Our latest @Visual_ArtsAS exhibition "Tropical is Political" is now on view in our gallery at @ASCOA (Wed-Sat 12pm-6pm, FREE admission). It features works by 19 contemporary artists from the #Caribbean and their diasporas, including José Morban's "Jaragua" https://t.co/OaTDjIbmRO
Here is our chance to thank one last time all those who made this project possible. Thank you @warholfdn, @NEAarts, @NYSCArts, @NYCulture, @villa_albertine, Smart Family Foundation of New York. We couldn't have made it without your support!
You only have until this Saturday, December 17, to see our great @Visual_ArtsAS exhibition "Tropical is Political: #Caribbean#Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime", curated by Marina Reyes Franco from @museomacpr. Admission is free at @ASCOA https://t.co/OaTDjIaP2g
As @johannafateman put it in the @NewYorker a few weeks ago, "lyricism, dread, and sharp-minded analysis are woven together in this show". So, really, don't miss it: https://t.co/3z1x1TzvYl
So proud of our @Visual_ArtsAS team! Such great work. Many thanks to all those who supported these two books, including ISLAA, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, Cowles Charitable Trust, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, @galeria_af, @NYCulture, and @NYSCArts!
Two @Visual_ArtsAS books were on the list of Holland Cotter, @jsf & @robertasmithnyt's favorite books.
Thank you for including "Geles Cabrera: Museo Escultórico" &"This Must Be the Place: An Oral History of Latin American Artists in New York, 1965-1975."
https://t.co/u4RPElvtvo
Tomorrow, Thur. Dec. 8: @museomacpr curator Marina Reyes Franco speaks with @AmFedArts curator Ilaria Conti about our @Visual_ArtsAS exhibition "Tropical Is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime" on view at @ASCOA through Dec. 17: https://t.co/5fcUcub8Ar
Tomorrow Wed., Dec. 7: #Bahamian artist Averia Wright speaks w/ @museomacpr curator Marina Reyes Franco, part of our #InTheStudio series, while the exhibition "Tropical is Political" continues in our @Visual_ArtsAS at @ASCOA through Dec. 17 only: https://t.co/J0vn2SBQqQ
This Friday, Dec. 9, 7 pm at @ASCOA: @MusicAmericas presents the premiere of "Que tus ojos no se cansen de brillar" by #puertorican#composer Gabriel Bouche Caro, a new song cycle for clarinet, violin, flute, cello, percussion, piano: https://t.co/rsM9rfG1cy
In @NewYorker, @johannafateman writes about our @Visual_ArtsAS exhibition TROPICAL IS POLITICAL: "Lyricism, dread, and sharp-minded analysis are woven together in this show". On view at @ASCOA through Dec. 17: https://t.co/cTdrGa48Lr
"The artists invite viewers to reconsider their own gaze and acknowledge their different degrees of privilege at work…and to think of a decolonized Caribbean."
—Sebastián Meltz-Collazo on @Visual_ArtsAS "Tropical Is Political" for @hyperallergic https://t.co/0uCtlgM0v0
This Wed., Nov. 23, 5pm EST: #Bahamian-American artist @DionneBSmith speaks w/ curator Marina Reyes Franco (@museomacpr) as part of our #InTheStudio series while the exhibition "Tropical Is Political" continues in our @Visual_ArtsAS gallery at @ASCOA: https://t.co/gnPIr8clYm
TONIGHT, Nov. 21: @MusicAmericas presents, in collaboration w/ @MexicoNowFest, a performance by Mexamorphosis to celebrate #Mexico's great musical #diversity! It's at 7pm at @ASCOA. Free admission but pre-registration recommended: https://t.co/bE9JPZpovX
This Fri., Nov. 18 @ASCOA: @MusicAmericas and @CinemaTropical present a screening of "João, o Maestro", a biographical film about Brazilian pianist João Carlos Martins, followed by a Q&A with director Mauro Lima, moderated by Larry Rother. Free admission: https://t.co/r7WhNluhaj
TONIGHT, Fri. Nov. 11 at @ASCOA: baritone @jbcerin and soprano Melissa Joseph, joined by Stephen Gamboa-Diaz on harpsichord and piano, sing a program exploring the tale of “Lisette quitté la plaine,” an enduringly popular song from #Haiti. Free admission:
https://t.co/1rBP9oRBbc
#PuertoRican artist nibia pastrana santiago, whose work is part of the @Visual_ArtsAS exhibition "Tropical Is Political" on view at @ASCOA is in conversation with writer and curator @wordsmythen this Wed., Nov 2 at 5pm: https://t.co/rBDS6a0c5E
This Wed, Oct. 19: artists Donna Conlon and Jonathan Harker from #Panama speak w/ @Visual_ArtsAS Assistant Curator @Rachel Remick. An #InTheStudio event accompanying our exhibition "Tropical is Political: #Caribbean#Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime" https://t.co/Iw2bgM7MKR
Our current exhibition "Tropical is Political" (on view at @ASCOA through Dec. 17, Wed-Sat 12pm-6pm) features #Cuban-born artist Dalton Gata's 'Cuidado con el Chango', showing a beautiful, diverse, and gender-fluid #Caribbean: https://t.co/OaTDjIaP2g
Tomorrow, Wed. Oct. 5 at 6pm at @ASCOA: @Visual_ArtsAS presents the #performance "Ophelia", inspired in the Shakesperean character, by #Brazilian artists Ana Mazzei and Regina Parra
https://t.co/v5OfyRysck
In the exhibition "Tropical is Political" now showing at @ASCOA until Dec. 17, #Dominican-US visual artist @JoiriMinaya shows the video installation "Labadee" and works such as "The Upkeepers". Visit us from Wed through Sat, 12pm-6pm. Admission is free. https://t.co/OaTDjIspTO
Trinidadian artist Abigail Hadeed's work is part of the "Tropical is Political" exhibition on view at @ASCOA through Dec. 17 with her series "Still Life | Still Lives – Not so Enchanted_Rock the Boat". We're open Wednesday through Saturday from 12pm-6pm https://t.co/OaTDjIbmRO
IN THE STUDIO—ABIGAIL HADEED
Today, September 28, 5:00 pm EST LIVE on Instagram, join us for a conversation between artist Abigail Hadeed and Assistant Curator Rachel Remick, part of our public programs series #InTheStudio