Harlem News Group - Wilhelmina Grant

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HAVE A CREATIVE HOLIDAY: PARTY! SHOP! GET EDUCATED ... AND LOVE IT!
VISIT LONGWOOD ART GALLERY @ HOSTOS AND WORKSPACE HARLEM ON 5TH
by Stacey Ann Ellis, Exec. Producer oi.Ihe Blackwash Televised Art Gallery
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he artistic communities of the Bronx and
Harlem have some great holiday treats to offer
you in December ... and in close proximity to
each other!! Hop on The Bronx Trolley at Longwood Art Ga\lery@ Hostos. Trip Schedule: 5:30,
6:30 and 7:30. Take a tour of the South Bronx Cultural Corridor. Admission to the trolley is free as
well as the venue stops on its route. It is also
wheelchair accessible. The Longwood Art Gallery
is just across the 145th Street Bridge that connects
Harlem and the Bronx Communities. The bridge is a
pleasant walk, but if you'd rather ride, both the 3
train and the 19 bus will bring you to the bridge and
the 19 bus will bring Harlemites across the bridge.
The 2,4 and 5 trains stop directly in front of Hostos
at 149th St. and the Grand Concourse for those coming to the festivities from other places.
5:30pm to 8:30pm - Exhibition at Longwood
Art Gallery: Las Casitas Revisited. Contributing
Artists: Martha Cooper, Juan Fernando Morales,
Jose "Cherna" Sota, and Aurelio Rivera. Contributing Collectors: Henry Medina, Ivan Torres, and
Richard Tanco. Join us in this important exploration
of urban Puerto Rican culture and vernacular architecture. The original exhibition opened at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. traveled to Chicago and closed at the Bronx Museum of
the Arts in 1991. BronxArtworks Holiday Craft
Sale will also be going on in the rotunda of the college outside the gallery. Artists Diane Davis,
Valerie Irizarry, Fran Marino, Hector Melendez,
Elizabeth Ortiz, Ester Pagan and Diana Pucci will
have their art on display and for sale.
Another activity going on that night is Kwanzaa 2010 at 7:00pm in the Hostos RepertoryTheater. This celebration is created with an African
Market, entertainment and a Kwanzaa feast.
Admission is .free but you must get a ticket from
the Hostos Theater Box Office.. For more information and tickets call 718-518-4455. One more activity for the evening: In the Gallery - Coquito
Tasting Competition. Hostos has, been designated
as an Official International Coquito Federation site
to hold this evening's Coquito Tasting Competition. Time to be announced. Directions: Hostos
Community College is located at 450 Grand Concourse and 149th Street in the Bronx. Take the 2, 4
& 5 trains or Bxl, Bx2 or Bx19 buses to Grand
Concourse and 149th Street. For more more
detailed directions visit http://www.bronxarts.org/
for Group Reservations: Call 718-931-9500 x33 or
e-mail trolley@bronxarts.org
Saturday December 4th at Workspace Harlem
on 5th Avenue
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Hoidays Market: ll:OOam to 6:00pm Celebrate
the Holidays with the Artists of Workspace Harlem
featuring a wool felting demonstration by Marietta
Fica. Ongoing Photography Exhibition "here + now
harlem" featuring the work of Ray A. Llanos reflect. ing Ray's unique and amazing perspective on
Harlem. 1:OOpmOur Earth: In the Cosmos and
Ecology featuring the works of jack Cesareo and
Eze Talento. 4:00pm - a musical presentation by
The Flute Choir. Open studio tours of artists studios
in Workspace Harlem will be available to you also.
f-ecently, one WorkSpace Harlem artist was featured
III the Daily News: Wilhelmina Obatola Grant, a
two time cancer survivor and cancer awareness
advocate will be there to share her work and her
story Saturday and Sunday. Wilhelmina educates
Afncan American Women about breast cancer
through her art.
Sunday December 5th at Workspace Harlem on
5th Avenue
Holidays Market: 12:00noon to 6pm Celebrate
the Holidays with the Artists of Workspace Harlem
featuring an all day Paint-A Thon, workshop with
Constance Gruen then at 2:00pm Papermaking
Workshop presented by Risa Schneider. This two
day event includes a Holiday Art Market in our main
corridor, handmade scarves', greeting cards, [me art
collages and other works as well as individual artists
Open Studio tours of the 50 or so artists studios in
WorkSpace Harlem, 2340 5th Avenue between
l4lst and 142nd Streets. Directions to WorkSpace
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Harlem: Take the 2 or 3 train to 145th & Lenox or
take the 5 or 6 tp 138th and Grand Concourse and
walk across the 138th Street Bridge or get the 33
bus across. You can also take the 4 train to 149th
and the-Grand Concourse, transfer to the 19 bus and
walk to 142nd & 5th Avenue or just walk across the
145th St. bridge to 142nd. For more information e.mail dionis@workspaceharlem.com.
I Harlem News Group November 18, 2010