BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Loisaida Inc. - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Loisaida Inc. X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://loisaida.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Loisaida Inc. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20170101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180509T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180511T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180416T200431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T223539Z UID:10000354-1525888800-1526072400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH DESCRIPTION:CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH \n\nA project by: Matthew Mottel in collaboration with Loisaida Inc.\, La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez and DIAP (Digital Intermedia MFA program at City College \n\nOverview: \nThe history of dome building on the LES goes back to when CHARAS built domes in collaboration with Buckminster Fuller in 1972/73. Syeus Mottel documented this effort in his photo-journalism book CHARAS THE IMPROBABLE DOME BUILDERS \, first published in 1974 and now re published in 2017 by Song Cave Press & Pioneer Works. \nThrough a collaborative project between Loisaida Inc.\, La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez and DIAP (Digital Intermedia MFA program at City College)\, artist and researcher Matthew Mottel (Syeus Mottel’s son) will build 2 geodesic domes (one at La Plaza and the other at the Loisaida Inc. Center’ courtyard) as an interactive art installation. In interviewing Carlos “Chino” Garcia as part of his research\, Matthew was told that the domes CHARAS built functioned as both recreational activity spaces and as experimental examples of how to build disaster relief housing in non urban areas. The same functions apply now. The dome at La Plaza Cultura\, will be seen from the street\, with high visibility. This will bring people to the other dome in the courtyard and exhibition happening at Loisaida Center\, which will feature a more detailed documentation of the original events of 1972-73. \nThis work highlights the achievements of CHARAS and hopefully expands the pressure on the NYC mayoral office to follow through on their promise to re-acquire El Bohio for the Loisaida community. \nThe week of the exhibition opening\, many public performances\, talks and workshops will transpire in both the Loisaida Center dome\, and at La Plaza Cultural. These events will be influenced by the type of programming that happened during the 20+ years of events and exhibitions of El Bohio before being pushed out of its iconic and historic location on 9th Street\, formerly known as P.S. 64. \n\nResources: \nCHARAS The Improbable Dome Builders (((THE FUTURE IN ACTION))) \nThrough the lens of avant-garde architectural theory\, the CHARAS Lower East side community group and Buckminster Fuller’s assistant\, Michael Ben Eli construct a geodesic dome on an unused plot of land in the shadow of the Manhattan bridge in 1972-1973. The CHARAS members built the geodesic dome to control their own destiny.\nCHARAS: The Improbable Dome Builders resonates in 2018. Ever present are the needs of affordable housing\, the occupation of public/unused space for civic use\, and the participation of communities to take self determined action when governmental institutions forgo their public duty. \nCHARAS THE IMPROBABLE DOME BUILDERS: (((THE FUTURE IN ACTION) produced by Matthew Mottel includes archival interviews and photography from 1972/73 by Syeus Mottel with CHARAS members Chino Garcia and Karen Becker. In October 2017\, Sal Becker and Chino Garcia\, return to the dome construction site on the Lower East Side to reflect on their achievements and speak about the purpose of their dome building activity. \nMatthew Mottel’s essay on the book. \nThe video that will be screened during the exhibition opening; CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH –  Wednesday\, May 9 at 6:00 pm \n \n\nSchedule\, Programming & Activities: \n\nSaturday\, May 5 at 6:00 pm – Archive exhibition of the 1972/73 CHARAS Geodesic Dome opens during Fiestas de Cruz at Loisaida Center.\nSunday\, May 6 at 2:00 pm – Dome Building Workshop where participants will assist in the building of a 12′ geodesic dome. There will also be a special screening of archival footage from Bucky Fuller. \nWednesday\, May 9 at 6:00 pm – Geodesic Domes unveiled with exhibition at Loisaida Center and La Plaza Cultural with performance by poet Edwin Torres.\nThursday\, May 10 at 12:00 pm – Exhibition hours at Loisaida Center.\nFriday\, May 11 at 6:00 pm – Exhibition hours at Loisaida Center + Oral history project of the Lower East Side  featuring interview with Chino Garcia by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation\, with documentary screening of Matthew Mottel’s video CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH at 6:00 pm.\nSaturday\, May 12 at 12:00 pm – Exhibition hours at Loisaida Center + performances in the afternoon thru evening at La plaza Cultural and Loisaida Center Courtyard. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/charas-is-alive-on-space-ship-earth/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class,Loisaida Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dome-Capture-01.gif ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180511T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180511T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180420T153155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180420T184750Z UID:10000356-1526061600-1526072400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Chino Garcia Oral History and Screening of CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth  DESCRIPTION:Chino Garcia Oral History and Screening of CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth \nFriday\, May 11\, 6:00pm\nLoisaida Inc. Center\, 710 E 9th Street \n\npresented as part of Lower East Side History Month \n\n\nGVSHP‘s Oral History Project helps to preserve memories of the Village and East Village. Our newest release features Carlos “Chino” Garcia\, co-founder of the East Village’s CHARAS El Bohio Cultural and Community Center. \nChino will join us in conversation with Bonnie Sue Stein\, Executive and Artistic Director of GOH Productions. They will discuss Chino’s life and activism\, from youth and migrant communities in the 1950s to the education-focused Real Great Society\, the founding of CHARAS in the 1970s\, and more. \nCHARAS first built domes in collaboration with Buckminster Fuller in 1972. Artist and scholar Matthew Mottel will present his short documentary about CHARAS based on archival footage ofSeyus Mottel (his father)\, working on the Improbable Dome Builders. \nThis event is fully accessible. \nFree. Reservations Required. \n\nRegister here. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/chino-garcia-oral-history-and-screening-of-charas-is-alive-on-spaceship-earth/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Loisaida Festival,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/may11Chino_Matthew_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180512T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180512T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180411T010122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180411T010122Z UID:10000350-1526122800-1526144400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Ecological City DESCRIPTION:ECOLOGICAL CITY PROCESSION\nSATURDAY MAY 12\, 2018 (rain date May 13) \n#DANCERS\, #MODELS\, #ARTISTS\, #PERFORMERS\, #BODYPAINTERS #PUPPETEERS #ACTIVISTS #PHOTOGRAPHERS #VOLUNTEERS \n\nPLEASE SHARE and invite friends to join and VOLUNTEER FOR #ECOLOGICALCITY – this is not a parade to watch but a transformational experience – become a garden\, river and climate solution spirit – help as a marshal- many roles. Experience the ECOLOGICAL URBAN PILGRIMAGE FROM THE GARDENS TO THE RIVER on the LES of NYC – not to be missed!\n\nEarth Celebrations’ ECOLOGICAL CITY\, a climate action\, ecological urban pilgrimage and performance art event – features a spectacular 6 hour procession featuring visual art\, giant puppets and costumes with 20 site performances of dance\, music\, theater and poetry celebrating sustainability solutions throughout the community gardens\, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City. \nVOLUNTEER: Sign up to wear spectacular costumes – direct puppets – marshal procession \nNEEDED: MAKE-UP/BODY PAINTERS\, ARTISTS\, DANCERS\, PERFORMERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS \nSIGN UP FOR A ROLE – CONTACT:\nFB Message: https://www.facebook.com/EarthCelebrations/ \nEMAIL: mail@earthcelebrations.com \nSIGN UP: http://earthcelebrations.com/volunteer-ecological-city-sign/\nMORE INFO: http://earthcelebrations.com/ecological-city-project/ \nFB EVENT SHARE: https://www.facebook.com/events/856985337794345/ \n\nEarth Celebrations’ ECOLOGICAL CITY in partnership with Loisaida Center Inc.\, LUNGS-Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens and over 50 partner organizations and groups including NYC Community Garden District\, Green Map\, GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side-Housing/Resiliency)\, LES Ready!\, Lower East Side Girls Club\, Lower East Side Ecology\, East Village Community Coalition\, East River Park Coalition\, Solar One\, Waterfront Alliance\, University Settlement\, Earth School (PS364)\, Sixth Street Community Center\, Arts Loisaida\, MOS Collective\, Gaia Institute\, East 4th Street Block Association\, Times Up\, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, FAB (Fourth Street Arts Block Association)\, Theatre for the New City\, Hunter College-School of Community Organizing and New York University. Numerous groups and residents throughout the neighborhood are invited to join.\n\n \n\nThis program is made possible with support from Fund for the City of New York\, New York Community Trust\, Con Edison\, Howard Bayne Fund\, private foundations\, individuals and\n Creative Engagement / Creative Learning\, supported by the New York CityDepartment of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council URL:https://loisaida.org/event/ecological-city/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FRONT-ECOCITY-FINAL-POSTCARD-JPG-2018.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180525T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180525T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180517T223626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180517T223819Z UID:10000359-1527271200-1527282000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Last One Standing - Premier *SOLD OUT* DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION\n\n\n\nLoisaida Inc.\, producers of the annual Loisaida Festival\, are pleased to host the significant event in honor of one of the most iconic pillars of the Puerto Rican\, Nuyorican\, and Latinx community\, Adela Fargas\, founder of the restaurant Casa Adela. \nFilmakers Gary Cruz and William Rosario from Yagrumo Productions documented Adela’s life for the last four years culminating in their latest documentary “Last One Standing”. They have immortalized the trajectory of this beloved Loisaida Icon. \nThe reception will feature a special performance from local musician and organizer\, David Soto as Daso Y El Grupo Cemi and an acoustic set by Juan Pagan. \nDoors open at 6:30pm and the screening begins promptly at 7:45pm. \n\nDATE AND TIME\n\nFri\, May 25\, 2018 \n6:30 PM – 10:00 PM EDT \nAdd to Calendar \n\nLOCATION\n\n710 E 9th St \n710 East 9th Street \nNew York\, NY 10009 URL:https://loisaida.org/event/last-one-standing-premier/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/adela-background.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180527T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180527T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20171215T191340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180425T040412Z UID:10000340-1527418800-1527440400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:The 31st Annual Loisaida Festival DESCRIPTION:The 31st Annual Loisaida Festival URL:https://loisaida.org/event/2018-loisaida-festival/ LOCATION:Avenue C Corridor\, 12th - 6th Streets on Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Loisaida Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DAAB0399-55E6-4E21-A275-7229C2676BBE.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180527T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180527T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180521T050106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180521T050106Z UID:10000360-1527418800-1527440400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:5th Annual Loisaida Festival TheaterLab 2018 DESCRIPTION:Co-produced by MEZCOLANZA NYC & Loisaida Inc.\nStarting at 12:00 pm on La Plaza Cultural Community Garden \n[Read Press Release here!]\n\nThe Loisaida Festival’s Theater Lab\, a production of Loisaida Inc. with Mezcolanza NYC\, returning for the third year to the Plaza Cultural on the SW corner of 9th Street & Avenue C in the East Village as part of the annual Loisaida Festival on Sunday\, May 27th. Among the highlights of the program is the New York premiere of ¡Ay María!\, a play that explores the post-Maria reality for an isolated group of neighbors in Puerto Rico that must come together after the storm. \nThe play was initially written to provide catharsis to performer and audience alike following the devastation of Hurricane Maria. In turn\, members of Mezcolanza NYC will be among those discussing the role of contemporary theater and performance in post-Maria Puerto Rico as part of a panel discussion organized by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center\, which will take place days before the festival\, on Thursday\, May 24th at 6pm. \nLoisaida Inc. remains committed to the voices of Puerto Rican playwrights and performers in wake of Hurricane Maria. Following a special one-night only performance of Pateco\, el sepulturero by acclaimed Puerto Rican actor Teofilo Torres this past December\, the Loisaida Center will again host another timely theatrical work that addresses the aftermath of Hurricane Maria with humor\, improvisation\, satire\, and introspection. \nThis creative window into the island’s trauma and the resilience of local communities is also an extension of the theme of the annual Loisaida Festival: “Bridging Resurgence: From Sandy to Maria.” \n\nSchedule: \n\n12:00 pm. Fernandito Ferrer / DJ / \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the artist: Fernandito Ferrer is a soulful singer-songwriter of nueva trova and folk fusion from Sabana Grande\, PR. This year at Loisaida’s TheaterLab he will be spinning an eclectic mix of reggae\, pop and soul to jump start the afternoon. Fernandito is a long time Loisaida contributor and once again we have been fortunate to have him as  TheaterLab’s  stage manager. His services as a stage manager are very underrated as he’s experience spans over 20 years in the industry. \n\n12:25 pm. Julián Garnik / Performance / 2018 Loisaida Theater Lab Emcee \nTitle: A mis Amigos de la Locura \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the artist: Julián Garnik is an actor and director from Puerto Rico based in New York City. His theatre credits include Jacob in Morning at the Bridge Theatre in Manhattan and El actor tiene permisos part of the III Festival del Monólogo Latinoamericano in Cienfuegos\, Cuba. As a director\, his short films La Secadora and Tessellation have been screened in several festivals around the world\, such as the Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival and the Durham Regional International Film Festival. \n\n12:35 pm. Anthony Rosado / Performance / \nTitle: Hatuey’s Dream \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the piece:  For the sake of revealing true stories\, archiving indigenous & contemporary Caribbean practices\, and sharing methods of ancestral commemoration\, I will facilitate interviews. As part of the Native Caribbean Heritage Preservation Project\, the interviews function to provide future generations with the inherent understanding of where they come from\, so they may know who to become. Interviews with historians\, contemporary practitioners\, and other descendants of Caribbean peoples will be recorded in effort to (1) act as a digital archive with printed transcriptions and (2) portions of each interview will be presented in a solo performance where I embody each interviewee. This form of oratory storytelling descends from Native Caribbean communicative modes of information sharing and is glorified in Hatuey’s Dream. \n\n12:50 pm. Calle Joroba / Clown Theatre / \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the artist: : Calle Joroba es un colectivo de clown teatral\, teatro físico\, circo y títeres creado por el mimo\, teatrero y maestro Luis Oliva en el año 2014. La misión del colectivo es poder exponer a través de estas técnicas temas universales como lo son la creación\, la escasez del agua\, la contaminación del aire\, entre más. Su repertorio de piezas incluyen “Am i Ea” (2015)\, la primera pieza que estrenó el colectivo en el Circo Fest En el 2015 y “Wata” (2016) también presentada en el Circo Fest\, que luego estuvo de gira por diferentes escuelas en Puerto Rico. . \n\n1:15 pm. Casa Cruz de la Luna / Theater / \nTitle: The Marquis de Sade is Afraid of the Sea (second movement) \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the piece: A re-visitation of the 1918 legendary earthquake in the South West of Puerto Rico; bodies resurrected from the flood; agitation of the masses\, and the peaceful violence of quotidian life meet in the staging of this text by Aravind Enrique Adyanthaya. Featuring: Alejandra Morales\, Christopher Cancel\, Laura Mercedes and Caridad del Valle. \n\n1:35 pm. Teatro 220 / Improv Troupe / \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the artists: Grupo de jóvenes actores latinos que por medio de la improvisación teatral\, llevamos comedia\, música y entretenimiento para toda la familia. Nuestro fin es llevar alegría\, risas e impactar a su audiencia con un mensaje refrescante y positivo. El grupo está compuesto por: Andrés López-Alicea\, Gilberto Gabriel\, Zuleinette Ralat y Venuz Delmar. Teatro 220\, significa que somos ese conducto de 22O voltios de locura por el cual transmitimos alegría y carcajadas a nuestro público. \n\n02:00 pm Mezcolanza NYC Performances \n\n1. Kairiana Núñez / Performance / 15 min \nTitle: Chiquita \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the piece: In Chiquitita\, Ms. Miller Parachute Woman is a character that moves between ridiculous and reality. Between the joke and the speeches that have us cornered in the dependency.\nShe is a right-wing military officer. She is a recalcitrant Republican. She repeats neoliberal spiels as if there were critical ideas she owns. The fact is that many military were part of the so-called “Reconstruction” of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. They took over the streets along with the local police. The military returned\, as they always return. \nEn Chiquitita\, la Sra. Miller Parachute Woman es un personaje que se mueve entre el ridículo y la realidad. Entre el chiste y los discursos que nos tienen acorralados en la dependencia. Ella es una oficial del ejército de derecha. Ella es una republicana recalcitrante. Ella repite el discurso neoliberal como si tuviera ideas críticas que le pertenecen. El hecho es que muchos militares fueron parte de la llamada “Reconstrucción” de Puerto Rico después del huracán María. Tomaron las calles junto con la policía local. Los militares regresaron\, como siempre regresan. \nAbout the artist: Actress taurine and Puerto Rican. Graduated from the Drama Department of the University of Puerto Rico\, Río Piedras Campus\, (2009). She began his career in 1996 with Pedro Santaliz\, and later became a founding member of the theater group in the streets Jóvenes del 98 under the direction of Maritza Pérez Otero. Later she continued his training with Puerto Rican teachers and artists Rosa Luisa Márquez\, Teresa Hernández\, Viveca Vázquez\, among others. In Argentina\, she trained at Sportivo Teatral with Mirta Bogdasarian and Ricardo Bartís (2011-2013\, Buenos Aires)\, and was part of the Quinto Piso Theater Companies\, directed by Daniel Godoy\, and El Rizoma Collective (2011-2016\, Buenos Aires) . In 2017 she returns to Puerto Rico\, where despite the imbalance\, she bets on continuing to grow artistically\, professionally and ideologically. \n\n2. Karen Langevin / Performance / 15 min \nTitle: Fortune \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the piece: An interactive whimsical game of chance that uses improvisational movement to foretell. Fortune winks at the futility of our desire to know the future through the unavoidable presence of the body. \nFortuna\, Un juego de azar interactivo que usa la improvisación de movimiento como herramienta para predecir. FORTUNA es un guiño a nuestro deseo banal de conocer el futuro\, usando la inevitable presencia del cuerpo.\n​diseño camisa: ​Zaida Goveo Balmaseda. \n\n3. Luna y Vecky / Musical Performance / 30 min \nTitle: Luna y Vecky \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the piece:  After having expanded their audience to more than 15 people\, Luna and Vecky decide to make a little concert in ​the Loisaida Theater Lab​. Luna and Vecky studied music at Berkley and fuse their music with different musical genres and performance. They use their music to express their darker feelings. They have been depressed for more than 10 years. \nLuego de haber expandido su público a más de 15 personas\, Luna y Vecky deciden hacer un conciertito en el Loisaida Theater Lab dentro de la Plataforma Mezcolanza​. Luna y Vecky estudiaron música en Berkley y fusionan su música con distintos géneros musicales y performance. Usan su música para expresar sus sentimientos más oscuros. Llevan en depresión más de 10 años. \n\n03:30 pm ¡Ay María!\n\n4. ¡Ay María! / Short Play / 30 min \n \n  \nAbout the piece:   Some neighbors who did not know each other before hurricane Maria\, have joined after the catastrophe\, to collect debris\, share food and rely on their needs. These neighbors are the actors and actresses. Some of the people / characters represented in the piece are taken from the Puerto Rican reality\, people / characters that we find in our neighborhoods\, urbanizations or towns. We also parody public figures and politicians who through the media have been part of the hurricane experience. \nCast: Mickey Negrón\, Mariana Carbonell\, José Eugenio Hernández\, José Luis Guitierrez\, Marisa Gómez\ndirected by​: Maritza Pérez Otero​ \nUnos vecinos que no se conocían antes del huracán se unen después de la catástrofe\, para recoger escombros\, compartir la comida y apoyarse en sus necesidades. Estos vecinos son los actores y actrices. Algunos de las personas/personajes representados en la pieza son sacados de la realidad puertorriqueña\, personas/personajes que encontramos en nuestros barrios\, urbanizaciones o pueblos. También parodiamos las figuras públicas y los políticos que a través de los medios han sido parte de la experiencia huracanada. \n​Elenco: Mickey Negrón\, Mariana Carbonell\, José Eugenio Hernández\, José Luis Guitierrez\, Marisa Gómez\nDirección: Martiza Pérez Otero. \n\n5. Mickey Negrón / Performance / 15 min. \nTitle: Carpeta \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the piece: A look at the process of persecution that the Puerto Rico Nationalist Party experienced in the past and the current crisis. \n​U​na mirada al el proceso de persecución que vivió​ el movimiento nacionalista de PR en el pasado y la ​resistencia actual. \n\n6. Paulina Pagán / Performance / 15 min. \nTitle: Bestias de paraíso 2 – El fuego y la jicotea* \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the piece: In honor of my Caribbean grandmothers\, especially Levina Wiltshire (1938-2014) In this piece my body becomes a river\, a vessel\, a bridge between my ancestors\, our island ecology\, Puerto Rican bomba\, its violent history and the joy of dancing. *The jicotea (Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri) is the only native Puerto Rican freshwater turtle. The bomba song “El fuego y la jicotea\,” composed by Christian Tonos\, ignited this creative process. \nA mis abuelas caribeñas\, en especial a Levina Wiltshire (1938-2014) En esta pieza mi cuerpo funge de río\, de nave\, de puente entre mis muertas\, la ecología isleña\, la bomba puertorriqueña\, su sangrienta historia y el placer de bailar. *La jicotea (Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri) es la única tortuga nativa de agua dulce de Puerto Rico. La canción de bomba “El fuego y la jicotea\,” compuesta por Christian Tonos\, fue uno de los detonantes de este proceso creativo. \n\n6. Eduardo Alegría and Desmar Guevara / Musical Performance / 30 min. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the artist: Puerto Rican musician and singer-songwriter\, developed in theater and experimental dance\, improvisation\, democracy and politicization of the body. This amalgam of disciplines informs his work. Part of training as an actor he did with the director Maritza Pérez Otero in the political theater. He is an observer of the country and of society.On this occasion he will sing accompanied by Desmar Guevara on the piano. \nMúsico y cantautor puertorriqueño\, desarrollado en el teatro y en la danza experimental\, la improvisación\, la democracia y politización del cuerpo. Esta amalgama de disciplinas informa su trabajo. Parte de formación como actor lo hizo junto a la directora Maritza Pérez Otero en el teatro político. Se nombra a sí mismo como: un observador del país y de la sociedad.​ En esta ocasión cantará acompañado por Desmar Guevara en el piano. \n\nMezcolanza NYC \n\nAbout TheaterLab co-producers: \nMEZCOLANZA NYC 2018 – 13th Edition \nMezcolanza is a cultural platform born in 2013 in the city of Buenos Aires produced by Helen Ceballos. It gathers short pieces of artists and multi-disciplinary collectives in order to maintain a live and open stage for the processes and creations of emerging artists in different cities around the world. We aim to erase distances and expose pieces of author\, which account for the social reality that is lived in our changing environments. To date\, Mezcolanza has hosted over 250 artists among the cities of Buenos Aires\, New York and San Juan de Puerto Rico. On this occasion\, Mezcolanza visits the city of New York for the third time and celebrates its twelfth edition. We have convened 14 multidisciplinary artists. These artists work in theater\, performance\, movement\, music\, improvisation\, construction\, musical composition\, costume making\, sculptures\, sound and video art. In this edition of the Festival Loisaida and within the framework of the Theater Lab. Mezcolanza presents the urban interventions of 14 outstanding artists from the local and international scene of Puerto Rico\, Latin America and the United States\, interlacing the scenic discourses of these creative artists with their status as permanent immigrants. \n\n04:35 pm Community Pageant\n\nLoisaida Community / Short Play / 20 min \nPhoto by: Ryan John Lee\n  \nAbout the piece:   The pageant is a large scale outdoor performance\, using giant puppets\, painted flats\, masks\, costumes\, music and dance performed by and for the community to tell the their own story. \n\n★#LoisaidaFest★@LoisaidaFest★ URL:https://loisaida.org/event/5th-annual-loisaida-festival-theaterlab-2018/ LOCATION:Avenue C Corridor\, 12th - 6th Streets on Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Loisaida Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/flor.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180609T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180609T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180606T170009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180606T170009Z UID:10000361-1528567200-1528578000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Performances: CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth DESCRIPTION:Films Charas\, an independent cinema program\, was an ongoing series during Charas’ operation of El Bohio on 9th street between Avenues B and C. Bradley Eros\, Lary7\, Kit Fitzgerald and many others\, known as the Optipus collective\, were integral members of the East Village projection/film/video community. This performance in and around the dome in the Loisaida Center courtyard is a homage to the character and experimentation that was nurtured at El Bohio. \nPlease join us from 6 – 9pm at 710 East 9th Street. \n\n\n‘Optipus’ organized by Bradley Eros with Kit Fitzgerald and many more! :\n\nfilm\, slides\, video\, overhead:liquid\, loops\, screen materials;\n\n+ electronics\, keyboards\, voice\, strings\, percussion\, foley + toys\n\n\nhttp://www.residencyunlimited.org/residencies/bradley-eros/\n\n\nhttps://www.eai.org/artists/kit-fitzgerald/titles URL:https://loisaida.org/event/performances-charas-is-alive-on-spaceship-earth/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DOME_CITY_BW.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180627T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180627T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180618T165409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180627T204734Z UID:10000363-1530122400-1530133200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Exhibition Closing: CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the closing reception of the exhibition: \nCHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth \nwith special performances from Art Jones\, Krisia Ayala and Yuko Otomo. \n\nArt Jones will create live audio/video mix featuring the animated sights and sounds of NYC’s utopian future-past\, projected onto artist Krisia Ayala’s installation. Both artists will use the dome as a sculpture to be activated through their own creative interventions. \nYuko Otomo: a visual artist & a bilingual poet (poetry & haiku). She also writes art criticism\, essays & does translation. In visual art\, she has been concentrating herself on the study of “pure abstraction” & has created a body of work covering over 3 decades. Her work has been shown in various gallery spaces; such as Tribes Gallery\, Anthology Film Archives Courthouse Gallery\, ABC No Rio\, Brecht Forum\, Gallery 128\, Knitting Factory & Vision Festival. As a poet/writer\, she has read her work in venues such as St. Marks’s Poetry Project\, Bowery Poetry Club\, Issue Project Room\, Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, Nuyorican Poet’s Café etc. She also has read in Germany\, France & Japan. She has been published in many magazines & literary publications such as Recluse\, 6×6\, Long Shot\, Appearances\, The Unbearables Assemblage Magazine\, Downtown Anthology\, Senritsu & others. Her books include “ Garden: Selected Haiku” (Beehive Press)\, “Small Poems”\, “The Hand of the Poet” (by Ugly Duckling Presse). She also has a huge volume of critical writing on art such as “On Artist & Studio”\, “On Artuad: Writing & Drawing”. \nKrisia Ayala: Puerto Rican born and New York City based teaching artist\, interested in digital mixed media art\, print design and sound installations. Her works on paper range from artist books to large format prints. Ayala has focused her artistic research into developing visuals inspired by migratory issues. Her biggest motivation is to explore and illustrate the similarities between avian and human migration\, intending to blur the lines that differentiate the human and avian migratory experience. Instagram: Krisia.ayalart URL:https://loisaida.org/event/charas-is-alive-on-spaceship-earth-closing/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dome-Capture-hearth.gif ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180722T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180722T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180618T161235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180703T205425Z UID:10000362-1532286000-1532293200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Lying Lydia - Open Reading DESCRIPTION:Loisaida Inc. and Caborca Theatre present: \nLying Lydia\nOpen Reading \n\nNew work by the Loisaida Inc. Center’s 2014 artists in residence –CABORCA. \nWritten and directed by Javier Antonio González and featuring Laura Butler Rivera\, Yaremis Félix\, and Tania Molina\, Lying Lydia is a piercing look at our civilization’s targeting of women\, colonies\, and the truth. In the mold of Churchill and Fornes\, Lying Lydia is a mysterious and darkly funny chamber work featuring masterful performances from some of Caborca’s veteran actors\, as well as an original soundscape by Keenan Hurley. \n\nTruth may have died in the disaster. Two women are confined and forced to paint the landscape that may have once been. One of them is Margaret. The other is Lying Lydia\, so called because everything she says is a lie. How do you know? Listen\, you can hear her thinking. Like they said you would.\nLOISAIDA INC. CENTER\n710 E 9th Street\, Manhattan\nFree Admission\n7pm \n\nAbout Caborca: \nHailing from Puerto Rico\, US America and beyond\, Caborca makes sprawling\, adventurous works in theatre and film. Combining epic auteurship with a tuned ensemble of actors and a flux of collaborators\, we bridge language\, background and media\, inviting our audience\, guest artists and members alike\, to delve into the pleasure of seeing anew. \nCaborca steals its name from the novel The Savage Detectives\, by Roberto Bolaño\, in which a magazine of the same name is the official organ of visceral realism. \n\nOpinions like those expressed while in a panel\, event or presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in his personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc. its affiliates or staff. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/lying-lydia-open-reading/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lyinglydia1.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180728T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180728T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180706T185918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180726T004517Z UID:10000364-1532786400-1532800800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Circo Social - Circus & Community DESCRIPTION:Loisaida Inc. and La Cia Yoyo present: \nCirco Social\nJuggling\, Equilibrium and Acrobatics Workshops for Teens and Young Adults. \n\nThe different disciplines of the Circus\, promote and enhance the development of multiple skills and protective factors\, both at the group and individual level. In the group field\, these techniques promote respect of one another\, solidarity\, mutual support\, group identity and confidence as an important driver for the practice of various circus techniques. At the individual level they boost self-esteem\, help manage tolerance\, promote the ability to rise up\, resiliency and learning from failure\, to develop a sense of humor is a protective factor\, help to know and to be surprised of oneself\, to visualize the potentialities and to respect the body as a tool of work and artistic expression. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Circo Piquiniqui\n \n \n\nLas diversas disciplinas del Circo\, promueven y potencian el desarrollo de múltiples habilidades y factores protectores\, tanto a nivel grupal como individual. En el ámbito grupal promueven el respeto\, la solidaridad\, el apoyo mutuo\, la identidad grupal y la confianza como motor importante para la práctica de las diversas técnicas circenses. A nivel individual potencian la autoestima\, ayudan a manejar la tolerancia a la frustración\, promueven la capacidad de levantarse\, la resiliencia y aprender de los fracasos\, desarrollan el sentido del humor como factor protector\, ayudan a conocerse y sorprenderse de sí mismo\, a visualizar las potencialidades y a respetar el cuerpo como  herramienta de trabajo y expresión artística. \n\nLoisaida Inc. Center – 710 East 9th Street and Avenue C\nSaturday\, July 28 – 2pm to 6pm \n*Register below:\n1 Workshops divided into 2 age groups:\nGroup 1 ages 7 to 12 years\nGroup 2 ages 13 to 18 years. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/circo-social-circus-community/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/circo-social-3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180801T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180801T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180720T144651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180720T144651Z UID:10000366-1533148200-1533155400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Eye of the Storm DESCRIPTION:Issue Launch: Eye of the Storm\n\nWednesday\, August 1 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM\nPublic Event – Panel \n\nHosted by Loisaida Inc. and  North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)\n\n\nOverview: \nNearly a year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria rocked the Caribbean\, what lessons can we learn? In the midst of the 2018 hurricane season\, what can both affected communities and their allies do to prepare for future climate events and prevent the kind of destruction the hurricanes wrought on the region? \nIn this panel\, contributors from our summer issue of NACLA attempt to answer these questions\, exploring the conditions that have led the Caribbean to where it is today. It is impossible to ignore the ways in which neoliberal capitalism\, colonialism\, and climate change have come together in the Caribbean to reanimate and strengthen economic and racial hierarchies that have long marked the region and its place in the world. From Puerto Rico to Barbuda and beyond\, how we can create a safer and more just future for the region as a whole? \nFeaturing:\nHilda Lloréns\, University of Rhode Island\nZaire Dinzey-Flores\, Rutgers\nKenneth Gould and Tammy Lewis\, Brooklyn College\nMarie Cruz-Soto\, NYU Gallatin \nModerated by Michelle Chase\, Pace University\, and Laura Weiss\, NACLA \nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/eye-of-the-storm/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/eye-of-the-storm.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180806T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180806T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180711T173351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180711T175405Z UID:10000365-1533556800-1533573000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:L.E.S. (Loisaida Elders & Seniors) Day DESCRIPTION: Fidelis Care\n\nDate: Monday\, August 6 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm \nCost: Free\n\nWhere: Loisaida Inc. – 710 East 9th Street and Avenue C\n\n\n\nLive Music\, Health & Wellness Info\, Workshops and Light Snacks for our “Abuelitos”.\nThis first Monday promises to be a lot of fun! With musical instrument making workshops\, live music and snacks\, make sure your “Abuelitos” do not miss our monthly celebration.  \n\n\nSponsored by: URL:https://loisaida.org/event/l-e-s-loisaida-elders-seniors-day/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SenioDay-1-e1531329561531.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180828T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180915T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180824T041916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180824T044634Z UID:10000368-1535472000-1537045200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Garbagia Three Green Suns - Summer Program DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION \nLoisaida is proud to bring our community an ongoing summer program highlighting and revitalizing the migrant experience\, our neighborhood’s historical inventiveness\, and ecological resilience. Inspired by local artist and activist\, Rolando Politi\, whose iconic repurposed and recycled sculptures pepper community gardens throughout Loisaida\, the program uses place-based pedagogy and recycled materials to equip youth and residents in using creative strategies to address the city’s urgent issues. \n\nJoin Garbagia’s third year open atelier summer program for collaborative and individual projects in textiles\, gleaning\, sculpture and painting Join the program to transform garbage into beautiful art\, then showcase your work with a final community celebration at the historical La Plaza Cultural community Garden!\n\nOPEN WORKSHOPS @ The Loisaida Inc. Center \nAugust 28 – 31 / 4-9PM / COSTUMES / Teaching Artist: Daniela Fabrizi \nSeptember 3 – 7 / 4-9PM / SCULPTURE / Teaching Artist: Daniel Polnau\nSeptember 10 – 14 / 4-9PM / PERFORMANCE / Teaching Artist: Marta V\nClick here to register!\nSHOW: SATURDAY\, SEPT 15th\, 2018 @ 5pm – La Plaza Cultural Community Garden (9th Street and Ave C Southwest corner)\nRAIN DATE: SUNDAY\, SEPT 16th\, 2018 @ 5pm \nBBQ / Creature Pasarela “Fashion Show” /\nMarket ‘Hallucination Station’\n(2nd hand & Upcycled Pieces)\nFrom 2pm – 7pm\n@ La Plaza Cultural\, 9th St w/ Ave C\, Lower East Side\nContact Daniela Fabrizi for more information: dani.fabrizi@gmail.com \n\nThis program is funded by the New York City Council’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative\, in partnership with the New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/garbagia-three-suns/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/garbagia-three-suns-e1535084124228.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180828T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180915T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180924T174138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T174138Z UID:10000371-1535472000-1537045200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Garbagia Three Green Suns - Summer Program DESCRIPTION:Rolando Politi’s Garbagia: The Three Green Suns.\nGarbagia projects are part of Loisaida Summer Programs\nLoisaida is proud to bring our community an ongoing summer program highlighting and revitalizing the migrant experience\, our neighborhood’s historical inventiveness\, and ecological resilience. Inspired by local artist and activist\, Rolando Politi\, whose iconic repurposed and recycled sculptures pepper community gardens throughout Loisaida\, the program uses place-based pedagogy and recycled materials to equip youth and residents in using creative strategies to address the city’s urgent issues. \nThis program is funded by the New York City Council’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative. \n\n\n\n\nOur third year open atelier summer program for collaborative and individual projects in textiles\, gleaning\, sculpture and painting was a resounding success. Community members joined the program to transform garbage into beautiful art\, then showcase their work with a final community celebration at the historic Plaza Cultural community garden all while in keeping with neighborhood tradition.\n\nLearn more about Rolando Politi’s Garbagia: The Three Green Suns. \n\nThis program is funded by the New York City Council’s Cultural Immigrant Initiative\, in partnership with the New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/garbagia-three-green-suns-summer-program/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/garbagia-three-suns-e1535084124228.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180910T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180910T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180824T045149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180824T045149Z UID:10000369-1536580800-1536597000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:L.E.S. (Loisaida Elders & Seniors) Day DESCRIPTION: Fidelis Care\n\nDate: Monday\, September 10 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm \n (In lieu of Labor Day) \nCost: Free\n\nWhere: Loisaida Inc. – 710 East 9th Street and Avenue C\n\n\n\nLive Music\, Health & Wellness Info\, Workshops and Light Snacks for our Super Adults.\nThis first Monday promises to be a lot of fun! With musical instrument making workshops\, live music and snacks\, make sure your abuelos do not miss our monthly celebration.  \n\n\nSponsored by: URL:https://loisaida.org/event/l-e-s-loisaida-elders-seniors-day-2/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SenioDay-1-e1531329561531.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180914T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180807T190356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180824T045634Z UID:10000367-1536948000-1540746000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Documents of Resistance: Our Time DESCRIPTION:Antonio Serna: Documents of Resistance: Our Time \nSeptember 14th – October 28th \nOpening Reception: Friday\, September 14\, 2018\, 6-9PM \nLoisaida Center Inc. is pleased to present Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, a participatory exhibition and residency of new work by Antonio Serna. \nHow do we give contours to an art history that remains unwritten\, scattered across archives\, and siloed in scholarship? How can we begin to reconnect the struggle for civil rights across all artists of color and their fight for inclusion in our cultural institutions? How can we being to reflect on the complexity of artists of color and their unique experience\, political actions\, and art production as part of the art history in American? In the exhibition\, Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, Mexican-American artist\, Antonio Serna is hoping to take us down a visual path to consider these and many other questions in regards to the important but often overlook contributions of artist of color. \nCentral to the exhibition will be a series timeline collages of art and activism from each decade\, from 1960s up to our current decade. In combining the histories of artists of color\, visitors will be able to visually locate overlapping shared concerns and experiences of artists of color: from the Chicano Movement to the Black Power Movement\, and from the Labor Movement to the Feminist\, Third World Movement\, and beyond. Leading up to and during the exhibition\, Antonio Serna is asking the public to send in their memories of this resistance: people\, places\, or events relevant in order to continue to expand this histories. Serna’s interest is not just a reflection of the past hopes to inspire and empower a new generation of people of color to join the struggle in becoming the next generation of artists\, activists\, curators\, historians\, archivist\, and museum workers\, to help end discrimination in our cultural institutions. \nOriginally from San Antonio Texas\, Antonio Serna is a Mexican-American artist based in New York. Antonio maintains both a studio and collective social practice. These two practices often balance and ground the sum of his production. Antonio Serna holds a Masters in Fine Arts from Brooklyn College\, and a BFA from Parsons School of Art. He has exhibited in New York\, Texas\, Las Vegas\, Spain\, Mexico\, Berlin\, and Romania. His speaking engagements include ArtCenter\, Flux Factory\, CUE Foundation\, Brooklyn Museum\, Pratt\, Common Field Convening\, Eyebeam\, Smack Mellon\, Queens Museum\, and Museo Tamayo. Recently he has participated in residencies at Triangle Arts Association\, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts\, and The Luminary and has taught at Brooklyn College and Parsons School of Design. \n  \nDocument of Resistance:Our Time is made possible in part by funds from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Creative Engagement Grant URL:https://loisaida.org/event/documents-of-resistance-our-time/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SERNA_DoR_OurOpressionsAreConnectedDSC7530-new.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180918T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181215T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180918T212037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181217T215551Z UID:10000370-1537290000-1544900400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:EMPPT DESCRIPTION:Electronic Music Production and Performance for Transformation\nAn introduction to electronic music production focusing on beat production\, sampling techniques\, and live performance methods. The workshop focuses on utilizing free or low-cost software and hardware resources\, and provides a foundation for exploring music as a means for self-expression and as a pathway to entrepreneurship. \n\n\nArtist: Riobamba \n\n \nPresented by Abrons Arts Center and Loisaida’s El Semillero in partnership with Sonic Arts for All! \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nElectronic Music 101 w/ Riobamba and Sonic Arts For All!\n \nLearn the Ins and Outs of :\n– Beatmaking\n– Audio engineering\n– DJing\n– The history of electronic music\n– Producing and marketing your own mixtape!\n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/emppt/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/E-M-P-P-T.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180920T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181019T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180924T191537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180926T205321Z UID:10000372-1537466400-1539979200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:ACCIONES DESCRIPTION:ACCIONES QUE LEVANTAN A PUERTO RICO (ACCIONES)\, IS THE ONLY STUDENT ART EXHIBIT OF ITS KIND\, FEATURING 80 ORIGINAL PAINTINGS\nFROM PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE MARIA’S DEVASTATING PATH THROUGH THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO. \n\n\nThe CHICAS by Alejandra Foundation (CHICAS Foundation)\, a leading social movement and non-profit organization against bullying and social injustice in Puerto Rico\, announced that student art exhibit\, Acciones que levantan a Puerto Rico (Actions that lift Puerto Rico)\, ACCIONES\, will open in New York\, September 20\, 2018\, to mark the first year anniversary of the devastating path of Hurricane Maria through the Caribbean island. ACCIONES is the only hurricane-themed student art exhibit of its kind. \nFeaturing original works by Puerto Rican students\, from public and private schools\, the two-part New York presentation of ACCIONES will be available at The Loisaida Center\, September 20 through October 19; followed by the second part of the collection\, which will be presented at the Queens College Arts Center\, starting on October 4. \n“The collection communicates a profound sense of hope for the future\, as well as\, its serves as a poignant reminder of the long road ahead to help Puerto Rico fully recover from the storm’s devastation. Acciones also reveals the values that best represent the people of Puerto Rico; such as service\, family\, empathy\, solidarity\, hospitality\, culture\, love of nature and resiliency\,” expressed Frances I. Ryan\, executive director of the CHICAS Foundation. \n“Unveiling the exhibit in New York as we mark the first-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria\, is a fitting gesture of appreciation to all New Yorkers\, especially to the Puerto Rican community\, which immediately galvanized to provide humanitarian support to victims in the aftermath of\nthe hurricane\,” the CHICAS executive continued saying. \nAs one of the leading Puerto Rican community and cultural organizations in New York\, The Loisaida Center\, which in partnership with its umbrella organization\, Acacia Network\, has been at the center of New York’s humanitarian efforts to help Puerto Rico victims in the wake of Hurricane Maria. “Having ACCIONES at The Loisaida Center\, is also our way saying thank you\,” Ryan said\, adding that the presentation at Queens College provides a different\, yet very important academic setting\, consistent with the student art exhibit. \nImmediately after the passing of Hurricane Maria\, the CHICAS Foundation participated in 200 humanitarian missions around the island. Also\, in coordination with the Visual Arts Program of the Puerto Rico Department of Education\, CHICAS hosted\, Acciones\, an island wide contest for\nstudents\, grades K-12\, from public and private schools. \n\nDespite dire conditions\, nearly 100{d189f1124ffa6975f5923217354196c41f30852329af055ade71c436dc0b2403} of the island still in the dark\, without water\, telecommunications or access to roads\, an astounding 630 original works were submitted to participate in the Acciones art contest.\n\n A panel of artists\, art teachers and community leaders selected 80 paintings that became the exhibit’s official selection The CHICAS Foundation envisioned the hurricane-themed art initiative as an important communication forum for Puerto Rican students\, allowing them to express their life changing experiences and begin to heal through art. Many teachers participated in the art contest to facilitate communication with students as they returned to school after the hurricane. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/acciones/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Acciones-Student-Art-Exhibit-2018-revised-e1537816994802.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181013T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181013T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20180928T205204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181010T194346Z UID:10000373-1539421200-1539464400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Post-Cuban Cabaret with Omar Pérez at the Loisaida Center DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION\n\n\n\nCuban artist Omar Pérez\, visiting from Havana\, invites performers and community members to join him in the creation of the Post-Cuban Cabaret\, an intensive workshop culminating in an evening performance. Workshop participants will do theatre exercises\, explore themes in multiple forms (music\, poetry\, dance)\, and go through improvisational situations. Omar Pérez envisions the manifestation of different cultural traditions and some focus on themes related to “island” – sea\, water\, Cuba\, Latin and Caribbean culture\, clichés\, neighborhoods\, etc. In the evening\, the workshop participants perform material that has emerged during the day. All the arts and skills of the troupe members are integrated into the performance\, which continues to be based on improvisational principles. \nWorkshop: 9:30 am to 7:00 pm\nPerfomance: 8:00 pm \nOmar Pérez: “The Cabaret was created in Havana more than 10 years ago by contemporary dancer and choreographer Sandra Ramy and myself in order to facilitate improvisation and interaction between “artists” of various kinds: dancers\, of course\, actors\, poets and musicians but also designers\, painters\, rappers\, amateurs…whoever was willing to go through the experience of an ad hoc workshop in order to build a one-night show\, a one timer”. \nBIO: The son of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara\, poet\, editor\, and translator Omar Pérez was born and raised in Havana. He earned a degree in English at the University of Havana and studied Italian at the Universitá per Straniere di Siena. He has worked as a journalist for El Caimán Barbudo\, and as an editor for the magazine La naranja dulce. A former member of the Cuban intellectual group Paideia\, he edited the poetry magazine Mantisfrom 1994 to 1996. \nOrdained as a Zen Buddhist monk\, Pérez composes poems that engage languages\, Zen\, and political and cultural transcendence. His poetry collections include Lingua Franca (2010)\, Oíste hablar del gato de pelea?(1999\, translated as Did You Hear about the Fighting Cat? by Kristin Dykstra\, 2010)\, and Algo de lo Sagrado (1996\, translated as Something of the Sacred by Kristin Dykstra and Robert Tejada\, 2007). His translations include Italian-Cuban novelist Alba de Céspedes’s Nadie vuelve atrás(2003) and Shakespeare’s As You Like It (as Como Les Guste\, 2000). \nIntensely interested in the ways in which poetry overlays experience\, Perez noted in an interview with Jacket magazine that “the verse\, the poem\, even the rhyme\, the melody of poetry are the tip of the iceberg\, they are just one familiar aspect of a huge reality which we call consciousness […] Poetry is a natural function\, like god\, or DNA\, or rain. The fact that we can give notice of it does not mean that we make it.” \nHe received Cuba’s Nicolás Guillén Prize for Poetry for Crítica de la Razón Puta (2009) as well as its National Critics’ Prize for his essay collection La perseverancia de un hombre oscuro (2000). His work has also been featured in the anthology The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry\, A Bilingual Anthology (2009). He lives in Havana. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/post-cuban-cabaret-with-omar-perez-at-the-loisaida-center/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Post-Cuban-Cabaret-with-Omar-Pérez-at-the-Loisaida-Center-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181015T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181015T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20181009T200429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181009T193611Z UID:10000376-1539630000-1539637200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:1st Community Energy Efficiency Movement Meeting DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION\n\n\n\n1st Community Energy Efficiency Movement Meeting\n\nHosted by Loisaida Inc.\, LES Ready! and Beyond the Grid \n\nMonday\, October 15\, 2018 \n\n7:00 PM to 9:00 PM \nLoisaida Inc. Center – 710 E. 9th St and Avenue C \n\nHow can Lower East Side residents make an impact on climate\, save money\, improve quality of life? \nJoin Loisaida\, Inc. and Beyond the Grid on Monday October 15th from 7 to 9 PM for this special LES Ready! meeting and workshop on how ENERGY EFFICIENCY is an important element in achieving resilience and improving quality of life in our community. \nJoin our “Somos Loisaida” (We Are Loisaida) movement to organize a mass direct action campaign to identify\, finance\, and replace old and aging energy wasting appliances with highly efficient new ones.\n \n\n\nYou can keep helping us to gather data here: Take the SOMOS LOISAIDA Leadership (in) Energy Savings (LES) Survey.\n\n\nThis project is made possible by the 2018 LES Ready! Pass-Through Grant and the NYCT (New York Community Trust). URL:https://loisaida.org/event/1st-community-energy-efficiency-movement-meeting/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tratamiento-residuos-electronicos-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181015T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181015T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20181010T043445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181010T043445Z UID:10000377-1539630000-1539637200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:1ra Reunión del Movimiento Comunitario para Energía Eficiente DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPCION\n\n\n\n1ra Reunión del Movimiento Comunitario para Energía Eficiente\n\nPresentado por Loisaida Inc.\, LES Ready! con Beyond the Grid \n\nCuando: Lunes\, Octubre 15\, 2018 \n\n7:00 PM to 9:00 PM \nEn: Loisaida Inc. – 710 E. 9th St and Avenue C \n\nComo nosotros\, residentes del bajo Manhattan podemos tener un impacto positivo en el medio ambiente\, mejorar nuestra calidad de vida y ahorrar dinero? \nÚnete a Loisaida Inc. y Beyond the Grid el Lunes 15 de Octubre desde las 7 – 9 pm para una reunión especial con el grupo comunitario LES Ready! Además se presentará un pequeño taller para aprender lo importante de utilizar la ENERGÍA RENOVABLE para lograr autonomía energética y mejorar la calidad de vida en nuestro hogar y nuestra comunidad. \nAyuda nuestro movimiento “Somos Loisaida” (We Are Loisaida) para organizar y dirigir mas atención a nuestra campaña masiva de acción directa e identificar\, contar\, reemplazar y reciclar electrodomésticos derrochadores en nuestro barrio.\n \n\n\nNos puedes ayudar a recopilar data compartiendo nuestra encuesta aquí: Take the SOMOS LOISAIDA Leadership (in) Energy Savings (LES) Survey.\n\n\nThis project is made possible by the 2018 LES Ready! Pass-Through Grant and the NYCT (New York Community Trust). URL:https://loisaida.org/event/1ra-reunion-del-movimiento-comunitario-para-energia-eficiente/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tratamiento-residuos-electronicos-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181025T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181025T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20181002T213654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181010T235257Z UID:10000374-1540492200-1540497600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Decolonial & Third World Studies: Discussion & tour with Antonio Serna DESCRIPTION:Decolonial & Third World Studies: Discussion & tour with Antonio Serna\nThursday\, October 25\, 2018 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion: 7:00–8:30 PM*\n*Pre-Event: 6:15 PM Exhibition Walk-thru with artist Antonio Serna \n\nPanelists: Macarena Gomez-Baris\, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui\, Conor Tomás Reed. \nModerated by Patrick Jaojoco. \n\nSince the 1960s\, students of color have fought to decolonize campuses across the Americas. One of their goals was to introduce studies related to their own experiences and include their history outside of the dominant Eurocentric lens. We will discuss some of the original demands and achievements\, and compare them to the current wave of decolonizing academia.Secondly\, one of main concerns in the project Our Time is to highlight the racism in the arts as affecting all people of color across America. \nWe ask\, what can we gain from a comparative ethnographic analysis of this history? What are the limits and pitfalls of such study? How does it affect the visual arts and visual cultural studies in general (framework of research\, production\, participation\, and consumption)?As a third discussion point\, we will consider spaces of resistance\, noting Esteban Izquierdo Mejia’s intro to Spaces of Cultural Resistance that is similarly echoed in Macarena Gomez-Barris’ intro to The Extractive Zone. Can we consider examples of the importance of spaces of resistance (decolonial or otherwise) that\, as Mejia notes\, “operate to create imagined geographies of belonging that challenge the effects of cultural oppression at the local and regional level?” \nThis panel is held in conjunction with “Documents of Resistance: Our Time” Antonio Serna’s exhibition and residency at The Loisaida\, Inc. Center\, September 14–October 28\, 2018. Support for “Documents of Resistance: Our Time” is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement\, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs‘ Development Fund. \n*Pre-Event: Exhibition walk-through with artist Antonio Serna starts at 6:15 pm\nModerated by Patrick Jaojoco \nBios \nPatrick JaojocoisaBrooklyn-based arts professional\, curator\, researcher\, and writer focusing on political ecology and historiography\, in particular how creative practices and landscape interpretation can aid in public understanding of long-term ecological\, economic\, and political histories. He has organized numerous exhibitions and public programs throughout New York; recently\, he worked withthecuratorial collective Frontview onaproject around American pre-colonial\, colonial\, and cartographic histories and practices. He currently works at Storefront for Art and Architecture\, where Patrick supportstheorganization’s exhibitions and projects as Development and Communications Associate. Patrick wasa2015-2017 Curatorial Fellow at SVA’s MA Curatorial Practice program\, and received his BA in English Literature and Environmental Studies from New York University. \nMacarena Gomez-Barrisis Professor and Chairperson of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, New York. She is also Director oftheGlobal South Center (GSC)\,aresearch center that works attheintersection of social ecologies\, art/politics\, and decolonial methodologies. Her instructional focus is on Latinx and Latin American Studies\, memory andtheafterlives of violence\, decolonial theory\,theart of social protest\, and queer femme epistemes. \nJ. Kēhaulani Kauanuiis Professor of American Studies and affiliate faculty in Anthropology at Wesleyan University\, where she teaches courses related to Indigenous studies\, critical race studies\, settler colonial studies\, and anarchist studies. She isthecurrent Chair of American Studies andthecurrent Director oftheCenter fortheAmericas. Her first book isHawaiian Blood: Colonialism andthePolitics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity(Duke University Press 2008) and her second book isParadoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty: Land\, Sex\, andtheColonial Politics of State Nationalism(Duke University Press\, 2018). She also hasanew edited book\,Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists\, Scholars\, and Tribal Leaders. Kauanui currently serves asaco-producer for an anarchist politics show called “Anarchy on Air\,”amajority POC show co-produced withagroup of Wesleyan students\, which builds on her earlier work on another collaborative anarchist program called “Horizontal Power Hour.” \n\nConor Tomás Reedis an archivist\, doctoral student\, educator\, and organizer attheCity University of New York\,acollective member of Lost & Found:TheCUNY Poetics Document Initiative\, andaco-founding participant intheFree University of New York City. Conor researches twentieth and twenty first-century literatures of social movements and urban freedom schools\, and isa2016-2017 Scholar-in-Residence attheSchomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Conor is currently working on his dissertation:CUNY Will Be Free!: Black\, Puerto Rican\, and Women’s Compositions\, Literatures\, and Studies attheCity College of New York and New York City\, 1960-1980. \n\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: \nDocuments of Resistance: Our Time\nSeptember 14th – October 28th \nLoisaida Center Inc. is pleased to present Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, a participatory exhibition and residency of new work by Antonio Serna. \nHow do we give contours to an art history that remains unwritten\, scattered across archives\, and siloed in scholarship? How can we begin to reconnect the struggle for civil rights across all artists of color and their fight for inclusion in our cultural institutions? How can we being to reflect on the complexity of artists of color and their unique experience\, political actions\, and art production as part of the art history in American? In the exhibition\, Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, Mexican-American artist\, Antonio Serna is hoping to take us down a visual path to consider these and many other questions in regards to the important but often overlook contributions of artist of color. \nCentral to the exhibition will be a series timeline collages of art and activism from each decade\, from 1960s up to our current decade. In combining the histories of artists of color\, visitors will be able to visually locate overlapping shared concerns and experiences of artists of color: from the Chicano Movement to the Black Power Movement\, and from the Labor Movement to the Feminist\, Third World Movement\, and beyond. Leading up to and during the exhibition\, Antonio Serna is asking the public to send in their memories of this resistance: people\, places\, or events relevant in order to continue to expand this histories. Serna’s interest is not just a reflection of the past hopes to inspire and empower a new generation of people of color to join the struggle in becoming the next generation of artists\, activists\, curators\, historians\, archivist\, and museum workers\, to help end discrimination in our cultural institutions. \nOriginally from San Antonio Texas\, Antonio Serna is a Mexican-American artist based in New York. Antonio maintains both a studio and collective social practice. These two practices often balance and ground the sum of his production. Antonio Serna holds a Masters in Fine Arts from Brooklyn College\, and a BFA from Parsons School of Art. He has exhibited in New York\, Texas\, Las Vegas\, Spain\, Mexico\, Berlin\, and Romania. His speaking engagements include ArtCenter\, Flux Factory\, CUE Foundation\, Brooklyn Museum\, Pratt\, Common Field Convening\, Eyebeam\, Smack Mellon\, Queens Museum\, and Museo Tamayo. Recently he has participated in residencies at Triangle Arts Association\, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts\, and The Luminary and has taught at Brooklyn College and Parsons School of Design. \nDocument of Resistance:Our Time is made possible in part by funds from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Creative Engagement Grant URL:https://loisaida.org/event/decolonial-third-world-studies-discussion-tour-with-antonio-serna/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SERNA_DoR_OurOpressionsAreConnectedDSC7530-new.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181101T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181101T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20181002T215317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T152219Z UID:10000375-1541095200-1541102400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Ed Morales and Urayoán Noel in Conversation DESCRIPTION:Ed Morales and Urayoán Noel in Conversation\nThursday\, November 1\, 2018 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT \nLoisaida\, Inc – 710 East 9th Street New York\, NY 10009 (View Map) \nDESCRIPTION\n\n\n\n“Latinx” (pronounced “La-teen-ex”) is the gender-neutral term that covers one of thelargest and fastest growing minorities in the United States\, accounting for 17 percent of the country. Over 58 million Americans belong to the category\, including a sizable part of thecountry’s working class\, both foreign and native-born. Their political empowerment is altering thebalance of forces in a growing number of states. Yet Latinx barely figure in America’s ongoing conversation about race and ethnicity. Remarkably\, theUS census does not even have a racial category for “Latino.” \nPlease join Ed Morales in conversation with Urayoan Noel\, both members of Loisaida’s Artistic Advisory Board on Thursday\, November 1st\, on his new book: Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture. \n\n\nEd Morales is a journalist who has investigated New York City electoral politics\, police brutality\, street gangs\, grassroots activists\, and the Latino arts and music scene. He has been a Latin music Newsday columnist and longtime Village Voice contributing writer whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone\, The New York Times\, Miami Herald\, San Francisco Examiner\,The Los Angeles Times\, The Guardian\, Jacobin\, and The Nation. He was acontributing editor to NACLA Report on the Americas\, and a frequent contributor of op ed columns for The Progressive Media Project. \nUrayoán Noel is a South Bronx-based writer\, critic\, performer\, translator and intermedia artist originally from San Juan\, Puerto Rico. He is an associate professor of English and Spanish at New York University\, and also teaches at Stetson University’s MFA of theAmericas. Noel is the author of seven books of poetry\, most recently Buzzing Hemisphere/Rumor Hemisférico (University of Arizona Press\, 2015)\, as well as the critical study In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam (University of Iowa Press\, 2014)\, winner of the LASA Latina/o Studies Book Award. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/ed-morales-and-urayoan-noel-in-conversation/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ed-morales-latinx-flier.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181116T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181214T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20181116T170359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181116T182745Z UID:10000380-1542376800-1544803200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Reflect to Revolutionize - Critical Thinking Seminar DESCRIPTION:Reflect to Revolutionize – Critical Thinking Seminar\nLoisaida\, Inc | 710 East 9th Street | New York\, NY 10009 \nFriday\, November 16\, 2018 at 2:00 PM – Friday\, December 14\, 2018 at 4:00 PM (EST) \n\nPilot collaboration presented by Radical Love consciousness and Loisaida Inc.\nREFLECT TO REVOLUTIONIZE \n\n4 Sessions \n2 Fridays\, November 16 and 30\n2 Fridays\, December 7 and 14 \n2 pm – 4 pm \nLoisaida Inc. – 710 East 9th Street and Avenue C \n\nRLC Mission Statement: \nRadical love is a verb\, ethic and revolutionary mindset; a consciousness that demands the liberation of all. We are a team of women of color dedicated to the liberation of all people through radical love and critical consciousness. Based in New York City\, we organize workshops\, classes and programs that strive not only to be accessible\, but cater to the wants and needs of poor and working class people of color. \nWe are a team of young women of color dedicated to the liberation of all people through radical love and critical consciousness. Based in New York City\, we organize workshops\, classes and programs that strive not only to be accessible\, but cater to the wants and needs of poor and working class people of color. We are organizing various programs throughout the next month\, and are interested in hosting our “Reflect to Revolutionize” workshops in the Loisaida Center for four consecutive Tuesday nights this November. \nThe Reflect to Revolutionize workshops are devoted to practicing critical thinking and meaningful self-reflection as pathways to liberating transformation. These facilitated discussions will shine light on the ways that oppressive systems and legacies of colonialism and slavery affect our daily lives and choices. We will rethink and redefine our notions of self\, purpose\, power and community. Our goal is to provide an active space where we confront our own trauma and fear in order to rise stronger as a collective. \n\nOrganizer and facilitator: Amy Neshama\nHosted by: Loisaida Inc. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/reflect-to-revolutionize-critical-thinking-seminar/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Updated-flyer-wlogo-e1542390376551.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181128T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181128T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20181107T183031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181116T164805Z UID:10000378-1543429800-1543435200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Book Talk: Counter Institution by Nandini Bagchee DESCRIPTION:Book Talk: Counter Institution by Nandini Bagchee\nWednesday\, November 28\, 6:30pm\nLoisaida Center\, 710 E 9th St \nCounterinstitution: Activist Estates of the Lower East Side\, examines the open-ended histories of activism in the Lower East Side by looking at the spaces used by activists- storefronts\, gardens and offices to bring forth the hidden dimensions of these organizational spaces through a collaging together of architectural drawings techniques with archival research\, photography and writing. This book examines three re-purposed buildings on the Lower East Side that have been used by activists to launch actions over the past forty years. The Peace Pentagon was the headquarters of the anti-war movement\, El Bohio was a metaphoric “hut” that envisioned the Puerto Rican Community as a steward of the environment\, and ABC No Rio\, a name appropriated from a storefront sign with missing letters\, was a catchy punk name that appealed to the anarchistic sensibility of the artists that ran a storefront gallery in a run-down tenement. The “activist estates” explored in this book represents both a conceptual and a literal struggle to create a space for civic action in a city that is built upon real estate speculation. \nA book talk by author Nandini Bagchee will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Gregory Sholette. Nandini Bagchee is an Associate Professor of Architecture and History at City College New York and a Principal at Bagchee Architects. Greg Sholette is an artist\, activist and author of Delirium and Resistance: Art\, Activism & the Crisis of Capitalism (Pluto Press 2017) and Dark Matter: Art and Politics in an Age of Enterprise Culture (Pluto Press\, 2011). At this event we will also launch a call for participation for an exhibition planned at the Loisaida Center titled\, “Activist Estates: An Alternate History of Real Estate in Loisaida”. \nThis exhibition designed and curated by Nandini Bagchee in collaboration with Loisaida Center will be mounted in May 2019 to celebrate the history of space-based activism in the Lower East Side. Through timelines\, photographs\, artifacts\, film and architectural models- the exhibit will invite visitors to share their own stories and images to fill in the blanks or simply re-interpret the material within the show. Community workshops and envisioning sessions will open new discussions of the future of community-\ncontrolled space. \nCo-Sponsored by the Loisaida Center and GVSHP \nThis event is fully accessible. \n\n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nandini-bagchee-counter-institution/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/COUNTERINSTITUTION_COVER-01_960.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181130T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20181114T185201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181114T185201Z UID:10000379-1543575600-1543597200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Exhibition Closing: Our Time by Antonio Serna DESCRIPTION:Last chance to see the exhibition: \nDocuments of Resistance: Our Time \nby: Antonio Serna \n\nOverview:\nLoisaida Center Inc. is pleased to present Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, a participatory exhibition and residency of new work by Antonio Serna. \nHow do we give contours to an art history that remains unwritten\, scattered across archives\, and siloed in scholarship? How can we begin to reconnect the struggle for civil rights across all artists of color and their fight for inclusion in our cultural institutions? How can we being to reflect on the complexity of artists of color and their unique experience\, political actions\, and art production as part of the art history in American? In the exhibition\, Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, Mexican-American artist\, Antonio Serna is hoping to take us down a visual path to consider these and many other questions in regards to the important but often overlook contributions of artist of color. \nCentral to the exhibition will be a series timeline collages of art and activism from each decade\, from 1960s up to our current decade. In combining the histories of artists of color\, visitors will be able to visually locate overlapping shared concerns and experiences of artists of color: from the Chicano Movement to the Black Power Movement\, and from the Labor Movement to the Feminist\, Third World Movement\, and beyond. Leading up to and during the exhibition\, Antonio Serna is asking the public to send in their memories of this resistance: people\, places\, or events relevant in order to continue to expand this histories. Serna’s interest is not just a reflection of the past hopes to inspire and empower a new generation of people of color to join the struggle in becoming the next generation of artists\, activists\, curators\, historians\, archivist\, and museum workers\, to help end discrimination in our cultural institutions. \nGoals:\nMy current project ‘Documents of Resistance\,’ is an ongoing art project that draws inspiration from the history of art and activism by artists of color from 1960-present. My goal is to develop several specific in depth projects under this expansive umbrella. Specifically\, for my residency at The Loisaida Center\, I will be focusing on ‘Our Time\,’ a multimedia installation that chronicles the connections and relationships between people\, places\, and events that influenced artists of color. Central to ‘Our Time’ is a series of 4 visual timeline-collages that contextualize this unique history. The timelines include historic images of protests against racism in museums in New York and collective activities in places such as Watts and East Los Angeles\, among other political activities. By giving visual form to this history\, we can gain an overview of overlapping concerns\, cross-cultural themes\, and socio-political forces that affected the studio production and protests organizing of artists of color. Over the span of my residency at The Loisaida Center visitors\, special guests\, and the public will be ask to comment and contribute to the project. \nDuring the research and development phase of the residency\, the artist will conduct a Call for Public Participation\, to participate please fill out this form. \nOutcome\, exhibition:\nDocuments of Resistance: Our Time\nSeptember 14th – November 30th \nExhibition Closing: Friday\, November 30th\, 2018 – 11am to 5pm \nFor his exhibition\, ‘ Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, the upcoming exhibition at Loisaida\, resident artists Antonio Serna\, is creating timelines to highlight the art and activism of artists of color. Help us build these important timelines by sending in your memories of resistance: people\, places\, or events relevant to the history of art and activism by people of color; These timelines will provide information for future research\, scholarship\, and display. \nCall for Public Participation: \nDo you remember a spot in your neighborhood that was an important place for artists of color meet and make art. Do you recall a rally or protest organized by artists of color? How about and  exhibition by and for artists of color? Or community art projects that were made by and for communities of color? We want to collect all these important moments.  \nContribute by filling out the form below: \n\nLoading… \n\nAbout the artist:\nAntonio Serna is a Mexican-American artist\, activist\, and independent researcher. For over a decade Antonio has helped lead and co-organize several art projects and activist interventions in New York\, Texas\, Las Vegas\, Spain\, Mexico\, Berlin\, and Romania. Most recently he has contributed to labor equity portion of “People’s Cultural Plan\,” which launched at Artists Space in 2017\, and the Brooklyn Community Forum on Gentrification at the Brooklyn Museum in 2016. Other notable projects include his work on alternative economies for artists including artCommons at The Queens Museum and “What Do We Do Now?” at Eyebeam\, both held in 2013. Antonio Serna is originally from Texas and holds a Masters in Fine Arts from Brooklyn College\, and a Bachelor of Arts from Parsons School of Art and Design. \nHis current project Documents of Resistances has recently been included in a new book Art As Social Action\, edited by Gregory Sholette\, Chloe Bass\, and Queens Social Practice (Allworth Press). An artist residency and exhibition for this project has also been schedule for the Fall of 2018 at The Loisaida Center in New York City. \n\n\nRelevant links to websites/publications/reviews/etc.\n\n\n\nPersonal website: www.antonioserna.com\nPress: “Empowering Latinx Arts Practitioners at the Latinx Artist Retreat (LXAR)\,” Lynnette Miranda. Chicago Artist Writers\, June 7\, 2017.\nPress: “Can Protest Art Survive And Thrive During A Trump Presidency\,”Anjali Enjeti. Pacific Standard\, May 27\, 2017.\nPress: “Antinomies of Art Activism and Documentation: The Curatorial Approach of Agitprop at the Brooklyn Museum\,” Izabel Galliera\, Issue 4\, Field Journal\, 2016.\n\n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” \n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/exhibition-closing-our-time/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SERNA_DoR_OurOpressionsAreConnectedDSC7530-new.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190109T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190109T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20181219T183030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181219T183030Z UID:10000381-1547020800-1547053200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:g e o d e s i c l i n g u i x ; Charas as Infinite Thought Object DESCRIPTION:Matthew Mottel & Edwin Torres\nEVENT DETAILS:TICKETSWednesday\, January 9\, 2019\, 8:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n \ng e o d e s i c   l i n g u i x ;\nCharas as Infinite Thought Object\nThe history of dome building on the Lower East Side goes back to when CHARAS built domes in collaboration with Buckminster Fuller in 1972/73. Syeus Mottel documented this effort in his photojournalism book CHARAS; THE IMPROBABLE DOME BUILDERS\, first published in 1973 and now re-published in 2018 by Song Cave Press & Pioneer Works. \nOn 1.9.19\, The Poetry Project\, will stage a performative action between artist\, and researcher Matthew Mottel and poet Edwin Torres. Torres has been an active member of the Loisaida community since the 90’s\, where he’s performed his ‘lingualisualist’ poetics\, rooted in sight and sound\, at many iconic venues. Mottel\, has been a member of the experimental arts community of New York City since the late 1990’s. \nIn interviewing Chino Garcia (co-founder of CHARAS)\, Matthew was told that one of the domes CHARAS built in the 1970’s was portable and used as sites for experimental performance. In this spirit\,Mottel and Torres will perform in and around a Geodesic Dome built inside the Poetry Project. \nMottel will screen a documentary video on the history of CHARAS’s dome building activity. And Torres will perform from his recent book\, “XOETEOX: THE INFINITE WORD OBJECT” (Wave Books) within a sonically & visually-charged geodesic environment. \nAs the finale of the evening\, the two will collaborate in and around the dome. This event will further expand the narrative of CHARAS’s original dome actions\, to pair with contemporary performance and poetics\, and to champion new forms with new content. This collaboration was facilitated by the Loisaida Center\, who introduced the artists and hosted Mottel’s exhibition ‘Charas is alive on Spaceship Earth’ in May – June 2018. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATTHEW MOTTEL\n\n\nMatthew Mottel (born 1981\, New York\, NY) is an artist\, performer and writer. Matthew researches political and cultural histories to ameliorate the relationships between archival historical documents and their contemporary context. These investigations often are in the form of sculpture\, intermedia art installation and performance; creating unique environments for archival media to exist within. Matthew was an Artist In Residence At Issue Project Room in 2010 and an LMCC Swing Space Recipient in 2011.  He has presented work at the Museum of Modern Art\, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Victoria & Albert Museum\, London; The Kitchen\, New York; Deitch Projects\, New York; All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival; London and Moers Music\, Germany. \nHe received in 2003\, a B.A at SUNY New Paltz\, his degree in Political & Cultural Studies. He presented his thesis exhibition towards an M.F.A. at City College’s Digital Intermedia Art Practice program in 2018 with graduation in 2019. \n\n\n\n\n\nEDWIN TORRES\n\n\nEdwin Torres is a NYC native whose books include\, XoeteoX: the infinite word object (Wave Books)\, Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press)\, and The PoPedology of an Ambient Language (Atelos Books). Anthologies include: American Poets in the 21st Century: Poetics of Social Engagement\, Who Will Speak For America\, Angels of the Americlypse: New Latin@ Writing\, and Aloud; Voices From The Nuyorican Poets Café. Recent collaborations include; Sowndhauz-an electro-lingo duo with Matt Harle\, Poex-a collection of sound pieces created with Stephen Vitiello\, and Resurrection-a site-specific installation performance with Julie Carr. He is editor of the forthcoming anthology from Counterpath Press entitled\, The Body In Language: An Anthology. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/g-e-o-d-e-s-i-c-l-i-n-g-u-i-x-charas-as-infinite-thought-object/ LOCATION:The Poetry Club\, 131 E. 10th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DOME_CITY_BW.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190129T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20190109T181249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190116T215221Z UID:10000382-1548784800-1548792000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Project LAZO: Supported at its Ends—Hanging by its Weight DESCRIPTION:*Image by: Luciana Pinchiero | El Cuello con Manchas de El Eco (El Eco’s Spotty Neck)\, 2017 \nLAZO at Loisaida present: \nSupported at its Ends—Hanging by its Weight\nOpening Reception: January 29th\, 2019 | 6-8 PM\nJanuary 29th – February 8th\, 2019 \nParticipating Artists: \nRonny Quevedo \nAmy Westpfahl \nDolores Furtado \nGaby Collins-Fernandez \nMauricio Cortes Ortega \nPedro Wainer \nDaniel Greenfield-Campoverde \nLuciana Pinchiero \nEsperanza Mayobre \nBernadette Despujols \nOmar Barquet \nKristin Reger \nMaximilliano Siñani \nConstanza Alarcon Tennen \n  \nRead more about the residency here. \n\nAbout the artists:\nLAZO is a collaborative project founded by Alva Mooses and Claudia Cortínez. We are artists of Latin American descent focusing on intersections of photography\, sculpture and printmaking and began working together while doing our graduate studies together at Yale University. We have organized exhibitions\, publications\, and talks that support artists while furthering cross-cultural dialogue. Both born in the U.S. (Alva to parents from Mexico & the U.S. and Claudia to parents from Argentina & Chile) our practices have relied largely on being based in NYC while working internationally creating ties to distinct communities. \nAlva Mooses is an artist based in New York. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union and her MFA from Yale University. She has exhibited her work at the 10th Havana Biennial\, Instituto Cervantes in NY\, Shirley Fiterman Art Center\, Logan Center for the Arts\, Eduardo Sívori Museum\, among others. She has completed residencies such as the APL Program at The University of Chicago\, Tou Trykk in Stavanger\, Norway\, the Davidoff Art Initiative in the Dominican Republic\, and Casa Wabi in Oaxaca\, Mexico. She has presented her work through artist talks at the Swiss Institute in NYC\, Rogaland Kunstsenter in Norway\, University of Chicago\, among others. She is the recipient of a Yale University Schoelkopf Fellowship\, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Community Engagement Grant\, and UChicago Arts Grant\, among others. Since 2004\, she has organized community art initiatives and collaborations in Mexico\, Cuba\, the Dominican Republic\, Haiti\, El Salvador\, and Argentina. Alva currently teaches Sculpture at The Cooper Union School of Art. \nClaudia Cortínez is a visual artist currently living and working between Buenos Aires and NYC. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA at Yale University. She is the recipient of the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship from Yale University (2012)\, the Blair Dickinson Memorial Grant from Yale University (2013)\, the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant in NYC (2013)\, among others. She has exhibited her work extensively in solo and group shows in the US\, Latin America\, and Europe\, and has curated exhibitions at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center in NYC (2016) and the Eduardo Sívori Museum in Buenos Aires (2018)\, bringing together artists from both cities. She has participated in various residencies such as LMCC Swing Space (2014)\, La Ira de Dios (BsAs\, 2016)\, Mass MoCA (2017)\, Real Time and Space (CA\, 2018)\, and Tou Trykk (Norway\, 2018)\, among others. She is currently an artist in residence at the NARS Foundation in Brooklyn\, NY. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/supported-at-its-ends-hanging-by-its-weight/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Loisaida-exhibition-event-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190206T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190206T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20190118T210410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190118T210410Z UID:10000384-1549477800-1549485000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Ecological City: Climate Solutions Project -Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Description\n2018 Loisaida\, Inc. Artist in Residence: Ecological City is planning its yearly neighborhood wide Procession for Climate Solutions. Come to the meeting and learn how to get involved \nShare ideas\, brainstorm and and collaborate co-creating the Ecological City: Procession for Climate Solutions at the ECOLOGICAL CITY – PLANNING MEETING \nFind out how to participate in Ecological Arts Workshops from March 2- May 8 every Wednesday 6-9pm and Saturday 12-4pm creating spectacular giant puppets\, costumes and performances exploring local sustainability sites and climate solution initiatives. Workshop location to be announced. \nGroups and organizations are invited to create groups arts projects. \nVisual arts and performance projects created through the workshops are presented in the culminating Ecological City: Procession for Climate Solutions on Saturday May 11\, 2019 with 20 sites performances celebrating climate solutions and ecological sustainability initiatives throughout community gardens\, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront on the Lower East Side.\nSpace is limited. Registration does not guarantee admission\, which will be on a first-come first-served basis\, with priority given to those who register. \nPictured: Ecological City contingent at the 2018 Loisaida Festival. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/ecological-city-project-planning-meeting/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Loisaida-Festival-2018-1-e1547845291201-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190220T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190220T193000 DTSTAMP:20260403T190003 CREATED:20190118T164633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190118T175125Z UID:10000383-1550683800-1550691000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Art in the Garden: Painting Ceramic Tiles DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n\n\nFacilitated by artist Alejandro Epifanio Juan of Loisaida\, Inc. and ceramic specialist Essye Klempner \nMake beautiful ceramic tiles to bring art to your garden! This workshop is the first of two parts. Led by artists Alejandro Epifanio Juan of Loisaida\, Inc. and ceramic specialist Essye Klempner\, participants will paint ceramic tiles during this class and pick up their fired tiles from the GreenThumb office at a later date. The second part will be held in the spring where we will install our new decorative ceramic tiles in gardens through mosaic paver stones and other options. \nSpace is limited*. Registration does not guarantee admission\, which will be on a first-come first-served basis\, with priority given to those who register here on Eventbrite until 5:30 pm\, when we will open it up to the public. *SOLD OUT* \nPictured: Bimbo Rivas\, mosaic by: Carlos Pinto installed at Two Boots Pizzeria in Loisaida. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/art-in-the-garden-painting-ceramic-tiles/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bimbo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR