Program: Ace AIR
Location: Ace Hotel New York
Date of Stay: 04-15-18
Artist: Georgina Arroyo
Georgina Arroyo spent a night at Ace Hotel New York and created a piece entitled Crossing based on her interest in the realm "where place and identity intersect." She used lino cut print, photo transfer, graphite and marker. Georgina explains:
I wanted to experiment with various mediums to explore these ideas. Can a place alter who we are? Is our identity tied to where we live? I used photo transfers and tracings of a map of my childhood neighborhood as a starting point and tried to blend myself into the image.
Georgina Arroyo is a visual artist specializing in works on paper, printmaking, new media and interdisciplinary work. Georgina's work currently focuses on exploration of self, especially in the digital age. She was born and raised in Queens, NY and received a BFA at Lesley University College of Art & Design in Cambridge, MA. She now works out of her studio in Brooklyn, NY.
This April, our Artists in Residence are curated by Children’s Museum of the Arts, located in the Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo. Founded in October 1988 by Kathleen Schneider, CMA’s mission is to introduce children and their families to the transformative power of the arts by providing opportunities to make art side-by-side with working artists. In 2010, CMA broke ground on a new state-of-the-art 10,000 square-foot facility that would benefit a range of ages and abilities. The museum has served hundreds of thousands of children and families, 27% free of charge.