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Join me and the Bronx Library Center, right across the Poe Park, where the Poe Cottage is located, for the exhibition of the Spanish version of my children's book "Las aventuras de Eggie en Poe Park. La Casa Museo de Edgar Allan Poe" We will have a reading and a Q&A after. Come to the 4th floor and read the book that will be exhibited at the Puerto Rican Heritage Collection and Gallery, together with some of the images used for the promotion of the kickstarter. If you come to the opening I will have a surprise for you! Exhibition open from November 1 to November 30. Opening Reception - November 5 from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Closing Reception - November 30 from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Location Bronx Library Center 310 E. Kingsbridge Road Bronx, NY, 10458  ArtTime Episode 4 is premiering on Saturday, March 20th at 2pm!!! This is a collaboration project between BxArts Factory and BronxNet Television! A Monthly docu-series of episodes featuring local Bronx artists telling their stories and teaching you their craft! You can watch March's episode with artist Laura Alvarez on BronxNet Bx OMNI channels Optimum 67 and 2133 on Verizon! Streaming Online at BronxNet.tv/watch BxArts Factory's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/bxartsfactory
JUSTICE Curated by Juanita Lanzo Exhibition on view from October 26 through December 12, 2020 Bronx River Art Center (BRAC), is pleased to announce this Fall’s exhibition JUSTICE in which four artists will activate the windows and gallery space at BRAC to create artworks that document, illustrate, converse and capture our shared humanity, pain, and joy, daily life struggles, and resilience. The works in the exhibition will be developed by ongoing public interactions by the artists in everyday or regular encounters with Bronx residents, visitors, and students at BRAC. Participating artists Laura Alvarez, Rejin Leys, Tijay Mohammed, and Tammy Wofsey will create work in the space that will be installed on the windows and other spaces at BRAC, in a wide array of media (from paintings, drawings, and mixed-media installations that will be seen by West Farm Square/East Tremont Ave area residents and beyond). JUSTICE will be a work in progress exhibition that takes place while NYS has been in lockdown, due to COVID-19, and has partially re-opened for families to work, go to school, and live in socially distanced terms, until further notice. The artists will present work that creates a dialogue around the racial and social disparities that were exacerbated by the Pandemic, resulting in the loss of thousands of Black, Brown, Asian and Indigenous lives, the disruption or total lack of education and social services to working-class and poor families, food insecurity and urban violence and police brutality. Around May there was an open call for a special show at @rockefellercenter and I decided to send a design to represent the Bronx. I took out flag and gave it a spin... They were asking about a representation of what NY is for you... I was selected from over a thousand submissions and some great artists are part of it. The flags will be up until August 16 at Rockefeller plaza. I consider The Bronx my home, and since I arrived from Spain in 2009, I've been part of this multicultural community. I got inspired by the Bronx flag, where a wreath encircles the Bronck family arms (founders of The Bronx). The shield of the family arms shows the face of the sun with rays displayed rising from the sea, signifying peace, liberty, and commerce. I transformed the rays into The BX, a familiar way Bronxites call their beloved borough.  I am a firm believer that tradition is very important in our lives. The Bronx area has a big immigrant and blue collar community. What they have in common is the manual labor, earning the bread with your hands. I always remember the older woman in my family working at home taking care of the families but also sewing, crocheting and knitting. My grandmother used to make this crochet flower mats for everything. That's the inspiration for the background flowers, that lay on top of the blue of the Mediterranean Sea I grew up looking at. On top, the flowers to remind us that Spring always come and we can look forward good times. Finally I also wanted to pay homage to the neighborhood and the borough by using the frames already on the wall to write their names. Thank you Artbridge for this opportunity and for coordinating the whole thing. The installation took 3 full days to complete, aided by numerous community volunteers. It was funded by local council member Andrew Cohen, as part of the council’s NYC Cleanup Initiative. All paint was generously donated by Liquitex Professional. Thank you local resident Elisabeth von Uhl’s prodigious efforts were the spark plug for this project. We need more people like you. 
Sometimes there are projects that happen and you don't know how much fun they are going to be until they happen. The preparation for this mural was somehow long and uncertain because of the design. We went through several sketches and I wasn't even sure if the one we went with was what the school wanted. After all that work, my process is always “let it flow... there’s nothing wrong in art” you are working with kids, so whatever ideas you have in your head, most likely won't be what they want to do. I gave them some directions, and some of them were disregarded (like keep the hand prints in the sun) so we incorporated that in the design. I think after all, it ended up looking great. Over 30 kids participated in this community mural during period of 2 hours. They painted and wrote words that school inspired them and we all had an awesome evening.
December 2, 2017 Time: 12:00-6:00pm Artistic Social 2921 Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10461 Artistic Social will host our First Annual Holiday Market, where artists, and crafters will gather to provide guests the opportunity to shop a wide selection of unique, hand crafted holiday gift options. I will be sharing table with an exceptional artist and mask maker, so come on Saturday and check out the art we have in The Bronx!! From art to home decor, fashion and accessories, there will be a wide selection of one-of-a-kind items to choose from, which means guests can take pride in knowing that they will give the best presents this year.
 Do you want to get a BIKE print? I will be donating a couple of those, for the Bronx Cranksgiving and they will be part of the prizes for the participants in the race. Bronx Cranksgiving is a part bike ride, part scavenger hunt, food drive that helps feed those in need in The Bronx. Whether you choose to casually ride or race, you'll be stopping at different markets in various neighborhoods looking for specific food items that will get donated to Bronx Works and Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice. The requirements are get food and do it on a bike. All you need is a bike, a bag, a lock and some money to buy food. Registration: 1pm Start : 2pm After-party: 6pm For more information visit www.facebook.com/bronxcranksgiving orwww.cranksgiving.org.  
I will be part of this wonderful event Saturday, March 25 from 11 to 7pm at the Bronx Library Center. 310 East Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY.
I printed some of my latest illustrations and I will have some of the oldies. I will be creating greeting cards on the spot and LauraVillana will be joining me for a while. Super happy exciting! Our Schedule is up on the Allcal App but here is the posted copy! Download the App for more details: Panel Schedule: 11:30am - 12:30pm: Women in Comics: Reconstructing Femininity 1230pm - 1:30pm The Comic Book Spectrum: Comics & Longevity 1:30pm - 2:30pm Black Speculative Arts Movement Panel 2:30pm - 3:30pm Hollywood Spotlight: Alyma Dorsey & Toni Barton 3:30pm - 4:30pm The Invisible Latinx 4:30pm - 5:30pm Fandom Diversified: Changing Dynamics of Geek/Nerd Journelism 5:30pm - 6:15pm New York Cosplay Network: Cosplay Showcase 6:15pm - 7pm Rouge Alliance: Lightsaber Performance Troup Demo Workshop Schedule 11:15am-12pm WinC EDU: Comics in the Classroom 12:00pm - 1:15pm Writing Workshop: World Building 1:15pm - 3:00pm Sequential Storytelling 3pm - 4:00pm Portfolio Review 4:00pm - 5:00pm Drawing Faces 5:00pm - 6:15pm Writing Workshop: Creating Dynamic Characters |
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