Ximena Garnica, Arlene Goldbard, Mei Lum, Patrice Walker Powell
Sustaining Arts Labor: Past and Present 
Moderated by Tom Finkelpearl

Thursday, May 25 from 5:30-7p

Space is limited. Registration is required.
Payment for registration is not required. Contributed funds benefit Bluestockings Cooperative

Accessibility ASL interpretation will be provided throughout the conversation

Building upon conversations initiated by the 2021 exhibition ART/WORK, which chronicled the
seminal but forgotten impact of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act in 1970s New
York, Artists Alliance and City Lore are delighted to present the panel discussion Sustaining Arts
Labor: Past and Present. 

Prominent cultural advocates–Ximena Garnica, Arlene Goldbard, Mei Lum, Patrice Walker Powell–will come together with Tom Finkelpearl to discuss past and present methods for situating the cultural class as a part of the American workforce and explore current efforts to create sustained investment in cultural labor today.

Our deepest thanks to Bluestockings Cooperative for hosting this conversation. This program is
presented in partnership with Creatives Rebuild New York, with support from Moxy Lower East
Side.