ArtBridge Panel Discussion
Organized in conjunction with our exhibition PRESENT POWER/FUTURE HOPES, which featured all 59 artists in our City Artist Corps: Bridging the Divide program, this panel discussion focused on the impact of public art in public housing. Issues relating to community narratives, challenges in programming, and equity in the arts were discussed.
Conversation: How Do Objects and People Live?
April 9, 2022
A timely conversation about the repatriation of art objects from the perspective of law, art, and culture set within Now That We Have Established a Common Ground.
Joe Louis Presents “Lo Sagrado” in Concert
Joe Louis (IG: @joelouismusic_) set our Kabayitos stage on FIRE!! 🔥🔥🔥 Listen to Lo Sagrado the album NOW on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6R5IYP0vhN7FIHGeE4V1xV?si=ZTVOK4OCTcKZuHBAapI4vA
Video production by video artist, Melvin Audaz (IG: @audaz.productions)
Podcast: “Regla: Soul of a Community”
“Regla: Soul of a Community” is curated by Souldega member Ashleigh Alexandria, an exhibition scheduled to take place at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center between April 9th – May 7th, 2021. This is Alexandria’s first art exhibition produced under Souldega.
Alexis Masol Book Talk
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center and The Center for Puerto Rican Studies presents an intimate Book Talk with author, Alexis Massol, co-founder of Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas;
Talks: PECS22 Public Programs: Beatriz Santiago Muñoz & Sofía Reeser del Rio & Lila Nazemian in conversation
March 30, 2022
Conversation:
Beatriz Santiago-Muñoz, Artist, San Juan
Lila Nezamian, Curator, Protocinema, New York
Sofia Reeser del Rio, Senior Program Manager, The Clemente
The Clemente featured on All Arts TV’s “On Display” series
Host Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham visits The Clemente on New York's Lower East Side to talk with curators and artists about how their spaces, exhibitions and artistic practices celebrate, document, cultivate and preserve Indigenous cultures. Exhibition photography by Eli Farinango. Access: Audio description, captions.
Talks: PECS22 Public Programs: How do objects live? by Fionnuala Rogers & Mary Rinebold
Protocinema presents a public program of artist talks, discussions, a film screening, and walkthroughs to accompany Now That We Have Established A Common Ground.
Podcast: “Good and Bad Government”
'Good & Bad Government' is the second episode of a new podcast series organized by The Clemente in collaboration with LAZO and Latinx Spaces, recorded by Doug Berns, about the exhibition 'Good & Bad Government' in the Clemente's Abrazo Gallery. The conversation is with the exhibition curator, Paul Smith, a longtime LES and Clemente resident artist. The podcast discusses the exhibition and participating artists' works which examine themes of war, riots, and protests through various poetic lenses of photography, drawing, and painting.
Podcast: “Collective Rewilding”
Sara Garzon and Ameli Klein speak with Alva Mooses about their collaborative curatorial project Collective Rewilding which they founded with Croatian curator Sabina Oroshi.
Podcast: “mi mamá me dijo/ my mama told me”
Working within the local context of the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood, Alva connected with people willing to share their stories, personal objects, and perspectives related to motherhood and migration. They discussed maternal figures related to diasporas, mother tongues or lack thereof, generational trauma, and the need for healing.
Ivo Perelman Trio at Clemente Soto Theater, Downtown New York
Live Peformance by Ivo Perelman, tenor saxophone, Joe Morris, electric bass and Mike Pride, drums at the First Latin Free Jazz Festival at The Teatro Clemente Soto Velez in New York City, on November 21, 2013, Presented by Arts for Art. Video by Fernando Natalici.
LPHC, Inc.
LPHC, Inc. performs live at CLEMENTE SOTO VÉLEZ CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER, New York, on May 31th, 2013, with Daniel Levin (cello), Ivo Perelman (sax), Jason Kao Hwang (violin) and Juan Pablo Carletti (drums). Camera by Fernando Natalici and editing by Adnor Pitanga.
Gabriel Missé & Guillermina Quiroga, Tango Gala
At the 2015 Shall We Tango NYC gala, Tango sensations Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga danced together for the first time ever. The event was part of Latin American Culture Week, organized by PAMAR (Pan American Musical Art Research, Inc.) and presented at The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center in New York City, November 21, 2015.