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"WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WEST HARLEM: On Creating 3 Community And Art Galleries There."
How Art Can Strenghten And Solidify A Community
Special Guest Is:
Ana-Ofelia Rodriguez
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Broadway Housing Committees
Says
Ana::
"There are three
groups I work with—there is a group of artists from the generation of
the 1980s
who I work closely with. My role is to open up new doors for them to
exhibit
their art and become part of the New York art scene. That's one thing I
have
been working on for past 16 years. I have found that the challenges I
thought I
would find with artists are not really there.
People want to create work
but need a place to show it. I was able to convince my employer to open
up
public spaces so art could flourish in our buildings. I was able to do
so
because I knew a lot of Dominican artists. So they have been my pillar.
It has been a learning
curve in both directions: they learn with me there are places they can
go to and
really focus on art, meet artists, meet venues. As I meet artists, the
door
doesn't only open for me but for them. Most of the artists believe I'm
providing a service to them but actually they have enriched my life.
For some of them, I have
seen a growth in the last ten years that even they themselves wonder
how they
got where they are today, knowing people from other communities and
being
invited to showcase their art.
The other group is
Dominican families and children. My focus is education—helping parents
navigate
through the educational system."
The third component of Rodriguez's work: "creating a very inviting space where people from different educational backgrounds can come together and have an earnest conversation about the state of their community. About what's happening in the community. The space has to be inviting and safe. That comes about in the spaces we call community galleries. :” ...for art and conversation.
Please vsit: https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi/dominican-blue-book-ana-ofelia-rodriguez
Address: At a trendy and fun new venue - a French Bistro - in the
Marais
just behind BHV at the metro Hotel de Ville (ligne 1). GREAT FRENCH
FOOD. Address
details with
the reservation.
It's
€25.00 (EXACT CHANGE) for a fun dinner. NEW FORMULA: Dinner is two
courses and includes a glass of wine or a beverage. All additional
beverages must be
ordered from and paid for directly to the bistro.
A fun dinner, a great topic,
meeting and networking with, fun, new international people.
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