Shared Imaginings: Making Social Sculpture Panel Discussion
Saturday, May 17
2:00 – 3:00 PM
For All Ages
FREE! Optional RSVP*
*If you are planning to attend with a group of 10 or more people, you must notify us via email to info@bronxmuseum.org at least 48 hours in advance of the event to ensure we are adequately prepared to accommodate you.
Left to Right: Portrait of Carey Lovelace, Photo by Pedro Alejandro Hernandez. Portrait of Matthew Lopéz-Jensen. Portrait of Bayeté Ross Smith, Photo by Christopher Michel.
About
Join us for a conversation about Social Sculpture led by Carey Lovelace, founder of Visions2030, with artists Matthew Lopéz-Jensen and Bayeté Ross Smith. The discussion will explore how artists imagine creative practices as methods to intervene in everyday life, creating solution-oriented societal transformation.
Carey Lovelace
Carey Lovelace is a writer, critic, curator, activist, theatre-maker, and producer, who originally trained as a composer of avant-garde music. Active in social causes, she is the Founder of Visions2030, a cross-disciplinary collective platform, harnessing the artistic imagination to create new models of society, creating future-oriented gatherings with an international focus. As curator, she was Co-Commissioner of the U.S. Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale, featuring Sarah Sze, among other exhibitions.
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Matthew Lopéz-Jensen
Matthew López-Jensen is a Bronx-based interdisciplinary artist whose rigorous explorations of landscape combine walking, photography, mapping, and social practice. His projects investigate the relationships between people and local landscapes. He was a recent artist-in-residence with the NYC Urban Field Station, is a Citizen Pruner, community gardener, and part of the New York City Urban Forest Task Force.
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Bayeté Ross Smith
Bayeté Ross Smith is a multidisciplinary artist, visual journalist, filmmaker and education worker, working at the intersection of photography, film & video, visual journalism, 3D objects and new media. He is Columbia Law School’s inaugural Artist-In-Residence, a Presidential Leadership Scholar, a TED Speaker, a Creative Capital Awardee, a CatchLight Global Fellow, an Art For Justice Fund Grantee Partner, a BPMPlus Grantee, and a POV NY Times embedded mediamaker.
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About Shared Imaginings
Shared Imaginings at the Museum is a multi-part event centered around the interactive exhibition Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures, and exploring the practice of Social Sculpture, art that seeks to actively engage people in improving the world.
You are welcome to attend all of the activities or drop in for one particular part of the event. We recommend staying for as much of the afternoon as possible to get the most out of this program.
Shared Imaginings Schedule
SATURDAY, MAY 17
1:00 – 5:00 PM
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Local Plants Resource-Sharing
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1:00 – 2:00 PM
Sound Bath
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
Social Sculpture Discussion
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3:00 – 4:00 PM
Exhibition Tour
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4:00 – 5:00 PM
Catalogue Launch Party
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About Working Knowledge
ON VIEW: April 11 – July 6, 2025
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Zainab Aliyu + American Artist and the School For Poetic Computation; Black Quantum Futurism; Stephanie Dinkins; Melanie Hoff; Mary Mattingly; Ari Melenciano; Azikiwe Mohammed; Kite & Alisha B Wormsley; Lynne Yun
A Visions2030 Project in collaboration with The Bronx Museum. Curated by Vera Petukhova.
Inspired by Social Sculpture’s key concept that sees creativity as a force for social change, the Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures exhibition invites you to engage, explore, and contribute your knowledge and experiences through interactive elements.
Artist projects include an AI chatbot, an evolving collaborative dictionary, a dance-based game platform to write poetry, generative software for sharing dreams, and a plant system to explore foraging in The Bronx.