Linette Messina

Organized and curated by the hugely inspiring East Harlem-based artist and educator Carmen Paulino aka Carmen Community Artist, “Cities Healing Through Fiber & Art” showcases a range of artworks — largely fashioned with yarn — spanning two floors of  El Barrio’s Art Space PS109. Featured above are two of Carmen’s works — The Notorious RGB  and My Body My Choice — on exhibit. Several more artworks on view in this group exhibition — follow:

Miami-based Kern Myrtle, Wet Paint

Philadelphia-based Linette Messina, Say Her Name, Breonna Taylor, Acrylic yarn

California-based Felicia Provenzano, Heart of the City

East Harlem-based Michael Paulino, Alas Yorick’s Skull, Acrylic paint and yarn

Milagros Rios, Yellow NYC Taxi

Alisha Soto, Lecciones de Amor

The artists and more — with exhibition curator Carmen Paulino aka Carmen Community Artist, fourth to the left in front row

A visual ode to the power of art to help us heal in these challenging times, the exhibition remains on view through November 29 at El Barrio’s Art Space PS109  at 215 East 99th Street.

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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