Talks Series

New Red Order: How to Commit Crimes Against Reality

Weis Cinema, Bard College 30 Campus Rd, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

New Red Order (NRO) is a public secret society facilitated by core contributors Jackson Polys, Adam Khalil, and Zack Khalil. Polys is a multi-disciplinary artist who examines negotiations toward the limits and viability of desires for Indigenous growth. He holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University and was the recipient of a Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Mentor...

Artist Presentation

Brian Lobel: Sex, Cancer, and Other Things My Mother Wishes I Never Had

Fisher Center, Resnick Studio

Brian Lobel is a performer, teacher and curator who is interested in creating work about bodies and how they are watched, policed, poked, prodded and loved by others. His performance work has shown work internationally in a range of contexts from Harvard Medical School, to Sydney Opera House, to the National Theatre (London) and Lagos Theatre Festival, blending provocative humor with...

Talks Series

Fehras Publishing Practices: “Hader Halal” (With Regard to Presence)

Webinar

Co-presented with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, Fehras Publishing Practices’s Sami Rustom and Kenan Darwich share their research into the history and presence of publishing and its entanglement in the sociopolitical and cultural sphere in the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Arab diaspora. Engaging different methods and ways of production, the collective focuses on the relationship...

Installation & Food Gathering

Juliana Steiner: Writing as Sowing, Reading as Eating

Manor House, Bard College 83 Manor Ave, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

Juliana Steiner is an independent curator and researcher from Bogotá interested in interdisciplinary practices in contemporary art that incorporate social sciences, pedagogy, architecture and long-term projects with communities. Her research focuses on more-than-human species, environmental justice and the transformations of landscapes. She curated Ecotone: Chagras, Payasos and Camellones, as part of Common Ground in 2022–23. Juliana is the co-founder and...

Student Projects

Event Series Fall 2023 Microfestival

First-Year MA Students: Fall Microfestival (Day 1)

Each semester, CHRA presents a microfestival of artwork created by the first year M.A. students in the Human Rights & the Arts program at Bard College. The microfestival takes place throughout the campus and surrounding area, and includes multidisciplinary works, installations, performances, live art, interactive work, and film. These works in progress are part of a course taught this semester by...

Student Projects

Event Series Fall 2023 Microfestival

First-Year MA Students: Fall Microfestival (Day 2)

Each semester, CHRA presents a microfestival of artwork created by the first year M.A. students in the Human Rights & the Arts program at Bard College. The microfestival takes place throughout the campus and surrounding area, and includes multidisciplinary works, installations, performances, live art, interactive work, and film. These works in progress are part of a course taught this semester by...