Making and Teaching Art in Brooklyn
Artist Rodrigo Rangel makes art and teaches art to 12-14 year olds.
Artist Rodrigo Rangel makes art and teaches art to 12-14 year olds.
More and more billboards are popping up on walls where the Bushwick Collective’s art has appeared, Bushwick Daily reports.
A Brooklyn Daily Eagle reporter discovers artwork by chance in Red Hook, from “beauteous bovines” to a sort of literary “Stairway to Heaven.”
Cristian Torres uses his knowledge of plumbing and electricity to make spectacular creations.
Cristian Torres, an artist-cum-plumber, chooses pipes as his preferred medium, the Queens Courier reports.
Graffiti artists turned to their aerosol cans to voice their protest against the owner’s decision to paint over the Queens graffiti mecca known as 5Pointz.
Overnight, most of 5Pointz was painted over in white, Queens Courier reports, the final nail in the coffin for the artists who fought to keep their hub alive.
A judge has issued a 10-day restraining order on 5Pointz, preventing anyone from touching the site after artists sued to stop its demolition. Neither side is happy with the decision but 5Pointz artists and supporters vow to continue the fight, reports local Queens publications.
A Brooklyn gallery in partnership with the Haiti Cultural Exchange is hosting a photo exhibit featuring images of the Haitian diaspora in New York shot by four Haitian-American photographers, reports Amsterdam News and Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Lothar Osterburg has lived in New York for 20 years but his immigrant roots have shaped his work, which looks at the city from the perspective of an outsider. Feet in 2 Worlds features an audio podcast on the artist, whose work is currently on display in subway cars.
Illustrator Katy Smail gladly left her small Scottish countryside town for the big city life four years ago. But fragments of her homeland – dark skies, melancholic ladies, gothic folk tales – still inspire her artwork.
Artist Jason Minos hopes the Bronx Festival of the Arts will showcase his oft-maligned borough through a different light, one of performance, art and community, reports Norwood News.
Artist Virginia Ayress’ murals adorn the walls of the South Bronx and Washington Heights, where she uses art to raise awareness on matters of social justice, El Diario La Prensa reports.
In today’s roundup: a new report on immigrant New Yorkers detained and deported; credit unions for taxi drivers; a profile of a beloved Bronx bakery; a visit to the Irish Hunger Memorial; an immigrant-themed art project; and a dispatch from the Bronx about how locals are reacting to President Barack Obama’s new immigration stance.
Today from the ethnic and community press we have a chilling report on human trafficking, an update on the Jewish Daily Forward’s investigation into a federal program that helps non-profits prepare for terror attacks, and an immigrants’ art exhibit in Queens.