LuLu LoLo will be assembling an ongoing archive, consisting of images and writings, from her observations of Manhattan from her 28th floor apartment during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Anchorite is a space within The Salon which houses an immersing creative—as opposed to an emerging one. This is, a sage in the arts and/or healing fields who is invested in traveling deeper —and not so much outwards—in regards to their practice and the life informing it. The Anchorite works from wherever they are on this Earth, investigating in introspection issues really close to their heart. Note: I came up with the term “immersing creative,” after hearing about Bill Beirne’s reference to a “submerging artist.” To learn more about The Anchorite

LuLu LoLo is a performance artist, playwright/actor and activist for over twenty-five years. Ageism, immigration, historical references, ritualism, symbolism, myth, and always humor along with reverent irreverence are incorporated into LuLu’s performances. LuLu curated Art in Odd Places (AiOP) 2019: INVISIBLE, a public art festival featuring 82 artists celebrating the indomitable spirit of artists who are sixty years of age or older. LuLu has performed in six AiOP festivals over the past fifteen years in the guise of different personas to illustrate timely topical issues. Her public actions in Where Are the Women? (2015) highlighted the lack of public monuments to women in New York City and was featured in the New York Times; Blessings from Mother Cabrini, Saint of the Immigrants focused on immigrants of the world; and in 2018, stressing the fragility of the aging body, LuLu performed while wearing a chair strapped to her body offering A Seat for the Elderly: The Invisible Generation. As an activist, LuLu organized the Procession of 146 Shirtwaists and Sashes for the Centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. LuLu has written and performed eight one-person plays that evolved from her passion for historical research and social justice, especially as pertaining to the dramatic struggle of women in New York City’s past exemplified by subjects such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; the lesbian lover of murder victim Kitty Genovese; women who fought in the civil war disguised as men; and the shameful treatment of the women consigned to the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland. Her plays and poetry have been published in Nerve Lantern Axon of Performance Literature, Meta-land Poets of the Palisades II, and 365 Women a Year a Playwriting Project. Her published essays include: “Art is the Path from Reality to the Soul” See You in the Streets, Ruth Sergel, University of Iowa Press, and "Growing Up Italian-American in a Wonder Bread World", Ovunque Siamo. LuLu received a Puffin Foundation Grant (2018). She was a 2013 Blade of Grass Fellow in social engagement, and a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Writer in Residence (2008). LuLu is a board member of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition and an Advisory Board Member of the City Reliquary Museum, Brooklyn.

LuLu LoLo’s website / instagram / NYT Review / Pilgrimage by Proxy

More LuLu LoLo related links: vimeo: vimeo.com/fabulouslululolo / youtube: Youtube / twitter: @FabLuLuLoLo / facebook: LuluLoloProductions / facebook: Where Are the Women?/ facebook: facebook.com/ParisPilgrimage / tumblr: paris-pilgrimage.tumblr.com/

The Interior Beauty Salon announces its June guest

A Q&I between Laura Jamest and Nicolás To read the Q&I click HERE

Laura James’s related links: website / Instagram / Facebook / Bronx200

Image: courtesy of the artist 

Andrés Senra has received the Multiverso Videoart Grant, BBVA Foundation (2015);  Fase 7 Mobility Art Grant of The Spanish Agency for International Development and Cooperation (AECID) (2014). He has also received an artist research grant of the National Museum of Contemporary Arts of Spain / Reina Sofía (2013-2014). In 2012 he was selected by the Goethe-Institut and Instituto Cervantes of Spain for the art program Participar.de, taking place in Berlin, Madrid, and Toulouse. In 2012 and 2013 he received the Ministry of Culture Grant for the promotion of Spanish art abroad. In 2009 he received the Madrid Procesos artist Grant of AVAM and Karl Hofer Universität Der Künste, Berlin; and in 2005 Senra was artist in residence at the Contemporary Art Center La Casa Encendida in Madrid.

Winner of the Casa Velázquez Prize for Art Creation at Estampa (2009), he has also received, among other prizes, the Region of Madrid Award for art creation (2008).

Senra’s work has been exhibited in important galleries and museums around the world such as Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS (Spain), VanAbbe Museum (Holland), Art Center Nabi (Korea), and Centro Cultural Recoleta (Argentina), among other places. 

Photo: still from Chapter 1 Puppy  / Courtesy of the artist

Andrés Senra related links: website / IG / Vimeo / Facebook / YouTube

Limber Vilorio Villanueva is a multidisciplinary artist, architect, educator, production designer, art director for films and cultural manager. He works and lives in Dominican Republic and Spain. Vilorio Villanueva studied in Santo Domingo, where he received his degree in fine arts at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (ENBA), 1993; and an architecture degree at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña (UNPHU), 2000. He has also studied studied in Japan, India, Sweden, Italy and Spain. Vilorio Villanueva’s artistic career began when he received the first place at the International Drawing Contest in Jerusalem in 1987. This specific artwork became part of the collection of the Museum of Israel in1988. For his final year of architectural studies he developed a piece which initiated his urban artistic focus, Suit for Walking in Santo Domingo, which won the first place by public vote in the Visual Arts Biennial in Santo Domingo, 1999. To read more click HERE

Photo courtesy of Limber Vilorio Villanueva

Limber Vilorio Villanueva / Related links: review / Instagram

We come together to hold space for one another as we share insights about death and dying, yet also about the wonders of life and living in relationship to impermanence. This circle strives for honesty, openness, and courage as we delve deep, beyond the surface, to discuss what may be the ultimate question or mystery we face: death. In the process, we co-create a space of steadfast compassion and sincere listening.

Our healing circles seek to provide safe, supportive and intentionally welcoming spaces for people of all cultures, faiths, and backgrounds. Each circle is a blend of sharing and silence, compassion and curiosity. Our agreements honor safety and confidentiality. We value our own unique paths to healing and respect the choices of others.

To register click HERE

To learn more about Healing Circles Global click HERE

Born and raised in New York City, Isabel Yehya is a third-year Critical and Visual Studies student at Pratt Institute. Within the Critical and Visual Studies program, she has developed both a theoretical and creative foundation centered around philosophy, psychoanalysis, art and film history, critical theory, and postcolonial feminist theory. Working towards completing a minor in Cinema Studies, she hopes to focus her senior thesis on feminist horror aesthetics in film, music, video games, and art. Her long term goal in both the academic and art world is to work with traditional art and film institutions in reimagining their permanent collections and transitioning from being a monument of an obsolete history of art -- linear and dominated by European male “geniuses” -- into a more inclusive and diverse space. Isabel now works as an intern with Nicolás and The Interior Beauty Salon, as well as the Franklin Furnace Event Archives of Variable Media Art.

Photo: Courtesy of Isa Yehya

Isa Yehya: IG / Facebook