Loisaida Inc.

Community Parade & Pageant – Open Community Workshops
2017-05-21 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-14 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-07 12:00 - 18:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Workshop begins: Sunday, May 7th 2017 from 12:00pm to 6:00pm
All workshops held at Loisaida Inc. Center – 710 East 9th Street NY NY 10009
FREE! All ages welcome.
Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Overview:
Loisaida Inc. has commissioned three masters in the arts of street theater to develop and implement a FREE month-long intensive collaborative atelier of parade-making & pageant techniques to kick-off the Loisaida Street Festival on its 30th anniversary. Daniel Polnau, Pablo Varona and Adam Ende (link to bios below) are three veteran puppeteers and distinct street artists with extensive US and international experience coming together in Loisaida to engage our surrounding community in an exploration of what is possible with humble and accessible materials. They will offer their skills and mentorship in diverse formats of inter-active public art aesthetics, messaging and celebration.

Open Community Workshop
Dates: Sundays (May 7,14 and 21) from 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Description: The Loisaida Festival Parade & Pageant counts with workshop space to build anything related to the parade. Any individual or group that would like to use our space, can come in on the Open Community Workshops. If you reach us beforehand, we could also reserve a space in the workshop and help with your designs and craft.
Please note: The parade is on the 28, May 2017, it starts at 10am and finishes at 12pm. We are asking all parade volunteers to be there, at least, two hours before (~8am) the parade starts and to anyone else that is parading with us, at least one hour before (~9am).
(Recommended for ages 18 – Adults. No unaccompanied minors will be allowed.)

Register here!

La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017 - Exhibition Open
2017-05-20 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-19 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-18 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-13 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-12 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-11 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-06 12:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-05 12:00 - 18:00 and 2 more dates | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Exhibition Details:
Title: La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017
Exhibition Dates: April 8 – June 30 , 2017
Viewing Hours:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Noon to 6:00 pm
and by appointment.
Organizer:
Artmakers Inc.
For more info and media queries: Jane Weissman, ArtmakersNYC@aol.com, (212) 989-3006
Host Venue:
Loisaida Inc. Center
(646) 726-4715
710 East 9th Street, Lower East Side
New York, NY 10009 United States
+ Google Map

Email: info@loisaida.org

Community Parade & Pageant – Open Community Workshops
2017-05-19 14:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-12 14:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-05 14:00 - 18:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Workshop begins: Friday, May 5th 2017 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm
All workshops held at Loisaida Inc. Center – 710 East 9th Street NY NY 10009
FREE! All ages welcome.
Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Overview:
Loisaida Inc. has commissioned three masters in the arts of street theater to develop and implement a FREE month-long intensive collaborative atelier of parade-making & pageant techniques to kick-off the Loisaida Street Festival on its 30th anniversary. Daniel Polnau, Pablo Varona and Adam Ende (link to bios below) are three veteran puppeteers and distinct street artists with extensive US and international experience coming together in Loisaida to engage our surrounding community in an exploration of what is possible with humble and accessible materials. They will offer their skills and mentorship in diverse formats of inter-active public art aesthetics, messaging and celebration.

Open Community Workshop
Dates: Fridays (May 5,12,19 and 26) from 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Description: The Loisaida Festival Parade & Pageant counts with workshop space to build anything related to the parade. Any individual or group that would like to use our space, can come in on the Open Community Workshops. If you reach us beforehand, we could also reserve a space in the workshop and help with your designs and craft.
Please note: The parade is on the 28, May 2017, it starts at 10am and finishes at 12pm. We are asking all parade volunteers to be there, at least, two hours before (~8am) the parade starts and to anyone else that is parading with us, at least one hour before (~9am).
(Recommended for ages 18 – Adults. No unaccompanied minors will be allowed.)

Register here!

Community Parade & Pageant – Open Workshops (Tootophone)
2017-05-18 12:00 - 15:00, 2017-05-11 12:00 - 15:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Workshop begins: Thursday, May 4th 2017 from 12:00pm to 6:00pm
All workshops held at Loisaida Inc. Center – 710 East 9th Street NY NY 10009
FREE! All ages welcome.
Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Overview:
Loisaida Inc. has commissioned three masters in the arts of street theater to develop and implement a FREE month-long intensive collaborative atelier of parade-making & pageant techniques to kick-off the Loisaida Street Festival on its 30th anniversary. Daniel Polnau, Pablo Varona and Adam Ende (link to bios below) are three veteran puppeteers and distinct street artists with extensive US and international experience coming together in Loisaida to engage our surrounding community in an exploration of what is possible with humble and accessible materials. They will offer their skills and mentorship in diverse formats of inter-active public art aesthetics, messaging and celebration.

Tutabanda (Tootophone) Workshop
Dates: Thursdays (May 4, 11, 18, and 25) from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Description: Let’s start a musical street band from scratch! Bring out all of your inner musical joy in a band of wonders and learn how to make your own costume, design your own mask, help build a float, build your own musical instruments (with materials sourced from any local hardware store) and collaboratively come up with a choreography. Open to all artists, specially musicians and dancers.
(Recommended for ages 18 – Adults)

Register here!

Community Parade & Pageant – Open Community Textiles Workshops
2017-05-17 15:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-16 15:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-10 15:00 - 18:00, 2017-05-09 15:00 - 18:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Loisaida inc. is proud to present as part of The 30th Annual Loisaida Festival, Daniela Fabrizi will be complementing with textiles and fabric; the collaborative atelier created by the 3 invited street theater artists: Daniel Polnau, Pablo Varona and Adam Ende. This collaborative atelier will be open to visitors and the community at large, all FREE.

Specific Dates by theme:
Re-plasti-cycle your Garments: May 10,17, 24 (3pm-6pm)
Costumes! Banners! Flags! GIANTS!: May 9,16, 23 (3pm-6pm)

Workshop description:

Re-plasti-cycle your Garments

Learn how to reuse plastic and repurpose everyday plastic trash into your own hand-made fabric. We will focus at making fabric from plastic junk, crafting our own textile patterns and building handmade garments and wearable pieces that would be used by individuals at the parade.
This workshop is aimed at younger audiences, who are in the beginning of their journey on their textiles and design interests. Also participants will explore the idea of reusing, recycling and re-inventing with what they have and experiment letting their mind to be their own limit to create new beautiful and usable things.
(Recommended for Pre-teen and Teens)

Costumes! Banners! Flags! GIANTS!

Fabric is one of the most versatile, used and indispensable materials that could transform any parade into a memorable experience within any community. On this workshop we will learn and apply some basic skills on textiles to make costumes, banners, flags and giants. Open to all artists interested in textiles with any experience. In collaboration with Zuleyka Alejandro.
All creations can be part of this year’s edition of the Loisaida Festival Community Parade.
(Recommended for kids, adults, EVERYONE)

Artist Bio:
Daniela Fabrizi. Always inspired by the work of women and her own travels, she is a costumes and textiles lover. Based in New York, and having working experience in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, France and London, she works in all crafts related to this medium: from film, tv and theater to textile arts work with the community and her own independent projects. She enjoys the most working and sharing her craft with the community, while learning and getting inspired from them.
Contact Daniela Fabrizi at dani.fabrizi@gmail.com or call (347) 314-3555

Community Parade & Pageant – Open Workshops (Giant Tiger & Jaguar)
2017-05-17 12:00 - 15:00, 2017-05-10 12:00 - 15:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Workshop begins: Wednesday, May 10th 2017 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
All workshops held at Loisaida Inc. Center – 710 East 9th Street NY NY 10009
FREE! All ages welcome.
Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Overview:
Loisaida Inc. has commissioned three masters in the arts of street theater to develop and implement a FREE month-long intensive collaborative atelier of parade-making & pageant techniques to kick-off the Loisaida Street Festival on its 30th anniversary. Daniel Polnau, Pablo Varona and Adam Ende (link to bios below) are three veteran puppeteers and distinct street artists with extensive US and international experience coming together in Loisaida to engage our surrounding community in an exploration of what is possible with humble and accessible materials. They will offer their skills and mentorship in diverse formats of inter-active public art aesthetics, messaging and celebration.

Giant Tiger and Jaguar Puppets Workshop:
Dates: Wednesdays (May 10, 17 and 24) from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Description: Open to anyone who wants to make wearable-danceable- carry able art and help create. Join our team of guest artists and local luminaries in a highly collaborative and experimental open studio where we spin straw into gold! All levels of experience- from the curious to fluent!
Families, adults, teens, individuals, organizations welcome. See your dreams come to life when we bring our creations to the street in a spectacular parade that celebrates the spirit of Loisaida past, present and future!
(Recommended for ages 6 – Adults. No unaccompanied minors will be allowed.)

Register here!

Community Parade & Pageant – Open Workshops (Cabezudos)
2017-05-16 12:00 - 15:00, 2017-05-09 12:00 - 15:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Workshop begins: Tuesday, May 9th 2017 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
All workshops held at Loisaida Inc. Center – 710 East 9th Street NY NY 10009
FREE! All ages welcome.
Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Overview:
Loisaida Inc. has commissioned three masters in the arts of street theater to develop and implement a FREE month-long intensive collaborative atelier of parade-making & pageant techniques to kick-off the Loisaida Street Festival on its 30th anniversary. Daniel Polnau, Pablo Varona and Adam Ende (link to bios below) are three veteran puppeteers and distinct street artists with extensive US and international experience coming together in Loisaida to engage our surrounding community in an exploration of what is possible with humble and accessible materials. They will offer their skills and mentorship in diverse formats of inter-active public art aesthetics, messaging and celebration.

Cabezudos (Big-head puppets) Workshop
Dates: Tuesdays (May 9, 16, and 23) from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Description: This workshop we will celebrate local history by creating an ensemble of big head masks– portraits of the important artists, activists and gardeners who shaped the neighborhood, such as Bimbo Rivas, Carmen Pabón, Tato Laviera, Armando Pérez, and Jorge Brandon aka “El Coco que Habla”, among others.
Participants will learn sculpture techniques with clay, cardboard, and other materials, the finer points of “paper mâché”, and painting skills. No prior experience necessary– all participants will discover that they have the innate skills to make beautiful portraits and caricatures. Included in the workshop will be mask movement and performance, so you will not only make a head, but learn how to embody it.
The creations will be part of the 30th Anniversary edition of the Loisaida Festival’s opening Parade and its Theater Lab.
(Recommended for ages 13 – Adults)

Register here!

La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017 - Illustrated Talk: Protest & Celebration (Encore)
2017-05-11 19:00 - 20:30 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Thursday, May 11, 7:00-8:30 PM.
Panel: Illustrated Talk: Protest & Celebration:.
Community Murals of the 1970s & 1980s in Loisaida and on the Historic Lower East Side. Jane Weissman, presenter

Exhibition Details:
Title: La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017
Exhibition Dates: April 8 – June 30 , 2017
Viewing Hours:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Noon to 6:00 pm
and by appointment.
Organizer:
Artmakers Inc.
For more info and media queries: Jane Weissman, ArtmakersNYC@aol.com, (212) 989-3006
Host Venue:
Loisaida Inc. Center
(646) 726-4715
710 East 9th Street, Lower East Side
New York, NY 10009 United States
+ Google Map

Email: info@loisaida.org

Come Paint With Us!
2017-05-06 09:00 - 2017-05-09 17:00 | First Street Green, 33 East 1st Street, New York, NY, 10003, United States
COME PAINT A MURAL WITH YOUR COMMUNITY!
Painting extravaganza opened to the community. Artistic experience not necessary. Participants are not required to attend all of the sessions, only hands and creativity needed to help complete this project!
@ FIRST STREET GREEN ART PARK
EAST 1ST STREET AND HOUSTON
33 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003

Dear Friends,
This event has been rescheduled due to rain! Please come by during these times:
5/7 painting from 9-3pm, Reception at 4pm
5/8 painting from 9am-5pm
5/9 painting from 9am-5pm
see you sunday!

Friday May 5th through Sunday May 7th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Open Community Mural Painting Weekend
An endeavor hoping to pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of the twenty-six La Lucha Continua murals raised in 1983 by the community mural collective Artmakers Inc. to address six of some of the compelling political issues of the time, issues such as: gentrification, police brutality, immigration, women’s issues, and opposition to U.S. interventions in Central America and apartheid in South Africa. In contrast with much of the art being produced in the neighborhood at the time for the mainstream art market, this was created for the people, a “neighborhood-directed” effort as described in NYTimes.
The mural will be designed and painted by a small group of volunteers called upon by members from each organization; led by artist Sam Wisneski of the Thrive Collective. This collaboration represents a joint effort in calling on members from a surrounding community to speak to their own experiences, thus amplifying the voices of the community by offering up the podium, or in this case rather the paintbrush, to the people. More than a simple retelling of history, this mural can portray our present through past voices.
As the executive director of The Loisaida Center, Libertad Guerra posits,
“This exhibition is more than an excavation of the past or an exploration of the social, political and cultural context in which the murals were created. It is also a lens aimed at today’s Loisaida, focusing on how the neighborhood and the issues have changed, directing the eye to the future.”
Two from the original twenty-six pieces are still visible at La Plaza Cultural to this day. Though much of the image from this piece by Susan Ortega has all but withered, the slogan “La Lucha Continúa” remains a powerful reminder to locals in the neighborhood and a reflection of our present through an historical lens.
Production for the commemorative mural coincides with the “La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017” exhibition currently on display at Loisaida Center.

Community Parade & Pageant – Open Workshops (Tootophone)
2017-05-04 12:00 - 15:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Workshop begins: Thursday, May 4th 2017 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
All workshops held at Loisaida Inc. Center – 710 East 9th Street NY NY 10009
FREE! All ages welcome.
Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Overview:
Loisaida Inc. has commissioned three masters in the arts of street theater to develop and implement a FREE month-long intensive collaborative atelier of parade-making & pageant techniques to kick-off the Loisaida Street Festival on its 30th anniversary. Daniel Polnau, Pablo Varona and Adam Ende (link to bios below) are three veteran puppeteers and distinct street artists with extensive US and international experience coming together in Loisaida to engage our surrounding community in an exploration of what is possible with humble and accessible materials. They will offer their skills and mentorship in diverse formats of inter-active public art aesthetics, messaging and celebration.

Tutabanda (Tootophone) Workshop
Dates: Thursdays (May 4, 11, 18, and 25) from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Description: Let’s start a musical street band from scratch! Bring out all of your inner musical joy in a band of wonders and learn how to make your own costume, design your own mask, help build a float, build your own musical instruments (with materials sourced from any local hardware store) and collaboratively come up with a choreography. Open to all artists, specially musicians and dancers.
(Recommended for ages 18 – Adults)

Register here!

La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017 - Guided Gallery Talk & Garden Visit
2017-04-30 13:00 - 15:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Sunday, April 30, 1:00 PM.
Panel: Illustrated Talk: Protest & Celebration:.
1 PM Guided Gallery Talk and at 2 PM Garden Visit to La Plaza Cultural at 9th & C. (Gallery remains open to 5 PM)

Exhibition Details:
Title: La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017
Exhibition Dates: April 8 – June 30 , 2017
Viewing Hours:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Noon to 6:00 pm
and by appointment.
Organizer:
Artmakers Inc.
For more info and media queries: Jane Weissman, ArtmakersNYC@aol.com, (212) 989-3006
Host Venue:
Loisaida Inc. Center
(646) 726-4715
710 East 9th Street, Lower East Side
New York, NY 10009 United States
+ Google Map

Email: info@loisaida.org
