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Art, music, people and creative energy. Explore the artist-led gatherings organized by Marthalicia Matarrita, bringing artists and art lovers together to share work and support the creative community.
Upcoming · November 21, 2026
Taste and Paint
A night of art, food and music
Join Basement Art Sessions for an evening celebrating working artists and the creative community. Participating artists have been invited to share and sell their artwork.
- Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026
- Time: 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM (November 22)
- Place: Orion’s BX, Tillotson Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475
- Tickets: $25 entry; $50 and $150 packages shown on the organizer’s flyer
- Age: 21+; flyer references cannabis vendors and infused food options
Please confirm the current location, admission details, age restrictions and event policies with the organizer or ticket page before attending.
Join the creative community
Artists Welcome
Basement Art Sessions is inviting painters and artists to participate in its November 21 gathering. Interested in taking part, or know an artist who might be? Reach out to Marthalicia for participation details.
Event Collaborators
Explore the people and teams Marthalicia credited in her event announcement.
Artist participation and event arrangements are handled by Basement Art Sessions.
Behind the sessions
Meet Marthalicia Matarrita
Art brings people together
Marthalicia is bringing artists, music and community into the same room through Basement Art Sessions. In her invitation to participating artists, she describes these gatherings as a way to celebrate artists in the present and help create more art opportunities in the future.
For Taste and Paint, invited artists are encouraged to bring their work, connect with visitors and offer finished artwork for sale at prices they choose.
This page is an independent Everything Art community spotlight. Event arrangements and artist participation are coordinated by the organizer.
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Explore Marthalicia's Work
Discover Marthalicia's artwork, murals, creative business and the community behind Basement Art Sessions.
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Artists in the room
Participating Artists
Meet the creative voices behind Basement Art Sessions. Artist portraits, artwork and links will be featured here as the gallery takes shape.
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Artist portraits, artwork and social links will be added as the gallery develops. These preview cards are not individual artist profiles.
Beyond a single night
A community built through art
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Make room for artwork, conversation, music and direct connections.
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Community history · Living archive
The Story of Basement Art Sessions
From early artist gatherings to newer Bronx events, Basement Art Sessions has a history worth keeping. These dated references offer a starting point for the archive, with more stories, flyers and memories to be added as they are shared.
2014
Early Basement Art Sessions
In a January 2015 personal recap, Marthalicia wrote about holding four Basement Art Sessions during 2014. The original blog is a starting point for exploring those early gatherings.
Explore Marthalicia's art blog ↗2015
Artists tell the story
A February interview discusses Marthalicia's art and the community behind the sessions. A participating artist also documented an early gathering in March.
2024
Live Painting & Barbecue
An archived listing connects Basement Art Sessions with a live-painting and barbecue gathering at Copacabana in Manhattan on August 10, 2024.
View archived event listing ↗2026
Basement Art Session #8
September 12, 2026 · Bronx, New York. The original ticket listing offers a glimpse of the series and its invitation to artists.
View Session #8 listing ↗Nov 2026
Basement Art Session #9 · Taste and Paint
November 21, 2026 · Orion's BX, Bronx. The featured upcoming gathering brings together art, food, music and community collaborators.
See the event details ↑Were you part of an earlier session?
Artists and attendees who have old flyers, photographs or memories can contact Marthalicia about contributing to the story. Materials should only be published with the appropriate permissions.
Share a memory with the organizer ↗This is a developing selection of historical references, not a complete list of numbered sessions. Some older links may be archived or change over time. We will not assign missing session numbers or identify participants without reliable records.