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Define American Announces Grants for Immigrant and Undocumented Artists

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 16, 2022May 19, 2022

Define American has named the fourth cohort of its annual fellowship, which gives grants and career development opportunities to five artists.

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A Poetic Feast Conjures Familial Immigrant Histories

by Lindsay Costello August 26, 2019August 23, 2019

Rather than being haunted by the past, Jane Wong views “going toward the ghost” as a method of reclaiming her family’s silenced histories.

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Delicate and Detailed Paper Sculptures by Chinese Migrants Detained in the US

by Elena Goukassian February 23, 2018

An exhibition at the Museum of Chinese in America chronicles the tragedy of the Golden Venture, a ship carrying 286 undocumented immigrants from China that ran aground in New York City in 1993.

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Trump’s Travel Ban Ensnares Artists and Authors

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton March 7, 2017March 8, 2017

In the weeks since President Trump’s initial travel ban was put into effect and blocked, artists and writers entering the US have faced strenuous scrutiny from Customs and Border Patrol.

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A Social Practice Cooking Experience in the Homes of NYC Immigrants

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 21, 2015July 21, 2015

Artist Lisa Gross, who founded the League of Kitchens, acknowledges that each of its workshops starts off a bit awkwardly, as six participants enter an unfamiliar neighborhood and step into a stranger’s home.

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Tania Bruguera Will Help NYC Provide Services to Undocumented Workers

by Claire Voon July 14, 2015July 17, 2015

In the past few days, Tania Bruguera has made numerous headlines once more, following the lifting of her travel ban and return of her passport in Havana, as well as major announcements supporting her work in New York.

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Considering the Immigrant Experience through Political Posters

by Laura C. Mallonee June 2, 2015November 11, 2016

Since 1989, Center for the Study of Political Graphics in LA has amassed some 85,000 political posters, including many revolving around immigration issues in the United States and Europe.

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Japanese-Paraguayan Photographer Searches for a Homeland

by Laura C. Mallonee October 15, 2014October 15, 2014

Leaving one’s country to make a new life in another can be an isolating experience, but growing up as the child or grandchild of an immigrant can also be lonely in its own way. Photographer Ricardo Nagaoka knows this firsthand.

Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s First Major Retrospective Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian
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Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s First Major Retrospective Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch confronts the challenges of being Indigenous and female in the United States and Canada. On view in NYC.

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