The streets of San Juan are filled with protesters outraged over misogynist, homophobic, and violent comments made by Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rosselló. Artists have played a key role in global awareness of the controversy.
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Meet the Arts Organization Directly Aiding Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria Victims, One Year Later
Whereas the American government is providing loans to Puerto Rican victims of Hurricane Maria, Arte al Rescate is providing direct aid to victims by fundraising through the arts.
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Boston Art School Hosts 10 Puerto Rican Art Students Impacted by Hurricane Maria
MassArt college is offering a fully-funded semester to 10 art students from Puerto Rico.
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The Quiet Strength of Saints Carved from Puerto Rico’s Fallen Trees
The saints demonstrate our ability to transform broken wood into something new.
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Allora & Calzadilla Confront Puerto Rico’s Fraught Relationship with the US
The Puerto Rico-based artist duo examine a tense, close connection with a poetic show using sculpture, performance, photo, and video.
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In Puerto Rico, a Dedicated Arts Community Commits to Hurricane Relief
Since hurricane Maria hit, the arts nonprofit Beta-Local has been working with a network of artists and organizations on the island to take matters into their own hands.
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An Artist’s Powerful Letter on Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico
Yasmín Hernández lives in Puerto Rico, and instead of attending a panel discussion at El Museo del Barrio in New York last week she sent this letter outlining the realities of post-hurricane life for an artist.
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Puerto Rican Painters Who Fold, Cut, and Tear the Canvas
Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico features an intergenerational group of five artists wrestling with the history and materiality of painting.
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A Project Brings Puerto Rican Artists and Organizers to Detroit to Build Solidarity
The Detroit/Puerto Rico Solidarity Exchange Network aims to strengthen connections between Puerto Ricans on the island and those in the diaspora, and make new ones with activists in the Motor City.
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Learn About the Legacy of Puerto Rican Activism
On April 22 at Interference Archive, Carmen Vivian Rivera and José E. Velázquez will discuss activism in the 1960s–80s Puerto Rican diaspora.
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A Half-Documentary, Half-Fantasy Telling of the Caribbean’s Colonial Past
MIAMI — There is a dizzying effect in Beatriz Santiago Muñoz’s short film “Otro usos (Other Uses).”
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Grafting Puerto Rican Architecture onto the Lower East Side
Edra Soto attempts architectural transplants the way a doctor might replace skin, seeing if an unfamiliar addition will take.
