680 Park Avenue
New York
Exhibition Walkthrough with Keyna Eleison
The curatorial advisor will lead a tour and share the background behind the exhibition, as well as her highlights and commentary.
Overview
Join us in-person at Americas Society for an exhibition walkthrough of Amazonia Açu, led by curatorial advisor Keyna Eleison. The walkthrough will explore the aesthetic, cultural, and material diversity found in Amazonia, showcasing over fifty works by thirty-four local artists and collectives. Moving through the exhibition, Eleison will examine how the featured works challenge colonial myths and celebrate the multiplicity of artistic practices throughout the region, examining topics such as methods of artistic production, modes of knowledge sharing, community engagement, land rights politics, cultural heritage, and spirituality related to our current moment.
Saturday, September 13 from 3 to 4 pm
680 Park Ave, New York, NY
Galleries on the ground floor
Registration is required.
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This event is in person, free, and open to the public.
Please note that this is a standing event. Early arrival is suggested as space is limited.
Speaker
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Keyna Eleison is a curator, writer, researcher, griot heiress and shaman, narrator, singer, ancestral chronicler, and cultural manager. She holds an M.A. degree in art history and a specialist degree in history and architecture from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and a B.A. degree in philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). She is a member of the African Heritage Commission for the laureation of the Cais do Valongo region as a World Heritage Site (UNESCO). She served as manager of all the cultural centers in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro between 2015 and 2017 and pedagogical coordinator of the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage between 2018 and 2019. She was the curator of the 10th SIART International Biennial in Bolivia and the artistic director of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro (MAM Rio)between 2020 and 2023, as well as the curator of the 1st Amazon Biennial in 2023. She is currently a columnist for Contemporary And, the director of research and content for the Amazon Biennial, and an at-large cocurator of the 36th São Paulo Biennial. She works in the development of exhibitions and the meanings of works of art and artists, as well as guiding artistic processes, curating exhibitions, teaching art, and coordinating art education and narrative to pass on and capture oral knowledge.
Funders
The presentation of Amazonia Açu is made possible by generous support from the William Talbott Hillman Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Consulate General of Brazil in New York with Instituto Guimarães Rosa, the Cowles Charitable Trust, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. In-kind support is provided by the Hochschild Correa Collection and Instituto de Visión.
Americas Society acknowledges the generous support of the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Amalia Amoedo, Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily Engel, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, Elena Matsuura, Maggie Miqueo, Maria Mostajo, Antonio Murzi, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Marco Pappalardo and Cintya Poletti Pappalardo, Carolina Pinciroli, Erica Roberts, Sharon Schultz, and Edward J. Sullivan.
