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Art History: Murals Revitalize East 10th Street, Honor CHARAS Founders

On Saturday, December 17, an intergenerational group of Lower East Side leaders came together to celebrate the ribbon cutting for a series of murals that paid homage to the CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center, which was located at 605 East 9th Street from 1979 until the beginning of this century. The 152,000-square foot complex, once home…

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Spraying an Abandoned Building on 10th Street

On an especially cold November day, artist William Power stood before a wall on 10th street with a can of spray paint. Wearing a gas mask and working in front of a camera capturing time-lapse footage, William carefully added shadows and wrinkles to the image of a Puerto Rican flag draped over the shoulders of…

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El Bohio Mural Makeover in the Media

Video by Loisaida TV EV Grieve: “New murals depict LES history outside the long-empty CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center” New murals are in progress on the 10th Street side of the former P.S. 64/CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center between Avenue B and Avenue C. EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by yesterday for a work-in-progress look at the…

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La Lucha is Finished, but the Struggle Continues

“La Lucha Continua” (2017) Art Direction by Sam Wisneski / ThriveCollective.org Loisaida Center + FABNYC + Thrive Collective Community Mural at First Street Green Corner of 2nd Avenue & Houston Street, Manhattan Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the twenty-six La Lucha Continua community murals painted by the community mural collective Artmakers Inc. in the Lower…

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La Lucha Continua on Houston St & 2nd Ave

This spring, Loisaida Center, FABNYC, and Thrive Collective are collaborating on a community mural at First Street Green (at the corner of Houston Street and 2nd Avenue) to commemorate the twenty-six “La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues” murals originally produced in the Lower East Side in 1985. Production of the commemorative mural coincides with the “La Lucha…

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