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James Negron

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Happy Hispanic + Latino Heritage Month!! 🇪🇨🇵🇷 I love my family so much, it fills my heart to bring them into my art and celebrate us 💗 My work will be on view through Oct 14 at the Julia de Burgos Center, go check it out! taken in Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Ctr by @fruitisgudd

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2 years ago

DIY, memory and the color pink are some of the themes James Negron leans into when he’s creating artwork.

The 2024 @cleinstituteart graduate lives and works by the idea that creating art should be accessible to everyone, and as such, dives into mediums and designs that can inspire others to create for themselves.

“I really advocate for its accessibility and having anybody be able to do art because it’s really cathartic, and I think everybody could benefit from those therapeutic qualities that art has to offer,” he says, @fruitisgudd. “For me, fiber is the easiest way to do that.”

While at CIA, Negron did a project with @neighborhoodpetscle as part of the school’s Creativity Works program where students apply their creative skills to real-world issues and causes. As Neighborhood Pets helps support local pet owners, Negron held workshops to teach volunteers how to crochet granny squares which he then stitched into dog sweaters.

Soon after graduating, he won a grant to create a body of work for the Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center @jdbcac. Focused on his Latin heritage and family through photos, his project included six screen prints on silk. And, Negron recently had an installation at @valleyartcenter for which he received the John Bramblitt Award for inspiration and enrichment in art.

As a teaching assistant at the @raineyinstitute youth arts program in Cleveland – in addition to working as newsletter manager and development manager for @canjournal – he is further realizing the importance of making art doable for anyone.

Read more at the link in bio. by @fruitisgudd

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It’s Safer at Home

Mixed media wearable sculpture, 20”x14”x28”

#textileart #sculpture #visualart #wearablesculpture #mixedmedia #home #transartist #house #topsurgery #safespace #patchwork #handsewn by @fruitisgudd

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4 years ago

Where Love Takes Root 💗 by @fruitisgudd

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Tonights event: Tails from the Neighborhood.
#neighborhoodpetscle @neighborhoodpetscle celebrates 15 years of Absolutely stellar service to@the community.

Join us if ya can. It's gonna be a party. I'm gonna dance Rhe week of. Hahahah thank you @neighborhoodpetscle for thinking of me to honor what you do. @fruitisgudd and I created a community piece for the event that will be installed in their clinic later.

Please note, we had help from the Interglactic @raineyinstitute kids!!!! And @tumnusrex by @fruitisgudd

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Come see Where Love Takes Root at Neighborhood Pets’ fundraiser on 10/10 from 7-10pm at Near West Theater! Gina Washington and I have been working tirelessly on this sculpture over the past 7 weeks. Swipe to see the process, you’ll have to wait to see the final product in person on Saturday night! We’re also extremely grateful to Tumnus Rex @tumnusrex for access to their communal woodshop space, their support, and fabrication advice throughout this process. Come support the amazing work Neighborhood Pets does for our Cleveland community pet owners🐾🤎🌳 taken in Near West Theatre by @fruitisgudd

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so grateful to be teaching everything i love and to work alongside so many great artists ⭐️💗 this school year was a blast filled with many great projects and lessons, but the greatest part comes from the students eagerness to learn and master new techniques! taken in Cleveland, Ohio by @fruitisgudd

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Lights, ipads, ACTION! ✨
This past Friday, we gathered for Hilos Familiares, a stop motion animation workshop with Render Me Softly (@rendermesoftly.mp4), led by artists Laura Camila Medina and James Negron. The space quickly came alive with imagination in this collaborative experience. Me encantó ver King at the workshop – a 6 year old and an artist in his own right! He was our little assistant all evening, keeping us on track with his vision and making us all feel at home during the workshop.

Using technology borrowed from the Cleveland Institute of Art, we collaborated to transform family memories into visual collages. We’re excited to share that the final animations will be featured at our Block Party Exhibition on June 26th and we’d love to see you there. Grateful to everyone who showed up, shared their creativity, and helped make the evening so meaningful 💛

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¡Luces, iPads, ACCIÓN! ✨
Este pasado viernes nos reunimos para Hilos Familiares, un taller de animación stop motion junto a Render Me Softly (@rendermesoftly.mp4), dirigido por les artistas Laura Camila Medina y James Negrón. El espacio rapidito se llenó de imaginación en esta experiencia colaborativa.¡Me encantó ver a King en el taller! Con solo 6 añitos, ya es artista por derecho propio. Fue nuestro asistente pequeño toda la noche, manteniéndonos enfocados con su visión y haciendo que todes nos sintiéramos en casa durante el taller.

Usando tecnología prestada por el Cleveland Institute of Art, colaboramos para transformar memorias familiares en collages visuales. Nos emociona compartir que las animaciones finales se estarán presentando en nuestra Exhibición Block Party el 26 de junio, y nos encantaría verles allí. Agradecidos con cada persona que llegó, compartió su creatividad y ayudó a que la noche fuera tan significativa 💛 by @fruitisgudd

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Laura (@lil___lau) and James (@fruitisgudd) are so excited to teach 𝓗𝓲𝓵𝓸𝓼 𝓕𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼, an experimental stop motion workshop that activates familial archives tomorrow at @jdbcac at 6 pm! There’s just a few more spots to participate, check out the link in bio for more info <3

Here’s a little more about them:

James Negron (he/him) is a VERY queer and trans Latinx artist transplanted in Cleveland, OH. After moving to OH from NJ to receive his BFA in Sculpture and Expanded Media from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2024, he happily decided to make Cleveland his home (still hasn’t changed his state of residence, shhh). He uses a variety of media, primarily fiber and textiles, to communicate themes of memory, mental health, and queer identity within his work. By implementing soft, colorful, and shiny materials, he addresses heavy and deeply personal subject matter in a playful, approachable manner. James strongly believes in the therapeutic benefits that art making has to offer, and as an art educator, his priority is to make material processes more accessible to youth through alternative approaches and exemplification. Along with being an artist and educator, James does fundraising work with arts and culture non-profits and serves on the Service to Artists Committee for the College Art Association. When he’s not doing any of the above, you can find James cheffing it away in the kitchen or sitting on the stoop of his apartment, saying hi to all the dogs that walk by! taken in Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Ctr by @fruitisgudd

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6 months ago

In collaboration with @jdbcac, Render Me Softly presents 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔, an experimental stop motion workshop taught by @lil___lau and @fruitisgudd where we’ll transform personal memories and photographs into moving images.

Join us on May 1st from 6 - 8 pm when we’ll experiment with a variety of material stations including watercolor backgrounds, charcoal drawing, paper cut-outs, and wool felting. This workshop is free and open to all ages; intergenerational families are especially encouraged to attend.

Bring your family, your stories, and your creativity. We invite you to bring photos of loved ones, meaningful trinkets, and paper materials to incorporate into the animation. Don’t have a physical photo? No problem—we can print photos for you if you email it to us (info@juliadeburgos.org) by Tuesday April 28th, before the workshop. Please register through the link in the bio or by visiting (https://juliadeburgos.org/calendar)

En colaboración con el Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center, Render Me Softly presenta 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔, un taller de animación stop motion dirigido por Laura Camila Medina y James Negron, en el que transformarás recuerdos personales y fotografías en imágenes en movimiento.

El taller es el primero de Mayo de 6-8 PM. Experimentaremos con una variedad de materiales frente a la cámara que incluyen acuarelas, dibujo con carboncillo, recortes de papel y fieltro de lana. Este taller es gratuito y está abierto a todas las edades; invitamos especialmente a las familias intergeneracionales a asistir.

Ven con tu familia, tus historias y tu creatividad. Te invitamos a traer fotos de seres queridos, objetos especiales, y materiales de papel para incorporarlos a la animación. ¿No tienes una foto física? No hay problema: podemos imprimirla por ti si nos la envías por correo electrónico (info@juliadeburgos.org) antes del martes 28 de abril, previo al taller. Por favor, regístrate a través del enlace en nuestra biografía o visitando (https://juliadeburgos.org/calendar). taken in Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Ctr by @fruitisgudd

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6 months ago

Consider Fires curated by @gg4art opens this Friday from 5-8pm at Heights Arts! taken in Heights Arts by @fruitisgudd

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9 months ago

The Bird, The Cage
Wool, wire, beads, and yarn
2025

I’ve been sitting with this piece for a couple of months now and am still collecting my thoughts. I am the bird that is set free simultaneously as the cage that contains it. The cyclical nature of capturing and releasing mirrors the lifelong actions of progress and regress. I imagined that the space inside the cage is one that could foster healing, something I tend to think I need to do in isolation. Each time I am reminded, it is only outside of the cage that real change can occur. I commit myself to evolving everyday, and every time I find myself in that cage, I know I will be set free again and again. Sometimes, the cage encapsulates moments in time I can never return to, sometimes it holds beautiful memories and others too tragic to confront. But they are all mine, to love and to hold, to let go and to grasp. by @fruitisgudd

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