About this Event
What We Carry, What Is Taken: Venezuela Between Threads brings together the work of three Venezuelan artists: the duo Cazorla + Saleme and Cassandra Mayela Allen. Curated by Andrea Avidad, this exhibition invites viewers to take time to reflect, interrogate, and engage with recent and ongoing post-Maduro political shifts, as well as with the enduring histories of displacement and migration suffered by Venezuelans for more than a decade, while resisting the logic of rapid sensationalization.
Agenda
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Communal Braiding Workshop
Host: Cassandra Mayela Allen
Info: Participants are invited to gather and braid together with the guidance of textile artist Cassandra Mayela Allen. Participants should bring a piece of fabric or textile that will be transformed into a braid.
🕑: 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Opening
Info: Doors open for visitors to view the exhibition.
🕑: 06:45 PM
Talk
Host: Alejandro Velasco
Info: Participants are invited to join a conversation with Latin America scholar Alejandro Velasco (NYU History, NYU Gallatin), Cazorla + Saleme, and Cassandra Mayela Allen. They will further explore questions raised by the artworks and workshop, including belonging in displacement and personal and collective memory.
Event venue & nearby stays
Espacio de Culturas at NYU, 53 Washington Square South, New York, United States
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