Andrea Arroyo
On view: September 27 through November 30, 2024
Anibal Aviles Playground: 111 W 108th Street
FREE and Open to the public during regular Parks hours
El Taller Latino Anericano’s Grady Alexis Gallery is pleased to present “ImagiNATIONS: Art as Solidarity”: an ongoing series of artworks created in response to issues that touch us every day, like immigration, civil and gender rights, displacement, gun violence, international conflicts, and the environmental crisis.
According to Arroyo, “The works reflect the universal values of love, justice, equality, and peace and aim to build bridges across borders, languages, and cultures and generate dialogue about issues relevant to the local and global levels.
Bearing witness to injustice and political upheaval inspires me to create images documenting our turbulent times while celebrating beauty and resilience.
For me, art-making is a practice of hope in action. I hope these images will inspire reflection and empower individuals and communities to create change by raising their voices in empathy, solidarity, and love”.
This project has taken many forms: the printed page, online, gallery, museum, and public art exhibitions, and the book “ImagiNATIONS: Art as Solidarity,” Gold Medal for Best Art Book at the International Latino Book Awards.
Andrea Arroyo is an award-winning artist who works in painting, sculpture, installation, and public art. She was born in Mexico City and resides in New York. Her work has been published on the cover of The New Yorker and in The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Nation, The Manhattan Times, and numerous international publications.
Selections from “Solidarity” received the First Prize at the United Nations Lurie Award; the “Political Satire Award” at the Humor Biennial in Cuba; the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Award, the Puffin Foundation Award, the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Award, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Award.
Arroyo has also been recognized with awards from the New York Women’s Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Hispanic Federation, and Google, and was named Official Artist of the Latin Grammy, Outstanding Woman of New York, Groundbreaking Latina in the Arts, and Outstanding Latina of the Year.
Her public art project, “Harmony,” is permanently on view at the Gun Hill Road Station of the New York City Subway
Works on Display:
Click here for more information about Andrea Arroyo and her vision
this program has been made possible with the support of
the following partnerships:
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC Parks Department
The Jacob and Ruth Epstein Foundation,
The Columbus-Amsterdam BID