Explore/Archive
August 15, 2026, 1:00 – 5:00pm
Closing Reception: Evidence of Becoming
Celebrate the closing of Evidence of Becoming with music, food, community, and one final chance to experience the exhibition.
August 8, 2026, 3:00 – 8:00pm
Expressions of Becoming: Assembly Performance Day
Celebrate ten years of Assembly through live music, film, spoken word, an open mic, and performances by exhibiting artists.
August 1, 2026, 12:00 – 5:00pm
Practices of Becoming: Assembly Workshop Day
Join Assembly artists for free workshops in writing, movement, breathwork, mapping, yoga, and papermaking.
July 25, 2026, 12:00 – 6:00pm
Evidence of Liberation: Abolition Community Day
A day of workshops, shared learning, food, and conversation exploring abolition, community safety, and collective care.
July 18, 2026, 5:00 – 7:00pm
Opening Reception: Evidence of Becoming
Join us for an evening of music, food, and community marking this landmark exhibit and ten years of Assembly.
Opens July 18, 2026
A landmark Assembly exhibition featuring 24 artists, 67+ artworks, workshops, performances, and a decade of collective transformation.
July 10, 2026, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Brooklyn Art Book Fair 2026 Opening Night
a fair dedicated to showcasing publications and editioned works by underrepresented and emerging artists and writers.
July 10-12, 2026
A fair dedicated to showcasing publications, original artwork, and editioned works by underrepresented and emerging artists and writers.
June 26, 2026, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Closing Reception for Bel Falleiros: DAWN–DUSK–DAWN
Bel Falleiros
Join us for the Closing Reception of Bel Falleiros' Session project—with a reading by Bel Fallerios and Eva Mayhabal Davis
June 13, 2026, 2:00 – 5:00pm
DUSK circle: weaving knowledge with the night sky with Bel Falleiros
Bel Falleiros
Use simple art-making tools, like drawing and transfer paper to create symbols and nurture each others relationship to Earth
May 30, 2026, 12:00 – 3:00pm
Opening Reception of Bel Falleiros: DAWN–DUSK–DAWN
Bel Falleiros
Weaving together body movement, clay instrument sounding and singing, the three artists will present a sequence of activities throughout the program
May 30–June 27, 2026
Bel Falleiros
a space to reconnect with the cycles of life—light and dark, beginning and ending—as a way to reflect on regenerative practices
May 15, 2026, 5:00 – 8:00pm
Open Mic Night at Recess— A Fundraiser!
Music, poetry, and performance in support of Recess. Join us May 15 to close our Spring Donor Drive and sustain artists.
May 8, 2026, 5:00 – 9:00pm
Closing Reception for Zeelie Brown: A sonata to seed whatever flourishes...
Zeelie Brown
Closing performance and premiere of Zeelie Brown’s new sonata, performed live with collaborators across voice, electronics, and strings.
April 23, 2026, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Simmer & Nourish: A Cook-out Conversation with Zeelie Brown and Jeffrey Zeigler
Zeelie Brown
A shared meal and conversation with cellists Zeelie Brown and Jeffrey Zeigler exploring music, land, and lineage through storytelling and listening.
April 18, 2026, 4:00 – 6:30pm
Final Sharing: MTC × Assembly Playwriting Residency
Assembly Fellows premiere new plays in live readings by professional actors. Join us for a public sharing and conversation.
April 16, 2026, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Abolition Teach-In Series: Understanding the Prison Industrial Complex Pt 2
Taught by Critical Resistance, a space for collective learning around the prison industrial complex and the movements working to dismantle it.
April 13, 2026, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Critical Writing Open Call 2026 Info Session
Learn about the newly reworked Critical Writing cohort at Recess. Meet the program team and ask questions before applying
April 4, 2026, 5:00 – 8:00pm
Open Mic Night at Recess —Hosted by Assembly!
Join us for Assembly’s Open Mic! Sound, story, community—drop-ins welcome.
April 2, 2026, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Opening Reception for Zeelie Brown: A sonata to seed whatever flourishes...
Zeelie Brown
Opening reception and intimate solo cello concert with Zeelie Brown, celebrating a new Session installation exploring sound and ecology
April 2, 2026, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Abolition Teach-In Series: Understanding the Prison Industrial Complex Pt 1
Taught by Critical Resistance, a space for collective learning around the prison industrial complex and the movements working to dismantle it.
April 2–May 9, 2026
A sonata to seed whatever flourishes after the end of the American empire
Zeelie Brown
The artist will compose and premiere a new sonata exploring the links between music, ecology, and spatial justice
March 21, 2026, 5:00 – 7:30pm
Assembly Clothing Swap + Design Night
Swap clothes, customize your finds, and build community. Free, creative, and open to all.
February 7–March 14, 2026
Kriss Li and Assembly
A circle of creative exchanges between Assembly youths and 3 incarcerated participants from Parole Prep’s Archive-Based Creative Arts program
February 2026
Take Me Where I Need To Go: On Portals, Ancestral Intelligence, and Black Continuums...
Daria S. Harper
Writer and cultural producer Daria Simone Harper reflects on Portals: Traversing Black Continuums