BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Riverside Park Conservancy - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://riversideparknyc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Riverside Park Conservancy REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T051938 CREATED:20250617T192831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T192831Z UID:10002272-1750525200-1750528800@riversideparknyc.org SUMMARY:New York City Monuments of Black Americans: A book launch event wit h author David Felsen DESCRIPTION:New York City Monuments of Black Americans \nBook Launch with a uthor David Felsen \nin conversation with art historians Michele H. Bogar t and John T. Reddick \nThe American Academy of Arts and Letters\, in part nership with Riverside Park Conservancys Ralph Ellison Memorial Committee\ , will host author David Felsen in conversation with historians Michele H. Bogart and John T. Reddick about his new book\, New York City Monuments o f Black Americans. The book includes accounts of several monuments that ar e a short walk from Arts and Letters\, including a sculpture of Arts and L etters member Ralph Ellison by Elizabeth Catlett. This event is part of La Vecindad\, Arts and Letters Neighbors Day on Audubon Terrace. No reservat ions are required. The event will be held in the second floor Members Room . \nDavid Felsen is an Emmy Award-winning producer who teaches American hi story to eleventh graders at Avenues: The World School in New York City. H e has an MA in American history from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of Ameri can History and a BA in history from Haverford College. Before becoming a history teacher\, David produced television documentaries for HBO\, PBS an d History\, among others. \nMichele H. Bogart is Professor Emeritus of art history and visual culture at Stony Brook University. Her books include P ublic Sculpture and the Civic Ideal in New York City\, 1890-1930\, The Pol itics of Urban Beauty: New York and Its Art Commission\, and Sculpture in Gotham: Art and Urban Renewal in New York. From 1999 to 2003\, she was Vic e President of the Art Commission of the City of New York. Bogart has serv ed on the board of directors for the New York Preservation Archive Project \, and on the PDCs Conservation Advisory Group since 2003. \nJohn T. Reddi ck is an architectural preservationist\, historian\, and Harlem resident. Currently\, he serves as the Director of Community Engagement Projects for the Central Park Conservancy and serves as a board member of Green-Wood C emetery in Brooklyn. His knowledge of Harlems culture and architecture hav e served to advance several public art and open space projects in that com munity\, which include the Ralph Ellison Memorial\, Harriet Tubman Square and the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Circle\, as well as New Yorks LGBT Memorial and Monument in Hudson River Park. Reddick is currently working toward public commemoration of Seneca Village. URL:https://riversideparknyc.org/event/new-york-city-monuments-of-black-ame ricans-a-book-launch-event-with-author-david-felsen/ LOCATION:American Academy of Arts and Letters\, American Academy of Arts an d Letters CATEGORIES:Education & Workshops,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://riversideparknyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2 025/02/Ralph-Ellison-Memorial-scaled-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T150000 DTSTAMP:20260430T051938 CREATED:20241113T211324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T211324Z UID:10000459-1732456800-1732460400@riversideparknyc.org SUMMARY:Catlett: Public Art in Context DESCRIPTION:The Brooklyn Museum is currently exhibiting the first major ret rospective of Elizabeth Catletts career. Catletts only public commissioned work sought to honor author Ralph Ellison in Riverside Park near where he and his wife Fanny lived. The efforts of Harlem residents in partnership with the Riverside Park Conservancy resulted in the funding for the Ralph Ellison Memorial and the selection of artist Elizabeth Catletts sculpture Invisible Man. Join us on Sunday\, November 24\, for free events to explor e the history and context of the memorials creation. \n \nCatlett: Public Art in Context \n2pm ' American Academy of Arts and Letters | 633 West 15 5th Street \nJoin Mr. Reddick and panelists for an informative discussion of the Ellison Memorial in the context of Catletts career\, engagement wit h the Harlem community\, and identity as an artist. Panelists include: \n\ nCatlett scholar\, Dalila Scruggs\, Augusta Savage Curator of African Amer ican Art\, the Smithsonian American Art Museum\nThe Ellison memorial proje cts landscape architect\, Ken Smith\, Founder of Ken Smith Workshop\nFranc isco Mora\, Jr.\, son of Elizabeth Catlett\n\nGuests are also encouraged t o explore the exhibitions on view at Arts and Letters. They will be open t o the public until 6pm. \nRegistration required. \nView information about our other event Ralph Ellison Historical Walking Tour \n URL:https://riversideparknyc.org/event/catlett-public-art-in-context/ LOCATION:American Academy of Arts and Letters\, American Academy of Arts an d Letters ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://riversideparknyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2 025/02/elizabeth-catlett-sculptor.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR