FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
Wendy’sSubwayReadingRoom
atBardGraduateCenter
March24–July30,2017
NewYork,March23,2017—InconjunctionwithBardGraduateCenter’sFocusProjectexhibitions,
DesignbytheBook:ChineseRitualObjectsandtheSanlituandNewYorkCrystalPalace1853,Bard
GraduateCenterhasinvitedBrooklyn‐basedliteraryorganizationWendy’sSubwaytocuratea
ReadingRoominthegroundflooroftheGalleryat18West86Street,NewYorkCity.
Wendy’sSubwayReadingRoomatBardGraduateCenterwillpromoteengagementwith
artists’books,periodicals,andotherpublicationsselectedfortheirrelationshiptothespring
exhibitionsandpublicprogramming.Aseriesofreadingsandwritingworkshopsthatgather
togethersomeoftheboldestvoicesfrompoetry,literature,andperformancewillaccompanythe
installation.Overthecourseoftheinstallation,visitorsareinvitedtodropoffbookstheywould
likeincludedintheReadingRoom.Admissiontothereadingroomisfree,asisthewifi.Itwillbe
openduringallpublichours.Booksuggestionsmayalsobeofferedviaafeedbackboxinthe
Gallery.
Over the course of their residency with us Wendy’s Subway will be seeking submissions for an
upcoming publication, which will address the potential of ritual under capital. A call for submissions
and the full schedule of readings and workshops will be made available on March 23. Wendy’sSubwayReadingRoom,BardGraduateCenter,2017.
Rendering.Credit:JeremyJohnston.
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“IamdelightedtowelcomeWendy'sSubwaytobeinresidencewithus,”saidEmilyReilly,
directorofPublicPrograms.“Theirinterdisciplinaryapproachalignsperfectlywiththebroad
rangeofthemesbeingexploredintheGallerythisSpring.TheirReadingRoomandaccompanying
readingseriesactasassociativeexplorationsofourFocusProjectexhibitions.”
Wendy’sSubwayisanon‐profitlibraryandwritingspacelocatedinBrooklyn.Wendy’s
Subwayhostsarangeofpublicprograms,includingreadingsandscreenings,interdisciplinary
talksandlectures,discussionandreadinggroups,andwritingworkshops.Thenon‐circulating
libraryholdsacollectionofbooksand
documentswithaspecialfocusonpoetry,
art,theory,andphilosophy,aswellasthe
LaurinRaikenArchive,anextensiveresource
forthestudyofarthistoryandcriticism.
Wendy’sSubwayisoperatedbyits
membershipofpoets,curators,novelists,
artists,andcriticswithaninterestinhybrid
formsandcross‐disciplinarydiscourse.
Originally designed by Tyler Polich and
Hannah Wilentz, the Wendy’s
Subway Reading has previously been installed
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (New
York); White Columns (New York); NADA
New York (with Aeromoto, Mexico City);
Wendy’sSubwayNextWaveReadingRoom,BrooklynAcademy
Brown University, (Providence, RI); and the
ofMusic,2016‐2017.Credit:MattScrubb
Carnegie Mellon University School of the Arts
(Pittsburgh, PA).
BardGraduateCenterGalleryislocatedinNewYorkCityat18West86thStreet,
betweenCentralParkWestandColumbusAvenue.GalleryhoursareTuesdayandFridaythrough
Sunday11a.m.to5p.m.;WednesdayandThursday11a.m.to8p.m.Suggestedadmissionforthe
exhibitionsis$7general,$5seniorsandstudents.ForinformationaboutBardGraduateCenter
andupcomingexhibitions,pleasevisitbard.edu/gallery.
Forpressinformatione‐[email protected]‐501‐3074.