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SUMMARY:Cultural History of the Lower East Side – Curated Walking Tour with James Fuentes
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Abrons Arts Center\nTo celebrate Henry Street Settlement’s partnership with Independent – now newly situated at Pier 36 on the Lower East Side – we are pleased to present a free walking tour\, curated and led by gallerist James Fuentes. Taking place two days ahead of the inaugural Gala Preview\, the tour explores the cultural history of the Lower East Side (LES) and brings into focus the neighborhood that connects Henry Street’s long-standing community mission and support of the arts\, Independent’s new home\, and the artists and dealers who continue to shape its cultural life. \nThe tour will trace several defining moments within the art historical framework of LES\, spanning nearly a century. Beginning at Abrons Arts Center\, which has been Henry Street’s home for artistic expression\, experimentation\, and activism for over a century\, the tour will lead guests through the rich history of our neighborhood – celebrating the fact that one of New York City’s most vital immigration portals has long served as fertile ground for some of the most important art movements of the past hundred years. \nTour highlights will include:\n~Kick off at Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center\, the only contemporary art center in NYC part of a social services agency\n~Meet Lee Quiñones as he discusses his iconic mural Howard the Duck and the Lions Den – a touchstone that connects Lee’s work to Keith Haring and the broader hip-hop and graffiti movement of the 1980s\n~Visits to the flourishing Lower East Side gallery community\n~Ending at the site of Claes Oldenburg’s The Store on E. 2nd Street\, the landmark Happening of the late 1960s\, closing the loop with one of the most significant avant-garde events of the last century.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/cultural-history-of-the-lower-east-side-curated-walking-tour-with-james-fuentes/
LOCATION:Abrons Arts Center\, 466 Grand Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk + Workshop | Loisaida through Cyanotypes with Maylyn ‘Zero’ Iglesia
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Swiss Institute + Maylyn ‘Zero’ Iglesia\nJoin Maylyn ‘Zero’ Iglesias for a free artist talk and cyanotype workshop at Swiss Institute on Sunday\, May 17 from 1:30–4:30PM! \nWe will begin by exploring Zero’s place-based photography practice\, use of alternative photographic processes\, and connection to Loisaida and its Nuyorican culture. This will be followed by a hands-on workshop where we will learn about the process of preparing cyanotype paper\, and then develop cyanotypes of our own using transparent photo negatives of Zero’s work of the neighborhood and local found materials. \nAll materials are provided\, though participants are welcome to bring objects\, drawings\, and the like that they might wish to use in their making. \nThe workshop portion will take place outside\, on the Swiss Institute rooftop. Should there be rain\, this program will be rescheduled. Rain date is May 30th. \nRSVP required and spots are limited!
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/artist-talk-workshop-loisaida-through-cyanotypes-with-maylyn-zero-iglesia/
LOCATION:Swiss Institute\, 38 St Marks Pl\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Talk,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: L.E.S. Festival of the Arts Exhibit 2026: Courage In The Arts\, A Vote Against Tyranny
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Art Loisaida Foundation with Theater for the New City\nTHEATER FOR THE NEW CITY\nCrystal Field\, Executive Director\nPresents: L.E.S.\nLower East Side Festival of the Arts Exhibit\nTNC Gallery May 20 – June 21\, 2026\nOpening Reception May 20\, 5 – 8pm at TNC Gallery\nCarolyn Ratcliffe\, Curator
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/opening-reception-l-e-s-festival-of-the-arts-exhibit-2026-courage-in-the-arts-a-vote-against-tyranny/
LOCATION:Theater for the New City\, 155 1st Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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