Amidst the outpouring of sexual assault and harassment allegations in various industries, there is no time like now to address this ongoing, pervasive, and persistent problem that is lurking everywhere. What can we do, how do we function, how do we work, who do we turn to? Feminist Urgent and SOHO20 invite the public to join us for a an open discussion, moderated by FU founder Katya Grokhovsky.
December 2, 2017 Soho20 Gallery 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn NY 11206
Feminist Urgent and Vox Populi invite you to join us in an open discussion about abuse in all it’s forms and manifestations, it’s lasting affect on our lives, our work, our world.
June 20th, 2017 VOX Populi 319 N 11th st Philadelphia PA
Feminist Urgent and SOHO20 invite the public to join us for a second meeting to openly discuss possible organizational strategies for going forward post-election, through analysis of tactics utilized in the past by art/activist groups. Come with examples of historical groups, along with what actions worked in the past, how they could be applied today, and ideas for collaborations and how we can organize ourselves further as artists + art workers.
December 11, 2016 Soho20 Gallery 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn NY 11206
In response to election results, Feminist Urgent and SOHO20 invite the public to join us for a meeting and open discussion. We ask you to come with an open mind to share your thoughts, reactions, fears, and hopes, and think about what we can put into action, together, from this moment. What can we do from here onwards? What is our mission, our responsibility? An open discussion: come and listen, talk, cry, express, brainstorm, organize, act.
November 19, 2016 Soho20 Gallery 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn NY 11206
SOHO20 and 2015 Residency Lab resident, Katya Grokhovsky proudly presented an open round table, focusing on the personal, often silent protests women carry out in their daily lives due to persistent and overwhelming feelings of hopelessness, expectations, patriarchy exhaustion and gender inequality. The Feminist Urgent Roundtable #4 was moderated by Katya Grokhovsky, artist, curator and founder of Feminist Urgent project. This discussion is the first event in Rethinking Feminism - a series of discussions, panels and events which will take place throughout the upcoming season, intended to examine different viewpoints within the current discourse around feminism in our daily lives, in the art world, and between generations.
July 30, 2015 Soho20 Gallery West 28th st New York, NY 10001
Feminist Urgent #3 took place at VOX Populi as part of my curatorial program at AUX Performance Space: Call of The Wild: Pioneers, Rebels and Heroines. An open round table, focusing on the persistent issues of distrust and dismissal of women’s abilities, feelings and opinions by society in most aspects of life.
May 24th, 2015 VOX Populi 319 N 11th st Philadelphia PA
FEMINIST URGENT Roundtable #2: Strike a THREAT: Women’s Voices in the Media: online, offline, talking, doing, breathing, living - abused, ignored, trolled, forgotten
Feminist Urgent and Bruce High Quality Foundation University NYC hosted a roundtable discussion focusing on the urgent issues of online and offline abuse of female public voices with: Penny Arcade - Performance artist, writer, poet and experimental theatre maker - http://pennyarcade.tv/ Emily Brandt - Poet, teacher, and co-founding editor of No, Dear - http://emilybrandt.com/ Juliana Driever - Curator, writer, and educator - http://julianadriever.com/ Hafizah Geter - Writer - http://www.hafizahgeter.com/ Anya Liftig - Performance Artist - http://anyaliftig.com/ Jacqueline Mabey - Independent curator & digital media consultant- http://failedprojects.net/ Leah Schrager - Visual Artist - http://leahschrager.com
November 21, 2014 BHQFU 34 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009
Feminist Urgent Round Table #1: Ana Mendieta’s Artistic Legacy and the Persistence of Patriarchy took place at Bruce High Quality Foundation University, NYC: Build Your Own University Event with Susan Bee, Kat Chamberlin, Christen Clifford, Lindsey Drury, Esther Neff, Mira Schor as well as Kat Griefen, Mary Beth Edelson and Mary Sabbatino.
May 23rd, 2014 BHQFU 34 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009
