Adál • Jaishri Abichandani • Max Aguilera Hellweg • Sama Alshaibi • Don Gregorio Antón • Chuy Benitez • Louis Carlos Bernal • Dawoud Bey • Charles Biasiny-Rivera • Terry Boddie • Samantha Box • Roger Cabán • Valdir Cruz •
Gerald Cyrus • Phil Dante • Ana de Orbegoso • Luis Delgado • Dean Dempsey • Lola Flash • Ricky Flores • Myra Greene • Muriel Hasbun • Germán Herrera • Kenro Izu • Nitza Luna • George Malave • Frank X. Méndez • Héctor Méndez Caratini • Stephen Marc • Rania Matar • Annu Palakunnathu Matthew • Larry McNeil • Groana Melendez • Tony Mendoza • Néstor Millán • Delilah Montoya • Pipo Nguyen-duy •Dulce Pinzón • Bonnie Portelance • Sophie Rivera • Juan Sánchez • Kunié Sugiura • Jane Tam • Hank Willis Thomas • Hong-An Truong • Kathy Vargas • Víctor Vázquez • Wendel White.
Many of the Collection’s artists will be in attendance, such as Charles Biasiny-Rivera, Delilah Montoya, Ricky Flores, Wendel White, George Malave, and many more. We hope you will come to help honor them!
We are also pleased to celebrate the launch of the exhibition’s book, En Foco/In Focus: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection, by offering a special pre-signed edition – available for the first time at the Benefit. Unsigned copies will be available online, at enfoco.org soon.
This fundraiser will raise money to support critical programs to benefit artists and our communities. Since we are a non-for-profit, your contribution goes directly towards offering exhibitions, producing Nueva Luz photographic journal, providing our artists with financial compensation for their work, and free workshops that help serve our community. The artists we exhibit in our Touring Gallery program are given a valuable opportunity to display their work in community spaces. This allows us to be a bridge between artistically underserved communities and talented artists from diverse cultures.
Some of our generous friends and fellow En Foco artists have donated their prints to be featured in our Silent Auction: Lola Flash, Frank Gimpaya, Groana Melendez, George Malave, Miriam Romais, Jared Soares, Alex Morel, Pete Pin, Yijun Pixy Liao, Sonia Louise Davis. Other Items include: consultations with M.V. Swanson with her Publish Your Photography book ($300 value each); Dulce Pinzon’s signed “Superheros” book ($25 value); La Palapa Cocina Mexicana‘s famous brunch for four ($100 value); Gift Certificate to Zuppa & Guapo restaurants in Yonkers, General Art Framing ($100 value), Sueños Restaurant, and more!
Or, if you’re unable to attend, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help us reach our goal. Your contribution to our Art & Cocktails Benefit is a great way to help us promote cultural diversity and social justice through photography. So come join us and help us help others.
Preview the Silent Auction Prints:
![Lyric Book in Roanoke, Virgina, From Small Town Hip Hop series, 2008. ©Jared Soares [recipient of En Foco's New Works Photography Fellowship Awards 2012-13]](https://enfocoinc.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/soares_lyricbook_cropped.jpg?w=685)
About our Hosts:
Founded in 2003, Dejavu “The House of Yang” began as a Boutique offering rare and unique pieces from elite dressmakers such as Cop Copine, Vivienne Westwood and some others designers from around the world. Curated with the modern woman in mind, its four stores today give access to the latest fashion news and forecasts for swift cultivation in the form of hand picked styles.
Dejavu’s Upper East Side location was once an art gallery, owned by Andy Warhol during 1950’s to 1960’s. The second floor is now Dejavu’s showcase for new artists and painters mixing Fashion and Art bringing the best of your style.
Created by retail connoisseur Kai Yang, his vision for Dejavu aside from catering to clients with fashion’s latest trends, is contributing to a woman’s eternal style. “Fashion isn’t only about trends or brands , it’s about developing your personal style and wearing what’s right for you.”
