America: Now and Here is here now

America’s unsettled psyche, post-9/11, inspired New York City painter and sculptor Eric Fischl to begin his largest collaborative project to date: America: Now and Here.

“Anxiety was pervasive and toxic. We quit believing in ourselves,” he says.

Tonight marks the official opening of the multimillion-dollar, multidisciplinary, community-and-family-friendly show, which brings together poets, musicians, visual artists, playwrights and composers from across the country. Fischl calls it “a creative act that expresses hope.”