'Art In Odd Places:' 14th St Becomes Gallery For Artists Over 60

UNION SQUARE, NY — From Avenue C to the Hudson River on 14th Street, 84 artists will perform and display artworks this month for Art in Odd Places' 15th annual festival.

The artists, all at least 60-years-old, will feature 44 works from the East to Hudson Rivers Oct. 17-20 for the festival, "INVISIBLE."

"This festival highlights what people choose not to see: the fragility of aging, even the beauty of aging, the homeless, the plight of immigrants, detained children, gentrification, mass incarcerations, lack of compassion, cruelty, and also how the technological cocoon we live in today renders the world around us INVISIBLE," LuLu LoLo, the curator, said in a statement. "But the festival makes VISIBLE: the indomitable spirit of older artists, the beauty of intergenerational work, with a visual promenade of older artists strolling 14th Street."

Artists will perform at various points throughout the three-day festival along the 14th Street corridor. The works will include performances, visual installations, video, and other mediums for free on the Manhattan thoroughfare.

New additions at this year's festival include artists strolling with paintings and sculptures along the entirety of the corridor on Oct. 19 and Oct. 20, 2 to 4 p.m. as well as a spoken word series Oct. 20, 4 to 6 p.m. on the south side of 14th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues.

A reception with a selection of performers will be Oct. 18, 6 to 8 p.m. at the south side of 14th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues.

Check out the full list of artists here. All the projects with a schedule will go live at the link Oct. 12.

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