The Schoolhouse and the Bus:
Mobility, Pedagogy, and Engagement Exhibition Tour
Friday, May 11, 2018
2:30 to 4pm
The Schoolhouse and the Bus installation shot by Julia Gillard. [Image Description: A silver, metal shelf with a top and bottom has objects placed side by side inclusive of a red rotary phone, a cut out photo of a baby in a plastic placard, a red circular vessel, and a golden crane. Towards the front edge of the shelf are lightbulbs equidistantly spaced.]
The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation and The 8th Floor partnered with Open Engagement as an Open House Site for Open Engagement’s 2018 conference, offering an exhibition walkthrough of The Schoolhouse and the Bus: Mobility, Pedagogy, and Engagement, led by the Foundation's Executive and Artistic Director Sara Reisman. The Schoolhouse and the Bus paired seminal projects by two leading artists of the social practice movement, Pablo Helguera and Suzanne Lacy, in collaboration with cultural anthropologist Pilar Riaño-Alcalá, highlighting overlapping themes in their works including immigration, pedagogy, violence, memory, and community organizing.