Saturday, April 13, 2024

Lehman Colledge Art Gallery: Latin Artists

A Celebration of

Latin American

Printmaking in the Bronx

Artist Talks

VISITORS MUST PRESENT FREE TICKET AND

PHOTO ID AT THE GATE FOR ADMISSION

Presented by

The Lehman College Art Department and the Lehman College Art Gallery


Featuring:

Moses Ros and John Mejias

MOSES ROS: Moses Ros is a Dominican-American sculptor, painter, and printmaker who lives and works in the Bronx. Ros has created public art commissions for the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Bronx Council for the Arts, New York City Housing Authority, and Metropolitan Transit Authority. Ros is a member of the artist collective Dominican York Proyecto Grafica (DYPG) and ArteLatAm. Recently, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has purchased a portfolio of prints from the DYPG.



JOHN MEJIAS: John Mejias’ book The Puerto Rican War provides a visual and historical account of the 1950 episode in intricate woodcuts. The book is being published by Union Square and Co. in May 2024. Mejias is a printmaker, comic book artist and high school art teacher in the Bronx. He is an alumni of Lehman’s Art Dept as both an MFA in 2013 and an MA in Art Education in 2022. His book is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library and his woodcut zines are in the MoMA’s permanent collection.


Refreshments will be served!

Tuesday, April 16

6:00 PM

CLICK HERE FOR FREE TICKETS

We are located in the Fine Arts Building

250 Bedford Park Blvd West

Bronx, NY 10468

For more information please contact:

lehmancollegeartgallery@gmail.com or 718.960.8731

This program is made possible with support from the Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation, Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Council Member, Jeffrey Dinowitz and The Art Department of Lehman College Art Gallery

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