Explore/Archive
Opens May 14, 2026
Bel Falleiros
A project that calls us, in this moment of social and environmental collapse, to make space to be with nature.
Opens March 22, 2026
Zeelie Brown
The artist will compose and premiere a new sonata exploring the links between music, ecology, and spatial justice
Opens January 14, 2026
A circle of creative exchanges between Assembly youths and 3 incarcerated participants from Parole Prep’s Archive-Based Creative Arts program
January 8, 2026 at 7:00pm
Anna RG
Experience GHOST BARRELS—a final, experimental performance by disabled artists closing the Sick Center at Recess.
January 3, 2026 | Time TBA
The Art of Sound Captioning: A Workshop with Jay Afrisando
Anna RG
Explore the art and ethics of sound description with composer Jay Afrisando—online or in person.
December 20, 2025, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Anna RG
Join a tribute to Sick Music ancestors: songs, sonic experiments, and unheard histories of sound.
November 22, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00pm
Sick (Music) Center Opening Reception
Anna RG
Explore sick and disabled music at the Sick Center opening reception, featuring an immersive listening session by artist & musician Anna RG.
Opens November 22, 2025
Anna RG
An experimental research, development, and community space exploring and supporting Sick and Disabled listening and music
November 2, 2025, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Making Our Own Medicine: A Weaving of Words & Water with Ziedah Diata Pt 2
Ziedah Diata
Create mantras and meditations with Ziedah Diata in a water- and word-centered workshop.
October 2025
streamlined reflections, courtesy of noise canceling headphones
Gabrielle Rucker
Gabrielle Rucker reflects on the radical intimacy and auditory life at the heart of Deli Radio
On view: October 2–November 9, 2025
Portals: Traversing Black Continuums
Kendra J. Ross, Ziedah Diata, and Pia Monique Murray
This work uses dance, sound, participatory art, and multi-sensory stimulation to examine everyday items in our lives that serve as portals.
September 13, 2025, 12:00 – 2:00pm
Gaza Biennale Artist Talk – This is Not A Cultural Event
Hear from Gaza Biennale organizers & artists about their work and the project’s goals in this hybrid talk, Sat, Sept 13, 12–2pm.
September 11, 2025, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Opening Reception for Gaza Biennale New York Pavilion
Recess is honored to be the first North American site hosting the Gaza Biennale, a global exhibition shaped by Palestinian artists.
On view: September 10–December 20, 2025
Gaza Biennale New York Pavilion
Recess is honored to be the first North American site hosting the Gaza Biennale, a global exhibition shaped by Palestinian artists.
August 9, 2025, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Final FREEDOM TIME sharing. Dances from NY & PR, Freedom Tea, community convo, and a last collective jam.
August 9, 2025, 1:00 – 5:00pm
Assembly Celebration & Closing Ceremony 2025
Current Assembly Fellows and Peer Leaders share their reflections on the year and we come together to celebrate their journeys
July 26, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00pm
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Launch FREEDOM TIME with dances from Puerto Rico & Michigan. Book release, performances & a powerful community conversation.
July 24, 2025, 5:00 – 7:00pm
Browse and purchase original works, enjoy live DJs, food, skateboarding lessons, and a night of connection and joy.
July 19, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00pm
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Witness a dance written and sent out from inside South Dakota State Penitentiary, a love letter to the ocean....a place the author has never been
July 18, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00pm
Community Screenprinting with Assembly & Dancing Through Prison Walls
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Print your own garment, sip tea, and witness FREEDOM TIME—an abolitionist art project created across prison walls.
July 2025
Tell My Jockey: CUNTRY’s Discourse From the Horse’s Mouth
Ericka Pérez
Assembly fellow Ericka Pérez reflects on clowning, resistance, and CUNTRY’s radical refusal to perform.
July 5, 2025, 5:00 – 8:00pm
FREEDOM TIME Opening Gathering, Dance sent from inside Jenin, Palestine
Dancing Through Prison Walls
We will share the first draft of Detainee written choreography by Motasem Abu Hasan and sent to us from Jenin, West Bank, Palestine.
June 28, 2025, 2:30 – 7:00pm
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Join us for a powerful cypher to support youth in Gaza—breaking, art, and community care in solidarity and resistance.
June 28–August 9, 2025
FREEDOM TIME: Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls
Dancing Through Prison Walls
A project of activated, inter-disciplinary response to written dances, deeply imagined and authored from bunks within prisons.
June 7, 2025, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Exploring the history of Bomba, a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican art form rooted in resistance