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ECC x AAI: Zorica Čolić

Presented in collaboration with Congregation Beth Elohim Early Childhood Center Zorica Čolić is an artist who often juxtaposes found images and objects from diverse sources—fashion magazines, medical books, pills, medical paraphernalia—to focus on political and cultural individuation processes that form the human body. For her collaboration with the Early Childhood Center, students were encouraged to observe images from …

Recyclotron: A Manhattan ride for a healthy planet

Presented in collaboration with Bike New York Meeting: Corner of Water and Fletcher streetsRide Length: 8 miles Artists Alliance Inc., in collaboration with Bike New York and the Czech Centre New York, held a ride through Manhattan’s ecological landscape, designed and led by Prague-based artist Adam Vačkář. Through the first half of the 20th century, New York’s surrounding ocean served as the …

00 00 00 00 00 [Essex Street Retail Market]

Created by Italian artist Andrea Nacciarriti, curated by Alessandro Facente and commissioned by Artists Alliance Inc., 00 00 00 00 00 [Essex Street Retail Market] is an immersive architectural installation inside of the historic Essex Street Market on New York’s Lower East Side. The history of Essex Street Market is deeply ingrained in the history of New …

ECC x AAI: Nat Ward

Presented in collaboration with Congregation Beth Elohim Early Childhood Center Utilizing instant film cameras and monochrome film, artist and photographer Nat Ward encouraged students to engage in a closer kind of looking at the world around them. With the supervision and support of ECC Team Members, Ward led a photographic exploration of the block where the school is located. …

ECC x AAI: Boohri Park

Presented in collaboration with Congregation Beth Elohim Early Childhood Center A projected plane of light appears often in Boohri Park‘s work as the most reduced and abstract form of a space, but also as a medium which frees a given space from its physical structure. In the form of light, different spaces get to meet each other. For …

The Perfect Journey (after James Lee Byars)

Presented in collaboration with Bike New York Join Artists Alliance Inc. and Bike New York for a meditative ride inspired by the works and life of artist James Lee Byars, designed and led by artist Weronika Trojanska. Taking Byars’ artistic practice and persona as points of departure, participants in Trojanska’s ride will collectively attempt the futile act of …

The East Light: Live Streaming Sunrise(set)

On the occasion of the 4th Mardin Biennial 2018 (Mardin, Turkey)175 Delancey Street @ Corner of Clinton & Broome In the global world order perspectives on influence and power cycle through new stages. No longer do we live in a world in which one view point is accessible, instead we are swimming in them. In …

Embajada 406 Residency

Artists Alliance Inc. (AAI) and Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center (the Clemente), with Embajada, are thrilled to announce a new collaborative residency program dedicated to arts professionals from Puerto Rico. Extending the resources of AAI’s existing LES Studio Program within the Clemente building, this shared initiative includes 6- to 12-month fully-funded studio-based residencies to artists, writers, …

ECC x AAI: Nobutaka Aozaki

Presented in collaboration with Congregation Beth Elohim Early Childhood Center Smiley Bag Portrait is a participatory art project for which artist Nobutaka Aozaki invites pedestrians to model for him as he draws their portraits with Sharpie marker on the smiley faces of common take-out plastic bags. Aozaki performs both outdoors and indoors, often with a small mobile structure …

One If By Night: A Ride Under the Cosmos

Presented in collaboration with Bike New York Ride Length: 8 miles Join Artists Alliance Inc. and Bike New York for a ride under the cosmos, designed and led by artist Magali Duzant. Riders will navigate between the sea and stars, wending their way along the East River from Queens to Brooklyn, creating a constellation of light …