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Attendees of the Water Is Life opening reception from the local Highland Park community.

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Members of the local community come together and bond around the art on display at the Lembranças: A Recollection solo exhibit featuring the work of artist Amy Garas.

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Paintings, vejigante masks, and an indoor garden at Samuel Lind’s home studio.

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Mural on a wall at C.O.P.I. (Corporación Piñones se Integra) C.O.P.I. is a 501 c 3 non profit organization founded by sociologist Maricruz Rivera Clemente.

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Attendees of the Lembranças art exhibit viewing the work of artist Amy Garas

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Opening Reception for the visual arts exhibit Lembranças: A Recollection.

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Key Rings for a Cause joined Raíces Cultural Center to raise funds for our EcoCulture program as well as for Nimkii Aazhibikong, the indigenous languange camp created by the featured artists, Christie Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch and their community.

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Selected art works by Will Condry, Miriam Lefkowitz, Jill Caporlingua and the Lower Raritan Watershed Project going up on display for the opening reception of the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show.

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Art inspired by the "Water Is Life" movement and Standing Rock protests on display as part of the Water Is Life exhibit series.

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Tiger Art Supply was the host of the group art show as soon as the opening reception ended, and it was the perfect space for display of such a wide array of art work. Art submittions from over 30 artists, both local and international, remained on…

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Art packs from Hudson Valley Seed Company donations were set aside specifically for schools. The art packs would allow those teaching agriculture to integrate the arts into their activities and lessons. This is essential because art and music classes…

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Local residents attend the Water Is Life group art show opening reception.

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View from outside of Lisa Bagwell’s EcoArt Solo Exhibit held at Ruthie’s Bagel Dish on October 15, 2016.

This program has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of…

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Setting up for the opening reception of the group art show as part of the Water Is Life exhibit series presented by Raíces Cultural Center in the fall of 2017 in Highland Park, NJ.

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A selection of submissions from local and international artists starting to be hung for the the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show opening reception.

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All art submitted to the Water Is Life series was created with the theme of protection of our waters and our natural world in mind. Over 50 artists submitted to the group exhibit and there were over 120 works of art on display in total in several…

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All art submitted to the Water Is Life series was created with the theme of protection of our waters and our envionrment and ecosystems in mind. Over 50 artists submitted to the group exhibit and there were over 120 works of art on display in total…

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Hurricane María destroyed the Artesanías Castor Ayala, which served as both a cultural museum and preservation site and artisan shop for the Ayala family in Loíza Aldea. When Raíces visited in January 2018, the wood for the rebuilding the the…

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Artisans selling hand crafted vejigante masks at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.

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Artist Lisa Bagwell welcomed Congressman Frank Pallone to her first solo exhibit.

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“Assemblage artist” Lisa Bagwell gives an artist talk at her October 15, 2016 solo art exhibit at Ruthie’s Bagel Dish. During the artist talk, Lisa spoke about her process of collecting trash, almost entirely from cleanups and donations from friends…

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Lisa Bagwell dialoguing with attendees of her EcoArt Exhibit during the artist talk section of the event. Visitors were impressed by the bridging of visual arts and ecology and expressed wonder at the amount of plastic and refuse one person could…

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For the Lembranças solo exhibit, artist Amy Garas explored themes and traditions reflecting her own cultural background from her mother's side of the family, Brazil.
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