Longwood Arts Project is the contemporary art center of the Bronx Council on the Arts with the mission to support artists and their work, especially emerging artists from underrepresented groups such as people of color and women, through Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Digital Matrix Commissions Program, and public programs that provide opportunities for free and open dialogue. Longwood Arts Project presents solo and group exhibitions of works of art produced in various media or through interdisciplinary practices that connect artists, communities, and ideas within and beyond the Bronx.

Trolley   ||||||||||    April 2, 2008

Closing Reception/Trolley  ||||||||||  May 7, 2008

CONGOS, GULOYAS y ALTARES: Afro-Dominican Images

         The Congo, Salve and Cocolo Traditions of the          Dominican Republic

This multi-media exhibition opens for public viewing on February 27, Dominican Independence Day with an opening reception scheduled in conjunction with First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, from 5:00-8:30pm.

Congos, Guloyas y Altares: Afro-Dominican Images
Presented by the Longwood Arts Project and Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, this exhibition will consist of video footage, paintings, drawings, costumes and photographs, as well as the installation of an Afro-Dominican religious altar. Prominently featured in the exhibition will be paintings and drawings by Nadal Walcot, the dean of cocolo artists. Congos, Guloyas y Altares: Afro Dominican Images is part of a wider celebration of Dominican History Week. It is also linked to performances in the Hostos theaters on March 13, 14 and 15 by masters of Afro-Dominican traditions and a seminar on the effects of development and globalization on traditional cultures

Closing Reception May 7, 2008 & Bronx Culture Trolley!! 5 to 9 p.m.

On view through Thursday, May 10th, 2008

Current virtual exhibition

Online LAUNCH Now!!!

Longwood Cyber Residency(click name below to link to the artist's project)

William Crow
Nicolás Dumit Estévez
Kenta Furusho
Shih-Chieh Huang
Wanda Raimundi-Ortíz
 

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Digital Matrix Commissions
(click name below to link to the artist's project)

2005
Manuel Acevedo
Monika Bravo
Gaye Chan
Prema Murthy
 

2006
eteam (Hajoe Moderegger and Franziska Lamprecht)
Mariam Ghani
Jenny Polak
Mary Walling-Blackburn

2007

COMING SOON!

Michael Paul Britto

Chris Burns

Carol Sun

dan k. williams

BCA's Bronx Culture Trolley

 Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 5 to 9 p.m.

Next BCA's Bronx Culture Trolley will be on, April 2, 2008, 5 to 9p.m.!!!

Check out www.bronxarts.org for the 411!!!