MANHATTAN Nearly three months of off-the-wall art and ecology programming at Parsons The New School for Design kicks off this week with one of the first of dozens of workshops to be co-hosted by none other than a chicken.
"Art, Environment, Action!" classes, talks and performances at Parsons begin Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with a reception and workshop on how to raise an urban flock.
The chicken-raising class, by the Staten Island art collective 5 P.M., is one of many events planned for Parsons' "creative laboratory" running from Sept. 28 through Dec. 15.
The lineup includes two-day food education and cooking workshops with Chez Panisse chef Jerome Waag, a lesson on how to plant an "anti-cancer garden," and a session on making illustrated Wikipedia pages.
The interactive events are intended to get the public involved in art and conversations about the environment, curator Radhika Subramaniam said in a statement.
We see the galleries as spaces with which to think, rather than as venues for display, she said. 'Art, Environment, Action!' is about catalyzing a culture of conversation, creative experience and action. It is co-created by participants and artists.
Trade School New York the educational project in which participants can barter classes in butter-making, for example, in exchange for music lessons or sewing tips will make an extended appearance at "Art, Environment, Action!"
Trade School will be at Parsons from Friday until Oct. 28 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m., as well as Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.
Artists who will get in on the fun include dancers Jennifer Monson and Kate Cahill, who will lead a dance tour through the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 10 from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"Participants will create simple movement, listening and compositional exercises that continually shift our point of view as we experience the refuge," a description on Parsons' website explains.
Dancer Jill Sigman will create and perform site-specific pieces on The New School campus Nov. 28 to Dec. 15, building a structure out of discarded plastic bottles to raise questions about waste, sustainability and home, according to Parson's website.
All events, unless otherwise noted, will take place at 2 W. 13th St. Some workshops require registration. The full calendar is available on Parsons' website.
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