10/2/14: OPENING EXHIBITION / ART START’S PORTRAIT PROJECT

The Portrait Project

Opening Exhibition
Thursday, October 2, 2014 | 6-9pm
The Highline Loft | 526 West 26th Street, 5th Floor | NYC

Photo: David Johnson

Photo: David Johnson

ARTISTS

Photography by Natalie Brasington, Adrien Broom, Josh Dalsimer, Steve Giralt, and David Johnson, as well as photographers Heidi Gutman, Alina Gozin’a, David Lang, Zachary Maxwell Stertz,and Ken Pao.

Essays by Rosa JH Berland, Rashida Bumbray, Allegra Ben-Amotz, Robbie Whalen, Amanda McCormick, Sarah Barrett, Nina Spierer, Frank Santo, Judith Sackoff, Ellen Neuborne, Alexandra Talty, Nichole LeFebvre, and Annie Coreno.

About The Portrait Project

Art Start’s Portrait Project connects Art Start’s participating homeless, foster, formerly incarcerated, and otherwise marginalized New York City teens to develop an exciting and empowering opportunity to dream. Through visual art and creative writing workshops, in-depth video interviews, professional photo shoots and elaborate composite imaging, youth first imagined themselves without barriers, then saw themselves living it, in a large-format photographic print. With photography, wardrobe, hair and makeup, prop styling, set design and composite retouching, a photographic tableau has been created for each youth so they can experience the power and permanence of seeing themselves at the highest expression of themselves.

Thank you @hamptonsbygreg @hamptonsbymatt @kingdavidthalion for an amazing workshop last night with our Emerging Artists! It was informative and super engaging. Check out @hamptonssurfcompany to learn more about their photo bags with proceeds benefitting our Emerging Artists Program. #ScreenPrinting #ArtistCollab #SummerArtSesh #ArtSavesLives
Perfect weather for a #rooftopsummersession. 😊Thank you to @watsonnyc for this beautiful event with harpist @maryoverthere supporting Art Start programs. 📷: @emilyhlavacgreen #ArtSavesLives
Here's how you can help with our current immigration crisis. @childrensvllg is one of many organizations supporting children separated from their families at the borders. #swipethrough and check their website to learn more about how you can contribute to the lives of these youth. Drop off donations at Dobbs Ferry campus on Tuesday July 3rd and Thursday July 5th between 10am and 2pm.
A very happy birthday to Art Start’s Office and Programs Coordinator and Dance Teaching Artist: Mariama! You keep us motivated and inspired each day with the level of commitment, expertise and love you bring to your work at Art Start. Happy birthday @madimamama ! ❤️
While there are many factors that contribute to women living in poverty, the lack of affordable housing and recurrence of eviction are the most pervasive. In NYC, a typical household spends ⅔ of income on rent. On top of this families with children at home are almost 3 times more likely to be evicted and eviction records make it even harder to find suitable housing. . To learn more about these factors and other aspects of this campaign, please visit the page "Putting It in Context" on our website. Putting It In Context is Art Start’s educational campaign to raise awareness about the biopsychosocial issues impacting Art Start participants. http://www.art-start.org/putting-it-in-context-women-are-disproportionately-affected-by-poverty/ #NYCHousingCrisis #AddressingPoverty #WomenInNYC #seemebecause #ArtSavesLives
Final showcase with the Bronx Hope youth! @shelteringarmsny
As part of the #PuttingItInContext campaign, we acknowledge the ways women are disproportionately affected by poverty in NYC. In the same breath we recognize the efforts of women-led, women-driven and women-serving organizations. Mothers on the move / Madres en Movimiento (MOM) is a Community-based social justice organization in the South Bronx mobilizing around issues of educational equity, affordable housing, and community safety. MOM has been a leader in bringing community members together since 1992, to identify priority needs and build successful campaigns that produce qualitative improvements in residents' lives. . Putting It In Context is Art Start’s educational campaign to raise awareness about the biopsychosocial issues impacting Art Start participants. Visit the page "Putting It in Context" on our website for more information on this campaign. http://www.art-start.org/putting-it-in-context-women-are-disproportionately-affected-by-poverty/ #AddressingPoverty #WomenInNYC #seemebecause #ArtSavesLives
We are still beaming from one of the most successful family nights yet! All the mamas came out for this painting workshop. A big thanks to our Bushwick volunteers who make this work possible! #artsaveslives