08/27/09
The Queens Museum of Art and the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) invite you to two public programs associated with the current exhibition Red Lines Housing Crisis Learning Center.
Why are there so many foreclosures in Jamaica?
Housing Teach-In / Speak-Out
Thursday, August 27, 6–8 pm
Queens Borough Public Library Main Branch, Auditorium
89-11 Merrick Boulevard, between 89th & 90th Avenue
Jamaica, Queens
with NYC Council Member Leroy Comrie, CHANGER, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, and Rebuilding NYC Together
Why are there so many foreclosures in Northern Queens?
East Elmhurst Housing Teach-In / Speak-Out
September 2, 7–9 pm
First Baptist Church
100-10 Astoria Boulevard
East Elmhurst, Queens
with New York State Assemblyman Jeffrion L. Aubry, Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, Neighborhood Housing Services of Northern Queens, Catholic Charities, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, and Queens Community House
As part of Redlines Housing Crisis Learning Center, Damon Rich’s current exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art in association with the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies and the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), the Museum has worked with Queens housing organizations to host a series of neighborhood meetings in foreclosure-impacted areas. The Teach-In / Speak-Outs feature short presentations by elected officials, housing advocates, urban planners, journalists, and artists followed by an open forum for community members to share their experiences, concerns, and ideas for collective action.
The Jamaica event will examine the housing crisis in Southeast Queens and feature short presentations by local homeowners, Rebuilding Together NYC, NEDAP, Michael Hickey from the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, and Joseph Heathcoat, Professor of Urban Studies at The New School, followed by refreshments and a chance to speak individually with representatives from Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica, Catholic Charities, and the New York Mortgage Coalition.
The East Elmhurst event will examine the housing crisis in Northern Queens and feature short presentations by Neighborhood Housing Services, NEDAP, Peter Marcuse, Professor of Urban Planning at Columbia University, and testimonials by local homeowners, followed by refreshments and a chance to speak individually with representatives from Neighborhood Housing Services of Northern Queens, Rebuilding NYC Together, Catholic Charities, Queens Community House, and the New York Mortgage Coalition.
From anothercupdevelopment.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