NEW DATE! JUNE 29TH, 6-8 PM
Heirlooms Release Party and Potluck - Join us for the celebration of PUSH/PULL Issue 19: Heirlooms: On What We Pass Down, edited by Dena Igusti. How do we live with what we inherit? What is considered hereditary? What defines a lineage, and is it always bound by blood? By disposition? By tragedy?
Artists Dena Igusti, Anastasia Alphina, Kiana Widodo, Nzzy, Prince Edwards, and Kaira Widodo will showcase their manifestations of the things passed down to us, what we want to honor as a relic, and what we navigate as the archivists of the generations before us. There will be screenings of works by each artist, and a potluck hosted by Nongkrong NYC.
A person wearing a long black coat and a whiite crop top looks straight at the camera. They have long straight dark hair. In the background, blurred, is grass, a road, and a small house.
About the Artist:
Dena Igusti is an Indonesian Muslim writer born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT WOMAN (Game Over Books, 2020), which has been listed as a 2022 Perennial Award Winner and 2020 Harvard Bookstore Staff Pick. Their work has been featured in BOAAT Press, Peregrine Journal, and several other publications.
Their work has been produced and performed at The Brooklyn Museum, The Apollo Theater, the 2018 Teen Vogue Summit, Players Theatre (SHARUM, 2019), Prelude Festival (Cut Woman, 2020), Center At West Park (CON DOUGH, 2021), The Tank (First Sight 2021 at LimeFest), and several other venues internationally. 2023 Asian American Writers’ Workshop Open City Fellow, 2023 Culture Push Fellow, 2023 More Arts Engaging Artist Fellow, 2022 NeXt Doc Fellow, 2022 Lime Arts Unfinished Resident Playwright and Synesthesia Resident Artist, 2022 Sundress Arts Resident, 2022 Best of the Net Nominee, 2021 Baldwin For The Arts Resident, 2021 Hook Arts Media Digital Connections Fellow, 2021 Rogue Theater Festival Playwright-in-Residence, 2021 City Artist Corps, 2021 Stories Award Finalist, 2021 LMCC Governor’s Island Resident, 2021 Broadway For Racial Justice Inaugural Casting Directive Fellow, 2020 Seventh Wave Editorial Resident, 2020 Ars Nova Emerging Leaders Fellow, 2020 Spotify Sound Up cohort member, 2019 Player’s Theatre Resident Playwright, and 2018 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador. They are a Converse All Stars Artist and UN #TOGETHERBAND Global Ambassador.
Nongkrong NYC is a community of Indonesian American New Yorkers that aim to celebrate Indonesian culture one hangout at a time. "