Free In Person and Virtual Event.
This is a culminating event for Jody Wood, artist-in-residence with Elijah’s Promise in New Brunswick, NJ. Wood developed a “Health Hub” with guests of Elijah’s Promise’s community kitchen, documenting the stories, rituals, and personal health practices of those who are largely unhoused or housing precarious.
The event will feature a gallery installation of Jody’s original visual art work, theater performances based on oral histories conducted with community members, and a panel discussion regarding mutual aid and networks of trust concerning healthcare and homelessness. Food will be provided.
Jody Wood is an artist working in mediums of social practice, video, photography, and performance. Her recent work re-imagines routines in poverty support agencies, aiming to shift power dynamics and resist stigmas surrounding poverty. Her community-based work has been supported by prestigious institutions including A Blade of Grass, Esopus Foundation, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, an ArtPlace America Initiative at McColl Center for Art + Innovation, and through residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts, Yaddo, and Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been exhibited internationally at Manchester School of Art, UK; Parrish Museum of Art in Water Mill, NY; and FIVAC in Camaguey, Cuba and has been featured in publications such as The Atlantic, Hyperallergic, The Art Newspaper, and MSNBC.
This project has been made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In Person Participation: This is an indoor event. Masks are required.
Virtual Participation: Join us on Facebook Live @colabarts.