Support for this program is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council through the CreateNYC Language Access Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Drawing Center's Education and Community Programs are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Major support is provided by the Evelyn Toll Family Foundation and the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation.
ASL DrawNow! Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L (online)
Pope.L, Failure Drawing #780, 2.13.04, Worm Ziggurat on Napkin, 2004. Acrylic, color marker, and ink on paper towel, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (14 x 14 cm). Courtesy the Estate of Pope.L and Gladstone. Photo: Daniel Terna © The Estate of Pope.L
Join us on Thursday, September 10, for an online drawing workshop presented in American Sign Language (ASL) and inspired by Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L.
A visionary artist, teacher, and performer, Pope.L transformed drawing into a space of humorous critique, challenging audiences to see and think differently about the systems that dominate how we interpret the world around us. Known primarily for his performance, installation, and text-based art, drawing remained a throughline in his practice: a testing ground for ideas and a site for play and contradiction. Certainly an Act brings together more than two-hundred works by Pope.L ranging from the early 1980s to the artist’s final years.
Please note this online workshop, hosted by teaching artists Nic Annette Miller and Mava, will be in ASL with no voice interpretation. It is free and open to the signing community.