OUR CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Anthem: an all-american dystopia
December 2, 2009- Februay 6, 2010
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Anthem: an all-american dystopia
This exhibition, a 20th anniversary celebration of BCA’s prestigious BRIO Award, explores an America within the crux of reforming a national identity; family, health, politics, urban crisis and decay, environmental issues, consumerism and globalization. All participating artists are 2008 and 2009 BRIO award winners. They include Gloria Adams, Cara Judea Alhadeff, Tenille Blair-Neff, Linda Cunningham, Dennis Redmoon Darkeem, Donna Diamond, Marisol Diaz, Juan Doe, Nicky Enright, Michael Ferris Jr., Rosemarie Fiore, Michelle Frick, Kuniyasu Hashimoto, Tracie Hervy, Kalissa Maxwell, Josh Millis, Vittorio Ottaviani, Micky Schon, Hrvoje Slovenc, and Jennifer Tomaiolo. This exhibition was curated by Melissa A. Calderón, a Bronx-based artist and arts activist for the revitalization of the South Bronx, founder of the Mott Haven loft series CONVERSIONS, and a co-founder of Haven Art Space and Coalition of Mott Haven Artists. It will be on view in the main gallery through February 6, 2010.

Year Zero: Media-Makers Dialogues
December 2, 2009- Februay 6, 2010

Year Zero: Media-Makers Dialogues
Filmmakers pull back the curtain back on American life and reveal the reel deal about angst, love, technology, acculturation, and more through a borderless world view. BRIO-winning media artists reflect on their films and their visions of the world in a BX Indie commissioned film written and directed by Julio Toro, 2007 BRIO winner for screenwriting. The film features works of 2008-2009 BRIO winners Nicky Enright, Nadia Hallgren, Geoffrey Quan, Geovanny Salas. The filmmakers, themselves, will comment on and interpret their award-winning pieces to share their unique vision of their world. On view in the Project Room through February 6, 2010, this exhibition is curated by Leenda Bonilla and Lydia Clark.

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 art produced in various media and through interdisciplinary practices that connect artists, communities, and ideas within and beyond the Bronx.

Longwood's Project Room was created in 1991 to focus on Bronx and Bronx-based artists who present solo and experimental projects that aim to address issues of politics of identity, class, gender and urban and popular culture.

Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street
Bronx, NY 10451
718-518-6728
Gallery Hours: Mon - Sat: 10:00am to 6:00pm

Hostos Community College is easily accessible by the #2, #4, and #5 IRT Trains. Click here for directions. The Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos is wheelchair accessible.

Samaná: Images of the Dominican Republic
September 28 - November 7, 2009

Samaná: Images of the Dominican Republic features photographs by Marino Corniel, Elaine Eversley and Ryan Mann-Hamilton of the Samaná peninsula which was settled in the 1820s by freed slaves from the United States. Portraits and landscapes of this unique region with a special emphasis on the descendants of the African-American settlers and the impact of development projects on the environment and the traditional cultures of the peninsula. This show is a presentation of Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture and is curated by Wallace I. Edgecombe. On view in the Main Gallery.

Bangin' and Linger
June 3 - August 6, 2009

Bangin' is a provocative and seductive show which includes the work of nine emerging women artists – stars on the rise – that allures the viewer to a deeper level of conversation and appreciation by going beyond the beauty and seduction of the surfaces and contents of drawings, paintings, photographs, sculpture and video. The show includes works by Emma Amos and Heather Hart (tapping into the issues of race), works by Traci Tullius, Alison Ward, and Emily North, (exploring the corporeal), works by Wonder Koch and Tamara Kostianovsky (taking you into the realm of politics), and works by Clarissa Cummings and Swati Khurana (questioning the notions of culture and tradition). On view in the Main Gallery.

Linger is an installation of video, sculpture and performance by Bronx artist Melissa Calderon. The artist includes this media to create a hauntingly, obsessive introspection of new work that challenges the notion of intimacy, landscape and creation. Calderon aims to address the issues of vulnerability, loss and the obsessive thought process of art-making. On view in the Project Room.

Both shows are curated by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz.

Dream Sequence
March 4 - May 6, 2009

Dream Sequence explores in the form of sequential images the themes of identity, socialism, sexuality, and the unconscious state of dreaming, in the form of comic books, drawing, illustration, painting, photography, sculpture and video. Participating artists include Richard Ackoon, Gary Camp, Momo Felix, Ray Felix, Ruth Fernandez, Dmitry Gubin, Marcus Jones, KAZ, Rene Iatba, Ivan Monforte, Ed Mouzon, Elena Petersen, David Quiles, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Timothy Ryan, Jean Rosa-Segarra, Luis Sierra, Hidemi Takagi, Chris Torres, Arlen Schumer, Bedel Tiscareno, Ed Traquino and Ivan Velez. Ray Felix is a Bronx-based visual artist who he is mostly known for his controversial comics that tackle religious dogma, politics, human behavior and superheroes. Felix is responsible for such comics as “GOD: The Second Coming”, “No-1 Anthology”, “LSD and X-Tasy: The Villain Assassins”: A World Without Superheroes” and “Runaway Slave” which is part of the anthology comic “Bronx Heroes” by Creative One Comics. He is also a recipient of a 2002 BRIO (Bronx Recognizes its Own) Award on visual arts. On view in the Main Gallery.

Outsiders
April 17 - May 9, 2009

Outsiders: Contemporary Works of Immigrant Artisans
In celebration of Immigrant Heritage Week, work of local artists/artisans will be featured in the exhibition Outsiders: Contemporary Works of Immigrant Artisans. This show aims to inspire, celebrate, relate and promote the art of immigrant artists/artisans; connecting people of diverse cultures through the artist’s journey. Celebrating and embracing the individual, emerging from a shared experience, the artists offer their art as initiator of a productive dialogue about our cultural experiences and identity. An interactive Craft Lounge component invites the public to participate in the making of an ongoing installation. Curated by Lisa Curran. On view in the Project Room.

Vidal Centeno F119
March 4 - April 1, 2009

F119 is Centeno’s first solo exhibition in New York City and is essentially the assembly of a hanging lamp in the form of a reconstructed engine. Vidal’s preoccupation with halting a specific fragment of time and harnessing the precise moment of explosion boarders on obsession and reflects a commonly shared morbid fascination with tragedy and destruction. Centeno is a visual artist living and working at his temporary space that is part artist studio and part crime scene laboratory near Ground Zero.

A Pratt Institute graduate, Vidal assembles three-dimensional constructs with meticulous attention to detail using disparate materials such as text, vinyl tubing, plastic toys and florescent lighting. He is also currently in the group show, Preemptive Resistances: Reversed Strategies at the Westport Arts Center in CT. In 2008 he participated in the group show How Soon Is Now at The Bronx Museum as part of AIM 28. Vidal has also exhibited at El Museo Del Barrio's 5th Biennial, The (S) Files 2007, NY, and at Longwood Arts Gallery’s 2005 exhibit Post Plátano / Ante Formalism. On view in the Project Room.

This show was curated by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz.

Graffiti: Spirit of an Age @ 40 x 10
December 3, 2008 - February 7, 2009

Curated by Ezo Wippler, Graffiti: Spirit of an Age @ 40 x 10 highlights works of 10 artists that began their careers in their teens making Graffiti artists and as time had progressed, have expanded their visual vernacular to include other forms of expression such as drawing, graphic design, painting and sculpture. The result is a starling show that combines elements of graffiti, line color and the influence of urban trends and culture. Participating artists include CES, CEY, DR. REVOLT, EZO, KET, KLASS, MARE 139, REVS, SHARP and SP. The sculptures by REVS and MARE 139 incorporate immediate reference to spontaneity of the line used in graffiti writing, its curves and crevices. CES and SHARP create wild style or intricate, expressive designs with letters that look like abstractions. In CES’s paintings his name appears always at the center of the canvas, while SHARP’s style is baroque, expressive and dissolving into abstracted forms of letters forming spirals, circles and organic forms. CEY’s pieces rely on the use of typography and the layering, by overlapping text; DR. REVOLT, EZO, KET and KLASS’, and paintings are inspired in the iconography of urban life, popular culture and market brands; their works comment on urban and street life and street violence, with tones that range from humor, to sarcasm or by tapping into the subjective view of the urban condition and the urban landscape. On view in the Main Gallery.

Aires de Loiza, Culture & Nature:
A Retrospective of the Work of Samuel Lind
with Masks by Raul Ayala
September 22 - November 8, 2008

Aires de Loiza, Culture & Nature, co-organized by the Hostos’ Center for the Arts & Culture, focusses on the town of Loiza, Puerto Rico, and its music, folklore and traditions, through painting, traditional crafts and bomba music. Loiza, (known also as Loiza Aldea) was founded in 1692 and is populated by the largest community of African descendents on the island of Puerto Rico. In its beginnings a town of runaway and freed slaves that settled in the north costal section, it is known by its Santiago (St. James) Apostle 10 day celebrations at the end of July with Vejigante masks and its bomba music. Featured artists for the Aires Loizeños Exhibition are prominent Puerto Rican painter Samuel Lind and craftsman Raul Ayala, both native of Loiza.

Mr. Lind has produced a great number of works celebrating dance, carnival and other aspects of Puerto Rican experience. Lind emphasizes the African dimensions of jibaro life. He also paints the mangroves and coconut palm forests, so much a part of coastal Puerto Rico. Mr. Ayala’ vegigante masks maker, has been making these pieces for more than 40 years, following in the footsteps of his late father.On view in the Main Gallery.

OTHER, OTHER…  Diversity within Diversity
June 4 - August 7, 2008

Curated by Wanda Raimnudi-Ortiz, OTHER, OTHER... features works by 18 artists of African, Asian, Latino, and Native American ancestry working in drawing, installation, mixed media, painting, performance art, photography, sculpture and video, and represent a sampling of 2007 and 2008 Urban Artist Initiative Grant (UAI/NYC) recipients visual arts and media. Participating artists include established and emerging artists like Konrad Aderer, Karina Aguilera-Skvirsky, Keith Anderson, Tomie Arai, Cat Chow, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Edwin Gonzalez-Ojeda, Skowmon Hastanan, Wennie Huang, Janelle Iglesias, Duron Jackson, Teru Kuwayama, Jessica Lagunas, Alfonso Muñoz, Juan Sanchez, Dread Scott, Shen Wei, and Injoo Whang. On view in the Main Gallery.

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. On view in the Main Gallery.

Cultural Connections
An Exhibition of Works by Members of BCA's Artisans Initiative
April 14 - May 10, 2008

The Bronx Council on the Arts celebrates Immigrant Heritage Week with the exhibit Cultural Connections at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. A showcase of craft based art and objects that express our cultural connections as immigrant artists/artisans. The featured artists are members of the Artisans Initiative and the local Bronx artisan community. Join us in the celebration! Discover talented local makers of traditional ethnic art and contemporary craft forms. On view in the Project Room.

Material Culture
December 5, 2007 - February 7, 2008

Material Culture showcases unique art objects by contemporary artisans, outsider and fine art artists using craft media. Craft is personal, political and powerful, bringing to the table a different perspective, self empowered and emotive. This exhibition questions mindless consumerism turning to the artisan/artist to provide context as we delve into the human desire for material things. Included are the exquisite bronze works of master sculptor, Taal Mayon; bold ceramic percussion instruments – the creations of ceramist Rei Yao; and acclaimed textile artist Xenobia Bailey who will present her canvas sails titled Tall Ship Sails of Mystical Mothership, Material Culture, sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts, was co-curated by Lisa Curran and Juanita Lanzo. On view in the Main Gallery.

The Fort Apache Connection
September 17 - November 10, 2007

Painted Skateboards entitled “Apache Ramos” and “La India” by Douglas Miles, 2007

With a special digital media presentation of Joe Conzo Jr.’s.(Boricua) photography, as a historical introduction, The Fort Apache Connection includes work by contemporary Apache artists including drawings by renown sculptor Bob Haozous (Ft. Sill - Chiricahua Apache), photography by Carm Little Turtle (Apache/Tarahumara), mixed-media photography by Pena Bonita (Apache/Seminole), wallpaper and media installation by emerging socio-political mixed-media artist Jason Lujan (Chiricahua Apache) and Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache/Akimel O’odham) with his Hip Hop inspired drawings and painted skateboards. This show was curated by Nadema Agard (Cherokee/Lakota/Powhatan) and is co-sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts and the Hostos Center for Arts & Culture. On view in the Main Gallery .

BX1: The Second Bronx Artist Biennial
June 6 - August 25, 2007

BX1: The Second Bronx Artist Biennial was a visual and media arts exhibition featuring work by eighteen 2007 & 2006 BRIO winners: Blanka Amezkua, Melisa Firelei Báez, Timothy Blum, Toby Buonagurio, Reina Mia Brill, Peter Cabot, Marisol Díaz, Juan Doe, Ruth Marshall, Josh Millis, Joel Neff, Danny Ramón Peralta, Wanda Raimundi-Ortíz, Silvia Romero, Pam Sporn, Ron Terner, José Antonio Vicenty, and Lois Weingarten. This show was curated by previous Longwood Art Gallery Director Edwin Ramoran. On view in the Main Gallery.

New Works #10
April 4 - May 19, 2007

Sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts, New Works #10 celebrated the 10th Anniversary of En Foco’s New Works Photography Awards. Artists included Meg Escudé, Diya Murthy, Stephen Marc, Sonya Lawyer, Emilio Banuelos, LaToya Frazier, William Willson. Also included were artists who have participated over the past ten years including Ana de Orbegoso, Terry Boddie, Annu Matthew, and Larry McNeil. Juror: Alison Nordström, Curators: Miriam Romais, En Foco, Inc., and George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. On view in the Main Gallery.

Many Hands, Many Places
April 16 - May 5, 2007

Originally created by BCA’s Artisans Initiative for Immigrant History Week, Many Hands, Many Places is an exhibit of crafts and art celebrating the work of 25 immigrant artisans who are living and creating in the Bronx. The featured artisans were all members of BCA’s Artisans Initiative. Click here for information on the show. On view in the Main Gallery.

South Bronx Contemporary
December 6, 2006 - March 10, 2007

South Bronx Contemporary commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Longwood Arts Project. It featured four distinct curatorial projects by Longwood’s past directors and current director Edwin Ramoran. On view in the Main Gallery.

• Fred Wilson's Black Now presented the artist’s observations about the contemporary meaning of the word "black";

• Betti-Sue Hertz's Street Disturbance included work in the public sphere with a penchant for humor and agitprop to address political issues;

• Eddie Torres' Iconoclasmic featured works that employ visual forms found in mass culture;

• Edwin Ramoran's Everyday Is Like Sunday broke down the professional/non-professional binary with works by intergenerational Bronx artists.

Ritmos Sureños / Bomba, Plena y Ponce
October 4 - November 10, 2006

Ritmos Sureños / Bomba, Plena y Ponce is an exhibition of over seventy photographs by Felipe García, which together constitute a loving portrait of his hometown, Ponce, Puerto Rico. It depicts the city’s landmarks, festivals, people, performers and especially the practitioners of the bomba and plena traditions as they are manifested in and around Ponce. It includes a series of video-taped interviews of seven of the great living masters of the bomba and plena traditions.The exhibition was part of BomPlenazo 2006, a biennial of Afro-Puerto Rican culture produced by the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. This show was a presentation of Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture and curated by Wallace I. Edgecombe, On view in the Main Gallery.