The Shed

So much of my childhood taking place inside a car with the windows down, listening to soul music, R&B, hip hop. There’s a connection between car sound systems and the experience of listening to music. Open Call artist DonChristian Jones in Dazed and Confused Magazine: https://bit.ly/3xwxmur

From deep introspection to life-changing moments, awakening can take many forms. Join host Laurie Anderson and guests for a 10-episode podcast series about the dynamic path to "waking up" from our neighbor Rubin Museum of Art.

What did it take to reopen for NYC's newest arts center on the heels of a pandemic? Join our production team as they reflect on how they made indoor live performance happen back in April. RSVP: https://bit.ly/3gBRhCU Presented as part of of NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment New York Music Month Extended Play.

Juneteenth is not about Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves. It’s not about Black people finding out that they were free late. It’s about the fact that Black people found a path to liberate themselves.Open Call artist Troy Anthony in The New York Times. Troy's musical event The Revival debuts today at The Shed.

Troy Anthony's The Revival, presented Saturday as part of our Open Call program, is one of Time Out New York's Juneteenth event picks. https://bit.ly/2TF2Ks9

Meet artist Troy Anthony. Tomorrow he presents a revival for personal and collective liberation in celebration of Juneteenth, featuring original songs and a stirring community choir and band. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3gFut4Q

Let your mind unwind with Blended Therapy, a visual album from glamazon hip-hop icon Shasta Geaux Pop (close friend of artist Ayesha Jordan) and Justin Hicks that debuted last week as part of our #ShedUpClose online art series. Watch now: https://bit.ly/2JWgB91

Announcing the 27 early-career NYC artists who will create new work for the second-ever Open Call, our large-scale commissioning program. Explore their projects: https://bit.ly/39UL8yr Video description: A promotional video for Open Call with quickly flashing frames in a sequence with white text with a blue and orange color-scheme that reads: "The Shed," "Open Call," and "Vital work from NYC early-career artists." The sequence is followed by artwork images with the artists' n...ames superimposed in white text in this order: Aisha Amin, Ana María Agüero Jahannes, AnAkA, Anne Wu, Ayanna Dozier, Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Caroline Garcia, Cindy Tran, DonChristian Jones, Eleanor Kipping, Emilie Gossiaux, Emily Waters, Esteban Jefferson, JJJJJerome Ellis, Justin Hicks, Kenneth Tam, Ladi'Sasha Jones, Le’Andra LeSeur, Leslie Cuyjet, Merche Blasco, Nazarerth Hassan, Niall Jones, Pauline Shaw, Simon Liu, Tajh Rust, Yo-Yo Lin, Zachary Tye Richardson. See more

Thursday: Artist Howardena Pindell joins Shed curator Adeze Wilford and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum curator Ashley James to discuss her remarkable career. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Howardena Pindell: Rope/Fire/Water," now on view at The Shed. RSVP: https://bit.ly/2K2qOAy

As we look ahead to the new year, we’re asking our friends, colleagues, and community members what inspires hope for them. Tamara McCaw, our chief civic program officer, describes the joy of working with artists. Help support our work: bit.ly/33voPeF

Tuesday night: Voices including Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Garza, and our own Hans Ulrich Obrist share thoughts on where culture is headed in the final episode of Unfinished. RSVP: https://bit.ly/37HSPoX

Reigning over them all is Rope/Fire/Water, an overdue survey of Howardena Pindell’s alternating forays into abstract painting and politics at the Shed (through April 11). Read The New York Times on The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020 https://nyti.ms/3lIRm71