Art All Around Us — 7.2.25
Photography, Music, Art & More ...
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) features its 8th Annual Latin American Foto Festival with an opening on Thurs., July 10, from 6 to 9 PM. From July 24 to Aug. 3, the exhibit will take place at other sites in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. All the info here. FREE! (Photo above.)
En Foco and Kreate Hub Bronx present the photo exhibit “Shifting In Place” through Sept. 1 at Kreate Hub in the South Bronx. The exhibition features a curated selection of photographs by artists previously featured with Nueva Luz or the En Foco Archives and Study Center.
“Throwback: The Photography of Edwin Pagán,” an exhibit of the Bronx native filmmaker and photographer, is up at Pregones/PRTT Theatre in the South Bronx through Aug. 17. It’s presented in partnership with En Foco. All the info here.
MUSIC
Through August, Riverdale Neighborhood House features “Music in the Garden,” a series of outdoor concerts (jazz, on several Thurs. eves through August. All the info here. FREE!
Bronx Music Hall, a great, relatively new, theatre on East 163rd Street (right next to Boricua College) features open mics, concerts and more. All the info here.
As usual, there is a lot of great live music, as well as art and theatre, to check out at An Beal Bocht Café in Riverdale. Open mics, with Eric Sullivan are every Tues. at 9 PM. Writers/Poetry Night with Melinda Wilson & Erin Lynn is on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. Yet there’s so much more. Check it all out here.
My latest painting …
ART
The broad exhibit, “Van Gogh’s Flowers,” is open at New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx and the extensive exhibit is open until Oct. 21. All the info here. (See photo at end of newsletter.) By the way, Bronx residents can get FREE access to see most of NYBG. Learn more here and see photo of a flower in the exhibit at the end of this newsletter.
There are exhibits of several artists at Wave Hill in Riverdale this summer.
Through November, Bronx County Historical Society presents the exhibit “Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in the Bronx,” Here’s what the show is all about: “While The Bronx is universally recognized as an epicenter for hip hop, salsa, doo-wop, jazz, reggaeton, and many other popular music genres, our borough is ignored in popular narratives about hard rock, heavy metal, and punk rock.” The show, at the Bronx History Museum in Norwood, features photos, flyerz, fanzines, clippings, memorabilia, oral history and more. All the info here. FREE!
Into art, but spending the night at home? Check out Derfner Judaica Museum’s collection here. And here. (Derfner is a beautiful museum at the Hebrew Home. It is in between exhibits at the moment, but they have them open to all throughout the year.)
Riverdale Art Association hosts member exhibits, and its website shares members’ artwork. It also gathers artists to share and discuss their work in person. Check out all it offers right here.
Pelham Art Center in Pelham, NY is just a bit north of the northeast Bronx, and Metro North stops right nearby. The exhibit “13th Biennial Alexander Rutsch Award Winner: ransome” is on through July 13. “The artwork of ransome centers on his African American lineage, which is traced back to sharecroppers of the American South who migrated to northern cities along the East Coast. His pictorial narratives are personal, yet the symbols he uses are universal and interplay with larger social, racial, ancestral, economic, and political histories that inform our nation to this day.” Details here. FREE!
The exhibit at Bronx Museum on the Grand Concourse is “Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures.” It’s on through July 6. (All visits to Bronx Museum are FREE!) Much of the art is incredibly interactive. The artists are: Zainab Aliyu + American Artist and the School For Poetic Computation; Black Quantum Futurism; Stephanie Dinkins; Melanie Hoff; Mary Mattingly; Ari Melenciano; Azikiwe Mohammed; Kite & Alisha B Wormsley; Lynne Yun. All the info here.
One More Thing …
Have a great weekend everyone!
Peace,
Jordan
P.S. You can contact me at AAAUBRONX@gmail.com. And you can see some of photography and artwork on Instagram @jordanmossbx.