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Hispanic Society Museum & Library and Arts & Letters: La Vecindad

Join the Hispanic Society Museum & Library and Arts and Letters on June 21st for La Vecindad, a day with our neighbors on Audubon Terrace. We will have live music, gallery tours, children’s art activities, a book launch, and a DJ, all free and open to the public. This is the last chance to see Adriana Varejão’s exhibition at HSM&L and one of the final weekends of our exhibitions with Teresa Baker, Raven Chacon, Elle Pérez, and Wadada Leo Smith. No reservations are required.

Schedule of Events:
2-3pm Tour of exhibitions on view at the Hispanic Society
3–6pm Art workshop and face painting with Ysabel Abreu at the Hispanic Society
3–5pm Kids Collage and Yarn Activities at Arts and Letters
3–5pm Live Music at the Hispanic Society
4–4:30pm Tour of Teresa Baker and Elle Pérez exhibitions at Arts and Letters
5–6pm Talk with David Felson about his new book New York City Monuments of Black Americans, which includes a nearby sculpture of Arts and Letters member Ralph Ellison by Elizabeth Catlett
6–7pm DJ BODEGAPARTY at Arts and Letters

Hispanic Society: Spring Tardeada

Outdoor Program
Spring Tardeada
Saturday May 10th, 2025 | 2 – 6pm | Audubon TerraceHelp us welcome the spring season at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library! Throughout the afternoon you can visit the galleries to see our current exhibitions and enjoy live music and art-making workshops artists on the terrace.

From 2-6pm, all exhibitions will be on view, including Out of the Closets! Into the Streets!: New York City’s Pride March 1975-1976; Adriana Varejão: Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropic; Gregorio Luperon High School Student Exhibition: L@s Mezclad@s at the Hispanic Society.

At 2pm, 2023 NYSCA Artist Fellows Maria Luisa Portuondo Vila and Aurora De Armendi Sobrino will lead an art-making workshop in which participants will have the opportunity to create clay sculptures inspired by their most significant memories of trees.

At 4pm, Ysabel Abreu will lead a ceramics workshop while Annette A. Aguilar & Stringbeans Quartet performs Brazilian & Latin Jazz with a special guest appearance by Bean Bloco and members of Harlem Samba. 
Learn more and RSVP here

Hispanic Society: Spring Tardeada

Join us in celebrating Spring at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library! Visit the galleries to see our current exhibitions and participate in art-making workshops led by various teaching artists on the terrace.
2-6pm: All Exhibitions on View
  • Out of the Closets! Into the Streets!: New York City’s Pride March 1975-1976
  • Adriana Varejão: Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropics
  • Gregorio Luperon High School Student Exhibition: L@s Mezclad@s at the Hispanic Society
2-4pm: Art-Making Workshops (Part 1)
  • Verde y Carmelita: Clay Workshop with María Luisa Portuondo Vila and Aurora De Armendi (Pre-registration Required)
4pm: Art-Making Workshops (Part 2) + Music Performance
  • Ceramics Workshop with Ysabel Abreu
  • Annette A. Aguilar & Stringbeans Quartet: Brazilian & Latin Jazz Performance w/ Special Guest Appearance by Bean Bloco and Members of Harlem Samba

Hispanic Society Museum & Library: Take Flight

Take Flight

Sunday, March 16th, 2025 | 4 to 6pm

Skylark takes to the skies exploring music inspired by the wonder of flight. The centerpiece is Benedict Sheehan’s new commission Songbird Antiphons, featuring poetry by Charles Anthony Silvestri and Talia Sheehan, which celebrates American songbirds while highlighting threats to their habitats. The program features Eric Whitacre’s thrilling Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine alongside works by Caroline Shaw, Abbie Betinis, Ravel, Vaughan Williams, and Stanford.