Pelliza-Creating Our Narrative with Gina Goico

FREE workshop!!
Saturday, April 2nd
Saturday, April 30th
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory
1303 Louis Nine Boulevard
Bronx, NY, 10459
​
Artist Gina Goico will showcase and talk about her ongoing performance series “Pelliza: Weaving Narratives/Tejiendo Narrativas”, where she has engaged with communities in making a collective weaved rug while documenting the conversations and situations that took place in these performances. People assisting the workshop will be able to learn the different ways in which these traditional Dominican rugs and weaves can be made and get familiar with the materials behind Pellizas. Assisting to both workshops will allow participants to bring their personal pelliza projects and get direct assistance from the artist.

This workshop is open to community members 18 years old or older!
​REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED- SPACES ARE LIMITED

/by

Memory and Texture: Poetry/Writing Workshop with John Maney and Natalie Caro

This FREE workshops is divided into 4 sessions:
Saturday, April 2nd
Saturday, April 9th
Saturday, April 23rd
Saturday, April 30th 
From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory
1303 Louis Nine Boulevard
Bronx, NY, 10459
​
We engage the world with our senses. Smells, sights, and songs call forth old moments. This workshop will tap into these senses, to help us look back, conjure up, and write about the stories of our lives.

Sponsored in part by Poets and Writers!
Photo Courtesy of Black Blonde Images

This workshop is free, open to community members 18 years old or older!
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED- SPACES ARE LIMITED!

/by

FREE Workshop: Collaging Memories with Francheska Alcantara

Collaging Memories with Francheska Alcantara as part of
BxArts Factory‘s Free Art Workshop Series!

Tuesday, March 22nd
Thursday, March 24th
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory
1303 Louis Nine Boulevard
Bronx, NY, 10459

This workshop is open to community members 18 years old or older!
​REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED– SPACES ARE LIMITED!

Following our exhibition Memories Un-remembered: Thinking of Home, join us for a fun workshop introducing various collage techniques with artist Francheska Alcantara. What are important things you recollect from your childhood? How have they become part of who you are today? What do you imagine, see, and feel that you would love to share?

We’ll experiment with photography, painting, and fabrics to create multi-dimensional works. Come and explore exciting ways to express yourself and engage with your world of memories creatively!

/by

Thinking of Home: Story-Telling and Video Stories Community Project

, ,

Saturday, March 26
From 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory
1303 Louis Nine Boulevard
Bronx, NY, 10459

BxArts Factory, in partnership with the Bronx Music Heritage Center, collaborated with the Neighborhood Shopp Senior Center La Casa Boricua to bring you the stories of a group of senior citizens from our community.
​Poets Peggy Robles-Alvarado, Bonafide Rojas, El David & Andres Chulisi Rodriguez will present original works inspired by their stories, including their journeys to the United States and their lives in the Bronx.

Additionally, artist and videographer Melanie Gonzalez will present a series of short video-stories/documentaries created to further highlight their stories. This event will also be the culmination of our art exhibition, Memories Un-Remembered: Thinking of Home (Longing).

FREE EVENT

/by

South Bronx Love Letter

,

Join us for an evening of art, musical performances and community discussion centered on the immigrant experience and Bronx love.

Artist Not4Prophet will perform original songs inspired by Joe Hill, a Swedish immigrant, songwriter and labor activist, and recount stories from his own life experiences in the Bronx. Following the performance, all attendees are invited to share stories, memories, and ideas in a story circle, and contribute a love note to the Bronx on our “South Bronx Love Letter” interactive station.

This event is presented in conjunction with BxArts Factory ‘s exhibit “Memories Un-Remembered,” a collection of visual stories exploring immigration, nostalgia, displacement, adaptation, and gentrification.

The Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory is located at 1303 Louis Niñé Blvd. Take the 2 or 5 trains to Freeman Street, or the BX 19 bus.

“South Bronx Love Letter” is a series of workshops and community events that showcase storytellers, artists, and community members sharing their love for the Bronx through true life stories, poetry, and art. This series aims to affirm the stories of people who have been living in the South Bronx and pouring their love into it, putting forward an image of the Bronx as defined by the people who live there.
Visit www.fiveborostoryproject.org/south-bronx-love-letter for updates on upcoming events!

This is a Free Event Open to the Public

/by

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

240 East 153rd St.
1st Floor
Bronx, NY 10451
929-614-4344

All content © BxArts Factory, under license or otherwise noted.
Website design & development by Tectonic Seven

CONTACT US |  LOGIN

PRIVACY POLICY  |  TERMS OF USE