Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement
It is with great joy for the residents of Boyle Heights that we celebrate the news that 356 Mission is doing the only righteous act they could do for the neighborhood: pack up their shit and leave forever. This is a definite victory for Defend Boyle Heights, BHAAAD, Union de Vecinos, and all other organizations … Continue reading On 356 Mission Closing
We are calling on all artists, writers, publishers, and DIY bookmakers who are invited to participate in the LA Zine and Art Book Bazaar (LAZAABB) as vendors, presenters, or visitors, to say HELL NO! WE WON’T CROSS A PICKET LINE! Here’s why. In May 2017, residents of Boyle Heights, members of Defend Boyle Heights, and … Continue reading Open Letter to Participants in LAZAABB: Don’t Cross Active Picket Lines
Who is DTP? A collaboration between cultural producers and grassroots organizers across struggles and borders. Many of us are artists who, like Laura Owens, depends on art institutions and galleries to provide and support our livelihoods. The difference is in accountability and action by and for the people. Why is DTP here? 1) To connect … Continue reading Decolonize This Place
The Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network (BAN) stands in solidarity with Defend Boyle Heights and the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement (B.H.A.A.A.D.) in their November 8th action against Laura Owens, Gavin Brown, and the Whitney Museum. We stand in opposition to predatory gallerists and investors invading established communities for monetary gain. From Boyle Heights to Bushwick and … Continue reading Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network
When we we talk about land, and we talk about displacement, we must recognize historically who has been most impacted. We must always acknowledge that we are standing on Native land and here in Manhattan – this is the land of the Lenape people. If you are not an indigenous person, you/I are settlers here … Continue reading Chinatown Art Brigade
Who Is Laura Owens? She is a painter based in Los Angeles, represented by the New York-based blue-chip gallery Gavin Brown’s enterprise. In 2013 she turned her 12,000-square-foot studio in Boyle Heights into the gallery 356 Mission, bankrolled by Gavin Brown. Many have called the gallery a “pioneer” of artist-run spaces in Boyle Heights. Since … Continue reading Defend the Hoods from LA to NYC! Solidarity Action Fact Sheet
East Harlem and our beloved neighborhoods are being targeted by class warfare. Gentrification is class warfare. I’ll give you an example, our mayor in New York City, Bill de Blasio, has launched rezoning throughout the city that is supposed to open up 200,000 units of affordable housing. These units will be calculated using the Area … Continue reading East Harlem Anti-Rezoning Project
We, the women of Pico Gardens and Aliso Village, want to communicate to you that together with other mothers from our Boyle Heights community we have fought for decades to eliminate violence and bring peace to our neighborhood. We erased the graffiti that promoted violence among our youth, we took away their weapons, and we worked … Continue reading Letter to Laura Owens from the women of Pico Gardens & Aliso Village
Whitney statement in solidarity with Defend Boyle Heights, the women of Pico and Aliso and BHAAAD Look at the person on your left. Be present to the people in front of you and behind you. Now understand that this is not a shallow social practice exercise. This is reality. We are here now forging … Continue reading The People’s Cultural Plan and Mothers on the Move
As in Manhattan’s Chinatown, almost 80% of the residents of Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights are renters. In both cities low-income, working-class communities have fought for decades against shoddy governmental policies that primarily benefit wealthy property owners. Speculative markets, including art and real estate, continue to extract valuable resources from these urban neighborhoods built on the … Continue reading Solidarity to Chinatown Art Brigade New York