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March 30 to April 29, 2023

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Members’ Event

Member Shopping Days

Friday, March 24–Monday, April 10, 2023
Dia Beacon and Dia Chelsea

From March 24 through April 10, members will receive a 30% discount on all Dia publications and a 20% discount on other items purchased online or at any Dia bookshop location. Gift memberships will be 10% off and include a complimentary Dia tote. Exclusions apply. Please note: Gift memberships must be purchased either over the phone at 212 293 5520 or in person at Dia Beacon or Dia Chelsea to receive this special rate. This promotion is not valid online. Please contact 212 293 5520 or membership@diaart.org if you have any questions. More information on our memberships, is available here.

Dia Talks

Marina Rosenfeld with Jessika Kenney on Marian Zazeela

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 6:30 pm
Dia Chelsea

Artists on Artists Lecture Series

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Event DetailsThursday, April 13, 2023, 6:30 pm Dia Chelsea 537 West 22nd Street New York, New York Free. Register for the event here. Marina Rosenfeld’s lecture will focus on the drawings that Marian Zazeela realized over extended periods between 1962 and 1991. In the context of her research, Rosenfeld has created a small edition of engraved dub plates and made a composition from them. The incomparable vocalist Jessika Kenney will interpret the composition as part of the evening. Marina Rosenfeld is a composer and artist living in Brooklyn, New York. Operating across the disciplinary boundaries of music and visual art, her practice spans sound, music, performance, sculpture, and works on paper. Rosenfeld has created commissioned works for the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Park Avenue Armory, New York; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. She has participated in group exhibitions including the Whitney, AURORA, Montreal, and Liverpool biennials. Her work has been featured in recent solo exhibitions at institutions including Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland; The Artist’s Institute, New York; Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany; and the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York. As a turntablist, Rosenfeld has performed and recorded improvised music for almost three decades, including for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Her recordings are on Room40, Shelter Press, and 901Editions and will soon be accessible on INFO Unltd. Jessika Kenney was born on Sp'q'n'i?/Spokane lands. She is a sound and voice artist, composer, teacher, and writer. Her vocalizations offer a unique intersection of haptic and aural sensibilities in the realms of the ordinary, the uncanny, and the resonant. Kenney has composed for solo voices, ensembles, choirs, orchestras, and sound/video installations. She lives in Los Angeles.

Learning Program

Saturday Studio on the Farm

Saturday, April 22, 2023, 10:30 am–12 pm
Common Ground Farm

Saturday Studio

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Event DetailsSaturday, April 22, 2023, 10:30 am–12 pm Common Ground Farm79 Farmstead LaneWappingers Falls, New York Join a practicing artist for a free outdoor workshop of art making and exploration offered in partnership with Common Ground Farm. Designed for all ages, Saturday Studio is a family friendly program that is most suitable for children ages 5 and up. Saturday Studio begins promptly at 10:30 am at Common Ground Farm. In the case of inclement weather, the program will take place on Sunday, April 23, from 10:30 am–12 pm. Space is limited and reservations are required . Reservations open on Friday, April 14, at 9 am. Program Guidelines: Families attending Saturday Studio must include at least one adult caretaker; groups should be no larger than six people Wearing a mask is optional Advanced reservations are required; walk-ins will not be accepted An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present; by attending Saturday Studio at Common Ground Farm, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 For more information, email learning@diaart.org. Common Ground is a nonprofit community farm that works hard to ensure food and educational access to everyone in our community. To learn more about their work, visit commongroundfarm.org. Common Ground runs on the generous support of its community. If you are able, please consider making a donation.

Dia Talks

Lisa Cohen and Tiona Nekkia McClodden in Conversation on Chryssa

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 6:30 pm
Dia Chelsea

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Event DetailsThursday, April 27, 2023, 6:30 pm Dia Chelsea537 West 22nd StreetNew York, New York Free. Register for the event here. Lisa Cohen and Tiona Nekkia McClodden, contributors to the exhibition catalogue Chryssa & New York, will reflect on Chryssa’s practice in relation to their own work and the challenges of the archive. The discussion will be moderated by exhibition curator Megan Holly Witko. Lisa Cohen’s writing brings together queer poetics and archival research to explore ephemeral, undervalued forms of knowledge and feeling. The author of All We Know: Three Lives (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012), a finalist for the National Books Critics Circle award, she is completing a book about friendship, grief, HIV/AIDS, and long Enlightenment legacies, as well as a collection of poems. Tiona Nekkia McClodden is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work explores and critiques issues at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary. McClodden’s interdisciplinary approach traverses documentary film, experimental video, sculpture, and sound installations. Chryssa & New York is co-organized by Dia Art Foundation and the Menil Collection, Houston, in collaboration with Alphawood Foundation at Wrightwood 659, Chicago. The exhibition is co-curated by Megan Holly Witko, external curator, Dia Art Foundation, and Michelle White, senior curator, the Menil Collection, Houston. Public programs are made possible by support from the Consulate General of Greece in New York.

Tour

Public Tour of Chryssa & New York

Saturday, April 29, 2023, 12:30 pm
Dia Chelsea

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Event DetailsSaturday, April 29, 2023, 12:30 pm Dia Chelsea537 West 22nd Street, New York, New York Free. Reservations suggested but not required. Join a free, artist-led tour of the exhibition Chryssa & New York. Exhibition tours are approximately 30 minutes long. ** Advance reservations are required for all adult and student groups visiting Dia Chelsea. For more information, please contact grouptours@diaart.org.

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