White Toy Box

04/17/2019

Infinite thank yous to everyone who came out to/donated/danced at our Fundraiser and Closing Party last weekend! We are so happy to have had the opportunity to support and celebrate the work of , especially the day after the NY State Dream Act passed! It has been so powerful to meet and work with so many artists and organizers doing the radical and necessary work of dreaming, hoping, imagining and building new worlds and futures. 👏👏👏 One more day to see the incredible work of .media💜💜 @ New York, New York

04/16/2019

BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH | Young immigrant artists are getting some much needed space in an Upper East Side apartment building. Some commercial space at the St. Tropez building on 340 E. 64th St. has officially been transformed into a new gallery by Chashama, a nonprofit organization that f...

04/12/2019

Write up of Esperanza De Otro Mundo Posible/Hope of Another Possible World in Our Town NY!

A nonprofit that turns real estate into spaces for artists unveiled an exhibit on the Upper East Side featuring work by two undocumented immigrants.“Esperanza de Otro Mundo Posible/Hope of Another Possible World,” focuses on work by artists Francisco Donoso and Maria De Los Angeles and runs at 3...

04/10/2019

✨Join us this Saturday for our Closing and Fundraiser party at 7 PM! Featuring DJ Devanity✨food✨open bar✨artist prints💜💚❤️$15 suggested donation at the door which all goes to supporting the amazing work of 💛💛💛

04/02/2019

Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday! You were all a dream! Show is open until April 18th!

03/21/2019

We are so honored to be partnering with the NYS Youth Leadership Council, New York’s first undocumented youth-lead advocacy organization for our upcoming show, Esperanza de Otro Mundo Posible/Hope of Another Possible World! From NYSYLC’s website: “We work to empower immigrant youth through leadership development, grassroots organizing, educational advancement, and self-expression. Our goal is to give undocumented youth the tools and space to organize and create change in our communities.” Please join us for our Closing and Fundraiser Party on Saturday April 13 from 7-10 PM. There is a $10 suggested donation and all proceeds will go towards supporting NYSYLC and the incredible work they are doing. For more information and to donate to NYSYLC, please follow them or visit, https://www.nysylc.org/donate!

03/19/2019

Francisco Donoso is an Inwood based artist and educator born in Quito, Ecuador and raised in Miami, Florida. His work utilizes abstraction and experimental processes to create otherworldly paintings, collages and installations that challenge the authority and agency of maps and borders. In Francisco's words, "I create work from a desire to find meaning in feelings of displacement and immobility, but also imaginative freedom and hope. I want to create a space to dialogue about the possibilities of a future where the places we inhabit morph as fluidly as when we transition between them. Where borders, imposed or self-made, don’t become limits of our potential for exchange and livelihood." Pictured here is Francisco in his Bronx studio next to his installation, Alter Mundo No. 1. Be sure to catch Francisco's work in our upcoming exhibition and follow him ❤️❤️❤️

03/19/2019

A big thanks to Milstein Law Group for helping us promote Esperanza De Otro Mundo Posible/Hope of Another Possible World! :)

Special note: This is the inaugural show at Chashama’s new East 64th St. gallery! The first four exhibits at this gallery are dedicated to the work of immigrant artists, with additional community programming in collaboration with Chashama& #8217

03/14/2019

Born in Michoacán, Mexico, Maria de Los Angeles is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist who addresses issues of migration, displacement, identity, and otherness through her drawing, painting, printmaking, and fashion. In Maria's words, "For me, the border is a dividing line between my past and my now. I crossed it once yet I still stand on that line. It represents hope, future; an arbitrary legal trap in a place I call home. It symbolizes to some observers that which is criminal about me and to others that which is beautiful. The border symbolizes love and separation. It symbolizes truth and lies--propaganda. It potentiates openness but actualizes political selfishness and greed. Due to the media, we have a mixed interpretation of what takes place on the border and only a vague sense of the people who come to it or across it on both sides.Thus, the border becomes a part of my identity through no fault of my own. It is a place where humanity gets defined: ours and theirs depending on who is speaking." We are so excited to showcase Maria's work in Esperanza de Otro Mundo Posible/Hope of Another Posible World opening on March 30th! To see more of Maria’s work, follow her !

03/07/2019

We are so excited to announce our first exhibition of 2019, Esperanza de Otro Mundo Posible/Hope of Another Possible World, featuring the incredible artists, and ! Hosted by in a new Upper East Side location, this will be a collaborative and immersive exhibition that explores ideas of placement, migration and the experience of being an undocumented immigrant in the United States. Through their multimedia works, Francisco and Maria investigate the systemic problems with immigration, challenge the narrative of Dreamers as a monolithic experience and touch on topics of intimacy, borders, belonging and home. In addition to the exhibition, there will also be a series of public programs that will benefit the , New York’s first undocumented youth-lead advocacy organization. We hope to see you at our opening reception on Saturday March 31 from 6-9 PM and for more information, please click the link in our bio!

03/04/2019

New business cards! 👯‍♀️

07/10/2018

Valentina is in England and Camila is in Colombia, and thanks to the magic of the internet they were both in the same room last Saturday. 📷: