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I am an art therapist (will be: graduating May 2008 from NYU with a MA in Art Therapy). My personal work is mixed media, primarily 2-D, dealing with psychological and social issues. I also create ... more
Millions of years ago, a proto-human struck a stone against another to fashion a tool. With a loud thwack, that hominid forever fused our physical, cultural and technical evolutions. I grew up in C... more
Ben received his MFA from the Pratt Institute. He lives and works in Brooklyn.
Fine Art: paintings, prints, collage, installation, sculpture, video Design: jewelry, bags, handmade books, greeting cards Graphic and Website Design
JoiLynn's choreography encompasses her natural style to incorporate elements of ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, cultural dance, and just pure inspired expression through movement. Her inspiration is s... more
I'm an artistic engineer, or engineering artist. I try to surprise with my work, creating what is counterintuitive but illuminating be it physically, mentally or visually.
As a visual artist I use a variety of media—including nontraditional materials—to comment on society. My work celebrates humanity and critiques injustice. As an art educator I help children learn to e... more
I grew up a fiction writer to the bone. When I went to college in Brooklyn, though, I quickly discovered that I was a closeted poet and book artist. My most recent collection, entitled "Mistress,"... more
I use various materials (i.e. household items, fabric, paint, paper, etc.) to make visual statements about social-political-cultural-economic scenarios. Thoroughly influenced by my experience as an A... more
Benjamin Omar Rojas (Borish) was born in 1979 to parents who had immigrated to the United States from the country of El Salvador. They established their new lives in the well-known Californian Bay Are... more
Documentary and dance film director.
I am a performance artist, writer, and director living in Brooklyn.
I am a Contemporary/Political Mashantucket Pequot Artists trying to find myself in a Post Indain World.
Tongues Afire is a creative writing workshop for queer women and transgender artists of color created in New York City in the summer of 2006. Shawnta Smith is the Project Coordinator for Tongues A... more
I am a figurative narrative artist concerned about the present state of human affairs politically and environmentally. I paint with oil on canvas draw with graphite colored pencil and charcoal.
Not smart enough to be an economist/philosopher or disciplined enough to be a dermatologist/psychiatrist, I decided, somewhat reluctantly, to make art instead.
I am a photographer and writer, and I use web-based media, texts and photographs to create narratives about urban life, including themes about public spaces, architecture and ecology.
Salutations. I am from Brooklyn. I grew up between Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, Catalonia, Colombia, Upstate New York and California. My art is created from a variety of mediums...aerosol,... more
I am a professional actress/writer/educator. I perform spoken word as well as well as vocals for songs and voiceover projects.
Will Swofford is a composer/improviser, filmmaker, writer and curator living in Brooklyn, NY, and is the founder of Saturnalia, a media consultancy and outsider publishing enterprise dedicated to digi... more
Actress & theatre artist. Founding Producer of the FRIGID New York festival, now in its 3rd year, named, "People of the Year, 2007" nytheatre.com. 2007's FRIGID Festival produced two new published wor... more
Photographer, Art Activist and Supporter, Street Team Promotions
MULTIMEDIA ARTIST * TEACHING ARTIST * VOICE ACTOR: My seemingly diverse creative pursuits - showing-and-telling community stories, creative writing and journalism, teaching and consulting - actua... more
I am the choreographer and band leader of Siren-Protectors of the Rainforest, a nine piece african rhythm and dance group. We travel the world performing afrobeat rhythms using Native American and Af... more
Annie Van Avery is a fine art photographer focusing on the study of the individual, couples, and families within our diverse communities. In addition to her work as a fine artist, Annie Van Avery offe... more
artist (motion, video, print, performance and sound)
DELIRIOUS Dances merges theater with dance to create work that explores the beauty and complexity of life. Founded by Edisa Weeks on the belief that people of all cultural and economic backgrounds, ag... more
