SUN Arts
This division of SUN focuses on creative expression and collaboration within the diverse Brooklyn community. We maintain a public art gallery, curated by two artists-in-residence at The Bushwick Generator, a space that strives on sustainability as we utilize and upcycle materials to create. Artists' work is produced in our in-house art studio space where we promote collaboration with the community. Our art education programming includes the latest digital technologies to expand on artist’s creative possibilities.
Carlos Torres-Machado
Keli Lucas
Justin Muñoz
Carlos Torres-Machado
Carlos is the founder and leading mind of ArteLatAm, which is an arts organization known for providing the resources that working Latin American visual artists living in the US and abroad need to thrive. ArteLatAm has offices in the US, Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador. He studied Contemporary Arts, Communication, Psychology and Photography at the University of San Francisco of Quito, Ecuador and the University of Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Since 2018, he has served as President of the League of United Latin American Citizens [LULAC] Council 23195 dedicated to the development of the Arts & Culture for the community of Brooklyn, New York. LULAC is the largest Latino Civil Rights and advocacy group in the United States who works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans from every region looking for freedom and an honest way of life. Currently he serves as the Director of the SUN Arts and Culture Department.
Keli Lucas
Keli is the founder of Keli Lucas LLC and co-founder of The Parallel, a museum pop-up with traditional Art exhibits in the physical realm as well as in Virtual Reality. Lucas studied Fine Arts, Art History and Philosophy at NYC’s School of Visual Arts. Lucas later was brought back to School of Visual Arts to teach painting lectures after exhibiting alongside SVA’s prominent professor and artist, Portia Munson. With her work in high end fashion and art brands and publications such as Sandro Paris, Maje, WHITEHOT Magazine, Quiet Lunch Magazine, Posture Magazine, Nasty Magazine, L'etage Magazine, Creativ Magazine, Bushwick Film Festival, Topshop and The Patricia Field’s ARTFASHION Show, she was able to bridge her passion for art and creative business development and the expression of personal style and identity. Lucas brought her expertise to exhibitions supporting nonprofit organizations such as the Green Council Of The Arts in Catskills, NY, The Rotary Foundation, Sustainable United Neighborhoods, Congregation Magen David of Manhattan, NY, Reach for The Stars, Sure We Can NYC in Brooklyn, NY, The S.A.F.E organization, The Flower Shop Synagogue in Brooklyn, NY, and Frida Kahlo Corporation of The Mexican Government. Being conscious of art’s evolution, she knows that the future is technology as a canvas, worthy of its place among the world’s fine art.
In 2018, Lucas partnered with Justin Munoz, tech specialist, to create The Parallel, an Art exhibit in the physical realm as well as in Virtual Reality. With the idea of collaborating with New York’s celebrated artists in virtual space, The Parallel was able to create new opportunities and possibilities for artists to expand the realms of creativity on a limitless platform. Lucas continues to grow her own business as well as the artists her and The Parallel have taken on under their wing with the newest technological equipment of this generation as well as industrial business training.
Justin Muñoz
Cofounder of The Parallel, a fine art and technology fused popup museum concept, as well as the creative director at Anyworld, an AR/VR content creator agency, Justin Muñoz has over a decade and a half of hands-on experience as an immersive software developer/designer, photographer, filmmaker, graphic artist, and music producer. With that he has brought an innovative multidisciplinary perspective to the projects he has worked on for such brands as the American Heart Association, The Ronald McDonald House, Snapchat, Bose, Sony Pictures, Duggal, Prada and Microsoft. Also driven to open up new opportunities and possibilities for up and coming creatives, Justin lends his time to projects such as Rocket Club, which trains NY and NJ teens in robotics and coding, as well as UnityNYC, a software development Meetup.com community class series with over 1500 members. Further, with The Parallel, he aims to train fine artists how to use immersive technologies to bring new limitless dimensions to their work.