Month: May 2011

La Escuelita Ya Comenzó – The Art School Without Walls is now (un)officially open!

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Ray Smith Studio Presents! An Art School Without Walls Vol. 1:
The Mural Workshop with Sofia Maldonado.

Acclaimed muralist Sofia Maldonado is leading the cre8tive YouTH*ink team of teen artists from Los Galeristas Adolescentes in a workshop to design and produce a new and original large-scale mural on the wall pictured below.

The wall at 92 Third St, Brooklyn - site of cre8tive YouTH*ink's new mural

Click here to check out our Kickstarter launch to fund this project.

More to follow! So stay tuned…

Alex Haldi: Original Gangsters – a new post by Niborama’s very own Ayeisha Brown

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When the charming and multifaceted Alex Haldi held a one-day show at the World Monuments Fund Gallery, ARTnews and cre8tive YouTH*ink intern Ayeshia Brown was on the scene. Click here to read her report:
Alex Haldi's portrait of Chopper Read (thief, kidnapper, and memoirist), made of photo, razor blades, spray paint, and pencil on wood.

Out of the Ghetto: New Article in Tablet Magazine by Robin Cembalest

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Click here to read Nibor’s Tablet Magazine article on how mainstream museums are collecting everything from ancient artifacts to contemporary Judaica ritual objects that represent ALL people of the book.

Peter Shire, American, b. 1947 Menorah #2, 1986

Photo courtesy of Minneapolis Institute of Art – Gift of funds from Tamara and Michael Root and the Elloise and Elliot Kaplan Endowment for Judaica