For over twenty years, artist and activist Rigo 23 has challenged the status quo and advocated for social and political change through his murals, interventions, sculptures, paintings, drawings, performances, and zines. Informed by both the history of punk and DIY (do-it-yourself) aesthetics Rigo 23’s practice comfortably adapts itself to the environment in which it is presented. Inspired by this artist’s installation at the New Museum, The Deeper They Bury Me, The Louder My Voice Becomes, create a sign advocating for political change and participate on a one-day intervention. Sings created by the participants of this workshop will be projected on adjacent wall of the New Museum on the evening of Saturday, October 3, 2009
From 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., families are invited into our theater to view a 30-minute program of short films provided by Brooklyn International Film Festival’s kidsfilmfest.
New Museum First Saturdays for Families are free of charge. This program is designed and recommended for families with children 4 to 15 years old, and includes free New Museum admission for up to 2 adults per family. Children under 18 are always admitted free. No preregistration is required. Tickets are given out on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information about New Museum First Saturdays for Families, e-mail familyprograms@newmuseum.org
From newmuseum.org/events
Marisa JahnMarisa Jahn is an artist/writer/curator who co-founded of REV- (www.rev-it.org), a non-profit organization that fosters socially-engaged art, design, and pedagogy. Her work has been presented at the MIT Museum; ICA Philadelphia; ISEA/Zero One; Eyebeam; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Asian Art Museum, etc. Jahn received a MS from MIT, a BA from UC Berkeley, and has received awards and grants from Franklin Furnace, UNESCO, and CEC Artslink. In 2009 she was an artist-in-residence at MIT’s Media Lab, artist teacher with Center for Urban Pedagogy, and curator-in-residence at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. She is the co-editor of ‘Recipes for an Encounter’, ‘Byproducts: On the Excess of Embedded Art Practices’ (2010), and Where We Are Now’ (www.wherewearenow.org). She is the current Director of Architecture at Art Omi (artomi.org). www.marisajahn.com