All proceeds will go to support our Summer 2018 Launch of El Semillero...the new Loisaida hub for Ideas and Innovation, which will include state of the art media and technology to anchor our MakerSpace learning and production initiatives and programs for the Lower East Side.
Rosie's steadfast support and heart for the Loisaida community, her early actions that helped save Loisaida, Inc. and her belief and investment in Loisaida's vision and future is what has made El Semillero possible.
Our new Councilwoman Carlina Rivera will be with with us to help present this well-deserved recognition.
Also Honoring:
Rolando Politi, Local Artist
Rolando is an original maker. You may recognize his work dressed throughout our neighborhood, most visibly on the fence of La Plaza Cultural. We honor the Italian-born artist for his contributions to sustainability through art and for the impact of his work that shift perceptions of 'waste' and transform consumer culture.
We are proud to honor EcoKit Puerto Rico, a creative disaster relief solution organization, started last year by Jeca Rodriguez, alumna of Loisaida's Artist-in-Residency program. "We really want to change the way aid is given. We want to not only help in the short-term, but prepare Puerto Rico for the future," said Jeca Rodriguez in an interview with the Manhattan Times.
Special Performances by:
A peripatetic performance from the Carribbean crooner,
Joe Louis.
Tropical beats from the one and only
D'Marquesina.
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Meet one of our Artists-In-Residence, Anthony Rosado, and get a sneak peak at his coming presentations.
"Restoring the Heart of Ni'Tiñao"
Ni'Tiñao means "relative progenitor" in Arawak, it is eponymous with the Taíno peoples of the Caribbean. Rosado's work focuses on historical, indigenous Caribbean definitions of race and identity and the influence of indigenous values, spirituality, horticulture, and language today and right here in L
oisaida. Anthony's work sets intention to the beginning of El Semillero.
Anthony's current work in his Loisaida Center studio.
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