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Paperworks photos and video

Photos of the 25 Oct. reception by Yuko Nii, Terrence Lindall and Tasneem Shahzad, plus a video by Bienvenido Banez.

The 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival: Bienvenido vs. Waldo

Last weekend the WAH Center made a unique contribution to the Brooklyn Book Festival. The festival attracted many families in search of a fun-filled autumn afternoon strolling through the hundreds of vendors lined up throughout the Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza. Entertaining all ages with crafts and an interactive “Where’s Waldo” for the children, and […]

Over the Edge: Paperworks Unbound, Part 1

The Williamsburg Art & Historical (WAH) Center’s Over the Edge: Paperworks Unbound features a diverse array of artists who have presented their ideas and creativity though the classic medium of paper. Over recent years artists have been trying to find new media, techniques, and audiences to their art to update the status quo. Yet Paperworks […]

The 10 AWARD Recipients of the OVER THE EDGE: PAPERWORKS UNBOUND show

Sylvia Schwartz, “Touch”
I am very pleased to announce the following 10 award recipients whose outstanding Paperworks were selected out of 180 works by the Juror Ms. Claire Gilman, Curator of the Drawing Center,  My heartfelt congratulations!! — Yuko Nii  1) The 2 Best Works, “Juror’s Choice Award”:     Sylvia Schwartz, “Touch”       Dale Williams, “Dire”  2) The 8 Most […]

The New Academy Show

                “The New Academy” features works from up-and-coming young artists, who are also undergraduate and graduate students in the arts. It would be an understatement to just call the collection of art amazing – it is the gathering of fresh new minds, ideas, and concepts to the art world through dozens of media.                 Curator […]

Dinner with the Devil

            September 19, 2014 the WAH Center hosted the “Dinner with the Devil” celebrating the New Gold Folio and The Satanic Verses, collaborated works by Bienvenido “Bones” Banez Jr. andc The night’s event was intimate and enlightening. Banez assured the circle who were there for the night that it was not about the strength in […]