Symposium
Who Is We? Where Is There? What Is It?
Presented by Sky High Farm and Judd Foundation
Saturday, September 17, 2022, 11am
Judd Foundation, New York
juddfoundation.org
What happens if an artwork, a museum, a region, or a group of people are all considered homes, as opposed to places for transaction or extraction? Where do the differences between nation, neighborhood, and homeland really reside? How do we remain hopeful in the pursuit of the answers to these questions?
Hosted by Sky High Farm and Judd Foundation, this daylong symposium will consist of three distinct but interrelated moderated conversations that center themes relevant to the work of both Sky High Farm and the speakers invited to participate, all of whom are part of a diverse and extended network of collaborators. The panels will focus individually on art, land, and community—intentionally broad but potent topics that are referenced often in today’s cultural and industrial discourses.
Art Panel, 11am
– Dan Colen, artist and founder of Sky High Farm
– Linda Goode Bryant, artist and founder of Project EATS
– Deana Haggag, program officer of Arts and Culture at Mellon Foundation
– Diya Vij, curator at Creative Time
Land Panel, 1pm
– Veronica Davidov, visual and environmental anthropologist
– Candice Hopkins, executive director and chief curator of Forge Project
– Haley Mellin, artist, conservationist, and founder of Art to Acres
– Karen Washington, activist, and cofounder of Black Urban Growers (BUGs), and co-owner of Rise & Root Farm
Community Panel, 3pm
– Tremaine Emory, founder of Denim Tears and creative director of Supreme
– Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem
– Father Mike Lopez, founder of the Hungry Monk Rescue Truck and Monkworx
– Anicka Yi, artist
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Project EATS visits Sky High Farm, Columbia County, New York. Photo: Ryan McGinley
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