This Saturday at Washington Square Park, The Blacksmiths & The Wide Awakes are coming together again for INTERdependence Day!INTERdependence Day aspires to the promise of America more than Independence ever could and more than our violent colonial structures ever have. With an evening of powerful live music and dance performances, speakers, films & more, we will march into THE FUTURE, toward a new kind of connectivity celebrating & centering Black life and marking REAL FREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLE!SAFETY FIRST: WEAR A MASK!WEAR RED/WHITE! ALL ARE WELCOME! — This Saturday at Washington Square Park, The Blacksmiths & The Wide Awakes are coming together again for INTERdependence Day!
INTERdependence Day aspires to the promise of America more than Independence ever could and more than our violent colonial structures ever have. With an evening of powerful live music and dance performances, speakers, films & more, we will march into THE FUTURE, toward a new kind of connectivity celebrating & centering Black life and marking REAL FREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLE!
SAFETY FIRST: WEAR A MASK!
WEAR RED/WHITE!
ALL ARE WELCOME!

July 02, 2020 by Robert Aloia

March 09, 2020 by Robert Aloia

What José Parlá, JR and Kunle Martins Learned from Graffiti

Three shows in New York are inspired by a transgressive art form. For Parlá, it’s a mode of aesthetic innovation; for JR, it’s a jumping-off point and a pretense; for Martins, it’s a way to connect past and present.

Link for full article: https://nyti.ms/2TC3P1z

Wed, February 26, 2020 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse

February 24, 2020 by Robert Aloia

September 26, 2019 by Robert Aloia

JOSÉ PARLÁ: No Space / Non Place
December 15, 2017 – April 15, 2018 33 West 42nd St.
The Neuberger Museum of Art is pleased to commission José Parlá, a critically acclaimed, multidisciplinary artist working in painting, large-scale murals, photography, video, and sculpture, to create a major new mural for NEU SPACE│42. In his work, layers of paint, gestural drawing, and found ephemera combine to evoke the histories of urban environments.

Jose Parla artist talk Wednesday 6-7:30pm

January 29, 2018 by Robert Aloia

EASE

September 20, 2017 by Robert Aloia

NPR's What's Good with Stretch and Bobbitopodcast episode 10 with interviewee artist/painter José Parlá is now live! Listen to the audio on demand at npr.org/whatsgood or on iTunes.