NYU’s Grey Art Museum & ACL announce “Something Terrible Happens…sometimes”
You’re invited to “Something Terrible Happens…sometimes” a pilot program on childhood trauma at NYU’s Grey Art Museum on March 6th, 2025 at 6PM EST.
After the success of our screening and panel on “James Baldwin: Race, Media and Psychoanalysis,” we at A Closer Look are excited for another collaboration with NYU’s Grey Art Museum on art and the inner mind.
“Something Terrible Happens…sometimes” is an interdisciplinary and intergenerational screening and discussion on confronting and thriving after childhood trauma through art. The program will show three animated shorts:
An audience Q&A will follow a moderated panel by A Closer Look’s managing director, Peace McAllister, NYU Tisch 2021 with the three filmmakers and two trauma experts:
Artist and practicing art therapist, Dr. Christina Grosso, PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC, BCETS, is an adjunct professor in the Department of Art and Art Professions (NYU Steinhardt) and has experience in trauma-informed work. Currently, Christina runs Mind+Body=ONE, an integrative mental health practice.
Dr. Michelle R. Munson, PhD, LMSW, BA is a professor in NYU’s Silver School of Social Work. She has done extensive research on trauma and mental health in adolescents and has a particular interest in intervening with methods that engage patients on a deeper level as well as combating societal framing of mental health and trauma.
The evening will conclude with a small reception.
This event will be the first of many as we take this program to numerous schools and institutions across the country.
To register for the event click here or the button below.
This event is in collaboration with NYU, The Grey Art Museum, and the Tisch Student Animation League
