In 2020 I was invited to participate in a year long program called the “Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program” (IAMP) as a Mentor artists at Platteforum. The program paired one Mentee artist with one Mentor artist in Colorado. The final cohort consisted of 30 artists. Learn more about IAMP here.
Most of the program was hosted virtually in 2020 beacuse of the pandemic but ended with an in-person celebration in May 2021. On Friday August 6th, 2021 – The Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program’s (IAMP) cumulative group exhibition entitled “Threads – Migration Connects Us All” had its opening reception. Two of my artworks were featured including “Yama’s Shadow” and “The Descendants”.
“Threads: Migration Connects Us All”
Immigrant Mentoring Artist Program Group Art Exhibition
A group exhibition reflecting the multiverse notion of hope and the resilient narratives of the immigrant identity. The exhibition will showcase visual, multi-media and performative works from a cohort of 30 emerging immigrant and established professional artists who participated in PlatteForum’s partnership with the New York Foundation for the Arts and their nation-wide Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program.
Curated by: Esther Hernandez, Associate Director and Eriko Tsogo, IAMP Manager
Featured Artists: Ayse Kubra OZ, Marina Kassianidou, (Onecho) aka Juan Usubillaga, Laura Soto, Christine Nguyen, Cipriano Ortega, Alex Branch, Michael Gadlin, Lio Bumbakini, Tsogo Mijid, Cal Duran, Adrian Raya, Katie Taft, Talia Johns, Theresa Rozul Knowles, David Mejia, Rosario Weston, Monica Marquez Gatica, Juntae TeeJay Hwang, Kate Speer, George Perez, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, Manuel Aragon, Sarahy Plazola and Sammy Seung-min Lee
