Catstoria art show

 I'm participating in the Holiday Group Art Show @astoriaartcenter

The theme is everyone's favorite cats!
The gallery is filled with a gathering of unique feline friends. It's a truly worthwhile exhibition to see.
A portion of the sales will be donated to local cat support organization @catstoria_cat_rescue

Through December 21.
Astoria Art Center
2102 Ditmars Blvd, Astoria

ホリデーグループアートショーに参加しています。テーマはみんなが大好きな猫！
ギャラリーいっぱいにユニークなねこさん達が大集合しています。とても見甲斐のある展示です。
売上の一部が地域猫のサポート団体に寄付されるそうです。

12月21まで。
Astoria Art Center
2102 Ditmars Blvd, Astoria

Hello from Rica

Hi!

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Please visit these links below for more information!

Thank you very much,

Rica Takashima

Covid related project

Fabric with a Big Drawing from the Big Apple

https://onbigdrawings.org/art-at-home/

Participatory art project

・Aliens in New York art project
https://aliensnewyork.wixsite.com/mysite

https://www.facebook.com/Aliens-in-New-York-art-project-300219990107200/

https://www.facebook.com/Peekaboo-Art-Project-131699606919192

Social practice art project

・One Stop Family Pop Up

https://1stopfamily.blogspot.com

・Ramp Project NYC (StopGap NYC)

https://therampprojectnyc.blogspot.com

Manga/Anime Work website

https://takashimarica.wixsite.com/ricatakashima-3/home

Drawing, sketches

https://www.pinterest.jp/ricaspopart/

https://www.instagram.com/ricatakashima/

https://www.facebook.com/RicaTPopArtPaintingsDrawings/

Manga Sculpture at Randall’s Island

https://randallsisland.org/flow-15/flow-15-rica-takashima/

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rica_%27tte_Kanji!%3F

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rica_Takashima

NYFA Current

・Aliens in New York art project
https://current.nyfa.org/post/126347857743/rica-takashima-aliens-and-other-extraterrestrial
・One Stop Family Pop Up
https://current.nyfa.org/post/187168306363/conversations-rica-takashima-and-christine?fbclid=IwAR349KMz0ULRq4nVhF5S7V5G6Lg4ClQp-6YujRHg1JXMxNMqG51m8wSWj6E

NYFA Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF11TKclY1w&t=74s

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/ricatakashima/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/AliensNewYork

Old website (1980s-2015ish)

http://AozoraArt.com

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Rica Takashima’s profile

 

Rica's themes are discomfort and empathy towards pre-existing concepts and lifestyles, such as gender, age and race.

 

Something that is ordinary to one person can be a strange practice to others. At the same time, that strange practice can be exciting to yet another. Rica wants to express the differences between cultures as something fun and exciting, rather than as creating conflict and friction.

In 1995, Rica started drawing the semi-autobiographical Manga portraying everyday lives of lesbians, in Japan’s premier lesbian magazine at that time. She struggled with her sexuality since her young age, but there were no movies/novels with themed positive lesbian stories even in 1980s. Her questions towards traditional Japanese patriarchal family values and discrimination against LGBT motivated her to start to draw conceptual Manga to public. Her project Manga book was published in 2003 and 2012 in English and Japanese, and Italian version in 2011. After she immigrated to the US with her family in 2008, she collaborates her work with Pride March, NewFEST LGBT film festival, and other diverse organizations.

She also created manga illustrations of We Can Do It! series, which encourages women in diversity. 

Manga sculpture, El Barrio Comes All Colors, Shapes and Sizes was funded by Flow15, Randall’s Island park alliance, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Made Event 2015

Rica, Miho and Meechan Cat was awarded as Demystifying NFTs by Technology Gap and New York Foundation for the Arts, 2022

Her interactive public installation Aliens in New York has been supported by New York Foundation for the Arts since 2013 which Rica started in Tokyo Harajuku open street since 1994.(The name at the time was Aozora Art/Blue Sky Art)

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Manga Art Show and Workshop!

 I'll be hosting giving away free copies of my new manga book, Queens Kids Story, it is the first chapter of New York Love: Rica ‘tte Kanji project.

The manga is suitable for all ages. It's especially aimed at LGBTQ families and supporters.

📆 December Saturday 13^th, Sunday 14^th

🕐 12:30-4:30PM

📍 31^st Ave. Open Street, 31st Ave between 33rd and 35th Streets.

There will also be a free manga workshop, so please come by♪

 

This New York Love: Rica ‘tte Kanji project 2025 is made possible with public funds fromthe Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.

 

@nyfacurrent

@nyculture

@31staveopenstreet

#LGBTQfamily

#QueerArt

#LGBTQyouth

#LGBTQart

#MangaArt
#Manga

#Queeryouth

#Queerkids

#LGBTQkids

 

You can read whole story here:

This is Japanese manga so it is read from right to left. Please enjoy!