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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 1d

Please join us for an exciting online artist panel with the seven lens-based artists featured in our current exhibition Escenas.

📍 Wednesday, October 22 | 6:30 - 8 pm EST via Zoom

Please RSVP at the link in bio for access to the zoom.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1740098905...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 2d

New on Intervenxions—Yvena Despagne’s Haitian Curatorial Perspective

“Yvena Despagne . . . has engaged in community art practices to establish a vision and standard for contemporary Haitian art within the diaspora.

By Dantaé Garee Elliott

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 6d

Don't miss our conference next week Friday 10/10 9 am - 6 pm!
Register below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/1676660158...

The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 23d

Join us October 10 for an in-person conference, Aesthetics of Joy and Refuge, featuring twenty presentations by a range of scholars, researchers and cultural organizers selected via open call.

View the program and RSVP online. Please note that seating is first-come, first-served.

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 6d

New on Intervenxions—Post-fire Technologies: Elsa Muñoz’s Future Flowers

“Muñoz uses fire-following flowers as testimonies of how tied things are; how ecology, body, and spirit interlaces with one another.”

By John H. Guevara

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 8d

Our October newsletter is here! Check out our upcoming conference, Escenas panel, Intervenxions workshop, and more.

Full newsletter: mailchi.mp/f8550dc79030...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 13d

New on Intervenxions—7 Academic Books on Display at La Feria 2025

“As part of [La Feria], TLP will also showcase recent academic books on a range of topics, including activism, border politics, identity formation, and art.”

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 16d

New on Intervenxions—‘Bibliotherapy’ and the Healing Power of Books

Author Emely Rumble is “undoubtedly a bibliotherapist, or ‘a psychotherapist specializing in the use of literature to heal.’

By Janel Martinez

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 20d

New on Intervenxions—Rigoberto Torres: The Puerto Rican Body as Archive

“Rigoberto Torres has cultivated a practice attentive to material intimacy and the enduring presence of the human form.”

By Neyda Martinez Sierra

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 21d

"Formed in 1986, LBA was a group of Latina lesbians in New York City who started meeting at each other’s homes as resistance and a shield to the deep discrimination and invisibility they experienced daily." www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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Las Buenas Amigas in 1980s NYC — The Latinx Project at NYU

Las Buenas Amigas was a group that helped Latina lesbians in NYC find community.

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 22d

Exhibitors Spotlight!

Saturday, September 27, featuring 44 creators, publishers & artists showcasing prints, posters, zines, art, books & more

11 am Doors open
2pm Escenas Exhibition Tour
3pm Paletas to celebrate Intervenxions Vol 4.
5pm Doors close
+ All-day Academic Book Showcase

RSVP in bio

The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 23d

Join us October 10 for an in-person conference, Aesthetics of Joy and Refuge, featuring twenty presentations by a range of scholars, researchers and cultural organizers selected via open call.

View the program and RSVP online. Please note that seating is first-come, first-served.

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 23d

Pictured on the cover: 'Hudson River Evening Sail' by Evelyn López de Guzmán.

Vol. 4 designed by Jessy Castillo

Edited by Yara Simón and Alex Santana

The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 23d

Contributors:

Andrea Contreras
Lei Edmonds
Damaly Gonzalez
Ana Hilda Figueroa de Jesús
Evelyn López de Guzmán
Linda Martín Alcoff
Janel Martinez
Amalia Mesa-Bains
Giovanna Querido
Tatiana Reinoza
Mateo Rodriguez-Hurtado
Roque Raquel Salas Rivera
Tomás Ybarra-Frausto

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 23d

New on Intervenxions—Visions and Revisions

"Through literature, performance, painting, comedy, film, photography, and theater, Volume 4 centers queer and trans figures and particularly women.”

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 27d

New on Intervenxions—‘Ponyboi’ Navigates Intersex and Salvadoran World-making

“‘Ponyboi’ is a deeply emotional contemporary intersex and trans coming-of-age story . . . where desire, danger, and the unknown intermingle.”

By S. Quechol

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 28d

"‘I’m No Longer Here’ explores the alienation that happens in forced migration and the fight for holding on to one’s culture when surrounded by assimilation.” www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...
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Not Your Average Immigration Story: “Ya No Estoy Aqui ” & the Different Faces of Exile — The Latinx Project at NYU

Set in Jackson Heights, Queens, Mexico's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2021 Oscars explores the alienation that happens in forced migration and the fight for holding on to one’s…

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu

The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Sep 9

New on Intervenxions—Giana De Dier’s Collages Reassemble Panama Canal Memory

Her “collages restitch the past, tearing across the lie of imperial time to restore our access to ancestors and the worlds in which they lived.”

By Maya Doig-Acuña

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you to everyone who attended the opening and celebrated the seven featured artists.

Non-NYU guests should RSVP at the link in bio a day in advance to accommodate your visit. We can accommodate group and school classes, email: [email protected]

Gallery ⏰: Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 5pm.

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Sep 5

New on Intervenxions—Nurturing Hope in an Asymmetric Art World

“Hope must be found and nurtured in our closest communities and the work that goes toward maintaining them as a balm to this discouraging future.” —José López Serra

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Sep 4

"'Where We Were Safe' is an ongoing interactive oral history map/archive that focuses on collecting memories about the lost and destroyed salsa music places in New York City, such as ballrooms, clubs, record stores, and outdoor venues."

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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“Where We Were Safe”: Mapping Resilience in the 1970s Salsa Scene — The Latinx Project at NYU

"Where We Were Safe" is an interactive oral history map/archive about the lost and destroyed places of Salsa music in New York City. It offers deeper discussions about cultural erasure and community…

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu

The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join us for an exciting collaboration with @wikimedianyc.bsky.social for our NuevaYol Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon.

📍Friday, September 19, 2025 | 5 - 8pm at 20 Cooper Sq.

RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join us this Friday at 6 p.m. for the opening of Escenas.

Rsvp: www.eventbrite.com/e/1549681993...

The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Aug 1

TLP invites you to the opening celebration of Escenas, a new exhibition featuring seven lens-based artists using photographic practices to re-imagine time, place, & everyday life.

🗓️ Sept 5, 2025 | 6–8PM
📍 20 Cooper Sq, 3rd Fl Gallery
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/escenas-ex...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Sep 2

New on Intervenxions—An Archive in the Making

Diana Guerra’s photobook “uses a risograph printing method to [connect] a Latinx immigrant artist and the everyday lives and memories of the families that long for their past.”

By Laura Carbonell

www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

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The Latinx Project @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our September newsletter and Fall 2025 calendar are here!

Check out our exhibition opening this Friday 9/5, Wiki NYC event, La Feria and more.

Full newsletter: mailchi.mp/77b8783f076a...

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