What happens in the nightlife stays in the nightlife. War On High Heels is an early photographic docuseries that will eventually merge into a full-length documentary film. Exploring the late hours within these not-so-secret venues is where I capture tasteful, in-the-moment film photographs of the most rock n’ roll burlesquers of New York City. Between loud music, colorful lights and a…
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Jo is a 19 year old multimedia artist based in the Gurnee/Waukegan area. She finds inspiration from personal experiences and her overall everyday life. While being into art all of her life it wasn’t until the pandemic where her main focus was to create. Her style fluctuates depending on how shes feeling in that moment…
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Jerelin Reyes is a photographer based in NYC and born and raised in the Dominican Republic. Their art explores themes of isolation and the relationship between nature and human environment in urban centers. Find Jerelin on Instagram @Jerelin.Reyes and https://jerelin.com/
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“A constant theme that I accentuate in my work whether it is in my poetry, or most recently, in my collage work is the celebration of the forms black folks beautifully arrive in. Black folks are radiant and infinite. Our speech is eloquent in the way that it bends. Our thoughts are unparalleled. I created…
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Made in Washington DC, these photographs are a negotiation of movement and paths to and from a home base. “As a maker, I work to be untangling. I want to dwell with the tangible things I notice, whether the quickly blooming tree outside this window, how to make rice, or the patterns of people walking. The only detectable…
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Shaqui Reed’s work examines areas of imperfections expressed by irregularity, incompleteness, rawness, and simplicity. Her designs typically involve deconstructing, distressing, layering, and piecing together what is left behind. Her textile works speak of the color and texture of her fears. Her fears are represented through the roughness of the denim and the different shades of…
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“All tools and mediums from graffiti to fine arts is used to build what are essentially are the expressions of a self taught, New Yorker Conflicted. I don’t know what kind of relationship other painters have with their work but for me at least, I create somewhere on the cusp of explosive frustration and the…
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Analog Artwork H2CO3 This piece illustrates the consequences of human activity on marine life and air quality, the graphic interpretation shows the reaction of the natural dissolution of daily CO2 emissions by the oceans which forms carbonic acid H2CO3 and thus increases the concentration of the hydrogen ion, which is responsible for the decrease in…
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In this interview, rising painter and textile designer Cristina Loukopoulos tells Artistic Director Joana Meurkens about her journey of self discovery through her art; from reclaiming and redefining femininity to how her Queens roots infused with her Greek and Colombia heritage live through her paintings. Interview by Joana Meurkens Photography by Joana Meurkens Styling by…
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Now, more than ever, I am encouraged and inspired by interdisciplinary Latinx artists. The pandemic has brought organizers in art discourse communities to become creative with curating art. Utilizing virtual exhibits, we can see the possibilities for what art can do and how far it can reach. Rebeca Flores is an artist from my hometown…
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