As part of the upcoming Greater New York survey, Flushing, Queens-based collective Red Canary Song presents their Homeroom project Touch the Heart. The grassroots collective is led by migrant massage and sex workers across the Asian diaspora, and formed in 2017 in response to the death of Yang Song, a migrant Chinese massage worker killed during a police raid in Queens. Advocating for essential safety measures, they protested against police violence and argued for the decriminalization of unlicensed massage labor and sex work. Since then, Red Canary Song has expanded into a mutual aid network that foregrounds the experiences of directly impacted workers, providing groceries, cash assistance, translation services, and connection to legal support and person-first health care. Amid ongoing raids and mass deportations, Red Canary Song continues to organize across shifting conditions of visibility.
During the opening weekend of Greater New York, join us for MoMA PS1’s 50th Anniversary Block Party, a free celebration with our community partners featuring curator-led gallery talks, family activities, local food vendors, and music sets across the museum’s public plaza, courtyard, and galleries.
During MoMA PS1’s 50th Anniversary Block Party, on the occasion of Touch the Heart in Homeroom, attend a screening of Fly in Power, a film that follows the community of Asian and migrant massage parlor workers, sex workers, and allies in Red Canary Song. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the film highlights practices of care, survival, and community amidst Red Canary Song’s fight against incarceration and trafficking systems. The screening runs 78 minutes and will be followed by a panel discussion between organizers from the collective and Centro Corona.
During MoMA PS1’s 50th Anniversary Block Party, join legendary graffiti artist and painter Lady Pink for a hands-on mural workshop inspired by Foundations, her 2025 mural commissioned for the MoMA PS1 Plaza. Born in Ecuador and raised in Astoria, Queens, Lady Pink started writing graffiti as a teenager in 1979. She has transformed subway cars, city walls, and galleries with her bold work. In this workshop, she invites young artists, teens, and families to explore the power of taking up space through graffiti and mural-making techniques, using chalk spray paint to collaboratively create directly onto PS1’s courtyard walls.
For one night only, celebrate our 50th Anniversary and the signature survey Greater New York 2026 alongside artists in the exhibition. The party features a live performance by ear, DJ sets by No Bra and ss3bby, after-hours gallery access, and a cash bar. Co-hosted by the artists of Greater New York 2026.