The Work Office (TWO) Payday Party

The Work Office (TWO) Payday Party

Please join The Work Office (TWO) at the Bronx River Art Center (BRAC)

Friday, February 10, 2012 from 6:30 - 9pm

The Work Office (TWO) is a multidisciplinary art project disguised as an employment agency. Informed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the Great Depression in the 1930s, TWO is a gesture to "make work" for visual and performing artists, writers, and others by giving them simple, idea-based assignments to explore, document, or improve daily life in New York.

From a temporary central office at BRAC as part of the Shifting Communities exhibition series, TWO's administrators Naomi Miller and Katarina Jerinic interview, register, and hire employees; assign, collect, and exhibit work; and distribute Depression-era wages of $23.50 to employees during weekly Payday Parties.

Paychecks will be distributed to this week's employees:

Melissa Calderon
Jano Cortijo
Melanie Diaz
Jennifer Grimyser
Moses Hernandez
Mikhail Iliatov
Melanie Manos
Francisco Vallejo
Christopher Wawrinofsky
Moira Williams

plus
participants in TWO's teen workshop

The Work Office (TWO) is part of the Shifting Communities exhibition series at the Bronx River Art Center (BRAC). Assignments will be on view during gallery hours from February 11 - 18, 2012.

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Bronx River Art Center
1087 E. Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY 10460
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GALLERY HOURS:
Monday - Friday: 3:00 - 6 PM
Saturday: 12 - 5 PM
Gallery hours are only in effect during the
exhibition dates.

OFFICE & CENTER HOURS:
Monday - Friday: 10 AM - 6 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM

DIRECTIONS TO CENTER:  By Train: Take #2 or #5 to West Farms Square/East Tremont. Walk one block east to Bronx Street. By Bus: Take #'s B9, 21, 36, 40, 42, or Q44 to East Tremont and Boston Road. By Car: Take Bruckner Expressway to Sheridan Expressway, and exit at East Tremont Ave. Turn left at the traffic light one block down onto East Tremont. Turn left after one block onto Bronx St. (Cross Bronx Expressway) towards Rosedale Ave, then exit. Turn left onto Rosedale Ave, then take a left onto Tremont Ave. Drive four blocks to West Farms Square.

BRAC’s arts programs are made possible with support from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, including Council Members Oswald Feliz, Althea Stevens, Eric Dinowitz, and the Bronx Delegation. Additional support is from Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, the NYC Civic Engagement Commission "People's Money", the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Governor Kathy Hochul and the NYS Legislature. Foundation support is from Con Edison: The Power of Giving, The Lincoln Fund, and the New York Life Foundation in partnership with the Afterschool Alliance …  individual donors like YOU!