In conjunction with Smack Mellon’s current exhibition, Bound up Together: On the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, join exhibiting artist Maya Ciarrocchi for Part 1 of A Remedy for Constitutional Crisis, a participatory reexamination of the U.S. Constitution. This Thursday evening, October 8th, 6–8 PM, Ciarrocchi will lead an introductory prelude, in which visitors are invited to a roundtable gathering within the context of the exhibition. During this drop-in program, which is open to the public, participants can read from Pocket Constitutions provided by the artist, discuss the laws and rights the Constitution outlines, and write down their own personal amendments.
Be sure to join us for Part 2 of A Remedy for Constitutional Crisis, a performance reading of the U.S. Constitution on October 17th.
Maya Ciarrocchi is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist working across media in drawing, printmaking, performance, video, installation, and social practice. Through personal narrative, storytelling, and mapmaking, her projects unearth disappeared histories and document manifestations of loss.
Image: A Remedy for Constitutional Crisis, participants in roundtable discussion, Abrons Arts Center, 2016, L to R: Erica Fae, Emily Johnson, Okwui Okpokwasili, David Hamilton Thomson. Photo: Maya Ciarrocchi.
This exhibition and program are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council Member Stephen Levin, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and with generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Robert Lehman Foundation, Select Equity Group Foundation, many individuals and Smack Mellon’s Members.
Smack Mellon’s programs are also made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and with generous support from The Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of The New York Community Trust, The Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Inc., and Exploring The Arts. In-kind donations are provided by Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs/NYC Department of Sanitation/NYC Department of Education.
Space for Smack Mellon’s programs is generously provided by the Walentas family and Two Trees Management.
Smack Mellon would like to extend a special thanks to all of the individuals, foundations, and businesses who have contributed to the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund.