Social Practice Queens (SPQ), Queens College CUNY
Caption: Courtesy of Chloë Bass and Social Practice Queens.
Image Description: A tan hand holds up a book with a white and blue cover against a background of pink flowering branches and blue sky. The book's title reads "Art As Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Socially Engaged Art."
Image Description: A tan hand holds up a book with a white and blue cover against a background of pink flowering branches and blue sky. The book's title reads "Art As Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Socially Engaged Art."
Social Practice Queens is a unique MFA and Post-Graduate Certificate program developed by Queens College CUNY in partnership with Queens Museum. SPQ supports the integration of studio art with interdisciplinary research, community collaboration, environmental justice and critical urbanism. Founded in 2010, SPQ links together the resources of an academic institution, Queens College and the City University of New York (CUNY), and the long-standing community-based activism of the Queens Museum and other partnering institutions. SPQ’s goal is to initiate real-world change through practices of care, social intervention and aesthetic experimentation.