ABSTRACT
Social Practice Queens (SPQ) is a unique MFA Concentration and Post-Graduate Certificate Program bringing together the resources of an academic research institution, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), with the long-standing activism of the Queens Museum. SPQ integrates studio work with social, tactical, interventionist, and cooperative forms. SPQ’s goal is to initiate interdisciplinary projects with real-world outcomes rooted in CUNY’s rigorous departmental offerings (e.g. urban studies, environmental science, public policy, experimental pedagogy, social theory, and, of course, art) in tandem with the Queens Museum’s ongoing community-based activities.
