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Collage:
Mi Identidad
created by Patty Montesi
production assistant: Taryn O'Bra

Wednesday 5/27-Sunday 5/31
Free!

Come participate in the interactive artwork, Collage: Mi Identidad, and contribute to the collage - FOR FREE!  This hands-on art installation will explore the binary cultural landmarks of the personal formation of a first generation Latino American identity.  Instead of adapting to American culture through the process of pure assimilation, first generation Latinos build an identity through the process of collaging cultures.   This means having café con leche and Cocoa Pebbles for breakfast, croquetas and macaroni and cheese for lunch, and both Pepsi Cola and Jarritos as options for beverages. Become a part of the exhibition, and add to the collage by incorporating your own story.  Write on the walls, play a game of dominos, and stay for the music and food!
about the creator

PATTY MONTESI
Collage: Mi Identidad

Patty holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she concentrated in Directing, creating original pieces of performance art, and earning a minor in Sociology. Her interests and artwork generally revolve around Sex, Gender, Race, Class, Socioeconomics & Identity. She loves creating new works fueled by group-led workshops and working with actors and playwrights in the process of editing/rewriting/work-shopping new projects. Directing credits include Una Carroña by Erik Ehn, The Well of Horniness by Holly Hughes, Shadow of a Man by Cherrie Moraga, and Staged Readings for Quo Vadimus Arts’ American Identity Festival (2007). Director/Playwright collaborations with Lena Moy-Borgen: The Family Abortionist, At The Ballet (Manhattan Repertory Theatre); Food, Big People, Little People (The Flea Theater). In addition to being a PA, Patty has produced the Second New York production of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, and Co-produced Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun for FringeNYC 2005.