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Future Now // Futura Ahora
2017-02-09 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-02-10 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-02-11 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-02-16 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-02-17 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-02-18 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-02-23 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-02-25 12:00 - 18:00 UTC and 9 more dates | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Atomic Culture in collaboration with the Loisaida Inc. Center as part of the 2017 Art Residency Program at Loisaida. presents:

Future Now // Futura Ahora

Exhibition open from February 4 to March 18, 2017
Closing: March 18th, 2017 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Details:
Future Now // Futura Ahora calls to attention the movement of artists reclaiming and reconfiguring their cultural disposition and narratives with society at large. Through sound, installation, literature, and visual arts each artist presents compelling possibilities for the future by embracing and reclaiming their histories, traditions, and present-day experiences.
During Atomic Culture’s curatorial artist residency at the Loisaida Center. They will bringing together 15 artists native to the southwest United States, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and California to discuss futurism and geopolitics. Futurism is not just about technology but an act of self preservation and concern toward the creation and dismemberment of invisible borders, pillaging of natural resources, and colonization. Through decolonization and reclamation of traditions, personal culture, land and natural medicine.
Within the exhibition and workshops each artist addresses these issues blending their complex histories with a contemporary perspective creating a new trajectory.
Future Now/Futura Ahora will host multiple workshops on reclaiming use of the land and the natural remedies she provides you, discussions and screenings on chicanx futurism. The exhibition serving as a catalyst to discuss and initiate thinking and being in a time of increased tension and unknown.
Artists:
Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0, Nani Chacon, Gilbert “Magú” Luján, Ryan Dennison, Zeke Pena, Chico MacMurtrie, Claudia X. Valdes, Ruben Ortiz Torres, William Camargo, Rick Cortez, Lindsay Kane, Delilah Montoya, Cristobal Martinez, Scott Williams, Cultural Workers, and a SSSK Distro retrospective.

Nativa Remedies
2017-02-11 16:00 - 18:00
Nativa Remedies by Celeste Casillas:

FREE Community workshop on how to use traditional herbs in modern daily life and creating at home remedies influenced by elder and ancestral healing methods and the passing down of stories. Participants will make a salve to take home.

Nativa Remedies
2017-03-12 15:00 - 17:00
Nativa Remedies by Celeste Casillas:

Join us Sunday, March 12th 3-5PM at Loisaida Center for our second workshop with Celeste Casillas of Nativa Remedies and other women seeking to connect with their feminine wisdom, honor their mother energy, and share sacred space.
We will discuss:
Using plant medicines to heal our bodies, balance our hormones, and ease stress and anxiety.
Connecting to the lunar calendar to understand the phases of our own cycle.
Ritualizing our life to create balance
Holistic beauty remedies
The gathering will evolve based on the interest of the group and sharing is optional.
Bring your amiga, sister, mother, a notebook and pen, a yoga mat or thick blanket.
RSVP REQUIRED

La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017 - Exhibition Opening
2017-04-08 15:00 - 18:00
Exhibition Details
Title: La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017
Opening Date:
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Viewing Hours:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Noon to 6:00 pm
and by appointment.
Organizer:
Artmakers Inc.
For more info and media queries: Jane Weissman, ArtmakersNYC@aol.com, (212) 989-3006
Host Venue:
Loisaida Inc. Center
(646) 726-4715
710 East 9th Street, Lower East Side
New York, NY 10009 United States
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Email: info@loisaida.org

La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017 - Exhibition Open
2017-04-13 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-15 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-20 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-21 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-22 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-27 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-28 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-29 12:00 - 18:00 and 2 more dates
Exhibition Details:
Title: La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017
Exhibition Dates: April 8 – June 30 , 2017
Viewing Hours:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Noon to 6:00 pm
and by appointment.
Organizer:
Artmakers Inc.
For more info and media queries: Jane Weissman, ArtmakersNYC@aol.com, (212) 989-3006
Host Venue:
Loisaida Inc. Center
(646) 726-4715
710 East 9th Street, Lower East Side
New York, NY 10009 United States
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Email: info@loisaida.org
