Clay is the oldest-known ceramic material, with prehistoric humans first discovering its useful properties for pottery making. Beyond its role in crafting vessels, clay also served as a medium for communication, as evidenced by the creation of tablets where marks were carved to communicate early languages—making clay tablets the first known writing medium. Hosted by …
Location LES Studio Program Resident Studio inside The Clemente (Lower East Side, NYC) Studio Visits with Resident Artists “It was such a gift to have resources and full support…I was able to meet the director of the Highline [Cecilia Alemani], which is the type of meeting that can change the direction of an artist’s career.” …
Location Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space in Essex Market (Lower East Side, NYC) Top Row: Essex Market exterior and interior Bottom Row: Cuchifritos Gallery entrance and street-facing windows Selection of Recent Exhibitions Javier CastroOpen WoundsDecember 10, 2022 through Mar 11, 2023Artist-in-Residence Exhibition “Cuchifritos Gallery and New Museum were some serious experiences for me. I was …
Artist-Led Workshops with Local LES Students Jennifer M. HarleyCollective Photo Album (many images of us alone, together)June 4, 2021 (workshop) March 23, 2023 – January 31, 2024 (installation)Workshop with students from PS134 “Like any roll of film, each student’s photo negatives included out-of-focus images, fingers that slipped over the lens, or where movement and light …
Kemar Keanu Wynter, A Survey on Sorrel: From Drinks to Dyes, 2022. Photo: B. Oswald In summer 2022, New York-based artist Kemar Keanu Wynter led the workshop A Survey on Sorrel: From Drinks to Dyes, collaborating with students from District 1’s Summer Rising program. Sorrel, bissap, zobo and agua de Jamaica– a few of the many names for the …
Recent Artist Collaborations with AAI Partners Whoop Dee DooGorgeous ForkMay 15, 2021Garden of the Humanitarians (LES, NYC) In the spring of 2021, LES Studio Program resident and New York-based collective Whoop Dee Doo worked with local youth connected to the Garden of the Humanitarians in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and the Classical Indian …
Location LES Studio Program Resident Studio inside The Clemente (LES, NYC) Open Studios 2021 In January 2021, Artists Alliance co-presented the 24th annual Open Studios with The Clemente supporting over 50 artists and organizations. Along with four days of virtual programming–artist talks, video-based work, live and recorded performances–AAI organized PSOS21 with Clemente residents. The installation …
Location Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space in Essex Market (LES, NYC) Selection of Recent Exhibitions Dominique Duroseaugal·va·nizing strat·e·gies: [Black on Black with Black]On view May June 11 through August 14, 2021Artist-in-Residence Exhibition In gal·va·nizing strat·e·gies: [Black on Black with Black], former LES Studio Program resident Dominique Duroseau navigated the false monolith of Black existence. A [re]-fusing …
If you would like to contribute to this project, please watch the orientation video and complete this intake form. Drawn Together will facilitate the creation of updated organizational bylaws through the work of Anaïs Duplan, Maia Chao, and Yxta Maya Murray for Cuchifritos Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City. Drawn Together …
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