PROVISIONS LIBRARY: ART FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

PROJECTS

  • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: FACING THE FUTURE

    CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: FACING THE FUTURE

    Presented by Provisions Library, Close Encounters: Facing the Future explores the national art initiative, focusing on social activist art. Artists include the Beehive Collective, Mel Chin, Mildred […]

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  • THE BIG PICTURE: PROVISIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

    THE BIG PICTURE: PROVISIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

    The Big Picture, presented by Provisions Library, displays the work of artists Barnstormers, Nina Berman, Iona Rozeal Brown, Sue Coe, Brett Cook, Carmen Lomas Garza, […]

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  • OTHER THAN ART

    OTHER THAN ART

    Other than Art features the work of collaborators Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Ivan Navarro, and Elissa Levy. Artworks by the renowned Puerto Rican team […]

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  • THE INNOCENTS: HEADSHOTS

    This compelling exhibition presents photographic portraits of 45 wrongfully convicted individuals who were exonerated through DNA evidence. While police “mugshots” and photo arrays have routinely […]

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  • BODY LANGUAGES

    BODY LANGUAGES

    If the body is itself a complex structure, the meanings we project onto it are doubly complex. Our contemporary reading of the body, particularly the […]

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  • DEE DEE DOES UTOPIA

    DEE DEE DOES UTOPIA

    Deborah Lawrence, Beachtopia, Acrylic, collage, and varnish on rag paper, 37×31 inches, 2005. Deborah Lawrence’s beguiling collage-paintings mix magic and politics, whimsy and anger, a […]

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  • INDIA UNBOUND!

    INDIA UNBOUND!

    Provisions Fall 2005 program, India Unbound!, focuses on India and its colonial and post-colonial histories. An exhibition and related special programs examine and challenge recurring themes […]

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  • CHANGE METHODS: HIP-HOP, SOCIAL CHANGE & GLOBAL INFLUENCES

    The Change Methods exhibition was an interactive experience for visitors to Provisions Library. Featuring the work of 10 renowned artists and filmmakers, this exploratory exhibit […]

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  • ON THE SUBJECT OF WAR

    ON THE SUBJECT OF WAR

    ‘On The Subject of War features work by Bobby Neel Adams, Mike Asente, The Barnstormers, Nina Berman, Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson, Ron Haviv, […]

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