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Apr 12, 2011

"Great art picks up where nature ends." --Marc Chagall

Laundromat Art

When a Harlem-based group of artists and community activists wanted to make a difference in their local neighborhoods, they looked for a space that was already being used by the community and had gathering potential. And then they stumbled upon a laundromat. With the help of local and artists participating in their own residency programs, the group sets up daily in a number of laundromats and provides public arts education and programming including sidewalk art, painting, and screen printing -- each in laundry-cycle intervals. The nonprofit group that aims to "raise the quality of life for people whose incomes do not guarantee broad access to mainstream arts and cultural facilities" is now officially called the Laundromat Project.