Loisaida’s First Summer Program 2016: Garbagia Island

July 11th, 2016 – July 30th, 2016 – 10:00am to 5:00pm

at The Loisaida Inc. Center

Open Studio

July 11th to July 30th, 2016 – 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location: Loisaida Inc.

For more info please contact: Zule Alejandro: (787) 636-4413 or Daniela Fabrizi: (347) 314-3555

Audience: Everyone

Workshop: Create your own costume and much more!

Description:
Become part of Loisaida Inc. Center First Summer Program. Learn how to create fashion, masks and costumes with recycled materials. Be in our pirate fashion show! Learn about historical figures and eco-urban pioneers of Loisaida

Garbagia Island Summer Program Overview:

The Summer Program will be composed of a two-week intensive open studio workshop accessible to the public; Weekdays 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm from July 11th – 29th. There will be five directed workshops for Summer Camps or School groups; Dates are Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm from July 16th – 29th.

Screening projections and other audiovisual material for educational purposes about the history and important people of the Loisaida (Lower East Side) Community. Then we will have the final activity on Saturday, July 30th at La Plaza Cultural Garden also open to the public. We will show a pirate fashion show and puppet creatures made out of recycled materials, then it will all end with a symbolic peregrination to the Carmen Pabón garden.

Pedagogical benefits:

Participants will have a political approach to the history of LES by active participation. This will be directed with a pedagogical perspective into recreating what important people did for the neighborhood. This will create awareness into reusing waste and reconstructing its concept into resource. Also pointing out the use of communal spaces for the benefit of the community. We will like to empower the people to be active in their communities. The art workshops are beneficial for the mental health, motor skills and development of the participants. Using creativity with political consciousness to create more initiative and active people in the community.