Alejandra Delfin
THE POINT Community Development Corporation is a non-profit 501 ©(3) dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. We work with our neighbors to celebrate the life and art of our community, an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor schools and substandard housing. We believe the area’s residents, their talents and aspirations, are THE POINT’s greatest assets. THE POINT offers a multi-faceted approach to asset-based community development. It’s programming falls within three main headings: Youth Development, Arts and Culture, and Community Development—all aimed at the comprehensive revitalization of Hunts Point.
Alejandra Delfin is the founder and executive director of Studio 889, a community printmaking workshop located in the Hunts Point community of the South Bronx. A native of Peru, Delfin studied at the Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and the Art Students League of New York. In Paris, she trained at the legendary Atelier 17 studio with renowned printmaker Stanley William Hayter, as well as at La Grande Chaumiere and L’École des Beaux Arts, Paris. She moved to the Bronx in 1989. Her work has been exhibited internationally, regionally and in New York City at various galleries and institutions, including BAAD!, the Bronx River Art Center, the Longwood Gallery, the Beacon Artist Union Gallery, the Broom Gallery, the Cinque Gallery, Smith College, the Brecht Forum, Convento de San Francisco Museo De La Nation, and the Aliansa Francesa in Lima, Peru. Delfin is currently a fellow of the Sustainable South Bronx Fabrication Laboratory.
