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💡 The Guardians @theguardiansnyc is a creative installation by Mark Wilson Jr (artist) and Miguel Valderrama (lighting designer) honoring the small businesses, cultural organizations, and nonprofits who help sustain community and connection.
👟 A series of illuminated sculptures assembled from recycled sneakers and other materials, The Guardians will be placed at a dozen locations across the East Village/Loisaida neighborhood — each with a story to tell about the people and places that have, and continue to, represent the ethos of guardianship.
🦢 We have been organizing this project with Fourth Arts Block, with support from FAB members, and the East Village Independent Merchants Association (EVIMA) -- and we're so excited to share some of the first locations with you!
👀 We encourage you to start to find The Guardians as you walk the neighborhood!
🗺️ LOCATIONS (in progress)
- FAB, Cooper Square & East 4th Street (70 E 4th, btwn 2nd Ave & Bowery)
- Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) (Ave B & East 11th)
- La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez (E 9th & Ave C)
- St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (2nd Ave near E 10th)
- the wild project & East 3rd Street (E 3rd near Ave B)
- Veselka (E 9th at 2nd Ave)
- Caravan of Dreams (E 6th near 1st Ave)
- The Center for Wellbeing and Happiness at The Lower Eastside Girls Club (Ave D btwn 8th & 9th)
- Veniero's (E 11th near 1st Ave)
- Stay tuned for more...
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The Guardians project is supported by the Commercial District Lighting Grant created by the NYC Department of Small Business Services to fund nonprofit organizations to address commercial district needs for lighting improvements through creative lighting installations.
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