In mid-March 2020, just as the pandemic struck NYC, The Laundromat Project signed a 10-year lease on its first ever long-term home, in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. The building, a two-level storefront at 1476 Fulton Street, will become a creative hub—a space…
This spring, we’re looking at The LP’s commitment to valuing place through the lens of mapping, counting, documenting, and otherwise representing our communities: particularly communities of color and communities living on modest incomes in New York City. 2020 is also…
Greenwood Athletics is a social sports and wellness community geared towards Black young professionals in New York City. Named in homage to the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, an early 1900s freedom colony known as Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, Greenwood…
Pelenakeke Brown's art practice explores the body as an archive, examining Indigenous identity’s relationship to disabled identity and crip concepts of time. Pelenakeke was a Laundromat Project Create Change Fellow in 2018, and in the summer of 2019 was the…
CIEVEL XICOHTENCATL Community Engagement Manager and DESTINEE FORBES Storytelling Fellow co-interviewed The LP’s community partner and founder of Yon Vilaj CORDELIA (COCO) JUNE. During the interview they discussed the importance of holding oneself accountable when working in community, The LP’s…
Destinee Forbes, Storytelling Fellow, met with artist, scholar, and cultural strategist and organizer, Ebony Noelle Golden, on a hot and humid summer afternoon at the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics in the East Village. Destinee arrived a few minutes…
Kemi Ilesanmi, Executive Director of The Laundromat Project, sat with past and current LP Programs team members to discuss how The LP conceives of and reconciles the relationship between art practice and pedagogy specifically focusing on the changes to the…
Storytelling Fellow Destinee Forbes interviewed Gina Goico during the last month of her 2019 Kelly Street Residency. They talked about what she learned working with the Kelly Street community, the impact that the youth perspective has had on her art…
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of The LP’s 2009 Create Change cohort’s completion of their residency, The LP has released a series of conversations to check-in with each artist to see what they have been up to and…
Giovannah Philippeaux, Development & Communications Intern (CUNY Cultural Corps), had the unique pleasure of getting to know Bronx-artist and LP neighbor Sajata Epps at her live/work studio. Over a home-cooked meal and a pot of traditional rice tea, Giovannah and…
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of The LP’s 2009 Create Change cohort’s completion of their residency, The LP is releasing a series of conversations to check-in with each artist to see what they have been up to and…
This summer, Executive Director Kemi Ilesanmi interviewed Bridget Bartolini (CC Fellow ‘13, Commissioned Artist ‘14) and Cynthia Tobar (CC Fellow ‘16) about their respective ventures into the field of oral history. During their engaging conversation, Bridget and Cynthia discussed the…
At The LP, we're building a resilient institution for artists and communities of color, those who understand that creativity can change the world—and, most importantly, their local communities—for the better. Over a two year period, we engaged in an extensive…
Executive Director Kemi Ilesanmi recently had a conversation with OlaRonke Akinmowo, 2017 Create Change Artist-in-Residence and 2015 Create Change Fellow, about her practice and projects as a Black Women Artist. Kemi: Let’s talk about the Free Black Women’s Library, one…
Spring 2018 Kelly Street Collaborative Intern Lauren Capellan interviewed Walter Cruz during the last month of his 2017 Kelly Street Collaborative Artist-in-Residence. Walter is also a 2016 Create Change Fellow whose group worked in Hunts Point/Longwood. How was…
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…
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…
(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…