BxAF SPRING MARKET
Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 11am to 7pm 240 E 153rd Street, Bronx, NY Join us at BxArts Factory for a day filled with creativity and inspiration. Discover unique artworks and handmade crafts from talented local artists. Whether you're looking for a new piece to decorate your home or searching for a special gift for mom, this event is the perfect place to find something one-of-a-kind. Support the arts community and connect with fellow art enthusiasts. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to experience the vibrant art scene in our city. We will be unveiling the BxAF Little Free Library that I decorated too! See you there!
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It's time to start planning the mural and I have two dates for the idea-generating events. These events will take place in front of the mural, where we will discuss what the neighbors want to see in it. I'll gather and process the ideas to create a cool design that we'll implement starting June 2. Saturday, May 11 (Sign Up Here) from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May (Sign Up Here) 15 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you want to volunteer to help with the events, SIGN UP HERE Help me get the funds to repaint the iconic mural I created for Norwood in 2018. With this money, I will create a participatory process to design a new mural and will paint it with the help of volunteers. This project is eligible for up to $3,000 in match funding (Up to $500 per donor) through ioby's Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match! Give today and your donation will be doubled by Con Edison (up to $500 per donor). In 2018 I was lucky to paint an iconic mural in the Norwood section of the Bronx, with the help of some neighbors, Artbridge and the Council Member. It was defaced a few years after we painted it, and after months trying to get funding with no luck, I decided to raise my own money to give the wall new life. I want to create a participatory process to engage the community so we imagine another mural that the neighborhood identify with. BeforeAfterPhoto by Síle Moloney, Norwood News
Be a Rainbow
I finished a mural for Phipps Neighborhoods at West Farms. I created the outlines and got help to fill out the background by a group of volunteers. I love making our neighborhood brighter!!! Months ago I was approached by Target to submit a couple of ideas for a mural in a new store they were planning to open in my old neighborhood of Fordham. Just a block away from my last apartment before moving to the Yankee Stadium area. They liked my ideas and I was chosen to create a painting for the store that was made into a mural. It was a great experience, and not only I was able to create a piece that in my opinion represents The Bronx, but I was also invited to participate in the campaign they launched for the inauguration, with my artwork and in a cool video. Overall it was an amazing experience and I am very proud of it! You can visit the store and the mural at 215 East Fordham Road (BX), and don't forget to take pictures and tag me!! Join us to celebrate the closing of our first exhibition in our new space with an artist talk! Meet and greet all the BxAF artists, and get to know their work.
Friday, December 9, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. BxArts Factory’s Studio 13 Presents: “RISING” with the participation of: Álvaro Franco Andréa Straker Daniel Aros-Aguilar Dauris Martinez FINEZT by Edwin Reyes Katherine Miranda Laura Álvarez Leenda Bonilla Luís Pagán Peggy Robles-Alvarado Ruddy Mejia Trevon Blondet Special artwork for sale to help fundraise, created during BxAF events by Laura Alvarez, Laura Villana, Raquel Tusañeza, Peces Con Mar and Vanesa Álvarez. 240 E 153rd Street, Bronx NY (Between Park and Morris Avenues). This past June, ArtBridge, in partnership with NYC nonprofit affordable housing developer CAMBA Housing Ventures, Inc. (CHV), is pleased to announce Bronx Communal Spaces, a public art exhibition featuring works by Bronx-based artists Laura Alvarez, Blanka Amezkua, Trevon Blondet, Matthew Burcaw, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Carlos Wilfredo Encarnación, and James Martocci at CHV 202nd and 203rd Street — a sustainable, affordable, and supportive housing development in the Bedford Park neighborhood for families, formerly homeless households, seniors, and veterans.
Centered on celebrating the shared spaces that bring Bronxites together and enrich the local community, Bronx Communal Spaces — made possible with financial support from CHV — is part of City Canvas, an initiative of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs that transforms the city’s temporary protective structures into platforms for artwork driven by collaboration between local artists and communities. If you want to visit the exhibition, you can find it at 261 East 202nd Street and 270 East 203rd Street, The Bronx! Last Saturday, August 20, 2022, I had my workshop at the @nybg where we painted the food we love and remind us to home and family. Over 50 people stopped by the table, I learned so much about other countries' foods and their traditions. Thank you!
Last Spring I painted one of the picnic tables now on display at the New York Botanical Garden. Around the Table: Stories of the Foods we Love, is a celebration of art and science of edible plants. On view from Saturday, June 4, 2022 to Sunday, September 11, 2022. Workshop: Artist Laura Álvarez Fernández traces her roots back to Valencia, Spain in this celebration of Spanish paella, a versatile rice dish. On this afternoon, you are invited to join Laura to design a plate that features your favorite ancestral dish. "Nature Quilt" is a mural that represents the multiculturality of The Bronx and the Jerome-Gun Hill area. It is a patchwork of patterns with leaves, flowers, stars, bright colors and eyes representing the diversity of the community. It is designed to bring joy and happiness to the events that will take place in that plaza for a year. It will contrast with the dark asphalt around it and it mirrors Nature the park just across the street. Created as part of an initiative of the Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District to beautify and bring to life an underutilized area, this mural brings some happiness to this corner of the Bronx, making the wait for the bus or your lunch break brighter. It was an awesome experience, where we invited the community to some on Sunday to paint and prep the area. The next two days I had some really good help from Monica and Pips. Looking forward the next mural opportunity! Growing Knowledge (2022) Bronx Bound Books I had the honor to paint the Bronx Bound Book Bus. We had been talking about this forever, and it finally happened! It is almost done, only one more day of work and it will be ready. But for now it is better than the white version :) Growing Knowledge is a design that wants you to think of a knowledge jungle, books in the shape of flowers that make you grow as a person. Knowledge is Power and everyone deserves the chance of getting it. This bus makes books accessible to all neighborhoods, no matter how far they are! This Bookstore on Wheels is owned by Latanya Devaughn. It is a mobile bookstore that travels throughout the borough. Especially to neighborhoods where it is needed the most. The idea of Bronx Bound Books is to be a beautiful bus, traveling throughout The Bronx.“Every neighborhood in The Bronx deserves a bookstore, even if it’s just for one day” --Latanya DeVaughn |
I am a...Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Educator, Community Activist... ARTIST! All Images COPYRIGHT © 2008-2024, are property of Laura Alvarez Fernandez. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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