AboutAFC BoardAFC EditionsDonateArt F CityExplain Me: Standing in Quicksand-by Paddy Johnson on February 12, 2019 Explain MeWe cover a lot of ground in this episode of Explain Me. That ground looks something like this:The Velvet Buzzsaw is a bad movie.Mary Boone is still awaiting sentencing for falsifying tax documents—a whistleblower could get as much as $300,000 in reward for the tip.Dawn Clements is remembered at Pierogi.Dana Schutz’s first show since the controversy over her painting of Emmitt Till at the Whitney Biennial.Chelsea is more woke.W.A.G.E. is asking artists to withhold their art from the Whitney Biennial until the museum adequately address the issue of their board chair selling tear gas used on children at the border.Amazon is reaching out to artists in attempts to buy their support. Listeners who want to organize against this kind of practice should attend the next Artist Studio Affordability Project meeting. Contact the organization for details.Museum Board Members Fail Moral Challenges, Museum Exhibitions Exceed Expectations-by Paddy Johnson on December 4, 2018 Explain Me + PodcastDonna DeSalvo assembles some of Andy Warhol’s greatest work for his retrospective at the Whitney Museum, while revelations that Whitney Vice Chair Warren B. Kanders owns a company that sells tear gas used at the border shake museum staff. Soul of a Nation at the Brooklyn Museum looks at the history of political activism, while Jack Waters offers a mix of bag of awe inspiring abject art paired with groan inspiring sculptures and paintings. Jack Whitten at the Metropolitan Museum dazzles, Art and Conspiracy flops, and Amazon is going to drive Queens residents out of their homes. Listen ——>Art F City Launches PARADE, A New Programming Arm Focused on Creating Civically Engaged Art-by The AFC Staff on October 4, 2018 From the Desk of AFCArt F City is pleased to announce the launch of their new programming arm, PARADE, which  supports and commissions civically engaged public art in Western Queens and beyond. Founded with a mission of fostering dialogue  and connection through art, PARADE is co-directed by Paddy Johnson, writer, organizer and Art F City founder, and Nancy Kleaver, a nonprofit management arts education consultant, and community advocate.Live From Forward Union: Four Women Who Are Using Art to Change the World-by Paddy Johnson on September 29, 2018 Explain MeIt’s been a rough news week. Between Thursday’s testimonies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Kavanaugh’s near appointment to the Supreme Court Friday, many of us are exhausted. We would like a win for women.
Sometimes the quickest way to achieve that is to do it yourself. As such, this episode of Explain Me celebrates women who have made waves in the world of art and activism, through a series of interviews with four major figures—Mia Pearlman (Make NY True Blue), Jenny Dubnau (ASA