Thursday, January 7, 2021

Enriching Education: Social Reckoning (Virtual Exhibit Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr)

 The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center and Teatro LATEA have joined to commemorate Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. with “Social Reckoning”, an eMeLe-K virtual exhibit.

  Part of a multidisciplinary series of streamed events starting this in January, curators Anderson Pilgrim and Alexis Mendoza, have assembled a group show observing the impact and influence that Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement had in reshaping the history and cultural heritage of the Americas and the world.
 
  “This exhibition aims to bring attention to the importance and necessity of basic human rights. We welcome the opportunity of presenting art and the artists’ approach to promote Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of equality and justice for all, through nonviolence. The exhibition provides a common forum where people have the opportunity to learn and share ideas and experiences with one another.”
 
                                         --Alexis Mendoza, Artist, Writer & Independent Curator
 
  Dr. King’s dream, mission and legacy are celebrated through the creative expression of over 22 artists from NY, Latin America and abroad, with works in painting, sculpture, objects, video, drawing, printmaking. The show honors Dr. King’s life and legacy celebrates Afro America’s vast cultural heritage, but also addresses the present social unrest in America and tackles topics like human rights, immigration, and discrimination.
 
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Streamed events will take place from January 14th to January 19, 2020
For viewing info and other streamed events: https://teatrolatea.org/
 
-Abrazo Interno Gallery: 
Carla Armour, Diogenes Ballester, Tanda Francis, Michael Kelly Williams, Ademola Olugebefola, and TAFA
 
-Nelson Tamayo Gallery at Teatro LATEA: 
Nelson Álvarez, Ed Andrade, Diego Anaya Pablo Caviedes, Wildriana de Jesús Paulino, Franck de las Mercedes, Darwin Erazo, Alex “Fdez” Fernández, Julia Justo, Rafaela Luna, Yani Monzón, Naivy Pérez, Moses Ros, and José Luis Tejeda
 
 
  This year the project will be further enriched by special Univision initiative "Comienza en Casa" campaign. On the 52nd anniversary of his death, the spirit, the commitment, and the dynamism of Martin Luther King Jr. are needed more than ever. Inspired cultural experiences can demonstrate to diverse communities how we are all more similar than not. In that spirit, we present “Social Reckoning” for eMeLe-K @ Teatro LATEA, a visual arts exhibition taking place at Nelson Tamayo Gallery (LATEA) and the Abrazo Interno Gallery of the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center at 107 Suffolk Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

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