#bronxfaces

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🎨 #ArtIsAWeapon #NewExhibit #BronxFaces @bronxfaces with #artist #AntoinetteLegnini @legnini.art at the @bxartsfactory through January 30, 2020. #ArtistReception tomorrow January 9, 6:00PM - 8:00PM, 240 E. 153rd Street, The Bronx. www.bxartsfactory.org . . "Bronx Faces is a collaborative community art project that pairs the stories and experiences of Bronx natives with a personalized mixed media portrait. This information was gathered through an open call with a fixed selection of questions for Bronx natives of varying backgrounds and generations about one’s experience in the borough. The interview answers are paired with a mixed media portrait of the interviewed Bronxite for a complete 'Bronx Face.'" Swipe ⬅️ Reposted from @BRONXFACES Nilka/1975/Soundview “I absolutely love the Bronx and I want everyone to know that we are so much more than the home of the Yankees, the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden. The Bronx is NYC's only mainland borough, the home to NYC's only fresh water river, the Bronx River, home to NYC's largest public park, Pelham Bay Park, we are the birthplace of Hip Hop, 1520 Sedgwick, the place where the Piccirilli Brothers set shop and carved the NYPL's iconic lions and Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. We were the forgotten borough, where people chose to stay, fight, rebuild, reclaim and became the very change they sought out.” Made with chipboard, gessoed Canson mixed media paper, acrylic paint, oil paint, bicycle tires, ribbon, and plastic. 18.5x20.5.” 2019. (*Zoom in to find: 1520, The Bronx outline, and multiple Xs. #TheBronx #NewExhibition #ArtistsReception #MixedMedia #BronxNatives #BronxArtsFactory #BXArtsFactory #ArtAndTheCity #BronxGirl #TheBoogieDown #TheBX #TraScapades #BlackGirlArtGeeks🤓 #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/B7EZyVUgE_C/?igshid=16xzyj307qyb8

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Moon Day + Triangle

|| Monday, January 30. #3 day (3+0): Communication, Adaptation, Analogy + Monday (Moon): Intuition, Healing, Harmony ||

This weekend was as amazing as it was inspiring. I attended a release for the debut limited edition print issue for Bronx Narratives, an online magazine focused on highlighting The Community of The Bronx. The event was held at the newly opened, Gun Hill Tavern in Port Morris, South Bronx. Funny enough, I was around that area earlier with a friend, when we heard about the event, we Ubered our way up to Gun Hill Brewery, only to realize this was the wrong location. I was tired and hungry but couldn't quite bring myself to calling it a day. I suppose it was a mixture of curiosity and Bronx-pride that took the wheel and now in retrospect, I would have thoroughly kicked my own ass had I passed it up. We arrived late but got to meet some dope creative people doing some awesome things, not only for themselves, but in representation of the borough. From Annie Legnini's BRONX FACES Project to being introduced to the Grullon Siblings and their clothing brand,Bronx Native--shit was lit!

FURTHER READING:

1. Bronx Narratives

2. Bronx Native 

3. BRONX FACES 

4. Gun Hill Tavern