Commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for the publication of Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love. Published by Princeton University Press and SFMOMA on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name co-organized by SFMOMA and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Created for the two-venue exhibition ART/WORK presented at City Lore Gallery and Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, on view Dec 10 2021 through Mar 31 2022.

(Image: Performance of Ellsworth Ausby's InnerSpace/OuterSpace at Sweet 14 (Union Square). August 14, 1978. Photo: Blaise Tobia for the CCF Artists Project Documentation Unit.)

In this May Day program we learned about the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), a federal jobs and training program enacted in 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Fifty years later, we convened with art historians and researchers Molly Garfinkel and Jodi Waynberg to consider the utility of this history in today’s labor advocacy.

May 1 2024, Creative Time CTHQ [NYC]

A special screening of the Blowback Production documentary It’s Basic (2023). The feature-length documentary spotlights pilot Guaranteed Income programs launched in several U.S. cities, which tested the effects of giving everyday people an extra $500 to $1000 per month, with no strings attached. 

Mar 21 2024, Anthology Film Archives [NYC]

In addition to creating a composite portrait of the “Federal Artist," the film looks at government support of artists’ works at a time when the entire public service employment system was under scrutiny. Presented in partnership with DCTV and NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS).

(Image: CCF Media Works, 1978. Photo: George Malave)

Jun 1 2023, DCTV [NYC]

Prominent cultural advocates–Ximena Garnica, Arlene Goldbard, Mei Lum, Patrice Walker Powell–come together to discuss past and present methods for situating the cultural class as a part of the American workforce and explore current efforts to create sustained investment in cultural labor today. The conversation was moderated by Tom Finkelpearl.

May 25 2023, Bluestockings Cooperative [NYC]

City Lore, Artists Alliance Inc., and the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) present Critical Lens: ART X CETA, a panel discussion spotlighting the Municipal Archives‘ CETA Artists Project collection.

Oct 11 2022, Municipal Archives [NYC]

Arts advocate Ted Berger, artists Ademola Olugebefola, Joan Snitzer, and Nitza Tufiño, and curators Molly Garfinkel and Jodi Waynberg join poet Bob Holman for a conversation. We conclude with a poetry reading by Holman.

Mar 31 2022, online

Produced, directed, and edited by Marc Levin in 1979 as part of the Cultural Council Foundation’s CETA-funded Media Works documentary filmmaking team, Bread and Roses chronicles the beginning of the unique "Bread and Roses" program of District 1199, the Health and Human Service Union.

Mar 31 2022, City Lore [NYC]

CETA pioneers from the Bay Area and New York City come together to discuss the impact of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act on artists and arts infrastructure across the United States. Panelists reflect on their roles in developing, administering, and participating in two landmark CETA-funded artists projects, and how those experiences ultimately impacted the course of their artistic careers.

Mar 18 2022, City Lore [NYC]

Five New York City-based photographers–all CETA artists project alumni–come together to discuss the impact of federal funding on their personal and professional lives. Participating artists will reflect on the role of photography during CETA’s proliferation in the late 1970s, and how this support ultimately impacted the course of their artistic careers.

(Image: Photographer Forum at New School. Photo by Blaise Tobia for the CCF CETA Artists Project 1978)

Mar 17 2022, City Lore [NYC]