New ISConnects Event: Social Sculpting: Art Shapes Life Shapes Room at The College of New Jersey

HAMILTON, N.J. - Feb. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- The International Sculpture Center announces a new guest lecturer for the previously scheduled ISConnects event on Friday, February 13, 2014 at The College of New Jersey. ISConnects: Social Sculpting: Art Shapes Life Shapes Room will occur on  February 13, 2015 from 12:30-1:30PM. Join artist Chloë Bass as she explores the idea of social sculpture. Originally coined by artist Joseph Beuys, social sculpture is a way of structuring art's ability to transform society. Part lecture, part participatory performance, this event will ask its audience to restructure their own immediate environment by shifting relationships between action and observation as a way to explore a room. This event is free and open to the public.

The event will be held from 12:30PM - 1:30PM at The College of New Jersey's Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall (Music Building). Parking passes can be obtained by visiting the information booth at Paul Loser Hall for a day pass, and parking in the visitor lots on campus. For more information on parking, visit www.sculpture.org/isconnects. To reserve your seat, contact the ISC Events Department at (609) 689-1051 x302 or events@sculpture.org.

Chloë Bass is a conceptual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She focuses on the co-creation of performances, situations, installations, and publications, all dedicated to deep questioning of the everyday. Her upcoming project, The Book of Everyday Instruction, is an investigation into one-on-one social interaction. Other recent projects have included The Department of Local Affairs (a project on how we build place through behavior), and The Bureau of Self-Recognition (how what we do shapes who we are). Chloë was the 2014 Bed-Stuy Create Change Resident for the Laundromat Project and the 2014 Honorary Fellow in Utopian Practice for Culture Push. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Neuberger Museum, the James Gallery at CUNY Graduate Center, Momenta Art, and Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. Her recent writing has been published in Art in America and Hyperallergic. Chloë has guest lectured at various institutions, including the Queens Museum of Art, Parsons School of Design, Sotheby's Institute, and Brooklyn College CUNY. You can learn more at www.chloebass.com.

This ISConnects event is part of TCNJ's Center for the Arts Brown Bag Lecture Series, providing TCNJ students, faculty, and the local community a showcase of speakers and presenters on current and relevant social, cultural, and economic issues through presentation and performance. The series broadens the educational experiences of students and the greater community by encouraging thought-provoking discussion on how current issues influence and impact the future of the Arts in America. In so doing, it educates the audience on matters of social interest, advances the global awareness of The College of New Jersey, and provides an environment for student development.

Please indicate if you require any accessibility accommodations by contacting the events department at (609) 689-1051 x302 or events@sculpture.org. The International Sculpture Center is committed to ensuring that all events are accessible to all of our patrons.

For more information on ISConnects, visit our website at www.sculpture.org/isconnects or contact the Events Department at events@sculpture.org or (609) 689-1051 x302.

ISConnects is an exciting collaborative effort between the International Sculpture Center and other world-renowned organizations. Launched in 2011, ISConnects explores the unique perspectives on sculpture in the contemporary art world. Together, the ISC and its partner organizations offer intimate and accessible programming that addresses cutting-edge, timely trends in sculpture through lively and insightful discourse. This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums-anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Please visit www.sculpture.org for further details.