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. This show will be view from February 27 through May 10, 2008.

Material Culture
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. This show will be on view from December 5, 2007 through February 7, 2008.

The Fort Apache Connection
With a special digital media presentation of Joe Conzo Jr.’s.(Boricua) photography, as a historical introduction, this exhibition 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. This show was on view September 17 - November 10, 2007.

BX1: The Second Bronx Artist Biennial
This show 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, curated by previous Longwood Art Gallery Director Edwin Ramoran, was on view June 6 - August 25, 2007.

New Works #10
Sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts, this exhibition 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. This show was on view April 4 - May 19, 2007.

Many Hands, Many Places
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. This show was on view April 16 - May 5, 2007.

South Bronx Contemporary
This major exhibition commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Longwood Arts Project, featured four distinct curatorial projects by Longwood’s past directors and current director Edwin Ramoran. The show was on view from December 6, 2006 - March 10, 2007.

• 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.

To mark this anniversary, a limited edition print by Fred Wilson was produced. A catalogue and DVD accompanied the exhibition. Public programs were scheduled through the run of the exhibition.

Ritmos Sureños / Bomba, Plena y Ponce
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, a presentation of Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture and curated by Wallace I. Edgecombe, was on view from October 4 - November 10, 2006.

Grimanesa Amoros
Between Heaven and Earth and Rootless Algas
March 29 to June 17, 2006
Reception and Bronx Culture Trolley: Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 5 to 8 p.m.
Main Gallery and Project Room
Artists: Grimanesa Amoros with Susana Baca and Hilmar Orn Hilmarson
Curators: Wallace I. Edgecombe and Edwin Ramoran

New multimedia installations with sculpture and video produced in collaboration with Peruvian vocalist Baca and Icelandic composer Hilmarson.

Concert: SUSANA BACA
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, Main Theater
450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street
Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 7:30 p.m.

Do You Think I'm Disco
January 7 to March 18, 2006
Main Gallery and Project Room
Curator: Edwin Ramoran
A major group exhibition on dance music culture and contemporary art.
Artists: Matias Aguilar, Negar Ahkami, Elia Alba, Arthur Aviles Typical Theater, Larissa Bates, Ramdasha Bikceem, Brent Birnbaum, Philip Brophy, Don Bury, Karlos Carcamo, Curtis B. Carman, Mel Cheren, Phil Collins, Joe De Hoyos, Discoteca Flaming Star, Alex Donis, Carl Eckhoff, Ray Felix, Patrick "Pato" Hebert, Derek Jackson, Luis Jacob, James Jaxxa, Jayson Keeling, Swati Khurana, Kalup Linzy, Barbara Malaran, Christian Marclay, Hélio Melo, Ivan Monforte, Ronald Bruce Monroe, Carrie Moyer, Rico Reyes, Nelson Santos, Jamel Shabazz, Shinique Amie Smith, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Mickalene Thomas, Boris Torres, TSK TSK TSK, Shirley Wegner, Edwina White, Megan Whitmarsh, and Matt Wolf.

Quijotextos de Antonio Martorell
October 17 – December 7, 2005
Main Gallery and Project Room
Artist: Antonio Martorell
Solo exhibition of installation, mixed media, and sculpture by Puerto Rican artist Martorell commemorating the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes's literary classic Don Quixote.

PERFORMA 05
The First Biennial of New Visual Art Performance in New York City
Post Identity Politics Bazaar: Performance as Cultural Gift & Labor
Friday November 18, 2005
Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013
Curator: Edwin Ramoran
Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Akiko Ichikawa, Derek Jackson, Ivan Monforte, Wanda Raimundi-Ortíz, and Troy Richards

Post Plátano / Ante Formalism: Abstraction in the Bronx
September 7 to October 5, 2005
Main Gallery and Project Room
Curator: Edwin Ramoran
Artist: Yasmine Awais, Melissa A. Calderón, Arturo Carranza, Vidal Centeno, Kimberly Rene Curran, Lisa Curran, Taina Delmar, Ray Felix, G. , Isaac Garcia-Lanzó, Edwin Gonzalez, Josie Gonzalez, Skowmon Hastanan, Ixrael, Juanita Lanzó-Guilbe, Anthony D. Meyers, Luís Pagán, Kay Reese, Jose Rivera, Shazzi Thomas, and Audrey E. Wong

BX 1: First Bronx Artists Biennial
June 1 to July 27, 2005
Main Gallery
Curator: Edwin Ramoran
Artists: Beth Brideau, Howard Cash, Linda Cunningham, Alejandra Delfin, Luis Fonseca, James Gross, Daniel Hauben, Shinichiro Kitaura, Aristides Logothetis, Agnes Murray, Ron Terner, and Clara Williams

Can I Get A Witness
March 26 to May 18, 2005
Main Gallery
Guest Curator: Dean Daderko
Artists: Daniel Bozhkov, Ross Cisneros, Glen Fogel, Hope Ginsburg, Yoko Inoue, Tara Mateik, Robert Melee, Emily Roysdon, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Judi Werthein, and Matt Wolf

New Works: En Foco's Photography Awards
March 26 to May 18, 2005
Project Room
Guest Curators: Marisol Díaz and Miriam Romais, En Foco
Artists: Manuel Rivera-Ortíz, Bonnie Portelance, Nzingah Muhammad
Juror: Frank Gimpaya 

Props for a Romantic Comedy
January 15 to March 12, 2005
Main Gallery
Guest Curator: Herb Tam
Artists: Paul Chan, Leah Gadd, Michael Hermann, Joonhyun Kim, Jeannette Louie, Daragh Reeves, Greg Santos, Catarina Simões, and Anna Stein

RETURN
January 15 to March 12, 2005
Project Room
Curator: Edwin Ramoran
Artist: Michael Rakowitz

Wanda Raimundi-Ortíz: Mercury/Mercurio
September 27 to December 4, 2004
Main Gallery
Curators: Wallace Edgecombe, Edwin Ramoran
Artist: Wanda Raimundi-Ortíz

Cyber_Folio 2004
September 27 to December 4, 2004
Project Room
Curators: Michelle Echevarria, Edwin Ramoran
Artists: Sung-Hee Choi, Ward Shelley, and Daniel Tisdale

Better Recognize: Bronx Artists
BRIO Visual Artists 2002-2004
July 7, 2004 to July 28, 2004
Main Gallery
Curators: Melissa A. Calderón, Edwin Ramoran
Artists: Valerie Atkisson, Timothy Blum, Ernesto Camacho, Angel E. Chevrestt, Stephanie Chisholm, Linda Cunningham, Marisol Díaz, Susan Farley, Ray Felix, James Gross, Ireena Gurvich, Daniel Hauben, Susan Markisz, Ira Merritt, and Miguelangel Ruiz

Conversions @ 149th St.
July 7, 2004 to July 28, 2004
Project Room
Guest Curator: Melissa A. Calderón
Artists: Timothy Blum, Steven Fishman, Mac McKean, Wanda Raimundi-Ortíz, SEEN, and Shinique Smith

Dina Bursztyn: Myths/Mitos
April 26, 2004 to June 26, 2004
Main Gallery
Curators: Wallace Edgecombe, Edwin Ramoran
Artist: Dina Bursztyn

Cyber_Folio: 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 Longwood Cyber Residency Artists
April 26, 2004 to June 26, 2004
Project Room
Curators: Michelle Echevarria, Edwin Ramoran
Artists: Valerie Atkisson, Florine Demosthene, Akiko Ichikawa, and Mwalim

Rehearsed: Nicolás Dumit Estévez
February 4, 2004 to April 10, 2004
Main Gallery
Curator: Edwin Ramoran
Artist: Nicolás Dumit Estévez
This is the first major solo exhibition by Dominican-born emerging artist Estévez who works primarily in performative work.  [ More ]

Post Plátano
February 4, 2004 to April 10, 2004
Project Room
Curators: Michelle Echevarria, Edwin Ramoran
Artists: Jorgre Aguirre and Michael Grabowski, Judith Escalona, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Iliana Emilia García, Anaida Hernández, Juanita Lanzó-Guilbe, Renzo Ortega  [ More ]

Bootleg Gender
December 1, 2003 to January 10, 2004
Main Gallery
Guest Curator: Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
Artists: Elia Alba, Juan Carlos Arín, Sandra Bermúdez, Kristina Jacobs, Samantha Krauss, Scherezade, and Meghan Wood

Working Towards Our Own Destruction: Utopia
December 1, 2003 to January 10, 2004
Project Space
Guest Curator: Lynn Pono, Arkipelago
Artists: Matias Aguilar, Ernest Concepcion, Louie Cordero, Ben A. Gonzales, Barbara Malaran, Riza Manalo, Taal Mayon, Emmanuel Migrino, Athena Robles, and Jun Sabayton

DL: The “Down Low” in Contemporary Art
Dates: September 29, 2003 to November 22, 2003
Main Gallery
Curator: Edwin Ramoran
Artists: Binga, Ricardo A. Bracho, Karlos Carcamo, Enrique Cruz, Alex Donis, e-mael, Ricardo Francis, Derek Jackson, Terence Koh (formerly asianpunkboy), Glenn Ligon, Ivan Monforte, Kori Newkirk, Luna Luis Ortiz, Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa (aka Devil Bunny), Susan Smith-Pinelo, Steed Taylor, and Jorge Veras.  [ More ]

Paradigms
September 29, 2003 to November 22, 2003
Project Room
Guest Curator: Louky Keijsers
Videos by: Michel Auder, Candice Breitz, Patty Chang, Rubén Gutiérrez, Patrick Jolley and Reynold Reynolds, Miranda July, Chloe Piene, and Karen Yasinsky.  [ More ]

Cyber_Folio: 2001-2002 Longwood Cyber Residency Artists
July 7, 2003 to July 31, 2003
Curators: Michelle Echevarria, Edwin Ramoran
Artists: Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Heng-Gil Han, Mary Magsamen, Moses Ros, and Jenna Spevak.
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No More Drama: New Projects after Novelas
January 29 to April 11, 2003
Curator: Edwin Ramoran
Artists: Adriana Arenas Ilian, Instituto de la Telenovela (Pablo Helguera), Claudia Joskowicz, Domingo Nuño, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky  [ More ]

Barrios: Celebrating the Latino Neighborhoods of New York City
November 12, 2002 to January 17, 2003
Artist: John "Crash" Matos

Timothy Blum: Peripheral Whispers
September 25 to November 1, 2002

Artist: Timothy Blum

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