Summer 2023: A.llegades Exhibition at FOFA Gallery

Curated by María Andreina Escalona de Abreu, the exhibition 𝘈.𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 showcases the work of eight artists from South and Central America brought together around the theme: "how do you live your latinidad in Montreal?"

Exhibiting artists: Armando Cuspinera, Juan Pablo Hernández Gutiérrez, Marguerite Marion-Reyes (MA Art Education), Emiliano Moreno Quesada, Denise A. Olivares (MA Art Education), Armando Rivas, Sarabeth Triviño, and Elsy Zavarce (PhD Art Education).

The opening reception will be held at the FOFA Gallery, July 27th from 5 pm to 7 pm. RSVP by following this link: https://my.weezevent.com/vernissage-allegades

"Under the premise of "together in the diaspora," a group of eight artists and one curator come together in this exhibition to examine identity and aesthetic issues and questions respective to their arrivals, be it the arrival in a host city (in this case Tiohtià:ke/Montreal) or the arrival in the Latin community. First or second-generation immigrants from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela, with different rhythms, different times, different contexts, different packaging, we arrive(d).

I conceived this exhibition with care and admiration within the framework of the Curatorial Fellowship offered by Concordia University's FOFA Gallery. This collective and intergenerational exhibition began with the question "How do you live your latinidad in Montreal? The various answers, both from the artists and the public, are now to be found, perhaps, within this gallery, or as traces encrypted on the banana leaves and handmade paper. Perhaps, in these words too, beyond answers, we find only clues, or even more questions."

-María A. Escalona