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Intersection: Suffolk and Wall

Curated by Julie Allen and Paul Clay

Katharine Finneran, Nancy Friedemann, Robert Grant, Kylie Heidenheimer, Chang Jin Lee, Steve Mumford, Nicole Parcher, Mari de Pedro, Mark Power, Flavia Souza, David Troncoso

A selection of works from the Artists Alliance Inc.'s 107 Suffolk Street Studio Program, presented at the offices of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
April 2003

The Lower East Side has historically been a meeting ground for a great diversity of cultures and traditions. It has also been known for the vitality of its artistic and communal life. This cultural heritage is reflected in the artists in residence at Artists Alliance Inc.'s 107 Suffolk Street studio program. Hailing from many nations and working with a host of different materials and sensibilities, they come together forming a single community, and enriching the cultural life of the neighborhood and of the city.

Lower Manhattan is where this city began, starting out below Wall Street, and eventually burgeoning into the great metropolis we know today. This neighborhood knows many powerful and long standing institutions, such as the stock exchange, but it is also the home of artists and vitally important cultural institutions such as the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, serving the life of the city.

In presenting this set of art works we look to support and strengthen the cultural landscape downtown, and celebrate the artists, the ones who both reflect culture and create it from the content and meaning in the world.

-Paul Clay and Julie Allen 2003