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Lauren Argentina Zelaya
Director of Public Programs
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Thursday, November 14, 8–11 pm
Category is . . . GOLD! 👑 ✨ Join us for a sparkling evening of live music, performance, and dance inspired by our special exhibition Solid Gold. Don’t miss sets by DJ Sha Savage and The Illustrious Blacks, a live set by Lollise, and a gold runway hosted by Spindarella and Civilization. Gold looks are encouraged!
Thursday, November 21, 7–9 pm
Follow the artistic process—from creation to curation! Hayden Haynes, Samantha Jacobs, Melissa Joseph, and Diana Markosian, whose works were recently added to the collection, discuss their practices in rapid-fire conversations with curators.
Brooklyn Talks: The Blonds
Thursday, December 5, 7–9 pmThe Blonds, whose glamorous one-of-a-kind pieces have been worn by Madonna, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Nicki Minaj, discuss our special exhibition Solid Gold with curator Matthew Yokobosky.
Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Elgar, and Berko
Sunday, December 15, 2–4 pmBe transported around the world by the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra as it presents a program of music inspired by travel. 🌎 Guest conducted by Andrew Jinhong Kim.
Free events
ASL Tour: New Frameworks for American Art
Saturday, November 16, 2–3:30 pm
Visitors from the D/deaf community are invited to experience Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art in an American Sign Language (ASL) tour led by a Deaf teaching artist. After a brief meet-and-greet, discover how Black feminist and BIPOC perspectives create through lines and paradigm shifts in this presentation of more than 400 works, many of which were created by historically marginalized cultural producers.
This tour is designed for the d/Deaf community in ASL only, without voice interpretation.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Market
Sunday, November 17, 10:30 am–5:30 pmDon’t miss our last Brooklyn Pop-Up Market of the season! Shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans at our open-air market.
From the top: Visitors in the Beaux-Arts Court, June 2024. (Photo: Adrianna Glaviano); Image: Bob Bottle; Left to right: Hayden Haynes (Photo: courtesy of the artist), Samantha Jacobs (Photo: Tira Howard), Diana Markosian (Photo: Zoe Potkin), Melissa Joseph (Photo: Miguel McSongwe; clothing: anOnlyChild); The Blonds. (Photo: by Mike Ruiz, courtesy of The Blonds); Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. (Photo: Souls in Focus); Laura Wheeler Waring. Woman with Bouquet, ca. 1940. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum; Brooklyn Museum Fund for African American Art in honor of Teresa A. Carbone, 2016.2. © Estate of Laura Wheeler Waring (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Brooklyn Pop-Up Market. (Photo: Kolin Mendez)
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