The Bronx Museum

IMAGE AGAINST REPRESENTATION
With AIM Artist V Yeh
1:00 – 3:00 PM • In the Gallery
For Artists • Optional RSVP
Drop-Ins Welcome! 

The artist describes this program as follows: “What does seeking “representation” in art mean, and should representation really be our end goal? This lecture and workshop will briefly discuss contemporary theory on figuration, and then delve into applying that theory through the nitty-gritty of actual image-making.”

“Participants are encouraged to bring their own artwork or works in progress for a supportive communal critique and feedback session. Although the lecture will focus on figuration, participants need not be figurative artists.

“The workshop is intended to be a generative experience for anyone seeking to expand their understanding of image-making as politics or applied theory, or simply seeking an opportunity to meet and workshop ideas with fellow like-minded artists.”

MEMORY BOX-MAKING
With AIM Artist kiarita
1:00 – 3:00 PM • On the 2nd Floor
For All Ages • Optional RSVP
Drop-Ins Welcome! 

The artist describes this program as follows: “How can we extend the life of a memory, hold it in our hands? In this workshop, exhibiting artist kiarita will guide participants in adorning a wooden box in a way that describes a special memory. Boxes will be provided, along with an assortment of found materials and art tools. We will consider how objects in relationships create and change meaning, how we affect each other, and how we can make moments last longer. “

ART YOU CAN WEAR:
A HANDS-ON SCREENPRINTING WORKSHOP
With AIM Artists Skip Brea, Hedwig Brouckaert, Ricki Dwyer, Leekyung Kang, Juyon Lee, lauren mcavoy, Piero Penizzotto, Motohiro Takeda, & V Yeh
1:00 – 3:00 PM • On the 2nd Floor
For All Ages • Optional RSVP
Drop-Ins Welcome! 

The artists describe this program as follows: “Join us for an immersive, all-ages workshop celebrating creativity, community, and culture through wearable art. Inspired by the imagery and themes of our current exhibition, this hands-on screen printing experience invites the local Bronx community and friends from beyond to come together, create, and connect.”

“Participants will have the opportunity to design their own custom T-shirt or tote bag using a selection of visuals drawn from the exhibition’s theme. This program is rooted in our commitment to engaging with The Bronx and extending that dialogue outward through art making. Whether you’re a first-time creator or a seasoned artist, you’ll be guided through the screen printing process and encouraged to make something unique.”

“Featured artists from the exhibition will be present, offering insight into their creative journeys and discussing the theme of the show in an open, welcoming setting. This event is designed to spark conversation and celebrate art you can wear.”

TENDER MONUMENTS:
SEVENTH AIM BIENNIAL ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION
With AIM Artists Hedwig Brouckaert, Jordan Cruz, Juyon Lee, & Motohiro Takeda; Moderated by Nell Klugman, Co-Curator of The Seventh AIIM Biennial
3:30 – 5:00 PM • In the Lobby
For All Ages • Optional RSVP
Drop-Ins Welcome! 

The artists describe this program as follows: “This is a conversation with four AIM artists whose practices converge around personal, communal, and environmental grief, moderated by curator Nell Klugman.”

“Working across glass, wax, organic matter, ceramics, and mass consumer debris, the four artists transform materials to embody memory while acknowledging its fragility. Objects associated with permanence become vulnerable through the process of melting, burning, and breaking, while fleeting experiences such as conversation, digital interaction, seasonal change, and everyday ritual are given physical form.”

“The discussion centers on material transformation and commemoration: How do artists decide what to preserve, archive, or surrender? What does it mean to make intimate histories public? How does material act as a reliquary or a space of transformation?”

“By collapsing boundaries between private mourning and collective experience, Brouckaert, Cruz, Lee, and Takeda consider how impermanent materials can bear enduring meaning, and how seemingly stable materials reveal their own instability. Together, they ask how art can memorialize loss without fixing it in place, and how care lies not only in preservation, but in allowing change.”