of national identity and the formation of postcolonial Africa through the lens of music and cinema.
Join us in the gallery on Saturday, March 16th for a special event to mark the closing of the solo exhibition worried notes by Keli Safia Maksud. The event will include a conversation between Maksud, exhibition mentor Abigail DeVille, and writing mentor Renee Gladman moderated by catalogue essayist Jordan Jones, followed by a performance with improvisational bassist Brandon Lopez.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, January 25th for the opening reception of worried notes, a solo exhibition by Keli Safia Maksud with mentorship from Abigail DeVille.
Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, December 20th for a closing reception with artist Ling-lin Ku to celebrate the final week of her solo exhibition, Insight Outsight, and to toast to the end of 2023 with CUE’s community of friends, alumni, and supporters. The event will feature light food by Jamie Cheung of Edible Affairs.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, November 9th for the opening reception of Insight Outsight, a solo exhibition by Ling-lin Ku with mentorship from Agnieszka Kurant.
Join us on Friday, October 20th for Rooted Wanderings, a special program to mark the closing of the solo exhibition Vendah by Cornelius Tulloch. The event will begin with an exhibition walkthrough hosted by ArtNoir and led by exhibition mentor Danny Baez, followed by performances by Iyanna James-Stephenson and Coco Villa, accompanied by a sound arrangement by DJ Young Wavy Fox that creates a journey through the diasporic sounds of the Caribbean—from reggae to dancehall, dembow, hip hop, and more.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, September 7th for the opening reception of Vendah, a solo exhibition by Cornelius Tulloch with mentorship from Danny Baez.
Join us on Governors Island on Friday, September 1st for the opening reception of NADA House and to see Tides: Spatial Memory of Being, a site specific installation by Cornelius Tulloch presented by CUE in conjunction with Tulloch’s solo exhibition, Vendah.
Graphic design by Cara Tree.
Sketching with Street Dancers Volume 5 (Hip-Hop)
Saturday, August 12th
2:00 – 4:30 pm
Arts Connection Residency House
Governor’s Island
408B Colonel’s Row
Join us on Governors Island for a drawing session presented by Kut The Rug Institute in partnership with CUE Art Foundation and Arts Connection. The event is part of a series that connects movement, mark making (drawing), and music. This session (Volume 5) features Bboy Spydey and popper Mr. Ocean as drawing models. DJ KS 360 will deliver the soundtrack, and Noelle Salun will demonstrate drawing techniques to use to track, trace, and transmit movements by the dancers. Aurora Hidalgo will serve as the session time keeper. The drawing session will be followed by a gallery walk for sketchers and dancers to see the results of their collaboration in real time.
Plain paper, clipboards, and pencils will be provided; attendees are encouraged to bring their own favorite materials and art supplies (paper, pastels, markers, ink pens) to add color, flavor, and soul to their drawings.
This program is free and open to everyone. No RSVP is required. More information can be found here.
About the Organizer
Lafotographeuse (Amanda Adams-Louis) is a Brooklyn based photographer, educator, curriculum/program designer, cultural producer, house music aficionado, club kid and street dance scholar. She earned her BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute and is a Studio Art alumna of the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Born in the U.S. and raised in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, Lafotographeuse’s oeuvre is informed by her experiences living, learning, and creating between multiple continents and cultures during her formative years. Her creative practice exists at the nexus of art, education, and archive.
Her bodies of work celebrate dance forms developed from movement vocabularies, music, and performance traditions defined by Black, LGBTQIA, and Latinx communities in New York City. Lafotographeuse collaborates with dance artists to create images, exhibitions, workshops, and panels that highlight Black pleasure, play, leisure, and joy in motion. Her imagery, research, and production work is dedicated to illuminating the legacies of indigenous NYC dance subcultures developed to the sounds of Disco, Funk, House, Hip-Hop, R&B, Philly Soul, and other musical genres from the African diaspora.
Credits
“Sketching with Street Dancers” is created and produced by Lafotographeuse. This session, Volume 5, is co-produced by Mugen. It will be documented by Bboy Static, and the sound system is provided by Karlala Soundsystem. The event venue is courtesy of Arts Connection, who serves as a partner of the event along with CUE.
Traveling to Governor’s Island
Ferries to Governor’s Island are available from Manhattan Battery Maritime Terminal daily and from Brooklyn (Pier 6 and Red Hook) on weekends. Ferry schedule and fare information can be found here.
The program will be held at the Arts Connection Residency House at 408B Colonel’s Row on Governor’s Island.
When exiting the ferry from Manhattan, walk straight ahead and then make a right on Andes Road. Once at the end of that road, make a left onto Tampa Road which will lead into Colonel’s Row. The Arts Connection house is on the left side of the houses at 408B with an Arts Connection banner displayed in front.
See a map of Governors Island and the location of the Residency House on Arts Connection’s website here.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, June 1st for the opening reception of Dreams, the seventh annual exhibition of the CUE Teen Collective.
Join us in the gallery on Saturday, May 13th for a closing program for الفكرة ذكرى / A thought is a memory, presented in partnership with the New York Arab Festival and organized by Kamelya Omayma Youssef. The event will include performances and readings by George Abraham (remote participation), Bazeed, Tsohil Bhatia, Rawya El Chab, Nadia Khayrallah, Noel Maghathe, and Tenaya Nasser-Frederick.
Join us online Monday, May 1st for Art Worker May Day: Observing Art Labor and Capital, a virtual panel event organized by Lee Painter-Kim and hosted by CUE on Zoom in honor of May Day.
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, March 23rd for the opening reception of الفكرة ذكرى / A thought is a memory, a group exhibition presenting works by Zeinab Saab, Kiki Salem, Nailah Taman, and Zeina Zeitoun. The exhibition is curated by Noel Maghathe with mentorship from Sara Raza.
Join us in the gallery on Saturday, March 11th for exhibition walkthroughs with artist Carolina Aranibar-Fernández to mark the closing of her first solo exhibition, Agua entre la metalurgia (Water in between metallurgy).
Join us in the gallery on Thursday, January 19th for the opening reception of Agua entre la metalurgia, a solo exhibition by Carolina Aranibar-Fernández with mentorship from Alana Hernandez.
