nyc arts
The Check In: COVID-19 and Latino Artists
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This week, City Limits’ Spanish-language reporter and editor Daniel Parra talks about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Latino arts organizations in the city and nationwide.
Art at the Limits
City’s Latino Artists Disproportionately Impacted By the Pandemic
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Latino artists report lower rates of health insurance, greater economic losses and higher unemployment. A higher number of them have seen their health or their family’s health directly impacted by COVID-19.
ARTS and CULTURE
Artistas latinos impactados desproporcionadamente por la pandemia
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Artistas latinos reportan: mayores pérdidas económicas, mayor desempleo, en mayor medida han visto su salud o la de su familia afectada directamente por el coronavirus y en un mayor porcentaje no tienen seguro médico.
Age Justice
NYC’s Older Adults Find Community in Remote Art Programs
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Amid the fear and isolation of the pandemic, art discussions, history lectures and even new virtual ukulele lessons stimulate memory and keep older adults connected.
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CityViews: An Artist Incensed by Domestic Violence Explains her Beautiful Images of Guns
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‘Pretend you were talking to an NRA member in a low-population, low-crime state like New Hampshire or Utah, where the rate of gun violence is much lower than in New York. If that person wondered into the exhibit, what would you want them to take away from it?’
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As Galleries Shut Around NYC, an Inclusive Outpost Somehow Survives
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‘Most people wander in here because they think it’s a bathroom or the subway.’
ARTS and CULTURE
Artwork Could Be the Salvation for a Shuttered Church in Manhattan
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There are no more masses, weddings or funerals at St. Stephen’s Church on East 28th Street. Like many parishes around the city, it has been closed. But unique artwork inside could help preserve the structure.
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Art at the Limits: The Makers Behind the Messages in Political Art
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We invited artists from a current (and very political) show at one New York gallery to talk about what their art meant or tell us about the person behind each piece.
City Institutions Battle Alzheimer’s With Art
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Faced with a disease that slowly steals memories and the ability to communicate, some people with dementia—and their caretakers—find dignity and community by embracing famous works and their own.
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CityViews: A Call for Art Asks, Can Propaganda Promote the Public Good?
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‘Given the diverse purposes of propaganda in history and at present to mislead, instill fear, or defend interests, how do artists consider wielding this device?’