Wednesday, october 6, 2010

*note: programming and venue information subject to change

5:00- 9:00pm	Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street Bronx NY 10451 718-518-6728 . Opening Reception for Las Casitas Revisited Las Casitas Revisited is an updated remounting of the legendary Casitas exhibition curated twenty years ago by Betty-Sue Hertz and William Aguado of the Bronx Council on the Arts. The exhibition opened at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., traveled to Chicago and closed at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 1991. This remounting, curated by Mr. Aguado, and Wallace Edgecombe, director of the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, will include elements of the original exhibition including Martha Cooper’s highly acclaimed photographs. It will also include elements (photographs, found objects, video footage and musical instruments) reflecting the history of the legendary Casita de Chema on Brooke Avenue in the Bronx which, for over 30 years, has served as an important forge and incubator of Puerto Rican culture in the Diaspora. The centerpiece of the installation will be a recreation of la Casita de Chema designed and installed by José “Chema” Soto, founder of the Casita, and the exhibition’s designer, Juan Fernando Morales. The installation will be one of the principal components of the Hostos Center’s BomPlenazo festival, a biennial celebration of Afro-Puerto Rican culture. This year's festival will focus on cultural traditions of the area of Mayagüez on the west coast of Puerto Rico. This exhibition, on view in the Main Gallery and Project Room, is co-organized by by BCA's Longwood Gallery @ Hostos and the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture.
5:00- 8:30pm	BCA's bronxArtworks Artisans Initiative Hostos Community College Lobby 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street Bronx NY 10451 718-401-9558 bronxArtworks Artisans Initiative Imaginative bronxArtworks Creations in all price ranges are yours for the browsing and for the buying. Items included are Korean knot tying novelties, art cards and prints, original ceramics, silver jewelry, and much more.
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5:45- 7:45pm	Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street Bronx, NY 10456 718-681-6000 Tour the current exhibitions on view: Urban Archives: Happy Together Asian and Asian-American Art from the museum’s Permanent Collection. Yankee Stadiums Jeff Chen-Hsing Liao’s iconic image of the two Yankee Stadiums capturing a unique moment of transition in the South Bronx. Lobby-For-The-Time-Being A project by Acconci Studio.
6:00- 9:00pm	BronxArtSpace 305 East 140th Street Bronx, NY 10454 718-401-8144 An Exhibition by Doris Cacoilo Doris Cacoilo is an artist, activist, curator and educator. She is the director of gaia an artist collective working to help support women artists and the advocacy of women's issues. She has an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College and has been teaching at Hunter College and New Jersey City University. Her screen-based work, sculpture and performances have been exhibited in NY and NJ. Click here to learn more about the artist.
A renovation project at BronxArtSpace has caused all August programming to be cancelled. Check their website at www.bronxartspace.com for further information
5:30- 10:00pm	LDR Studio Gallery 137 Alexander Avenue, Suite 10, 4th floor Bronx, NY 10454 917-558-2389 Exhibition TBA
5:30- 8:30pm	Bruckner Bar & Grill 1 Bruckner Blvd Bronx, NY 10451 718-665-2001
5:30- 8:30pm	Exhibition TBA
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