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Published on Thursday, May 26, 2011 by jose NYFA’s IAP has been working with immigrant artists for something close to four years now. Both IAP and NNY work with immigrants and the arts, but in different ways. IAP works with professional artists and NNY works with the general public. There have been occasions in which one of our users transitioned from our program [...]...

Published on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 by Gabriel     The Red Hook Food Vendors have been a staple of Brooklyn summers for the past 33 years. The Vendors have provided incredible cuisine and a unique market atmosphere in Red Hook Park, selling empanadas, pupusas, grilled corn and other Latin American dishes from tents at the northwest corner of the park.   In 2008 year the [...]...

Published on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 by jose On Sunday, April 4 three different classes celebrated another successful run of New New Yorkers courses. The classes were: Web Design in Spanish, taught by Sandra Dávila Students: Alicia Lenzano, Ana Rojas, Beatriz Hernandez, Carlos Caiza, Carmen Vazquez, Diana Perdomo, Gabriel Flores, Gabriel Gonzalez, Jose López, Josefina Norma Soto, Leonardo Orellana, Letty ...

Published on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 by preranareddy El Conquistador vs. The Invisible Man Shaun “El C.” Leonardo presented the final performance of El Conquistador vs. The Invisible Man, a recurring wrestling event in which the artist portrays a Mexican wrestling luchador battling an invisible opponent to fight invisibility, both metaphorically and literally, as well as to challenge the idealization of hypermasc...

Published on Friday, June 2, 2006 by preranareddy Collaborative public art pieces challenge negative perceptions of immigrants in New York and explore the immigrant experience....