Exhibitions
Explore online, interactive, and in-person exhibitions featured in and created for Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sondios festival.
I was born in México … but I have never been there
I was born in México … but I have never been there explores the emotional landscape of Mexican immigrant families embracing American culture while staying rooted in ancestral identity. Through a series of evocative paintings and music, the exhibition delves into themes of belonging, nostalgia, and cultural fusión. Each artwork reflects the delicate balance between two worlds, honoring Mexican heritage while navigating life in the US. This visual journey invites viewers to explore the complexities of identity, memory, and home.
The Nuevo Muntu and Los Sonidos de la Nueva Atlantida: An Exploration of Afro-Indigenous Sonic Artistry
Co-curated with Zaika Dos Santos and Reynaldo Anderson, this digital exhibition brings together members of the Black Speculative Arts Movement from Latin America. Reflecting the experience of samba, cumbia, and kawina in North American jazz through the convergence of the history of instruments, musicality, and corporeality, this multidisciplinary collection explores cultural contributions to transtemporal sonic experiences of new worlds.
Berimbau Tech
Berimbau Tech is an innovative exhibition that combines Afrofuturism and digital sound art. Here, ancestral rhythms meet futuristic technologies, creating a space where Afro-Brazilian culture stands out as the protagonist. Explore interactive works that reimagine the African diaspora, challenging conventional narratives and celebrating the resilience and creativity of Black culture. Viewers can interact with the works of art in person in Brazil and from anywhere in the world in the virtual space. Get ready to experience immersive encounters that reveal new possible worlds through art and sound!
Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People
Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People celebrates Puerto Rican identities on the archipelago and throughout its diasporas. It frames the Puerto Rican diaspora as a “collage” of intertwined histories shaped by colonialism, resistance, and survival. The exhibition explores collage as both an artistic practice and a metaphor for the resilience and complexity of Puerto Rican experiences and is on view at the CENTRO Gallery at the Silberman School of Social Work from March 13 through September 2025.
CO-LOR
CO-LOR is a new exhibit by painter Judith Henriques Adams inspired by the life of Leon Pierre. When he arrived in New York from Haiti, Pierre married his Jamaican sweetheart and became a furrier in Harlem. Both of their Caribbean families had different paths to Harlem, but they were always focused on culture, arts, and history. Adams uses her colorful palate to simultaneously focus on the past and look forward through the lens of Latin American history.
La Musica: Art Inspired by the Soul of Latin Music and Culture
Experience a pop-up art installation inspired by the music and spirit of African and indigenous culture and traditions in Latin music. Diasporic artists collaborate with local university visual art students to transform a space with a unique multi-medium art installation featuring textiles, sculpture, print, and digital media.