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Re-juvenation

Participating Artists: Alison Kuo + Williamson Brasfield, Lizzy De Vita, Leah Dixon, Molly Haslund, Wieteke Heldens, Tuo Wang, Wei Xiaoguang, 100DAS Team, UD Team

Organizer: Zhuoran Zhao, Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP)

Curator: Naiyi Wang

Co-Curator:
Wei Xiaoguang, Artist & Curator;
Chenxing Li, Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP);
Cameron Dean Cortez, Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP)

Academic Advisor:
David Smiley, Associate Director of Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation;
Justin Garrett Moore, Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation;
Lee Altman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Event Collaborator:
Thornwillow Institute
100DAS
Newburgh Last Saturdays


Event Support:
City of Newburgh
Newburgh Community Land Bank
Arts Along the Hudson
Newburgh Restoration
Newburgh Brewing Company
Wherehouse


Academic Collaborator:
Sherry Huang, Art and Public Domain, MDesProgram,
Harvard University Graduate School of Design;
Hanwei Li, Art and Public Domain, MDesProgram,
Harvard University Graduate School of Design;
Liang Hai, Art and Public Domain, MDesProgram,
Harvard University Graduate School of Design;
Pedro Correa Fernandez, Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture Program (CCCP), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP);
David Grahame Shane, Professor of Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP)

Graphic Designer: Boyang Xia, Graphic Design, Rhode Island School of Design

Technology Support:
Despo Thoma, Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP);
Zhou Wu, Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP);
Guangyue Cao, Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP);
Nicolas Fernando del Valle Russell, Urban Design Program (MSAUD), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP)

April 30th-May15th, 2016
Open Hours: 12-6pm (Fri-Sun)

Venue: Thornwillow Institute
7 S Lander St, Newburgh, NY 12550

Re-juvenation is a site-specific art exhibition and art intervention staged within the city of Newburgh, NY. Conceived as an invitation for artists to use the city's urban fabric as a medium, Re-juvenation examines the adaptive reuse of architectural space and community-driven initiatives for neighborhood revitalization.

Re-juvenation features a wide variety of painting, sculpture, photography, site-specific installation, video, sound, and performance art presented in non-traditional spaces. The organizers of this exhibition hope to explore the potential of public spaces for artistic activities, and to empower artists and creative individuals to realize their potential as agents of change within communities.

The exhibition venues, ranging from lobbies and tunnels to streetscapes and open spaces, pose numerous site-responsive challenges and opportunities for experimentation. Re-juvenation brings together artists, architects, urban planners, community organizers and local residents to investigate, imagine, and activate futures for Newburgh in these spaces.

Using the city as a stage, Re-juvenation aims to engage the urban environment and its relationship to its diverse and evolving communities through site-specific art exhibitions. The artists, working in the Greater New York City region, are committed to exploring the specific urban context of Newburgh, and the possibilities of regeneration through collaborative engagement with those driving the current arts-based urban redevelopment of the city.

Re-juvenation opens with an evening of community centered programming on April 30th, 2016, engaging local residents through a series of artistic activities, discussions, and workshops.