Archive for 'Art'
Bronx streetscapes take center stage in new exhibition
Posted on 02. Aug, 2011 by Matthew J. Perlman.
Emilio Sanchez made his first trek down Hunts Point’s Food Center Drive in 1988, when he was 67, to an art gallery in the caverns of the Krasdale Foods complex where his art was being shown. His friend Sig Balka, general attorney for Krasdale and art connoisseur, was showing Sanchez’s work in the gallery [...]
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Two South Bronx groups win city awards
Posted on 01. Aug, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Two stalwarts of the arts in the South Bronx received prestigious Neighborhood Achievement Awards from the mayor’s office in July. The Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education in Hunts Point and Pregones Theater near Mott Haven were among fourteen organizations and individuals citywide to get the 2011 award at a ceremony at Gracie Mansion, [...]
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Teen photography workshop teaches perspective
Posted on 29. Jun, 2011 by Paul DeBenedetto.
Camera offers students a new way of seeing their neighborhood When Geancarlo Jordan moved to the United States from Ecuador two years ago, his only experience with a camera was to point it at something and hit the shutter button. But over the last four months, Jordan, 17, estimates he has taken thousands of photos [...]
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Mott Haven walls keep memories alive
Posted on 04. Jun, 2011 by Daniel Rosenblum.
Memorial murals are leading South Bronx art form By Dan Rosenblum rosemblum@motthavenherald.com A tradition that started in the Bronx’s deadliest days, when homicide was an everyday occurrence, still marks the borough’s streets. As blood fell on the pavement, paint rose on the walls. Beginning in the early 1990s, memorial murals began to appear in Mott [...]
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Reports of art scene’s death are exaggerated
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Cheryl Chan.
Artists say change defines their relationship with Mott Haven Hatuey Ramos Fermin sits in the most famous apartment in Mott Haven, recording a podcast called “South Bronx Filter.” Fermin is the current tenant of Apartment 3A at 309 Alexander Avenue, which housed the Blue Bedroom where for two years his friend Blanka Amezkua displayed the [...]
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Art and business combine to burnish Bronx image
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Stuart White.
Mott Haven studio offers a showcase for emerging artists Why’s there no love for the Bronx? That question struck Bronxite Paul Ramirez when he graduated from college and realized he had no positive images of his home to show outsiders. “There are only two boroughs with character,” he said–“Brooklyn and the Bronx. So why are [...]
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Old bodega conceals alternative art scene
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Kathy Conkwright.
Popcorn performs “Scraps” at El Fogon from kathy conkwright on Vimeo. Music, poetry, exhibits find South Bronx base at El Fogon When Treve Bynum walked into the former bodega on Home Street, she thought she had made a mistake and walked into someone’s living room. Until she heard poet A. Lyric announce, “This ain’t your [...]
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Music-themed complex planned for Melrose
Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
A music-themed center with a Bronx flavor will be coming to Melrose soon. The Bronx Music Heritage Center has been designed to highlight the borough’s rich cross-cultural musical history, and will serve as both an archive and an educational and performance venue. But the new building on Elton Ave between E. 162nd and [...]
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Pop-up show offers art, food and music
Posted on 18. May, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
A landmark Melrose home will become a creative showcase this week from Thursday, May 19, through Sunday, May 22, for the work of Bronx photographers, musicians and visual artists during the “from the Bronx” Pop-Up Shop Museum and Cultural Showcase. Among the exhibits on display will be Bronx photography from the 1970s and 1980s by [...]
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Mott Haven Open Studio Tour scheduled
Posted on 22. Apr, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
The Fifth Annual Mott Haven Open Studio Tour will kick off Thursday, April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Bruckner Bar & Grill at 1 Bruckner Boulevard, where works by some of the Tour’s featured artists will be displayed. On the weekend of April 30/May 1, Mott Haven area artists will open their studios, living spaces [...]
