Monthly Archives: February 2016

News

RIVAA Shows Celebrate Black History

Read article from The Main Street Wire, Roosevelt Island’s Community Newspaper, featuring a splendid review of PAX Rwanda

(Volume 36, Issue 10 – February 13, 2016)

by David Stone

Photos by Piaskowski

“Black Lives Matter” pierced the fabric of American culture in the past year, sparking debate and filling newspapers. The subject of race was forced to the mass media forefront by community reaction to a series of violent police confrontations. In Afrocentric Images, the Annual Black History Month Exhibition at Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street, the political meme is given vivid, positive expression in depth and subtlety within art.

General

PAX Rwanda at Port Authority – Read about it in The Bergen Record

PAX RWANDA Fine Art Embroideries Return to Port Authority Bus Terminal to Celebrate Black History Month – 41st Street and 9th Avenue, NYC, February 1-28

Read the article:

"In one piece, gray goats shine with silver thread in the bright sunlight of an afternoon market. In the backgrounds, blue mountain ranges recede into fog, spotted by cloud shadows. "
“In one piece, gray goats shine with silver thread in the bright sunlight of an afternoon market. In the backgrounds, blue mountain ranges recede into fog, spotted by cloud shadows. “

http://www.northjersey.com/news/transportation/art-brightens-n-y-bus-terminal-1.1507227?page=all