MONDAY TALKS: Leilah Babirye

BOFFO IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PRESENTS INNOVATIVE & EXPERIMENTAL ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. Our initiatives include artist residencies, digital commissions, and the creation of spaces, experiences and exhibitions. Since 2009 we’ve served the artistic community by supportiing new work and stimulating interdisciplinary dialogues. We serve local communities by offering access to the greatest voices of all media, generations, and practices in unexpected and unconvential ways.BOFFO believes in art and design as a vehicle of change - a way to improve and enhance the quality of life of our communities and of individuals. BOFFO believes in enabling the greatest creative talent of our time to become powerful forces in shaping social, industry, and community landscapes.BOFFO is a New York State 501(c)(3) nonprofit exempt from federal income tax.

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BOFFO welcomes sculptor Leilah Babirye to share her work and process with the Fire Island community.

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Leilah Babirye (Born 1985, Kampala, Uganda) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She studied art at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda (2007–2010) and participated in the Fire Island Artist Residency (2015). In 2018, she received asylum in the US with support from the African Services Committee and the NYC Anti-Violence Project, and presented her first solo exhibition at Gordon Robichaux in New York.In 2020, Babirye presented her first solo exhibition in San Francisco at Rebecca Camacho Presents and will have her second solo exhibition at Gordon Robichaux in New York. Her work will be included in a group exhibition curated by Bob Nickas at APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia, Italy. In 2021, Babirye will present her first solo exhibition in London at Stephen Friedman Gallery.In conjunction with Tabboo!'s BOFFO Residency Fire IslandCDC and New York State COVID guidelines apply. Vaccinated individuals do not need to wear a mask. Unvaccinated individuals should wear a mask. BOFFO encourages vaccinations.

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