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Events Art and the Rebirth of the South Bronx in the 1980s with Sociomedical Sciences Historian Samuel K. Roberts and artists Studio Kids of Survival

Webinar

Art and the Rebirth of the South Bronx in the 1980s with Sociomedical Sciences Historian Samuel K. Roberts and artists Studio Kids of Survival

April 15, 2021

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Past

Regional focus

North America

Topics

Health and Medicine

Join Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) and Issues in Science and Technology magazine on Thursday, April 15 at noon EDT for a conversation about the role of the arts in the revitalization of the South Bronx after the devastating fires of the 1970s and during the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. The art collective Studio K.O.S. (Kids of Survival): Angel Abreu, Jorge Abreu, Robert Branch, and Nelson Ricardo Savinon engage in discussion with Dr. Samuel K. Roberts, Associate Professor of History, School of Arts & Sciences and Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. This is the second in a three-part series of conversations with Studio K.O.S.

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