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CREATING HOME: IMMIGRANT PERSPECTICES

Is the inaugural exhibition in NoMAA’s new gallery on the first floor of the iconic United Palace annex.

New York -- Northern Manhattan is a community shaped by refugees and immigrants from all over the world. In this timely exhibition, sixteen artists from Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, Canada, Europe and the Middle East reflect on what it means to create a home away from home. They explore themes such as belonging, memory, identity, nostalgia, and the intertwining of cultures. They examine place, identity, displacement, and fragmentation and they question the politics that continually surround their experiences. We invite you to view their works and to read and listen to their compelling and unique stories.

In this group exhibition, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance NOMAA amplifies the voices of local immigrant artists.

On View till- August 31

NoMAA Gallery

4140 Broadway @176 St, NY

(Hours: Tuesdays 1-4pm and by appointment)

Hear from the artists! Click below to view clips of statements of partcipating artists.

"My work examines the emotional, spiritual, and developmental fractures in family dynamics inflicted by war, trauma, the disintegration of family through migration, and loss. Taking a critical view at the influence that sociopolitical and cultural issues can have on emotionally impaired families, I often reference my own childhood, history, current events, and pop culture. Each work is constructed from an inventory of visual fragments such as: drawings, journal pages, photographs and found ephemera, arranged with bold colors, jagged linework and abstract text patterns." --Franck de las Mercedes

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