Spring will marks the beginning of our annual
Loisaida Festival preparations, historically celebrated on Memorial Day weekend, this year on
Sunday, May 27th, 2018. From contract to clean up, the loisaida
Save the Date! Consider becoming a sponsor
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Puerto Rican artist and educator,
Zaida Goveo Balsameda & Daniela Fabrizi, will offer a
textile workshops series "tailor made" towards; youth, seniors, and the community at large interested in expanding their knowledge of textile techniques.
May is around the corner and at Loisaida we'll
The historic Fiestas de Cruz will once again resurge at Loisaida Center on May 5th with Sammy Tanco, Nelly Tanco, and Quinto Sonó.
CHARAS is Alive on Space Ship Earth
, an exhibition led by Matthew Mottel, will open our Festival season on May 9th, with a series of talks and performances on the significance of CHARAS.
Earth Celebration's Ecological City culminating pageant will take place on the Lower East Side on May 12th.
Mark your calendar!
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Fabric Yarn Workshop
Tuesday April 17 from 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Learn how to recycle fabrics and clothing into fun material that can be used for
knitting, weaving, crocheting & many other crafts.
Zaida is a fiber artist whose work serves as a hands-on manifesto of the symbiotic relationship we can have with our surroundings. She makes slowly and mindfully, using local/organic fibers, recycled or found materials, and natural dyes. These materials are transformed through traditional craft techniques she respectfully re-contextualizes. Her practice weaves together fiber-art, soft sculpture, material rescue, and contemplative performance.
Details
Workshop Duration: 1-2 hours
Cost: FREE
Languages: English and Spanish
Level: No previous knowledge required
For participants to bring:
Unused fabrics, Old/Stained T-shirts and/or clothing that you are willing to let go of/cut
up and transform
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Restoring the Heart of Ni'Tiñao
Closing Reception: Friday April 20th from 7:00 pm- 9:30 pm
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Please join us for the closing reception of Restoring the Heart of Ni'Tiñao, the successful culminating exhibition of Anthony Rosado's artistic residency!
A part of: The Native Caribbean Heritage Preservation Project & Exhibition.
Ní'Tiñao means "relative; friend; progenitor" in Kalinago, and is eponymous with the Taíno peoples of the Caribbean. Loisaida Inc.'s artist-in-residence, Anthony Rosado's, work focuses on historical, indigenous Caribbean definitions of identity and the influence of their values, spirituality, horticulture, and language today, as well as our relation to these definitions right here in Loisaida. His exhibition aims to refute eurocolonial claims that the Ní'Tiñao were a divided peoples who went extinct. Via art and storytelling, We Exist, he tells us.
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Taller de Soles (Sol Lace Workshop)
Monday April 23 and Tuesday 24 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Join us for an immersive workshop, where you will learn about the origins of the
technique and see traditional and contemporary examples of
Soles.
Sol
lace is a type of needle lace usually worked in pieces or appliqués.
The technique
consists of drawing a net of thread and then weaving and knotting radially to form
patterns. It has its origins in Spain and arrived to the Americas in the 16th century,
where it continued to develop into variations known as
Ñandutí
,
So
les
de Maracaibo,
Renda, and simply Soles. Sol Lace is most often used to decorate heirloom clothing,
baby blankets and home linens, but also assembled to create beautiful lace fabrics
and
accessories.
Z
aida Adriana
Goveo
Balmaseda
will share the
basic knowledg
e to make Soles of different sizes, shapes, and decorative patterns. You
will leave with two completed Soles, and the materials to keep creating and
experimenting.
There is an $80 fee that covers the materials that will be provided. The workshop last 6 hours divided in 2 days, Monday April 23 and Tuesday April 24 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
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| May is Lower East Side History Month
and the whole downtown is celebrating!
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May programming at Loisaida Center:
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Fiesta de Cruz 2018
Saturday May 5 from 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Loisaida Inc. and its project
The
Plenatorium
are pleased to host a performance and ritual stemming straight from the
faith-based
history of Puerto Ricans in the Lower East Side.
The "Feast of the Holy Cross" roughly translates into "Fiestas de Cruz" and members of the community have kept it alive from generation to generation through oral history. On these days during the month of May, many families, neighbors, friends and strangers would gather to recite a live rosary chant accompanied by Puerto Rican traditional plena sounds.
Musical Accompaniment / Quinto
Sonó
, Sammy Tanco, Nelly Tanco
Festival Coordinators / Maitreyi Villaman Matos,
Yawo
"Pepe" Flores,
Bala
Soto
Please
RSVP
as there is a limited capacity.
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CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth
Opening: Saturday May 9 from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Programming from May 6 through May 12
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Through a collaborative project between Loisaida Inc., La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez and DIAP (Digital Intermedia MFA program at City College), artist and researcher Matthew
Mottel, son of
Syeus
Mottel, media collaborator of Buckminster Fuller,
will build two geodesic domes (one
at La Plaza and the other at the Loisaida Inc. Center' courtyard) as an interactive art installation.
In interviewing Carlos "Chino" Garcia as part of his research, Matthew was
told that the domes CHARAS built functioned as both recreational activity spaces and as experimental examples of how to build disaster relief housing in
non-urban
areas. The same functions apply now.
The dome at La Plaza
Cultural
, will be seen from the street, with high visibility. This will bring people to the other dome in the courtyard and exhibition happening at Loisaida Center, which will feature a more detailed documentation of the original events of 1972-73.
The week of the exhibition opening, many public performances, talks and workshops will transpire in both the Loisaida Center dome, and at La Plaza Cultural. These events will be influenced by the type of programming that happened during the 20+ years of events and exhibitions of El
Bohio
before being pushed out of its iconic and historic location on 9th Street, formerly known as P.S. 64.
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The 2018 Loisaida Festival is Coming!
Sunday, May 27 2018 - 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
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One neighborhood, an entire community!
The Loisaida Festival is the largest ethnic community pride festival in the Lower East Side. It offers diverse manifestations of the Puerto Rican and Latino cultures expressed through music, dance, live theatre performances, cuisine, and the arts and crafts of the many artisans that are our prime vendors. Besides delivering top-notch live musical entertainment that features well-known names, the event is also a venue for local artists and emerging talent. It also serves as an important vehicle to disseminate educational, wellness and community services information to its visitors.
From contract to cleanup, the Loisaida team aims to meet sponsor expectations at every level providing an excellent opportunity to engage thousands of festival visitors on the day, and display branding Logo throughout social media, and beyond, for many preceding and subsequent months.
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Gracias,
The Loisaida Team
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710 E. 9th Street New York, NY 10009
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