PLEASE LIST through 3/27/14: ASSEMBLAGE WORKSHOP AND TALK WITH ACCLAIMED ARTIST CHAKAIA BOOKER

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PLEASE  LIST through March 27, 2014 IMMEDIATE

 

 

 

Assemblage Workshop and Talk WITH ACCLAIMED ARTIST

Chakaia Booker

Presented by NYC Parks' Arts, Culture & Fun series

 

DATE:                        Thursday, March 27, 2014

 

TIME:                          6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

 

LOCATION:               McCarren Play Center

                                    776 Lorimer Street

                                    BROOKLYN

 

DETAILS:                   Acclaimed artist Chakaia Booker will discuss her work and lead a sculpture workshop. Participants are asked to bring meaningful objects for inclusion in their own artwork.  Booker uses industrial materials to merge ecological, economic, and social concerns. Her best-known works are expressed through recyclable, discarded automobile tires.

 

                                    Booker has lectured and exhibited extensively around the country. Her sculptures are included in dozens of public collections, including the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art.

 

                                    This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. To RSVP, please e-mail bk.artsculturefun@parks.nyc.gov or call (718) 218-2380.

 

 

 

Contact:

Arthur Pincus / Meghan Lalor

(212) 360-1311