See Me, Bronx

Published on January 22, 2021, 8:20 pm
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The Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA) is expanding outside with #SeeMeBronx, an interactive project about visibility, intersectionality, and identity. The project kicks off the Museum’s 50th anniversary, which is focused on visibility as a tenet of social justice. As we take off into our next fifty years, we hope to reaffirm our mission as an admission-free, liberated space for communities to come to enjoy art and have important conversations. 

#SeeMeBronx was created as a way to spark conversations within our many intersecting communities about identity, equity, and inclusion. Sometimes the best way to dive into dialogue is by asking tough but important questions. We hope you will join us in shaping the conversation with your queries. 

Everyone is invited to participate! We welcome you to interact with #seemebronx both in real life and on social media.

On view from November 24, 2020 to May 24, 2021.

How to Participate

  1. Form your own question about identity, visibility, and/or intersectionality;
  2. Write down your question on a sign (cardboard, paper, canvas – whatever you have);
  3. Take a selfie holding your sign (or have a friend/sibling/family member take one from a safe social distance). You can take your selfie at home, in the park, or even at the Bronx Museum when you come to visit.
  4. Share your selfie and tag @bronxmuseum with the hashtag #seemebronx.

Reminder: The Bronx Museum of the Arts is FREE and accessible to everyone! Plan your visit and reserve your free timed ticket here.

The BxMA will create a gallery of submissions and share selections weekly.

Installation Image by Becca Guzzo, Project for Empty Space.

 

About #SeeMeBronx

Conceptualized by the Bronx Museum’s Holly Block Social Justice Curator, Jasmine Wahi (@bronwgirlcurator) and designed by Rebecca Pauline Jampol (@rjampol) and Chantal Fischzang (@chantista), the piece explores the nuances of identity through a series of questions/prompts directed into the collective social space. The work articulates one type of identity through its palette, which draws from a range of skin tones.

Location:

Bronx Museum Of The Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10456

Tel.:       718-681-6000
Emailinfo@bronxmuseum.org

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