Bo Joseph, Untitled, 2002, Ink and Tempera on Paper (21 7/8” x 29 ¾ “)
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Installation at Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter
It is when we are in a secure environment that we can call our own that we excel and can imagine anything.In early June, ACNY completed an installation of art donated to the Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter. Titled Securing Space for Imagination, the installation consists of seven works donated by seven artists. This placement enhances a community space in the Coalition’s supportive residence on East 81st Street where 65 formerly homeless people now reside. This newly renovated building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side also provides a full range of services and programs to enhance and support residents’ independent living.
NCS’s mission addresses the fundamental human need for a secure personal space that serves as home and shelter and also as a place to express ourselves. Through NCS programs, residents are enabled to imagine a future. Securing Space for Imagination establishes a visual analogy: the artists struggle to create a space all their own within the edges of the paper or canvas, using their own visual vocabulary. The variety of the works in this installation pays homage to individuality and the multifaceted possibilities that all of us have to express ourselves.
The idea of Art Connects New York, has transformed an inspiring vision into a tangible reality which has benefited thousands in our fist year. Read more about our first donor.
