Join us for a reading with artist and poet Aristilde Kirby, the third event in conjunction with the Summer 2022 group exhibition, You’d Think By Now. Kirby will primarily read from Project P.S. or Pretty⚝Suite, her manuscript in progress containing the titular characters of her recent book, Daisy & Catherine², published by auric press.
Aristilde Kirby (b. 1991) is a being constellation of given human category: a poet, artist, thinker & more born in the Bronx, NY. She has been featured in Artforum & as a part of Illiberal Arts, an exhibition & publication at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. She has published chapbooks with Belladonna, Black Warrior Review, & Best American Experimental Writing 2020. She’s done radio programming with Montez Press Radio, performed at Basilica Hudson Soundscape, been featured at Miguel Abreu Gallery as well as Smack Mellon, done art writing for Recess @ ACE Open, & taken part in numerous collaborations. Daisy & Catherine² is her first book length project, to be reissued later this year via auric press. You can call her Aris, like Paris without the P.
Image: Courtesy of the artist
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This exhibition is 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 Lincoln Restler, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and with generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation, Select Equity Group Foundation, many individuals, Smack Mellon’s Members, with in-kind support from Greenpoint Frames.
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, Jerome Foundation, The Roy and Niuta Titus 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.