Artist Mira Gandy will present a collection of new works, entitled "Art Goes Disco," at the Downtime Club, 251 W. 30th St., on Friday March 25, at 7 p.m. The show will run through April 8.

Gandy, recently a part of a group show featuring 30 young Black artists at the Gallery Annex, will be showing oil paintings and mixed media. Past shows include her one-woman show "Faces of Beautiful Women of Color" at B. Smith’s Rooftop Café. Gandy, a young African-American artist, says, "My goal is to create an image of women of color that does not put them in the usual stereotype. Using a combination of realistic features, abstract forms, mixed medium and bold colors, I try to express a different representation of my sisters."

Gandy, a graduate of Music and Art High School, continued her education at the Amercan College in Paris, where she studied art history. Upon her return to the States, she took classes at School of the Visual Arts. She was recently commissioned to do a memorial portrait for the late writer Frederick D. Murphy, which is currently housed in the Schomburg Museum.

Collectors of her works include such celebrities as actresses Clarice Taylor, Melba Moore, Toukie Smith, singers Dionne Warwick, Queen Latifah, talk show host Rolonda Watts and restaurant owner Barbara Smith.

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