2019 CLARA LEMLICH AWARDS - Honoring unsung heroines, women who have been working for the larger good all their lives. The Awards were held this year on Monday May 6, 2019 at the Puffin Gallery for Social Activism at the Museum of the City of New York.. This year we honored Elba Cabrera, Doris Diether, Ronnie Eldridge, Melissa Freeman, and Philoine Fried. Video from the ceremony and interviews with the honorees are now available here.
"MAKING WORK VISIBLE" - CUNY / LABORARTS CONTEST The 2019 awards ceremony was held on Monday April 29, 2019, read the winning fiction, non-fiction and poetry and see the art here.
BERNHARDT LABOR JOURNALISM FORUM - The 2019 Bernhardt Awards deadline is August 25, 2019, enter here. The Bernhardt Labor Journalism Forum will be held on Wedneday October 16, check back in September for details.
RECENT EXHIBITS
CALLING UP HENRY, celebrating the life of our good friend and cherished colleague Henry Foner, was held on Tuesday April 4, 2017 at the 1199 SEIU Penthouse Find recordings of Henry singing some of his songs in our Thursdays TiIl Nine and Play it Again, Sam exhibits, and information about his book of verse here.
CLARA LEMLICH AWARDS - Video from the 2011 -2017 ceremonies can be found here, photos here, and additional video here.
Remembering Ralph Fasanella - featuring twelve remarkable paintings by this socially engaged artist who was often called an "aftist of the people."
Meet Us in St. Louis - A collection of Labor Art from around the country and across the century. Start with the image of the week and add your observations.
On Equal Terms - Women in trades, 35 years and still.... Poetry and mixed media by artist and electrician Susan Eisenberg.
Defending the Social Safety Net
For Better or Verse -- video and audio of Henry Foner singing songs from the new book.
Women Firefighters in New York City
HENRY FONER SONGS AND POEMS (FOR BETTER OR WORSE) is our first publication. Listen to recordings of songs from Henry's student activist days in the 1930s and 40s on the Labor Arts exhibit "Play it Again, Sam." See the table of contents and purchase the book here.
FEATURED EXHIBITS
Labor Art from St. Louis features highlights from the Feldacker collection of paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture on the theme of work and workers.
Why Unions -- Art from the National Maritime Union features graphic art from the 1940s by Harold Price, Rockwell Kent and William Gropper
Landscape of Lost Arts Vanished Structures and Forgotten Skills -- Janet Wells Greene curates images of artisans and union craftsmen building and rebuilding the NYC skyline
We Love A Parade Union Banners Then and Now -- featuring four labor banners from the 19th century and 27 banners from the twentieth century NYC garment industry
Sisters in the Brotherhoods -- Jane Latour interviews women who were pioneers in skilled blue-collar jobs
The ILGWU: Social Unionism in Action -- garment union initiatives in organizing, immigration, civil rights, health care and culture
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