Credit: Public Design Commission Archives
Title: Public Design Commission Archive Tour
Date & Time: Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM (Tour begins promptly at 6:00 PM)
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 15 attendees
Admission: Free! (open to A.R.T. Members & Non-Members)
Location: 253 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
Join the Public Design Commission Archives tour, which will review the origins of the PDC and the context for its formation. Additionally, the tour will provide an overview of the PDC's jurisdiction over permanent structures, parks and open spaces, streetscapes, signage, and art proposed on or over City-owned property through a close-up look at original documents, drawings, photographs, and architectural plans handpicked from the Archive. Finally, the tour will discuss the role that the Archive plays when it comes to providing vital context for old and current public projects and research assistance to PDC staff, New York City agency staff, and the public.
This is an in-person event limited to 15 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
How to find Public Design Commission Archives
The archive is located at 253 Broadway (between Murray & Warren Streets).
Meeting location
We will meet in the lobby of 253 Broadway. After signing in with Julianna Monjeau (Senior Archivist & Information Specialist) you will be directed to pass through security and a metal detector in the lobby. Please bring a Photo ID and be prepared to remove belts or any metal accessories upon request.
About
The Public Design Commission (PDC) maintains an archive of projects reviewed by the Commission since 1902, documenting nearly 8,000 sites throughout New York City and providing a unique view into the history of the City’s public works that showcases how social, political and economic factors and world events can shape the public realm. Containing original documents, drawings, photographs, and architectural plans, the archive informs the Commission’s review of current projects and provides a valuable resource to researchers.
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Image courtesy of the Red Hook Pinball Museum
Title: Tour of the Red Hook Pinball Museum
Date & Time: Saturday, December 6th, 2025 at 10:45AM (Tour begins promptly at 11AM)
Duration: 1.5 hours
Capacity: 25 people
Admission: $20/person (open to A.R.T. Members & Non-Members)]
Location: 362 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Join Archivists Round Table for a tour of the recently opened Red Hook Pinball Museum, in Red Hook, Brooklyn! We'll be led on a tour by the museum's co-founders before the space is open to the general public, to get an in-depth look at the pinball machines, many of which are from the 1960s and 1970s. We'll have ample time to play some pinball, too!
Afterwards, please join us for an optional self-guided visit to Pioneer Works to see their current exhibit, Raúl de Nieves: In Light of Innocence, and for lunch in the area as well.
This is an in-person event limited to 25 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event. Admission is a $20 donation to the museum per person (this donation includes the ability to play the pinball machines!). Your registration covers this donation.
How to find the Red Hook Pinball Museum
The Pinball Museum is located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, at 362 Van Brunt Street between Sullivan Street and Wolcott Street. The closest public transit is the B61 bus, which runs along Van Brunt Street; the F/G trains at Smith-9th Street is the closest subway stop. Street parking for cars is also available.
The Red Hook Pinball Museum opened in February 2025 by co-founders Kevin Murray and Wesley Michalski, and has been in its current space at 362 Van Brunt Street since October 2025. The Museum houses one of the only playable collections of electromechanical pinball machines in New York City, with some models going as far back as the 1880s.
Title: Archivists Round Table Annual Holiday Party
Date & Time: Monday, December 8th, 2025
Duration: 3 hours, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Admission:
A.R.T. Members – $20.00
Location: Parkside Lounge, (Backroom) 317 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
The Archivists Round Table cordially invites you to the annual holiday party!
Please join your A.R.T. colleagues and friends on Monday, December 8th from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm at Parkside Lounge, to celebrate the holidays with delicious food, drinks, and fun giveaways.
Online Registration Required. Please note that advance registration and payment are required no later than midnight on Sunday, December 7th to attend.
Parkside Lounge is a strict 21+ age venue. You must be 21 and have an ID in order to enter the venue.
The party will be hosted in Parkside Lounge's backroom!
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Kitchen Calendar, January & February 1984. Courtesy of The Kitchen.
Title: Tour of The Kitchen Archives
Date & Time: Thursday, December 11th, 3:20 PM (Tour begins promptly at 3:35 PM)
Capacity: 15
Cost: Free! (ART members only)
Location: Off-site Archive located at Uovo Brooklyn (105 Evergreen Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206)
Founded in 1971 as an artist-driven collective, The Kitchen today reaffirms and expands upon its originating vision as a dynamic cultural institution that centers artists, prioritizes people, and puts process first. During this in-person tour, Archivist Julia Amsterdam will present ephemera that spans the institution’s rich history of performance, exhibition-making and public programming.
This is an in-person event limited to 15 people. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
ABOUT
Programming in a kunsthalle model that brings together live performances, exhibition-making, and public programming under one roof, The Kitchen empowers its audiences and communities to think creatively and radically about what it means to shape a multivalent and sustainable future in art. The Kitchen seeks to cultivate and hold space for wild thought, risky play, and innovative and experimental making, encouraging artists and cultural workers alike to defy boundaries and sending them into the world to remake art history and catalyze creative change. For more information visit the Kitchen’s website.
Arrival information: The archive is located at Uovo Brooklyn (105 Evergreen Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206). J, M, and L trains are the best mass transit options. Uovo is about a 10 minute walk from the Myrtle J, M station and the Morgan L station. When you arrive, please check in at the front desk with an ID. Please arrive promptly as Julia will bring everyone to the archive at 3:35pm.
Image credit: Franklin Furnace
Title: Tour of the Franklin Furnace Archive
Date & Time: December 15, 2025, 5:00 PM
Cost: Free! (ART Members and Non-Members)
Location: 30-30 47th Ave suite 470, Long Island City, NY 11101
Franklin Furnace presents, preserves, interprets, educates, and advocates on behalf of avant-garde art, focusing on objects that are vulnerable to institutional neglect, cultural bias, ephemerality, or politically unpopular content. This in-person tour will survey highlights from their collection of time-based art, such as artists’ books, periodicals, and documentation of performance and installation art.
Franklin Furnace provides physical and virtual venues for the presentation of time-based art, including artists’ books and periodicals, performance art, installation art, and unforeseen contemporary avant-garde artforms; and undertakes other activities related to these purposes. The institution is dedicated to serving early-career artists, cultivating appreciation of avant-garde art for all, and fostering artists’ zeal to circulate ideas.
Image courtesy of ABC No Rio
Title: ABC No Rio Zine Library Tour
Date & Time: December 17, 2025, 5:45 PM (Tour begins promptly at 6:00 PM)
Capacity: 12
Cost: Free! (ART Members only)
Location: The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk St #305, New York, NY 10002
Join us for a tour of the ABC No Rio Zine Library. The Zine Library Collective will welcome ART members and provide a behind-the-scenes look at the collection. The historic collection includes independent, underground and alternative publications on subjects such as music, culture, politics, personal experience, gender, health and self-education. The collective has a special interest in zines addressing neighborhood, political and social issues.
This is an in-person event limited to 12 people. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
The ABC No Rio Zine Library began in the spring of 1998 when we rescued the Blackout Zine Library from a squat in the South Bronx that was facing eviction. Since then our library has grown from approximately 3,000 to over 13,000 publications.
The ABC No Rio Zine Library focuses on the following: Zines that emerge from, or cover, NYC’s Lower East Side and downtown Manhattan. Zines that are embedded in countercultures, subcultures, political scenes, DIY communities, and/or social movements. Zines that directly address social relations. Zines that engage in DIY practical advice-giving, covering such areas as parenting, education, health, dating, and peer support.
Arrival information
ABC No Rio Zine Library is located at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk St #305, New York, NY 10002 (Between Delancy and Rivington. The closest subway lines are the J, F, M, and Z trains at Delancy/Essex. Upon arrival, please navigate to the 3rd floor corridor to meet with other attendees and A.R.T. volunteers before the tour begins.
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