In today’s class, we made a visit to the Met Museum, which is located in Upper East Side, Manhattan, for most of us the first time. At the beginning we enjoy the Roman marbles, photographing the textures and the light. … Continue reading LIC, MI BARRIO – WEEK 8→
In class today we had the opportunity to share some thoughts and conclusions on each personal experience before and after this photography workshop. One student said: “before this workshop, I thought the photography was just to register events and parties, … Continue reading LIC, MI BARRIO – WEEK 7→
Time flies by, we reached our last workshop day! We had a small critic looking pieces that were made during the course, to reflect on all the processes experienced during classes such as the moldings in oily clay, water-based clay … Continue reading The Space in Between-Week 6→
Today is the last day of Ebb and Flow: Drawing Sound workshop. The participants climbed a constant uphill learning a somewhat new field in art practice. Six weeks was not enough to understand how electronics work from the bottom up. … Continue reading EBB AND FLOW: DRAWING SOUND: WEEK 6→
New York reached its peak temperature in this summer season. The heatwaves from concrete didn’t seem to subdue as our sweat evaporating from the surface. Ebb and Flow workshop participants visited Visible Futures Lab [VFL] at School of Visual Arts … Continue reading EBB AND FLOW: DRAWING SOUND: Field Trip→
In today’s class the students got a chance to discuss about their experiences visiting neighborhoods of different cultures. Each one of them got the opportunity to learn about the lifestyles and the foods within that group. One of the students … Continue reading LIC, mi Barrio – week 6→
This was our last hands on class! It was a class to see and touch some samples of different kinds of molds materials such as silicone, plaster as well as casting materials like paper pulp, liquid plastic, cement, wax, clay. … Continue reading The Space in Between – Week 5→
Transferring the tested circuit from a mini breadboard to a circuit board can be challenging. We assembled the sound machine together through a live camera projection. Participants soldered a piece by a piece checking the quality of their soldering together. … Continue reading EBB AND FLOW: DRAWING SOUND: WEEK 5→
Este martes New New Yorkers pudieron ver un corto documental sobre la muy relevante fotógrafa mexicana Graciela Iturbide, el título del documental: Más de mil palabras. Durante el corto, la fotógrafa se explayo y habló de cómo convertirse en un … Continue reading LIC, mi Barrio – Week 5→
During our class 5, we reviewed artworks done by contemporary artists such as Kiki Smith, Antony Gomerly, Janine Antoni among others, as references for the body cast assignment we were going to make using alginate mold our own body parts; … Continue reading The Space in Between- Week 5→
Arts and Education Space for Immigrant New Yorkers