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Artistas de Loisiada Group Show June 4-26, 2008

Contact: Carolyn Ratcliffe
Tel#./Fax: (212)674-4057
EMAIL: nymagnolia@mindspring.com
URL: http://www.artistasdeloisaida.org/

ART LOISAIDA, aka Los Artistas de Loisaida, is a multicultural group of painters, photographers, printmakers and sculptors, many of whom create work in, or inspired by, New York's community gardens. The Artistas’ 11th Annual Exhibition, "The WildLife of the Lower East Side", takes place this year at the Tompkins Square Library. The show celebrates the local “wildlife” to be found in the environs of the City’s Lower East Side. “WildLife” can be defined as both the flora and fauna of the neighborhood, as well as the vital eclectic life style that many of the residents have found here. The exhibition offers a visual statement that runs the gamut from humorous to serious, playful to solemn.

It is appropriate that "Wildlife," whose images of species native to park, tree or nightclub bon viviant, pigeon or hawk, squirrel or rat and their environs, should be on view across the street from Tompkins Square Park, the cultural intersect for many local residents. The images evoke the spirit of the times, as well as the vivid imaginations and phoenix-like creativity of New Yorkers from all walks of life. The show runs from June 4 through June 29th.

Receptions: Opening: Saturday, June 7, from 3 - 5 P.M.
Closing: June 26th, 3-5pm
Gallery Hours: Monday through Saturday from 12 noon until 1/2 hour before library closing.

What: "The WildLife of the Lower East Side", When: June 4-26th, 2008
Where: Tompkins Square Library Gallery, 331 East 10th St. between Avenues A & B.
Transportation: 4, 5 6 R, N Q to Union Sq and transfer to Bus # M14A or M9 to East 9th Street or F train to 2nd Ave and M14A or M15 to E.8th/ 9th St. or L train to 14th Street & First Avenue. The gallery is handicapped-accessible by elevator from the lobby of the Library.

posted by Lauren Edmond, Artista member and participant