Blanka Amezkua
BRAC Teaching Artist, Su-CASA, Cultural Immigrant Initiative Project, Spring 2017
Blanka Amezkua is a Mexican-born, Bronx-based contemporary artist/cultural promoter whose work has been shown nationally and internationally. She was the Founder of the Bronx Blue Bedroom Project (BBBP), an alternative, artist-run space in South Bronx. Her most recent artistic collaborative venture, AAA3A, Alexander Avenue Apartment 3A, is housed in the former home of BBBP.
Why I Teach: “
Teaching allows me to understand where we are as a society as a whole - our strengths and failures. It is the barometer that reveals who is truly free. Art involves trusting yourself; it is my hope that through my humble guidance, my students will trust their creative gestures, in order to trust themselves as they move through life.
”