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Amazing day sharing the street with over 20 artists painting live and offering free art workshops for the community. Really looking forward next year! If anyone is interested in the painting it will be auctioned for BxArts Factory's 10th Anniversary next year!
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Happy World Breastfeeding Week everyone! For me it's been a 9 month journey, that started with some issues but it is going smooth, and I am loving it. I believe every mother should be able to experience what nursing your baby can give to both of you. This month I will be donating 20% of all the sales from TWO PRINTS IN MY STORE to La Leche League International so they can continue doing the amazing job they do and they can get to even more lactating mothers. #normalizebreastfeeding
 This year, BxArts Factory is bringing you the biggest Block pARTy yet! We are hosting almost 20 local artists in different art activities like live painting, poetry, dancing, face painting, music and arts and crafts. Our fundraiser campaign was somewhat successful, so we are getting ready! I will be painting live together with other five artists. You can't miss this! If you want to volunteer with us that day go to this LINK and sign up! Where 240E 153rd St. Bronx, NY 10451 When Saturday, August 12, 2023 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. RSVP HERE I was invited for the second season of Random Acts of Art. This show is produced by Bronxnet and Marthalicia Matarrita. It was great to paint in my own neighborhood park (Joyce Kilmer Park) in a bright summer day, sharing my creative process with everyone walking by! Stay tuned for the interview and segment coming up soon on TV! 
Mural done in collaboration with BarbituriKills, Valencian Street artist. I just want to promote and destigmatize the act of breastfeeding. If you are able, this is the best milk you can give to your child. Breastfeeding is a necessary act and no one has to ask you to cover your breast or to go somewhere else. They can leave if it is uncomfortable for them... they have to deal with their issues, but not by restricting your rights! 
I want to introduce all of you my new Art Store. Through the years I get a lot of people asking me for prints of my art, that I used to sell only in person, but I finally created a store where you can order prints from my work in different formats, photo paper, art paper, canvas, you can frame them or not... up to you! It has a ton of cool features, like a Live Preview in AR, Wall Preview, or 3D viewing tool for the merchandising. I am super excited and I hope this makes you want to buy more art! I am leaving you a couple of videos where you can see how to select and preview the artwork in the pictures I have there, but you can also use the Live Preview to see how it would look like in your place :) If you ever wanted a print I don't have listed, please, let me know and I will add it!
 I never gave too much thought to the idea of having kids. I felt I had enough going-on in my life to take care of another human being. That changed when I met the wonderful human I am with now. We both went through some experiences that made us realize we wanted to be parents. Then the struggle began. Pregnancies that went nowhere, endless nights thinking what I am doing wrong, endless days trying to figure out what we can do differently.
This exhibition is about the journey of bringing a human being to life. This looks different for every person on earth, but I know there are many people out there that have gone through what we went through, and even more. Trying to stay positive is hard sometimes, but art helps me process what goes on in my life and around me, it helps me overcome obstacles and keep looking forward to good things that will come. Enjoy the ride. On view at Montefiore ARTView Galleries at Moses Campus until March 2023.
Months ago I was approached by Target to submit a couple of ideas for a mural in a new store they were planning to open in my old neighborhood of Fordham. Just a block away from my last apartment before moving to the Yankee Stadium area. They liked my ideas and I was chosen to create a painting for the store that was made into a mural. It was a great experience, and not only I was able to create a piece that in my opinion represents The Bronx, but I was also invited to participate in the campaign they launched for the inauguration, with my artwork and in a cool video. Overall it was an amazing experience and I am very proud of it! You can visit the store and the mural at 215 East Fordham Road (BX), and don't forget to take pictures and tag me!!
 Join us to celebrate the closing of our first exhibition in our new space with an artist talk! Meet and greet all the BxAF artists, and get to know their work.
Friday, December 9, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. BxArts Factory’s Studio 13 Presents: “RISING” with the participation of: Álvaro Franco Andréa Straker Daniel Aros-Aguilar Dauris Martinez FINEZT by Edwin Reyes Katherine Miranda Laura Álvarez Leenda Bonilla Luís Pagán Peggy Robles-Alvarado Ruddy Mejia Trevon Blondet Special artwork for sale to help fundraise, created during BxAF events by Laura Alvarez, Laura Villana, Raquel Tusañeza, Peces Con Mar and Vanesa Álvarez. 240 E 153rd Street, Bronx NY (Between Park and Morris Avenues).  This past June, ArtBridge, in partnership with NYC nonprofit affordable housing developer CAMBA Housing Ventures, Inc. (CHV), is pleased to announce Bronx Communal Spaces, a public art exhibition featuring works by Bronx-based artists Laura Alvarez, Blanka Amezkua, Trevon Blondet, Matthew Burcaw, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Carlos Wilfredo Encarnación, and James Martocci at CHV 202nd and 203rd Street — a sustainable, affordable, and supportive housing development in the Bedford Park neighborhood for families, formerly homeless households, seniors, and veterans. Centered on celebrating the shared spaces that bring Bronxites together and enrich the local community, Bronx Communal Spaces — made possible with financial support from CHV — is part of City Canvas, an initiative of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs that transforms the city’s temporary protective structures into platforms for artwork driven by collaboration between local artists and communities. If you want to visit the exhibition, you can find it at 261 East 202nd Street and 270 East 203rd Street, The Bronx!   |
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