27 Aug Stories Of Survival in New Orleans
On September 1, 2018, AgitArte will be presenting the End the Debt! Decolonize! Liberate! Scroll in New Orleans as part of the Stories of Survival tour.
...On September 1, 2018, AgitArte will be presenting the End the Debt! Decolonize! Liberate! Scroll in New Orleans as part of the Stories of Survival tour.
...Join us Sunday, July 20th 2-4PM! The Clemente - 107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY
...Our 2017 annual report looks back at our programs, projects, collaborations and post-Hurricane María solidarity work.
...Primero de mayo volvimos a la calle, donde empezamos 12 años atrás, en la Milla de Oro. Con papel y con machete armaremos el futuro.
...We are re-launching our campaign as an ongoing and long term fundraising effort, not just for Puerto Rico’s recovery, but for our reconstruction and liberation. Help us sustain the Centros de Apoyo Mutuo, CAMs and cultural organizing work in Puerto Rico.
...Faced with the collapse of the State and the abuses of FEMA in post-Maria Puerto Rico, we have organized ourselves in self-managed spaces around the Island known as Centros de Apoyo Mutuo (Mutual Support Centers + CAM). In addition to providing support to overcome urgent needs in the communities, we promote their empowerment and create discussion spaces to generate critical thinking and the understanding that we are facing a political disaster that is even more dangerous than the natural disaster.
...This collaborative project is a participatory art object and cultural response to Hurricane María that tells the story of U.S. imperialism through the lens of the current economic and environmental state of Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Read More...
Help us share a counter narrative to contest the dominant and inaccurate media coverage of Puerto Rico. The artwork here was created by AgitArte | Papel Machete artists, and artists in solidarity with the struggle in Puerto Rico. These images are free and available for download. When sharing, please also include the text and hashtags written for each artwork....
Over the next few months, we will be highlighting the artists and cultural workers behind AgitArte. This month we interviewed Dey Hernández to dive deep into her history with AgitArte | Papel Machete and her development as a multidisciplinary artist.
...Papel Machete presented the "Cantastoria del 1ero de Mayo" at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico in support of the student strike, and on May 28, participated in the event CIRCO De La PLAZA in the Plaza Pública of Mayagüez with a performance of their latest cantastoria, P.R.O.M.E.S.A. CIRCO De La PLAZA is a circus and street theater community event that takes place on the last Sunday of each month and is organized by Vueltabajo, a collective of committed multidisciplinary artists. Papel Machete participated in the first event of its third season....