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PASAJES: DISPLACEMENT AND BELONGING ACROSS GENERATIONS

The Jewel Box, YoungArts, 2100 Biscayne Blvd | Transportation Options

 

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Home to immigrants from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean—including the largest Cuban population in the country since the 1960s—Miami has often been called the country closest to the United States. What does it mean to be an artist in a city that is as divided as it is diverse? Exploring issues of identity, displacement, belonging and fragmented memories, the voices of both emerging and established artists of Cuban and Caribbean diaspora meet in a site-specific conversation about how their families’ and their own journeys have impacted their practice, what has been sacrificed, and what they still hold on to. This session is organized by The National YoungArts Foundation.

 

Cat Garcia-Menocal, Architect – Born of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents, New York-based artist and architect Garcia-Menocal obtained her BFA in sculpture and architecture from Washington University in St.Louis, and a Master of Architecture from Yale University. As a George Nelson Fellow at Yale School of Architecture, she researched the post-revolutionary cultural architectures of Havana, Berlin and Belgrade, and has held teaching fellow positions at Yale University in both the department of art history and the school of architecture.

 

Ana Menéndez, Writer – Daughter of Cuban exiles, born in Los Angeles. Menéndez is the author of four books of fiction: In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd (2001), a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; the national best seller Loving Che (2004); The Last War (2009) and Adios, Happy Homeland! (2011). She has worked as a journalist in the United States and abroad, lastly as a prize-winning columnist for the Miami Herald.

 

Yara Travieso, Multidisciplinary Artist – Using Latin American magical-realism, mythology and monumental objects, Travieso’s work lives in the intersection of film, dance-theater and immersive installation. Born in Miami and based out of Brooklyn, Travieso is a Creative Capital recipient, a 2015 NALAC grantee through the Ford Foundation, a 2016 Performance Space 122 Ramp Artist, and a 2017 HERE Artist in Residence.