WORKING KNOWLEDGE Shared Imaginings, New Futures
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.
ABOUT
Knowledge is an exchange that happens everywhere, growing and evolving constantly with everyday experiences. Through stories, movement, food, music, and collaborations with The Bronx Museum community, Working Knowledge presents work by artists who value and examine this active process.
Acknowledging the strengths and limitations of institutional education, the featured artists and collectives create alternative, self-organized models of learning that emphasize inclusivity and participation.
Inspired by Social Sculpture’s key concept that sees creativity as a force for social change, the 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.
Image: Ari Melenciano, Cosmeage Film Still, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.
Free Events for All Ages
Accompanying the interactive exhibition, Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures—on view from April 11 to July 6, 2025—are multiple opportunities to experience the artworks in new ways through free events at The Bronx Museum!
Working Knowledge Opening
Friday, April 11
6:00 – 8:00 PM
For All Ages
Free! Optional RSVP
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Image: Ari Melenciano, Comseage film still, 2025, Courtesy of the artist
Family Day: Art-Making Inspired by Working Knowledge
Saturday, April 26
1:00 – 4:00 PM
For All Ages
Free! Optional RSVP
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Image by Argenis Apolinario
First Friday: Working Knowledge After Dark
Friday, May 2
6:00 – 8:00 PM
For All Ages
Free! Optional RSVP
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Image: Ari Melenciano, Comseage film still, 2025, Courtesy of the artist
Family Time: Art-Making Inspired by Working Knowledge
Saturday, May 10
1:00 – 3:00 PM
For All Ages
Free! Drop In
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Image by Argenis Apolinario
Shared Imaginings at the Museum
Saturday, May 17
1:00 – 5:00 PM
For All Ages
Free! Optional RSVP
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Image: Black Quantum Futurism, Black Space Agency series, 2018, collage, Courtesy of the artists
First Friday: Working Knowledge After Dark
Friday, May 2
6:00 – 8:00 PM
For All Ages
Free! Optional RSVP
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Image: Ari Melenciano, Comseage film still, 2025, Courtesy of the artist
Family Time: Activity with Working Knowledge Exhibiting Artist Ari Melenciano
Saturday, June 14
1:00 – 3:00 PM
For All Ages
Free! Drop In
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Image: Portrait of Ari Melanciano, Courtesy of the artist
