On the occasion of The LP's SOAPBOX 2018 Benefit, we've got five questions for the honorees, artists, and honorary chairs, starting with honoree Rinku Sen! This content was originally published on www.themaven.net/rinkusen/. Please visit Rinku Sen's website for the original post. Rinku…
On the occasion of The LP's annual SOAPBOX Benefit, we've got five questions for the honorees, artists, and honorary chairs. SOAPBOX 2018 Honoree Rinku Sen has been collecting this series of interviews to profile fellow honorees, artists and honorary gala chairs…
On the occasion of The LP's annual SOAPBOX Benefit, we've got five questions for the honorees, artists, and honorary chairs. SOAPBOX 2018 Honoree Rinku Sen has been collecting this series of interviews to profile fellow honorees, artists and honorary gala chairs…
In partnership with Schomburg Center of Research in Black Culture, The Laundromat Project held the public discussion "Reimagining Community: Finding Sanctuary in Public Spaces" on Monday, April 9, 2018. With 2012 Create Change Fellow Tomie Arai (public artist and co-founder of…
Our Executive Director Kemi Ilesanmi recently joined Rudy Shepherd, 2006 Create Change Artist-in-Residence, for an interview on the occasion of his recent solo show "Everything in the Universe is My Brother," which was on view from January 13–February 25, 2018…
Monday, April 9, 2018, 6:30-8PM Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037 Public spaces like parks, sidewalks and public-facing walls, can offer narratives produced by residents and reflect a community’s…
(top photo) April de Simone, co-founder of Designing the We, giving a tour of “The Big Rethink” In November 2017, The Laundromat Project launched our Community Artist Residency. Out of our Kelly Street Collaborative space, Bronx-based artists and collectives…
Photo by our Executive Director Kemi from her travel in Havana, Cuba of an Afro-Cuban dance performance at the Hamel Alley Community Art Project. We are already in the second month of 2018, yet experiences and lessons from 2017…
Make art. Do more. Our signature gala, SOAPBOX, annually brings together over 300 of NYC's most influential artists and activists for a powerful evening of reflection and celebration. Drawing inspiration from our celebrated guests of honor, SOAPBOX is designed…
Get to know Kevin Ruano, our new Programs Intern: So, what made you decide to intern with The LP? The Laundromat Project's mission to proliferate access to the arts in local communities mostly composed of people of color instantly…
Get to know Kacy George, our 2017-2018 CUNY Cultural Corps Development & Communications Intern: So, what made you decide to intern with The LP? How does the internship relate to your studies? The Laundromat Project was one of the…
Read The Laundromat Project 10th Anniversary Deck! Please click here to download the PDF or use the viewer below.
Read our interview with Stay Hungry's founder, Syreeta Gates. Stay Hungry is The Laundromat Project's featured culinary experience at our Eighth Annual Public Art Potluck (and don't forget to buy your tickets or support). What is STAY HUNGRY? STAY HUNGRY is a…
2017 Create Change Fellows Elizabeth Rossi and Stephanie Alvarado have creative conversations through journaling. They began with choosing a journal and writing an entry, followed by a prompt. Both artists exchanged their journals for six weeks building on their creative…
2017 Create Change Fellows Goussy Celéstin and Nikomeh Anderson, 2017 Create Change Commissions Artist Olaronke Akinmowo and 2017 Create Change Harlem Artist-in-residence Joseph Cuillier explore the ways in which their art practices connect to mental and emotional health, as well…
Info Session - Tuesday, January 26th 2016, at 6:30pm 2016 Create Change Info Session from The Laundromat Project THIS IN-PERSON INFO SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE OBERIA DEMPSEY MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AT 127 W 127TH ST, room 108…