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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 – Virtual Parlor Chat: Preserving Native American Heritage and History in NYC

November is Native American Heritage Month. In honor of the dedication of Indigenous cultural organizations and their commitment to educating about Native arts and culture, Cliff Matias will join Mansion staff as this month’s Virtual Parlor Chat spotlight speaker. He will share how his organization, the Redhawk Native American Arts Council is preserving the Indigenous Heritage and History of New York City through their work. A leading voice in many Indigenous cultural and social justice movements, Matias brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective to this conversation that you do not want to miss.

Register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link. This virtual program is free; $5 suggested donation.

About the Speaker: “For over 28 years, Clifton Matias (Taino and Quechua), has served as an activist, cultural teacher, photojournalist, and performing artist for the Redhawk Native American Arts Council. Clifton has been serving on the frontlines and addressing many of the issues that Indigenous people face. He has been a part of many major Indigenous milestone events from the 500 year anniversary of Columbus at the United Nations in 1992 to more recently part of organizing the first Indigenous Peoples Day celebration in NYC in 2015. He has also been an instrumental and powerful voice for such causes as Indigenous communities in the Amazon, Standing Rock pipeline protest, Mauna Kea telescope, Oak Flats mining, Sweet Water Prayer Camp, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic, and serves as an advocate for name changes of sports teams using Native Americans as mascots and other forms of cultural appropriation.”

About the Redhawk Native American Arts Council: “The Redhawk Native American Arts Council is a not-for-profit organization founded and maintained by Indigenous American artists, performers, and educators residing in New York and New Jersey. Since 1994, Redhawk has been dedicated to supporting the urban Indigenous community and educating the general public about Indigenous American heritage through song, dance, theater, and other works of art and cultural forms of expression with a diverse group of Indigenous artists from the Americas to around the globe.”

MJM Virtual Parlor Chat: Bloomberg Connects

Join us for this month’s Virtual Parlor Chat where we will introduce you to our new guide program, Bloomberg Connects! A member from our staff will highlight all the features, such as a guided audio tour, VIP immersive experiences, and so many more exciting things that make visiting the Mansion more accessible and in-depth than ever before. We will go through an example visit at the Mansion with Bloomberg Connects, explore our new virtual offerings, discuss how to use the platform on site and at your home, and show you why visiting the mansion armed with this new guide is well worth a trip.

Register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link. This virtual program is free; $5 suggested donation.

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