Bitch School

The word "bitch" has two conflicting definitions for its use in common street vernacular. The first is more closely related to the word's actual definition; that of a female dog. In prison culture, a "bitch" or "punk" is a male rape victim. On the streets of the city, the word has come to be used to indicate a passive male. [ More... ]

N.Y.C High Rise

The exhibition takes place at the Longwood Arts Gallery, the visual arts facility of the Bronx Council on the Arts, located at 965 Longwood Avenue between Beck Street and Kelly Street in the Bronx from January 26 - March 30, 2002. [ More... ]

Kids Stuff

The contemporary art world has recently seen a great number of artists who are using childhood motifs to explore adult issues. This phenomenon raises the question, "Why childhood motifs?" [ More... ]

It Makes Me Sick

In mid-September the Longwood Arts Project opened a funky, funny show on what has since become a not-funny subject: disease. In this case, though, the maladies are invented. [ More... ]

Carlos Ortiz

Carlos Ortiz has a beautiful small show of photographs. He captured the streets around the Longwood Arts Project itself, devastated at the time, in a series of almost lyrical images of foggy lots and empty streets. [ More... ]

Some Assembly Inspired

Some Assembly Inspired is a group exhibit of visual art curated by Robert Blackson, Exhibitions Coordinator at Longwood Arts Project/Bronx Council on the Arts. [ More... ]

Now Playing

Longwood Arts Project hosts NOW PLAYING!, a group exhibit of multi-media visual art guest-curated by Amir Bey. The exhibition takes place at the Longwood Arts Gallery, the visual arts facility of the Bronx Council on the Arts, located at 965 Longwood Avenue between Beck Street and Kelly Street in the Bronx from December 9th, 2000 - February 10th, 2001. [ More... ]

Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs and Other Folktales

Longwood Arts Project hosts Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs and Other Folktales, a group exhibit of visual art curated by Nadine Robinson, who is herself a Bronx artist soon to be featured in P.S. 1's Greater New York. [ More... ]

Über Quilts

Über Quilts presents work by emerging visual artists who use the structure of the quilt in combination with unconventional materials and techniques to present new forms that defy categorization. [ More... ]