UnHomeless NYC
at Hudson Guild Gallery
441 West 26th St. NY, NY
February 8 – April 3, 2024
UnHomeless NYC is a pedagogical exhibition that began at Kingsborough Community College Art Museum in 2022. The intent is to address the stigma of homelessness by presenting socially engaging artworks using research and data. The exhibition at Hudson Guild builds upon the one at Kingsborough, reuniting a selection of artworks which engage in critical discourse on social structures and the housing crisis. The exhibition will be coupled with events which connect artists, students, educators, and activists, in order to understand the critical issues surrounding the problem and explore ways to resolve it.
UnHomeless NYC
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thu. Feb. 8 – 7 PM
Opening Reception: Keynote Speaker, Clyde Kuemmerle
Screening: Uneven Growth
Panel Discussion: Miguel Robles-Durán, Shaindy Weichman, Robert Robinson
Location: Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001
Tue. Feb. 13 – 6 PM
The Midtown South Community Council: Health Before Profits
Location: The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St., New York, NY 10018
Sat. Feb. 17 – 2 PM
Screening: Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square
Panel Discussion: Kelly Anderson (Dir.), Tom Angotti, Robert Robinson
Location: The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St., New York, NY 10018
Tue. Feb. 20 – 6 PM
The Midtown South Community Council: Rent is Too Damned High
Location: The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St., New York, NY 10018
Tue. Feb 27 – 6 PM
The Midtown South Community Council: Saving Public Housing
Location: The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St., New York, NY 10018
Sat. Mar. 2 – 2 PM
Picture the Homeless Oral History Project with Lynn Lewis
Location: Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001
Tue. Mar. 5 – 6 PM
The Midtown South Community Council: And Urbanizing for Public Use Development
Location: The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St., New York, NY 10018
Sat. Mar. 9 – 2 PM
UnLock NYC workshop on the sources of income discrimination
Location: Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001
Tue. Mar. 12 – 6 PM
CUNY Panel with BMCC students and Deborah Harte
Location: Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001
Thursday Mar. 14
6PM Screening: Signs of Humanity
7PM Q&A with artist Willie Baronet
Location: Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001
Sat. Mar. 16 – 2 PM
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project workshop
Location: Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001
Tue. Mar. 19 – 6 PM
Panel discussion: Rethinking Images and Narratives of Homelessness
Panelists: Sam Stein, Eric Goldfischer, Alicia Grullon, Robert Robinson, Christopher Colón
Location: Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001
Wed. Apr. 3 – 6 PM Closing Reception
Panel Discussion: Jessica Katz, Jason Leggett, and Robert Robinson
Location: Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001
March 9th – April 8th, 2022, At the Kingsborough Art Museum, UnHomeless NYC brought together 15 artists and artist groups who use participation, activism, and pedagogy as their media to examine the issue of homelessness. Housing is an essential human right, but homelessness began to emerge in New York City in the late 1970s. Based on the 2018 #RealCollege survey, 55% of 22,000 CUNY students reported being housing insecure in the previous year, and 14% were homeless. How has the fundamental human right to housing been eclipsed in this city? Through artworks that highlight research, statistics, and activism, this exhibition offers a forum to consider and better understand New York City’s housing crisis and think about our future as we emerge from the pandemic.
