Tag Archives: Artists

Wash Clothes, Make Art, Build Community

Posted on January 4, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

“The Laundromat Project is a Brooklyn-based non-profit arts organization committed to the well-being of people of color living on low incomes.”  Located in Bed-Stuy, they mount public art exhibits in laundromats throughout New York City.  To get involved or to learn more about their unique mission, visit their website at www.laundromatproject.org.

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Parris Jaru “Conversation”

Posted on November 19, 2009 by The Progressive Southside

[ November 20, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

The works of Jamaican-born artist Parris Jaru will be on display this Friday at Lab 24/7.  According to Jonathan at Lab 24/7, “Parris is exploring Brooklyn in his never-ending quest for fresh eyes.”

Lab 24/7
247 Stuyvesant Avenue (between Putnam Ave. and Madison St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11221

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They Came From Brooklyn

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Ricky Lee

[ August 14, 2009; 8:00 pm; ]

[caption id="attachment_5052" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="High Places duo Mary Pearson and Rob Barber. Image via hellohighplaces.com"][/caption]

Please meet Mary Pearson and Rob Barber, of the globetrotting duo High Places, a Bedstuy-, and now Los Angeles-based ambient music band who’ll be part of the upcoming It Came from Brooklyn concert series celebrating the Guggenheim Museum of Art’s 50th [...]

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