18:30EST – Artists Talk with Maya Ciarrocchi

Maya Ciarrocchi is a Canadian American artist whose work excavates vanished and inaccessible histories, themes embedded in her Ashkenazi ancestry and Queer identity. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has been awarded residencies from the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, MacDowell, Millay Arts, and UCross. She has received grants and awards from the Bronx Council on the Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Franklin Furnace Fund, Jerome Foundation, Map Fund, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Puffin Foundation, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding. In addition to her studio practice, Ciarrocchi has created award-winning projection design for dance and theater. Ciarrocchi earned an MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts, New York City, and a BFA in Dance from Purchase College, Purchase, NY.