NAP has its first Virtual Resident Artist: Lovie Pignata

BxArts Factory is proud to introduce to you our very first Artist in Virtual Residence, Lovie Pignata. 
We received excellent proposals for the Nesting the Arts Project, and after a very competitive review, we selected hers for its simplicity and family friendly activities.
Together with  Wonderfully Made  we will begin this unique initiative on October 21st.  Our very first Nesting the Arts Project (NAP) will run for two months and will connect the participating parents with their artistic side.

NAP is a unique initiative created by BxArts Factory to nurture the use of art at home.  We’ve seen the impact of the Arts, its influence on creativity, empowerment, development of confidence and unification between generations.  It’s also known to improve communication and emotional connection among family members.  Through a series of workshops, we will bring parents and children together to create art. Our hope for the program is to spark parent’s desire to nest the arts as part of their parenting legacy.

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Lovie Pignata creates her works by using the spaces around her subject to develop the composition through pattern and light, often using elements of shadows and reflections, a theme most apparent in her photos.  Lovie works in a variety of mediums to achieve the desired end result for her work.  She regularly combines photography, collage, cut paper, acrylic paint and pen and ink.

Lovie studied undergraduate fine art, majoring in sculpture, at Pratt Institute.  She has also been a participant in the Botanical Drawing program at the New York Botanical Garden,  as well as advanced figure drawing at the Art Student League of New York.  Lovie also instructed the first outdoor drawing classes at Van Cortlandt Park thorough the Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy in 2014.