First Friday Summer 2026 Series—August: WaveHill X The Bronx Museum With Artist David Antonio Cruz & DJ April Hunt
FIRST FRIDAY SUMMER 2026 SERIES
AUGUST: WAVEHILL X THE BRONX MUSEUM
WITH ARTIST DAVID ANTONIO CRUZ & DJ APRIL HUNT
Friday, August 7 • 6:00 – 9:00 PM
At The Bronx Museum (1040 Grand Concourse)
For All Ages • Free • Please RSVP
Summer 2026 is electric, and The Bronx Museum is bringing the energy with three unforgettable themed parties taking over first Friday nights in June, July, and August. RSVP now to attend for FREE!
This August, The Bronx Museum and Wave Hill invite you to a special evening celebrating artist David Antonio Cruz’s exhibition, iknowyou’vewonderedwherei’vebeen; adrift,astare,atilt,asigh,exhale—on view at Wave Hill through August 9, 2026. For this occasion, DJ April Hunt will be on the decks at The Bronx Museum, helping set the perfect vibe for a fun Friday night!
This program brings together music, art, and community in celebration of Cruz’s expansive practice and ongoing exploration of intimacy, belonging, queer desire, and home. The evening will create space for connection, conversation, and gathering around the themes that move throughout his work while honoring one of The Bronx’s most exciting contemporary voices.
As usual, the Museum’s galleries will also stay open late for First Friday with our critically acclaimed exhibition, The Seventh AIM Biennial: Forms of Connection, on view for you to enjoy. Plus, enjoy complimentary beverages and bites while supplies last.
Don’t wait to sign up for our August First Friday HERE and join us in closing out summer 2026 with style in The Bronx!
Image: David Antonio Cruz, comebackandseemeonceagain;givemesometimetoremindyouwhatit’slike,rightbytheplaceweusedtogo, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago.
About David Antonio Cruz
David Antonio Cruz is an interdisciplinary artist working in painting, drawing, performance, and site-specific installations. Drawing on a mix of queer discourse, fashion, history, and pop culture, his work interrogates Western traditions of representation and invites subjects to pose as a form of resistance and play, queering the act of posing.
Cruz’s recent solo exhibitions include stay, take your time, my love at ICA San Francisco (2025); hauntme at Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art (2025); and When The Children Come Home at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (2023).
His work has been included in notable group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Newark Museum of Art, NJ; The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Everson, IL; the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; the Ford Foundation, New York, NY; the Brooklyn Museum, NY; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; and the Kemper Art Museum, Kansas City, MO.
Residencies and fellowships include Joan Mitchell Center Artist-in-Residence, New Orleans, LA; Latinx Artist Fellowship; Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO; the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Award; Neubauer Faculty Fellowship, Tufts University, Boston, MA; BRIC Workspace Residency, Brooklyn, NY; Gateway Project Spaces, Newark, NJ; and the LMCC Workspace Residency, New York, NY. Cruz is a 2025 Outwin Boochever National Portrait Competition prizewinner.
Cruz lives and works in New York City, where he is the Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University. He earned a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Yale University.
About DJ April Hunt
April Hunt is a DJ and community-builder who activates music and her series Mixtape as a means of celebrating creative visionaries who continue to inspire her.
About Wave Hill
Since its founding as a public garden in 1965, Wave Hill has evolved as a unique urban oasis, world-class garden, and vital resource. Its mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education, and the arts.
