This Week! Connected Diaspora: Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media

Visit us this Week!

The Stamp Gallery opens Monday, September 21st with the following operating hours:  Mondays–Thursdays: 10 am – 7 pm, Fridays: 10 am – 5 pm, Saturdays: 11 am – 5 pm, Sundays: Closed. 

The first hour of each day is by reservation only for our guests who want to have a private viewing experience. Sign up at stamp.umd.edu/galleryreservation. All of our exhibition programming will be held virtually; look below for links and additional information.

The STAMP Student Union will be open for General Public access; however non-UMD Students Faculty or Staff will need to enter STAMP through it's main entrance (facing Campus Drive), and complete a COVID-19 Symptoms checklist. Don't forget to bring your mask- it's required when inside the building! Additional information about STAMP operations can be found at stamp.umd.edu/reopen

THE STAMP GALLERY PRESENTS

Connected Diaspora: Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media

September 21 - October 17

Opening Reception on the Stamp Gallery's Instagram Live

Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 5 – 6PM EST

Free and Open to the Public

Information at stamp.umd.edu/gallery

Connected Diaspora: Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media casts light on a new generation of artists who visually reflect on U.S Central American lives and experiences in the era of social media. These new voices from the Central American diaspora have built a creative community that transcends state lines and borders.

Their practices range from delicate ceramic sculptures to large scale paintings to digital art—exploring images of displacement, war, and trauma. Contemplations on everyday life, nature, and architecture, coupled with insights on invisibility and empowerment, are all manifested in this visual assembly. Central Americans make up the third largest U.S Latinx group—a statistic that is not equally reflected when referencing Latinx art. Beyond news articles, Central Americans in the diaspora are a creative force leading the way to a more expansive discourse on Latinx Art.

Curated by Veronica Melendez

Featuring artwork by: Eddy Leonel Aldana, Galileo Gonzalez, Kim LaVonne, Glenda Lissette, Dennissé Carlota Nieto Zelaya, Jessy DeSantis, Xiomara Garay, Celea Guevara, Kimberly Benavides, Veronica Melendez, Elizabeth Fernanda Rodriguez, Kiara Machado, Julia Mata, Juan Madrid, Isidra Sabio, Paulino Celestino Mejia, Keith L Torres, Johanna Toruño

Co-sponsored by the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UMD, as well as La Casa de la Cultura de El Salvador in Washington, DC 

Additional Programming:

Keynote Speaker: Mauricio E. Ramírez, artist, curator and Ph.D Candidate in Latin American and Latino Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz with an emphasis in Visual Studies  THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 5:00-6:15 PM livestreamed to Youtube: stamp.umd.edu/cdkeynote

Artist Panel 2 featuring Jessy DeSantis, Celea Guevara and curator Veronica Melendez THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 5:00-6:15 PM livestreamed to Youtube at stamp.umd.edu/cdpanel2

Artist Panel 3 with La Casa de la Cultura de El Salvador featuring artists Beatriz Cortez , Muriel Hasbun, and Kiara Machado Thursday, OCT. 8, 5:00 - 7:00 PM livestreamed to Youtube at stamp.umd.edu/cdpanel3 and on Facebook

 Zine Making Workshop with La Horchata Zine THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 5:00-6:15 PM UMD Students Only- registration to be published on stamp.umd.edu/gallery

Virtual DJ Exhibition Closing Dance Party FRIDAY, OCT 16, 8:00-10:00 PM Zoom link at stamp.umd.edu/cddanceparty

ABOUT THE GALLERY

Located on the first floor of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union—Center for Campus Life at the University of Maryland, College Park and online at stamp.umd.edu/gallery, the Stamp Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art, especially the work of emerging and mid-career artists. The Stamp Gallery supports contemporary art that is challenging, academically engaging, and attuned to broad community and social issues. Through meaningful exhibitions and programming, the Gallery offers outside-of-the-classroom experiential learning opportunities. It functions as a laboratory where emerging artists and curators experiment and work through their ideas. The Gallery’s programming aims to emphasize the importance of process to contemporary artistic practice and to provide a forum for dialogue.

FREE and open to the public. Fall 2020 hours starting September 21: Mondays–Thursdays: 10 am – 7 pm, Fridays: 10 am – 5 pm, Saturdays: 11 am – 5 pm, Sundays: Closed. 

For the Fall 2020 semester, the first hour of each day will be by reservation only. For reservation information visit stamp.umd.edu/gallery   

The Stamp Gallery is closed on all University holidays.