Oh @hragv, you really get me :)
Rejin Leys’s Art Box at the Queens Museum (Taken with GifBoom)
Dream Big 2 #bookarts (I may have forgotten to mention that this book was inspired by dreaming about coffee)
We stopped by the Queens Museum today and got to check out Rejin Leys’ Art Box project in the lobby. For 50 cents we got a mini-zine!
Saturday May 4th, I’m leading a walking tour of Historic Downtown Jamaica, as part of my Community Artist in Residence project @ JCAL. Join me if you love history. Or if you love NY. Or if you love going for walks, because it’s going to be a lovely day. And fascinating!
Did you know that Jamaica Avenue was used as a trade route by Native Americans in the pre-Colonial days? Or that Jamaica was the county seat before Queens became part of NYC in 1898? Join our Historic Downtown Jamaica Walking Tour this Saturday at Noon to see some historic sites and learn more about this fascinating neighborhood.
“Dream Big 2” by Rejin Leys (2013)
This is a 1 inch book that is available in @ArtBoxNY, my vending machine that lives at the Queens Museum. “Dream Big 2” is an unlimited edition relief printed accordion book, and is part of a project that reflects my interest in tchalas, books that give lottery numbers for images you might see in your dreams.
(via artboxny)
Do you remember when we had a sidewalk kiosk? In the Summer of 1994 it was filled - not with information about JCAL programs - but with “The Global Sweatshop” by artists Haideen Anderson and (current Community Artist-in-Residence) Rejin Leys. Those are paper mâché bras, made to call attention to the harsh labor conditions at garment factories. They definitely got some attention on the sidewalk of Jamaica Avenue that Summer.
An entire catalogue of #dream books just arrived in the mail! “Sneaky Pete Almanac,” I have my eye on you.
