Kiddie Pool
is a project space
for living with constant change.
Welcome to Kiddie Pool, a residential project space for art & literature in downtown Albany, New York. Join us for occasional readings, screenings and exhibitions as Karley Sullivan and a dynamic group of guest curators tap fellow creators to share their work in an intimate yet remarkably grand salon setting.
Reading Group #1: Olga Ravn’s
The Employees
A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
Join Emily Nola, Independent Curator & Director of Collarworks, for a discussion of Olga Ravn’s The Employees. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotous existential nightmare. Let’s dive in!
Thursday 05/23 5-6 pm
I’m Bad
Artworks by Art Matriarch Judith Braun
We’re debuting Judith’s larger-than-life portraits of badass femmes being their bad selves alongside selections from her formidable archive of artworks. Come and touch base with the bad in you to the sounds of live jazz singing by Julia Donnaruma, plus a performance of James Brown’s Superbad by Inju Kaboom. Save the date!
Saturday 6/29 6-9pm
Brown Girl Book Lover Presents
Lit in Full Color
Leslie-Ann Murray of Brown Girl Book Lover guides us beyond the pale as Mary McLaughlin Slechta, Nancy Burke, Mauro Altamura, and Dana Jaye Cadman read selections from their award-winning poetry and literature.