Continuing: Working Knowledge | Shared Imaginings, New Futures at Bronx Museum

Through stories, movement, food, music, and collaborations with The Bronx Museum community, Working Knowledge presents work by artists who value and examine the concept that creativity is a force for social change. The exhibition invites visitors to engage, explore, and contribute their knowledge and experiences through interactive elements that shape their artistic practice. For upcoming public programs, please go here. Above: Stills from Cosmeage by Ari Melenciano; below: photo by Argenis Apoilinario

Each artist/collective has a unique creative approach to audience engagement. For example, Lynne Yun—a typeface designer and educator—is collaborating with high school students participating in The Bronx Museum’s Teen Council program to create a new typeface inspired by the everyday visual landscape of The Bronx, including signage and street art. The completed typeface is used as the title treatment for Working Knowledge and inform the overall visual identity of the exhibition. The Teen Council will also produce a limited-edition risograph-printed zine featuring the new typeface. 

Stephanie Dinkins, regularly combines learning with technologies in her creative practice. For this exhibition, Dinkins will build a chatbot that culls information from the communities around the Museum and learns from its interactions with visitors throughout the exhibition. 

Azikiwe Mohammed uses themes of food and sustainability as tools for world- building and considering speculative futures. He creates vibrant room-like installations that reference the aesthetics of the Black home to create safe, welcoming spaces for ideation. For Working Knowledge, Mohammed’s project pays tribute to the food systems of urban environments by drawing inspiration from sidewalk fruit stands. Grounded in the logic of “you can’t think if you can’t eat,” the work demonstrates how nourishing the body is essential to activating the mind. 

Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY Info

April 29, 2025, 9:30am – 7:00pm: Exploring the Healing Power of Photography at ICP and Online

Join The Light of Hope: Exploring the Healing Power of Photography, a groundbreaking symposium at the intersection of art and science, where renowned photographers, artists, and medical professionals come together to explore the profound and very real impact of photography on healing trauma. Above: David Butow/Redux Pictures, A woman and her son in Lviv, Ukraine wait on a train shortly before departure for Poland, two weeks after Russia's invasion. Lviv, in the western part of the country, became a hub for people fleeing the fighting elsewhere in the country

Featured speakers include James Rice, Dr. Gene Beyt, David Butow, Cheriss May, Katya Gruzglina, Dr. Natalie Gukasyan, Lynn Johnson, Oliver Halfin, and Ana Rosa Orozco.

Through thought-provoking discussions, interactive experiences, and hands-on sessions, we will uncover how photography has the power to document, process, and ultimately rewire our brain to unlock our potential.

Join for a single talk, a segment, or the full day of programming. This symposium is designed to meet you where you are—whether you want to drop in for a session that resonates or engage deeply in the full day experience. Free and open to the public. Register

International Center, 84 Ludlow Street, New York, NY Info  

Thursday, April 24, 6:30pm: Generative AI at Cooper Union and Online

Join a conversation with Casey Reas and Mario Klingemann, two pioneers in generative and AI art, in discussion with Christiane Paul, Curator of Digital Art at The Whitney Museum of American Art. This event is part of The Cooper Union's annual Discussion on Generative Art and Architecture, a series that delves into the evolving nature of creativity—both human and machine-driven—and the impact of technology on artistic expression. Organized by professors Sam Keene and Benjamin Aranda. 

This event, which is free and open to the public, will be conducted in person and online. Registration is required.

The Great Hall, in the Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues  

Friday, April 25-Sunday, April 27: Earth Day Weekend at Wave Hill

Wave Hill, high above the Hudson River, is a place of rest, regeneration and art—with air you can breath and unobstructed light. Visitors may roam the gardens, the woods and the greenhouses, as well as joining in for some hands-on making and growing. Following are some of the highlights; check out the entire weekend program here

Fri, Apr 25 | 12:00PM – 1:30PM: Indoor Mushroom Cultivation Workshop

Dive into the world of fungi and learn how to cultivate your own edible mushrooms at home!  Aubrey Carter, mycologist and author of the newsletter Mushroom Monday, begins the workshop with a brief walk through the woodlands to identify and chat about optimal conditions for fungal growth. Then gather indoors to build oyster mushroom “grow kits” using household materials that are often treated as waste. Participants will explore mushroom cultivation and take home their own grow kit with instructions.  Severe weather cancels the walk. Register

Sat, Apr 26 | 1:00PM – 3:30PM: Woodland Community Volunteer Day

Gain first-hand knowledge of ecological practices and get your hands dirty while applying them alongside our staff experts. Tasks may include pulling invasive garlic mustard, planting native plants or clearing pathways. Please dress appropriately: long pants, layered clothing and sturdy shoes are required. Gloves and tools provided. Register 

Sat, Apr 27 | 12:30PM – 3:30PM: Winter Workspace 2025: Open Studios

During the Winter Workspace, artists have intimate access to the greenhouses, as well as horticultural and curatorial staff. Experimentation is encouraged and artists expand their practices while working on site. Artists also engage with Wave Hill visitors through Drop-In Sundays, Open Studios, as well as adult or family workshops. At the core of the Winter Workspace is the recognition that creating art within the context of a garden is a unique experience. Registration, not required 

Sun, Apr 27 | 12:00PM – 2:00PML Forest Bathing: Honoring Earth

Celebrate planet earth with some moments of grounding and mindfulness. Receive prompt invitations to engage your senses as you move through the garden on a meditative stroll with certified nature therapy guide Cindy Olsen. Benefits of Forest Bathing may include cardiovascular strength-building, stress reduction, improved cognitive functioning, boosting the immune system, and creating a deeper connection to nature and the self. Enjoy the healing benefits of the garden, then conclude with ceremonial tea. Adults only, Register Severe weather cancels.  

Wave Hill, 675n West 252^nd Street, Bronx, NY Info
Check out the MTA Away Program for a car-free day trip to Wave Hill! This program runs through April 30. 

Sunday, April 27: Sargent & Paris at The Met

Sargent and Paris opens with the 18-year-old Sargent’s arrival in Paris in 1874 to pursue his ambition to become an artist. The precocious drawings and sketches that impressed his fellow students in the atelier will be featured along with his evocative paintings of the French capital. Across the decade that followed, Sargent was immersed in a cosmopolitan circle of artists, writers, and patrons, as he navigated a successful path through the French exhibition system, achieving acclaim and awards. This formative decade culminated with the portrait he later described as “the best thing I’ve done,” the infamous Madame X. The exhibition will present a nuanced understanding of the painting at the heart of a scandal that is as infamous now as it was in 1884 along with an appreciation for the originality and brilliance of Sargent’s art, underpinning the more sensational aspects of artistic society in 1880s Paris.

Over the course of this pivotal period, Sargent achieved increasing recognition with his bold, ambitious portraits and genre scenes. The style for which he is now renowned was cultivated through in-depth study of the great art of the past and present, deftly adapted for the colorful, high-octane Parisian society in which he had become resident. As a seasoned traveler from a young age, Sargent also found subjects through excursions in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and North Africa.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 899/FL2, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Info