Featured Artist: Stanley Ruiz This month’s featured artist is Stanley Ruiz, a Filipino-born industrial designer living and working in Brooklyn. In his works, he fuses the industrial with the natural to bring about new meaning and interpretation to familiar object archetypes. Ruiz’s designs are characterized by a raw yet modern aesthetic, reflecting folk influences while…
Featured Organization: Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) This month’s featured organization is the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA), which is a non-profit arts organization founded in 1962. As the official cultural agency of Bronx County, the BCA provides residents from multicultural backgrounds with diverse cultural services and arts programs. Basically, the BCA not…
Featured Artist: Miru Kim (Note: This month’s featured artist is Miru Kim, a New York-based artist. The interview is conducted by IAP intern Hyeyoung Kim. The below English version of the interview is translated from the Korean version.) Miru Kim is a Korean artist based in New York. She describes herself as an urban explorer,…
Featured Organization: Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) This month’s featured organization is the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), which is a non-profit arts service organization launched in 2007 under the incubation of the Hispanic Federation and with the financial support of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone. Since then, NoMAA has been nurturing the works of…
Featured Artist: Rita Silva (Note: This month, our IAP Intern, Flavia Berindogue — a Brazilian artist and designer — interviews Rita Silva, a Brazilian artist based in New York. The interview was conducted in Portuguese and translated into English. For the English version, please see below. ) Rita Silva é uma dançarina Afro-Brasileira de Salvador,…
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