ARTS & CULTURE

LISTEN [sonja’s note: lets go over this list too. if not a WB person/ institution, let’s omit - LET’S ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE WAYS IN WHICH THESE RESOURCES TIE BACK TO WR MISSION AND PARTICIPANTS]

Sparkle Nation Silent Reading Hour
Founded by artists and writers, Gabrielle Rucker, Precious Okoyomon and Diamond Stingily, Sparkle Nation is a literary arts collective dedicated to the written word and organizing though its various forms. Through intentional readings, radio broadcasts, workshops, and discussions, Sparkle Nation’s purpose is to directly challenge traditional academic notions of how to properly obtain, share and utilize knowledge.

Boiler Room Streaming from Isolation
The independent music platform is streaming live from artists' homes and private spaces as way to remain connected while apart. [ASK MARIA AND ASK HER ABOUT LOT]

The Kitchen Broadcasts
The non-profit space for artists is live streaming performances every Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm EST.

MoMA’s Poetry Project: The Mirror and the Ribbon
Ada Limón’s poem explores the theme of connectedness in Frida Kahlo’s Fulang-Chang

8 Ball Radio
A NYC-based radio station that encompasses a variety of musical sub-genres and talk radio and also engages with the community through live broadcast events such as music shows, festivals, lectures and political gatherings, art exhibits, and neighborhood meetings.

Montez Press Radio
An offshoot of Montez Press, Montez Press Radio was founded with the goal of fostering greater experimentation and conversation between artists, writers, and thinkers through the medium of radio.

Dia: Artist Playlists: Mika Tajima / New Humans
A new weekly series featuring music curated by artists. This playlist by artist Mika Tajima emotes “sensing distant bodies, mutual urgencies, overlapping psychic spaces, and the hallucinatory passage of time.”

READ

What is Contemporary Art?
A free contemporary art course offered by Coursera and MoMA.

Guggenheim Internet Archive
Browse through the archive of art books in the Guggenheim’s digital library.

Eighteen Theses on Rachel Harrison by Maggie Nelson for The Paris Review
This essay is the poet and critic Maggie Nelson’s response to “Rachel Harrison Life Hack,” the first full-scale survey of Harrison’s work, which appeared at the Whitney Museum of American Art from October 25, 2019, to January 12, 2020.

WATCH

Art21: New York Close Up
A series devoted to capturing early-career artists living and working in New York City, including Latoya Ruby-Frazier, Miriem Bennani, Mika Tajima, Jordan Casteel, Mika Rottenberg, and Jamian Juliano-Villani.

YouTUBE by Meriem Bennani
The multimedia artists’ archive of her favorite music videos from her YouTube daily research.

New Museum: To Be a Witness: Amy Sherald in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni
On April 28th, artist Amy Sherald and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum spoke of what it means for contemporary artists engaged with portraiture to be a witness.

MoMA: The Greatest Films You’ve Never Seen
MoMA’s Department of Film created a comprehensive streaming list to indulge any cinephile’s needs.

Whitney From Home: Art History From Home
This series of online talks by the Whitney’s Joan Tisch Teaching Fellows highlights works in the Museum's collection to illuminate critical topics in American art from 1900 to the present. During each thirty-minute session, participants are invited to comment and ask questions through a moderated chat.

Whitney Screens
Engage with video art in the Whitney's collection while you’re at home. Every Friday, they feature special screenings of video works recently brought into the collection, all by emerging artists. Stream online via Vimeo.

EXPLORE

Museums at Home
Visit the online archives of museums from around the world.

Guggenheim
Hammer
New Museum
The Metropolitan Museum
Studio Museum Harlem
Whitney Museum