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Two Latinx Artist Collectives Are Hosting a Cultural Fiesta in Bushwick with a Cause

An artist showcase and fundraiser for Venezuelan children

Two Latinx Artist Collectives Are Hosting a Cultural Fiesta in Bushwick with a Cause

Two Latinx Artist Collectives Are Hosting a Cultural Fiesta in Bushwick with a Cause

An artist showcase and fundraiser for Venezuelan children

Two Latinx Artist Collectives Are Hosting a Cultural Fiesta in Bushwick with a Cause
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Nearly a week after the often-misunderstood Cinco de Mayo, Bushwick will host a different kind of celebration to honor NYC’s Latinx community with an event called Jangueo Heavy. It’s a fiesta and fundraiser that features Latinx visual artists, musicians, and dancers on Saturday, May 11 from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. at 3 Dollar Bill. While DJs from Puerto Rico, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia provide tunes, Latinx artists will paint on canvases in the open air space while professional salsa dancers perform.

The art that’s created during the event will be auctioned off in a fundraiser to Comparte Por Una Vida, which is an NGO that benefits Venezuelan children in need during the country’s current humanitarian crisis. If you don’t want to purchase the artists’ pieces, you can still donate to the nonprofit organization at the event. Sebastian Lizarazo, one of the event’s organizers, explained that the Venezuela crisis hits home for him, literally, as refugees have amassed in his home country of Colombia. “Kids are the most vulnerable to this kind of situation,” Lizarazo told Bushwick Daily.

Lizarazo is one of the founding members of the artists’ collective nowigo (pronounced “no ego”), which is co-hosting Jangueo Heavy with Latinx organization Un Lugar Ideado. Lizarazo founded nowigo with…

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