Visual Art
Wendy’s Subway Reading Room
The Wendy’s Subway Reading Room is open to the public 12—5pm daily with extended hours before and after evening performances in the Fishman Space.
The reading room will be closed on the following weekends: Dec 23—25 and Dec 30—Jan 1.
Design by Tyler Polich
Neon design by Hailey Loman
Special thanks to Erica Ammann, Zoe Senise, and Sixing Xu
Bushwick-based nonprofit library and writing space Wendy’s Subway returns to BAM for the second year with a newly envisioned Reading Room. The space, located in the BAM Fisher Lower Lobby, features titles selected by international, independent, and artist-run libraries, as well as a collection of books selected by Next Wave Festival performers and visual artists.
About Wendy’s Subway
Wendy’s Subway is a nonprofit library and writing space located in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It provides an open, versatile space where cultural production flourishes through reading, research, and collaborative practice, and is manifested in performance, publication, and education. Wendy’s Subway hosts a range of public programs, including readings and screenings, interdisciplinary talks and lectures, discussion and reading groups, and writing workshops. The non-circulating library holds a collection of books and documents with a special focus on poetry, art, theory, and philosophy, as well as the Laurin Raiken Archive, an extensive resource for the study of art history and criticism. Wendy’s Subway is operated by its membership of poets, curators, novelists, artists, and critics with an interest in hybrid forms and cross-disciplinary discourse.
The Wendy’s Subway Reading Room is open to the public 12—5pm daily with extended hours before and after evening performances in the Fishman Space.
The reading room will be closed on the following weekends: Dec 23—25 and Dec 30—Jan 1.
Leadership support for BAM Visual Art provided by Agnes Gund and Toby Devan Lewis