Eat, Drink, Think, and Be Merry at our 2nd Annual Public Art Potluck

Posted on September 22nd, 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011 | 6pm-9pm
2nd Annual Public Art Potluck

Taller Boricua Puerto Rican Workshop
Julia De Burgos Latino Cultural Center 

1680 Lexington Avenue (and 106th Street)

New York, NY 10029

Buy Your Ticket | $35 includes dinner and drinks
There is limited seating. Purchase your tickets in advance. Ticket purchase will be available, but not guaranteed at the door. Cash and credit card accepted.

Eat, Drink, Think and Be Merry with us at next week's 2nd Annual Public Art Potluck. We're serving up some delicious locally-sourced food which include a dream taco bar and bacon cotton candy prepared by Chef Berlin Reed, The Ethical Butcher. There will also be drinks and plenty-o-conversation with this year's Create Change Public Artists in Residence and Professional Development Fellows. Last year's guest had a great time, so don't miss out on this year's feast.
MEET THE 2011 CREATE CHANGE PUBLIC ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Hector Canonge
Neighborhood: Inwood, New York

During his residency Hector transformed his Inwood laundromat into The Inwood Laundromat Language Institute (TILLI) where he taught his Spanish speaking neighbors English.

Image: Students listen while Hector teaches at The Inwood Laundromat Language Institute.
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs

Neighborhood: Harlem, New York

In her project My Very Own Porch on Ipanema Corner, LaTasha explored the social ecosystem of her bustling block corner, which is marked by the Ipanema Laundromat, through printed ephemera and video.


Image: portrait of LaTasha Diggs
Jabari Owens-Bailey
Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Jabari continued his ongoing exploration of the African-American migration experience in his project Dispersing Planes II.


Image: Jabari transforms African textiles into paper planes in Dispersing Planes I.
Karina Aguilera Skvirsky
Neighborhood: Jersey City, New Jersey

By using the historical legacy of her local laundromat's building as a point of depature, Karina explored the metamorphosis of her Jersey City neighborhood in her project Ask Me: Tell Me.

Image: Karina records her neighbor's story at Lucky Laundromat in Jersey City.
Micki Wantanabe Spiller
Neighborhood: Woodside, Queens

In response to public linrary budget cuts, Micki's project A Woodside Walk: Bubbles and Books Micki engaged her neighbors in a series of literacy-based activities that took place in and around her local laundromat.

Image: A mother reads to her son in Micki's project A Wodside Walk.
MEET BERLIN REED, THE ETHICAL BUTCHER
Berlin Reed is the butcher, chef and writer behind the The Ethical Butcher and heads up Digital Meat & Media for the Butcher's Guild. His practice has been driven by personal relationships with small local farmers, a deep love of food, respect for the animals we eat and the environment on which we depend. As a ex-vegetarian of 14 years, he has made staying true to these tenets his goal as he travels the country meeting farmers, preparing community dinners and sharing his experiences through his blog and upcoming film & book projects. READ MORE
EVENT SPONSORS
This event is made possible through our generous venue sponsor Taller Boricua Puerto Rican Workshop with beer provided by Peak Organic Brewing Company.


Posted in Announcement    Tagged with Berlin Reed, Ethical Butcher, 2nd Annual Public Art Potluck, The Laundromat Project, Hector Canonge, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Jabari Owens Bailey, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Micki Wantanabe Spiller


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