Samy Mahfar touches upon some of the great galleries available to residents and visitors of the Lower East Side. Manhattan’s Lower East Side is the epitome of a culturally diverse neighborhood with the most fascinating history. This incredible neighborhood has long drawn people from around the globe: a large Asian mix is combined with a growing presence of Chinese and other Latin immigrants, German immigrants, and a rich Jewish heritage within the community to create a diversity that is hard to beat In the America we know. Since the nineteenth century, the Lower East Side has offered a gateway for immigrants looking to settle into the country and make themselves a better life.

1. Samy Mahfar and Lower
East Side Galleries
Samy Mahfar explores art in the Lower East Side

2. The Lower East Side has changed over the years, but it
remains a hotspot for fantastic art.

3. Lesley Heler Workspace
This month, the Lesley Heller Workspace highlighted the art of Lothar Osterburg, a
master of an antique technique of photographic reproduction and photogravure.

4. Abc No Rio
Abc No Rio is a not-for-profit social center that heavily centers on the cultural
heritage of what was once a mostly working class Puerto Rican area and
features an art gallery, as well as public darkroom and computer lab.

5. Kerry Schuss Gallery
This month, the Kerry Schuss Gallery is featuring work by two great artists
- Tom Fairs, whose drawings are breathtakingly intricate, and Tony Feher.

6. Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
The Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects are now featuring the work of June
Leaf. The installation stretches decades worth of work from the artist.

7. Whitebox Art Center
The gallery is currently hosting, in addition to visual art, a display performance
spearheaded by young director R.B Schlather who is staging a production of
Handel’s “Orlando” in the space.