Once again this summer the Community Gallery @ BDG will be featured for the months of
July and August at Blue Door Gallery in Yonkers. The artwork illustrates expressions of common cultural, historical, social, or geographical characteristics among young
and old such as ancestry, heritage, family bonds, interaction, collaboration, communion, change
and growth. The artists have shared their interpretations of Generations.
This was an eight-week long exhibition which was held in conjunction with a series of
workshops dedicated to fostering the bonds and creativity of young people and their significant
adults. The workshop expressions will be in the forms of poetry, dance, drawing, painting, clay,
crafts, music, and performance. To inspire our workshop participants we will exhibit in a portion
of the gallery the work of professional artists whose art considers the interaction of generations.
Note About Phylisha Villanueva:
Phylisha organized teen poetry OPEN MICS at Blue Door Gallery when she was a sophmore at Saunders High School in Yonkers, NY and continues her leadership in that role. Now a freshman at Manhattan Community College, Phylisha will serve as Program Coordinator along with Gallery Manager, Krista Faist and Mentor, Golda Solomon, for our community based summer outreach arts program. "little Hands, Big Hands: Uniting Generations" from July 10 - Aug. 27, 2011 (8 weeks, 3 days per week). Activities will include writing workshops, poetry slams, story telling, art projects, guest speakers, mentoring conferences, parent/child activies and neighborhood field trips. |
