ANTHEM: An All-American Dystopia in the Bronx
On a cold winter night in the South Bronx Hostos Community College and the Longwood Arts Gallery were abuzz with activity for the launch of a new exhibit, ANTHEM: an all-american dystopia . The exhibit is a 20th anniversary celebration of the Bronx Council on the Arts' BRIO ( B ronx R ecognizes I ts O wn) award and according to the Longwood Arts Project, this exhibit, " explores an America within the crux of reforming a national identity; family, health, politics, urban crisis and decay, environmental issues, consumerism and globalization." The exhibition is curated by Melissa A. Calderón , a local Bronx Latina artist who received her BA in Art History from CUNY Lehman College and works in various forms of media such as sculpture, installations and photography. SOURCE Every artists in this program are BRIO award winners from 2008 or 2009 and all have created works that are multidimensional in their scope of message and what you see may not necessarily be what it mea...