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LIVE from NYPL | Ethics in Public Art: Laurie Anderson, Firelei Báez, Walter Hood, and Justin Garrett Moore

Artists and activists debate the intersections of public art and issues of equity, representation, social justice, and beyond.

Featuring:

  • Laurie Anderson, visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, and musician
  • Firelei Báez, visual artist
  • Walter Hood, Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design, University of California, Berkeley
  • Justin Garrett Moore, inaugural program officer for the Humanities in Place program, Mellon Foundation

Presented in partnership with the American Academy in Rome. 

What are the impacts, positive and negative, that public art can have on the built environment? Drawing on their personal experiences and work, Laurie Anderson, Firelei Báez, Walter Hood, and Justin Garrett Moore explore the thorny issues surrounding the decision-making process of civic projects and the motivations that lie behind public art and monuments. What happens when artistic and creative concerns clash with commercial and political ones? How should social justice and equity be addressed through aesthetics? And how can public art best be used to strengthen and uplift communities?











When: Mon., Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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Artists and activists debate the intersections of public art and issues of equity, representation, social justice, and beyond.

Featuring:

  • Laurie Anderson, visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, and musician
  • Firelei Báez, visual artist
  • Walter Hood, Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design, University of California, Berkeley
  • Justin Garrett Moore, inaugural program officer for the Humanities in Place program, Mellon Foundation

Presented in partnership with the American Academy in Rome. 

What are the impacts, positive and negative, that public art can have on the built environment? Drawing on their personal experiences and work, Laurie Anderson, Firelei Báez, Walter Hood, and Justin Garrett Moore explore the thorny issues surrounding the decision-making process of civic projects and the motivations that lie behind public art and monuments. What happens when artistic and creative concerns clash with commercial and political ones? How should social justice and equity be addressed through aesthetics? And how can public art best be used to strengthen and uplift communities?

Buy tickets/get more info now