Art Night: Love, Play, Relax, Boogie

 

Join us for our annual Benefit Reception and Art Night on Thursday, September 28, 2023, 5PM-8PM at Concourse House, 2751 Grand Concourse, Bronx.

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Guests will enjoy delicious local cuisine and beverages, entertaining performances, and our Art Night exhibition, LOVE, PLAY, RELAX, BOOGIE by Bronx artists from the Fordham Bedford community.

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We wish to recognize Author, Illustrator, and Art Teacher Charles G. Esperanza for years of meaningful partnership with the Fordham Bedford Community. Love, Play, Relax, Boogie is a multi-disciplinary celebration of visual and literary arts created by Charles in close collaboration with Concourse House families and Fordham Bedford youth, seniors, and community.

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Charles George Esperanza

a.k.a C.G.Esperanza 

a.k.a. ChalaRanza

 

Born the second of six cool kids. The South Bronx is where he first opened his eyelids. A land shrouded in bright colored decay, the birthplace of graffiti and the hip-hop DJ! He paints fantasy worlds of elephants, and castles too! Accompanying this wonder is some whimsical truth. Charles has a voice that is seldom heard. A fusion of jazz, distorted guitars, and chirping birds.

Pura Belprè and Coretta Scott King honor award winner, Charles is the Author and Illustrator of "Red, Yellow,Blue and a dash of White too!"(Skypony Press), “Boogie Boogie, Y’all”(Harper Collins) and upcoming “Kicks in the Sky'' (Harper Collins). He is also a Fordham Bedford artist resident at 2323 Walton Avenue in collaboration with ChaShama Space to Connect and teaches art to Concourse House and Fordham Bedford families, youth and seniors.

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