A talk with artist Lydia Rubio on The Traveling Artist,* her featured artist project at Center for Book Arts, an exhibit featuring artistic documentation of Rubio’s travel narratives across linguistic and geographic landscapes. The works record the artist’s experiences across a variation of calligraphic, drawing and poetic compositions. This exhibition includes multiple series of works, including The Genius Loci Book, Journal of a Trip to the Island, and Travel Journals.
The artist will be introduced by Aurora de Armendi, director of our Visual Arts Program. The talk will be followed by a bilingual Q&A and a wine and cheese reception where the attendees will be able to chat informally with the artist.
This art event is part of the CreateNYC Language Access program and will be held in English.
CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS
28 West 27th Street, NYC
RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.com/LydiaRubio/featured-artist-talk
*On exhibit since October 3
Image above, courtesy of Patrick Farrell
Lydia Rubio (Havana, 1946) attended the University of Florida and Universita degli Studi di Firenze. She obtained a Master’s in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she pursued visual studies with Rudolf Arnheim. Her work has been exhibited in 27 solo and over 50 group shows in the USA and internationally including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach, CA, Snite Museum of Art, IN, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, AK, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Lowe Museum of Art, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Bianca Lanza Gallery, Gutierrez Fine Art, FL. AIR Gallery, Joyce Goldstein, Bridgewater Lustberg Gallery, NYC. She is represented in many public and private collections, including Eskenazy Museum of Art, IN, Bryn Mawr College, PH, Stanford University, CA, UCSB Museum CA, University of Southern California, CA, Lowe Museum, Wolfsonian FIU, Diane and Robert Moss, Fracie B. Good David Horvitz and others.
Awards and honors include two public art commissions for the RDUA Airport,NC and two for Miami Dade Art in Public Places, a residence with the WSW NY, and fellowships from the Art Center SF The Ellies 2018, Pollock Krasner, State of Florida, The Cintas Foundation, The Graham Foundation. Rubio has taught at Parsons School of Design, where she developed the Visual Thinking studio, Harvard Graduate School of Design, New World School of the Arts and as full-time instructor at the University of Puerto Rico. Teaching interests include painting and drawing, space in art and design, public art, basic design for art and architecture. Reviews of her works have appeared in Art News, The Village Voice, The New York Times, The Miami Herald. Cuban born American artist, has traveled extensively, practiced and exhibited in multiple cities in the USA and overseas.
This event is co-organized and co-sponsored by Center for Book Arts
And is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
