Over the coming weeks we are excited to share Staff Favorites: enthusiastic recommendations and readings that have inspired the MCC staff. In this next installment Susie Walter, Director of the Educational Alliance Art School, veers from the traditional with a virtual art exhibition recommendation.
It’s All Chemical by Julia Colavita at Assembly Room
Susie shares: “While we are staying in, there are many things we miss in New York City. For me, one thing I really miss is going for my regular art walks around the Lower East Side. Now that our local art galleries are closed, I am spending more time on their websites taking virtual tours, watching videos on their Instagram sites and reading updates in their e-newsletters. I have been especially enjoying the virtual work of our partner gallery, Assembly Room.
Their most recent exhibition, It’s All Chemical, by Julia Colavita opened right before the stay at home order. It was curated by Yulia Topchiy, who also curated our Educational Alliance Art School Exhibition in December. I was sorry that I missed the opening before the gallery closed, but was so happy to discover I could enjoy some of the works online! Organized around the statement, “Life evolved in a sea of chemicals,” this body of work “strives to capture some of the magic and mystery of chemical interactions.” See Assembly Room’s Instagram posts for lots of images and a gallery view of Colavita’s amazing sculpture and mixed media works.
We partner with Assembly Room as their mission aligns well with ours at Educational Alliance — “Assembly Room is an art gallery and space for independent women curators to achieve success through community.” Following their mission, they have launched a video series highlighting women curators. Here is one Instagram video I really like from Natasha Becker, co-founder of Assembly Room. The videos are short, powerful and uplifting. I hope you’ll take some time to enjoy the series.”
Learn more about the Art School’s virtual offerings here and view the exhibition here.
