Join us Thursday night for our new exhibition!
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Everybody’s Got A Right To Live: The Poor People’s Campaign 1968 & Now
Opening reception: Thursday, April 18, 6-9pm;
program beginning at 7pm
Exhibition dates: April 18 - June 23, 2019
Join Interference Archive and local leaders and organizers from the NYC Poor People’s Campaign for the opening of Everybody's Got a Right to Live: The Poor People's Campaign 1968 & Now. The exhibition will launch with a special teach-in on the history of the 1968 Poor People's Campaign and current efforts to re-ignite the unfinished business through the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Engaging visual materials from the campaign (banners, flyers, books, buttons, photographs) and featuring posters created in solidarity with the Justseeds Collective, we will explore how we continue to move art into action.
About the exhibition:
Described as Martin Luther King Jr.’s “last great dream,” the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) of 1968 was an ambitious movement to make poverty in the world’s richest nation visible and to demand justice for poor Americans. The PPC struggled to define itself as a multi-axis movement while it faced political suppression from the state, ultimately derailing its reform goals and leading some to consider it a failure; however, its spirit and intention has carried on into the present day within a growing resurgence campaign seeking to call attention to the unmet demands of ‘68.
This exhibition provides a look at some of the visual culture of the original PPC, including photographs of marches and rallies, press coverage, and a contemporary public response to a mural in Resurrection City called the ‘hunger wall,’ in addition to showcasing the efforts of the new PPC and a portfolio of Justseeds posters created in solidarity with their actions. Read more on our website.
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It's time for spring cleaning!
We'll be tidying the archive this Saturday, April 20th between 1 and 6pm (don't worry; we'll still be open our regular hours of 12-5pm).
Are you up for lending a hand for an hour or two? We'd love help with everything from dusting shelves to sweeping our driveway. Send us an email at info@interferencearchive.org.
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Radical Playdate presents: Let’s Make Posters!
FRIDAY, April 26, 3-5pm
Recommended ages: 10 and under
Join us for a session of stamp and stencil posters with (kid-safe and washable) stamp pads and spray markers. We’ll have poster prompts made with three fantastic Audre Lorde quotes to get our thought wheels turning. At the end we’ll print an edition our finished posters on the Risograph printer and everyone can take a copy of each poster we make! Visit our website for more details.
Suggested donation for materials: $5 (but no one will be turned away!)
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MAY DAY! A Propaganda Party for Labor & Housing Justice
Sunday, April 28th, 1:30-5pm
Join Interference Archive and local labor and housing activists fighting gentrification and displacement in Gowanus, Industry City, and beyond for a May Day! Propaganda Party. We’ll gather at Interference Archive to create posters, t-shirts, buttons, and more with messages promoting labor and housing justice and denouncing the displacement of local industry and residents from our community. Read more on our website.
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Check out our publications!
Take a moment to click on over to our website and check out what's new.
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