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Morris-Jumel Virtual Parlor Chat: The Making of “Faces and Facades” with Andrea Arroyo

This Women’s History Month, celebrate the Women of Washington Heights with Andrea Arroyo as she takes you through the process of creating her exhibition “Faces and Facades”. ​​The project is a love letter to the uptown community and the women who hold it together. The paintings in the exhibition blend organic and non-organic forms, inspired by the women and architecture of Northern Manhattan. Creatives, visual artists, and feminists alike will be inspired by the passion Andrea brings to her work and community.

About Andrea Arroyo: 

“Andrea Arroyo is an award-winning artist who works in various media, including painting, site-specific installations, and public art. Ms Arroyo has presented sixty individual and over 200 group exhibitions, her work is collected internationally and is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Richmond Museum, the Smithsonian Institute, and the New York Public Library and many other institutions.She has received numerous recognitions, including The New York Women’s Foundation Award, two Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The United Nations Lurie Award, Artist Employment Creative Rebuild New York Fellowship, Global Citizen Award Artist, Clinton Global Initiative, San Antonio de los Baños International Biennial Award, Hispanic Federation/NoMAA/Google Art Award, and multiple grants from the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, the Puffin Foundation, the Harlem Arts Alliance, the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Additional honors include Heroes of the Pandemic, Official Artist of the Latin Grammy, Outstanding Woman of New York, Groundbreaking Latina in the Arts, and Outstanding Latina of the Year. Arroyo’s book ImagiNATIONS: Art as Solidarity won the Gold Medal for Best Art Book at the International Latino Book Awards. Public art projects include permanent indoor and outdoor artwork for private, institutional, and corporate spaces, including the New York City Subway and two public schools.Her artwork has been published extensively, including on The New Yorker’s cover, The New York Times, The Nation, and Le Monde. It has also been the subject of over two hundred features in the international media.”

Morris-Jumel – Life is a Dream: A Day of the Dead Ofrenda

Join in this community activation event to create an ofrenda with artist Andrea Arroyo on Saturday, October 26th, 3:00 – 4:30 PM. The ofrenda will be on view in the Morris-Jumel Mansion from October 26th – November 17th, 2024.

Life is a Dream is an art installation inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead tradition. It is based on the belief in the connection between the living and the deceased and the everlasting link between this world and the next. On the Day of the Dead, ofrendas – offerings placed at an altar – welcome the spirits of our loved ones for one night.

Life is a Dream combines traditional and modern elements and invites the community to participate in creating a meaningful shared experience. Attendees are encouraged to bring small photographs (copies, not originals) and cards to place on the altar to remember their loved ones (no food or candles, please). We will provide paper and markers so attendees can write short messages to loved ones and ancestors. Day of the Dead is a revered celebration unrelated to Halloween that does not include morbid, scary, or performative elements.

Life is a Dream is made possible in part with support from Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders and the Puffin Foundation and is presented in conjunction with Andrea Arroyo’s exhibition Faces & Façades, on view through March 23, 2025.

Image: Detail of an ofrenda (“Viva la Vida”) commissioned by the School of Visual Arts and Flatiron in 2023. Photography credit: Mariana Otalora.

Morris-Jumel: Andrea Arroyo’s New Years Reception

Let’s toast to the new year! Join Andrea Arroyo on Saturday, January 18, at the Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum in Manhattan. Raise a glass to celebrate the beginning of 2025 at her exhibition, “Faces & Façades”
Faces & Façades is an exhibition at the Morris-Jumel Mansion showcasing new artworks by Andrea Arroyo. The project is a love letter to the uptown community and the women who hold it together. The paintings in the exhibition blend organic and non-organic forms, taking inspiration from two sources: the female body and the architectural elements of uptown buildings.
Faces & Façades is made possible in part with support from the Artist Employment Program, Creatives Rebuild New York, UMEZ Arts Engagement, Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders, and the Puffin Foundation.

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