To coincide with Smack Mellon’s current exhibition, Bound up Together: On the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, join exhibiting artist Maya Ciarrocchi for Part 2 of A Remedy for Constitutional Crisis, a participatory reexamination of the U.S. Constitution. On Saturday, October 17th, 2–6 PM, Ciarrocchi will organize a public performance reading of the U.S. Constitution. In anticipation of the 2020 presidential election, participants are invited to assemble outside Smack Mellon to read from the Constitution in various languages, hold discussions, and write amendments that imagine a more meaningful and accessible constitution for all.
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.
SATURDAY’S PERFORMERS:
2-3pm
Clarinda Mac Low
Iki Nakagawa
Mike Taylor
3-4pm
Jill Canid
Monika Fabijanska
Melissa Weisz
4-5pm
Michelle Levy
Jesús López-Jensen
Galina Zbarskaya
5-6pm
Kelly AuCoin
Carolyn Hall
Ivana Larrosa
Image: A Remedy for Constitutional Crisis, Reading the Constitution, Abrons Arts Center, 2016, L to R: Henry Holms, Raquel Cion, Pamela Sneed. 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.