Ladi'Sasha Jones joined our team as our Artist Engagement Manager in September 2018. Get to know more about her! What attracted you to The LP? The LP's vision and mission attracted me to the organization, along with its staff…
Amelia Brod joined our team as our Development Manager in November 2018. Get to know more about her! What attracted you to The LP? I’m invested in working in an art world that is dynamic, diverse, and equitable. I…
Destinee Forbes joined our team as our Storytelling Fellow in September 2018. Get to know more about her! What attracted you to The LP? What attracted me most to The LP is the fact that it is an organization…
Giovannah Philippeaux joined our team as our Development & Communications Intern in September 2018. Get to know more about her. How did you get connected with The LP? I got connected with The LP through the CUNY Cultural Corps…
Tendaji Ubunifu Ya'Ukuu joined our team as our Kelly Street Fellow in September 2018. Get to know more about him: How did you get connected with The LP? I got connect with The LP as a Center for Neighborhood…
Barbara A. Bianco, PhD joined our team as our Operations Associate in March 2018. Get to know more about her: How did you get connected with The LP? Through ReServe, a program that connects nonprofits and public agencies with…
Get to know Dianik Sierra, our Summer 2018 Marketing & Digital Engagement Intern! So, what made you decide to intern with The LP? I decided to intern with The Laundromat Project to gain experience where I’m passionate. My goal is…
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…
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…
We are excited to announce the participants in our 2018 Create Change program, designed to engage, educate, and empower artists. These diverse, creative practitioners represent the change agents embedded within our New York City neighborhoods. Artists' Projects Artist Fellows…
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…
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…
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…
On August 11, 2017, Melissa Liu interviewed* Fay Bonas—a visual artist, teaching artist with The LP, and Kelly Street resident—about her artistic background and work. Fay most recently made a three-panel work of intricate and detailed buttons, which was on…
Get to know Ambar Castillo, our 2017-2018 017 CUNY Cultural Corps Programs Intern: So, what made you decide to intern with The LP? How does the internship relate to your studies? The LP mission and vision intersects with what…