Rejin
@rejinl.bsky.social
Visual artist. Hyphenated American.
Header image is an installation of cast paper sculptures of my late father's tools.
she/her
https://rejinleys.com/
Header image is an installation of cast paper sculptures of my late father's tools.
she/her
https://rejinleys.com/
That park is where I cast a statue as part of my exhibition!
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
That park is where I cast a statue as part of my exhibition!
Its still Islamophobia if they suddenly now decide they don't want a religious mayor.
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Its still Islamophobia if they suddenly now decide they don't want a religious mayor.
Said Fuck You to both a disgraced ex governor and a disgraced soon-to-be ex mayor today. Looking forward to never hearing from them again 🤞🏽
October 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Said Fuck You to both a disgraced ex governor and a disgraced soon-to-be ex mayor today. Looking forward to never hearing from them again 🤞🏽
Two weeks left! Come to King Manor (the best historic house museum in NYC) to see my handmade paper reliefs that bring history to life.
October 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Two weeks left! Come to King Manor (the best historic house museum in NYC) to see my handmade paper reliefs that bring history to life.
There are many valuable pointers secreted in the video though 😁
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
There are many valuable pointers secreted in the video though 😁
I wondered if the General Assembly was still going on, but this explains it. Why are they allowed to disturb people in three counties 😡
September 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I wondered if the General Assembly was still going on, but this explains it. Why are they allowed to disturb people in three counties 😡
My exhibition "Touch Jamaica" continues through October 31. Regular hours are Tuesday through Saturday 12-4, but King Manor Museum is open today for the last day of a special exhibition of an original print of the Constitution. (Still relevant, but for how long?! 😭)
September 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My exhibition "Touch Jamaica" continues through October 31. Regular hours are Tuesday through Saturday 12-4, but King Manor Museum is open today for the last day of a special exhibition of an original print of the Constitution. (Still relevant, but for how long?! 😭)
Place tbd? May I make a suggestion:
September 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Place tbd? May I make a suggestion:
Happening soon! If in NYC, please join me Saturday September 6 at @kingmanormuseum where I'll be sharing a selection of handmade paper relief sculptures, all cast from surfaces representing different time periods in local history.
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happening soon! If in NYC, please join me Saturday September 6 at @kingmanormuseum where I'll be sharing a selection of handmade paper relief sculptures, all cast from surfaces representing different time periods in local history.
Samples I saved from a recent #papermaking visit with a friend.
July 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Samples I saved from a recent #papermaking visit with a friend.
Everyone hates that paramilitaries are spreading through our communities and attacking our neighbors, and this is the mailer that serial groper Andrew Cuomo thinks will help get him elected 🙄🙄🙄
June 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Everyone hates that paramilitaries are spreading through our communities and attacking our neighbors, and this is the mailer that serial groper Andrew Cuomo thinks will help get him elected 🙄🙄🙄
Hope I'll get to read what you're working on! (I came across an essay of yours while sorting books for HSI, and put that one aside to keep for myself)
May 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hope I'll get to read what you're working on! (I came across an essay of yours while sorting books for HSI, and put that one aside to keep for myself)
Found a bunch more books to donate to Haitian Studies Institute tucked away here & there all over the apartment. So much has been written about Toussaint L'Ouverture!
May 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Found a bunch more books to donate to Haitian Studies Institute tucked away here & there all over the apartment. So much has been written about Toussaint L'Ouverture!
The relief that I cast from an oak tree a few weeks ago needed a lot of curation and reinforcement (thanks gale force winds! 💨🥲)
(This is part of my project to examine local history by using handmade paper to cast surfaces & structures in the neighborhood.)
(This is part of my project to examine local history by using handmade paper to cast surfaces & structures in the neighborhood.)
May 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The relief that I cast from an oak tree a few weeks ago needed a lot of curation and reinforcement (thanks gale force winds! 💨🥲)
(This is part of my project to examine local history by using handmade paper to cast surfaces & structures in the neighborhood.)
(This is part of my project to examine local history by using handmade paper to cast surfaces & structures in the neighborhood.)
Got a laugh while going through my late husband's papers. (I'm not sure who MJR is but I'd love to know why they think Lionel is a jerk.)
Also found a fax cover letter addressed to my own cousin when she was a member of the Haitian student org in college.
#Archives
Also found a fax cover letter addressed to my own cousin when she was a member of the Haitian student org in college.
#Archives
April 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Got a laugh while going through my late husband's papers. (I'm not sure who MJR is but I'd love to know why they think Lionel is a jerk.)
Also found a fax cover letter addressed to my own cousin when she was a member of the Haitian student org in college.
#Archives
Also found a fax cover letter addressed to my own cousin when she was a member of the Haitian student org in college.
#Archives
Tried to look up how many participation trophies he's given himself this quarter, but instead found this perfect headline from that *woke* news outlet: USA Today 😁
April 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Tried to look up how many participation trophies he's given himself this quarter, but instead found this perfect headline from that *woke* news outlet: USA Today 😁
I'm doing this fun event next Tuesday where (weather permitting 🤞🏽) we'll be casting a Houston Conwill sculpture on the campus of CUNY/York College. If you're in SE Queens #NYC at lunch time you can join us, and (bonus!) see more work from their fabulous art collection.
March 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'm doing this fun event next Tuesday where (weather permitting 🤞🏽) we'll be casting a Houston Conwill sculpture on the campus of CUNY/York College. If you're in SE Queens #NYC at lunch time you can join us, and (bonus!) see more work from their fabulous art collection.
Well the branch manager rejected my request to cast a section of the library's facade. I'm very aggrieved. But also: their loss! I have permission to put wet paper on much more important public art than theirs, not sure why they (book people!) thought paper would hurt their bronze relief 🤷🏾♀️
March 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Well the branch manager rejected my request to cast a section of the library's facade. I'm very aggrieved. But also: their loss! I have permission to put wet paper on much more important public art than theirs, not sure why they (book people!) thought paper would hurt their bronze relief 🤷🏾♀️
Pop of color (+ barbed wire) on a grey day.
February 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Pop of color (+ barbed wire) on a grey day.
NYC mayor Officer Adams is outraged that anyone would suggest there's a quid pro quo going on, meanwhile the "Border Czar" confirms it on national TV. What more evidence of corruption does Governor Hochul need to remove Adams from office?
February 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NYC mayor Officer Adams is outraged that anyone would suggest there's a quid pro quo going on, meanwhile the "Border Czar" confirms it on national TV. What more evidence of corruption does Governor Hochul need to remove Adams from office?
The facilities department at the local CUNY campus is getting ready to paint the ceiling in this atrium and no one in charge has bothered to protect this #FrankStella relief sculpture 👀👀👀
February 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The facilities department at the local CUNY campus is getting ready to paint the ceiling in this atrium and no one in charge has bothered to protect this #FrankStella relief sculpture 👀👀👀