Kitchen Calendar, January & February 1984. Courtesy of The Kitchen.
Title: Tour of The Kitchen Archives
Date & Time: Friday, January 16, 2026, 3:30 PM
Capacity: 15
Cost: Free! (ART members only)
Location: Off-site Archive located at Uovo Brooklyn (105 Evergreen Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206)
Founded in 1971 as an artist-driven collective, The Kitchen today reaffirms and expands upon its originating vision as a dynamic cultural institution that centers artists, prioritizes people, and puts process first. During this in-person tour, Archivist Julia Amsterdam will present ephemera that spans the institution’s rich history of performance, exhibition-making and public programming.
This is an in-person event limited to 15 people. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
ABOUT
Programming in a kunsthalle model that brings together live performances, exhibition-making, and public programming under one roof, The Kitchen empowers its audiences and communities to think creatively and radically about what it means to shape a multivalent and sustainable future in art. The Kitchen seeks to cultivate and hold space for wild thought, risky play, and innovative and experimental making, encouraging artists and cultural workers alike to defy boundaries and sending them into the world to remake art history and catalyze creative change. For more information visit the Kitchen’s website.
Arrival information: The archive is located at Uovo Brooklyn (105 Evergreen Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206). J, M, and L trains are the best mass transit options. Uovo is about a 10 minute walk from the Myrtle J, M station and the Morgan L station. When you arrive, please check in at the front desk with an ID. Please arrive promptly as Julia will bring everyone to the archive at 3:35pm.
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Image Credit: Early Modern Prayer Scroll. Picture taken by Jesse Arlen.
Title: Tour of the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center
Date & Time: Thursday, January 29th at 5:45 PM (Tour begins promptly at 6)
Duration: 90 minutes
Admission: Free! (ART Members and Non-Members)
Location: 630 Second Avenue, New York, New York, 10016 (Between 34th and 35th Street)
Join us for a tour of the library and special collections of Krikor and Clara Zohrab Armenian Information Center with its director, Dr. Jesse Arlen. Housed in St. Vartan Armenian Apostolic Cathedral since 1987, the Zohrab Information Center serves as a hub for research related to the Armenian Church as well as Armenian history, politics and culture. With records stretching back several hundred years, the collection is particularly strong in its holdings related to the Armenian diaspora from Asia Minor.
This is an in-person event limited to 15 people. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
The Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center (ZIC) is a resource, research and teaching facility that seeks to promote the full gamut of Armenian studies, and to assist students, scholars and the Armenian community and general public in deepening their appreciation for Armenian history, civilization and culture, especially within their overwhelmingly Christian ambit.
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Image courtesy of TATTER
Title: Blue: Tatter Textile Library Tour
When: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 10:45 am (Tour begins promptly at 11:00 am)
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: Free! (ART Members and Non-Members)
Location: 505 Carroll St #2b, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library. BLUE preserves, interprets, and presents global textile knowledge and artistry across time in an effort to cultivate cross-cultural and intergenerational understanding. The Library’s holdings reflect textile knowledge from the proto-historic to the present and across all regions and cultures. The collection holds nearly 7,000 titles, including books, pamphlets, periodicals, exhibition catalogs, artist’s books, zines, ephemera, design patterns, and disc medial, as well as nearly 1,500 textile objects, including tools and equipment, costume, lace, buttons, samplers, swatches, fragments, and artwork.
Arrival information: Tatter is located at 505 Carroll St #2b, Brooklyn, NY 11215. The closest subway lines are the D, N, and R lines at the Union Street station. Elevator access is available at 540 President St.
Open to the public by appointment, BLUE is an immersive reading and learning space. It offers visitors an aesthetic and tactile experience in its carefully chosen hues and textures. Different from traditional libraries, the intense presence of color evokes the complex relationship between humans and cloth. The saturation reminds us not just of the cultural and economic significance of color, but also that textiles permeate all industries and aspects of human life. BLUE is an exercise in legacy, interweaving the personal collections of three women: Edith Robinson Wyle (1918-1999), founder of the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles; her granddaughter Jordana Munk Martin, founder of TATTER; and Carol Westfall (1938-2016), renowned fiber artist and professor.
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