The Clemente - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The Clemente. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“El Futuro es Ya/ The Future is Now” Exhibition
The multigenerational legacy of Afro-Latinidad is inspired by art movements from magical realism and fantasy and influenced by Afro-American and Latin leadership across disciplines. Through ever-evolving...More »
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“Transformation: Objects and Images in Relation” Exhibition
“Transformation: Objects and Images in Relation” is a curatorial project with Tide Rising Art Projects. The exhibition features the work of 8 contemporary Caribbean artists namely: Alicia Brown, Camille...More »
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“An Enchanted Loom” Exhibition
The great topmost sheet of the mass, that where hardly a light had twinkled or moved, becomes now a sparkling field of rhythmic flashing points with trains of traveling sparks hurrying hither and thither....More »
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“American Roulette” Exhibition
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center Inc. kicks off the fall art season on the Lower East Side with an exhibition highlighting gun violence in the United States, showcasing the work...More »
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“Likely Stories” Exhibition
Freight+Volume announces Likely Stories, a group exhibition of paintings by Eloy Arribas, Becky Brown, Paul Gagner, Samuel Jablon, Ezra Johnson, David Kramer, Walter Robinson, Tom Sanford, Lisa Sanditz,...More »
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“Malpaso: A Collaborative Investigation” Exhibition
The Clemente, Abrazo Interno Gallery, 2nd Floor, The Clemente Soto Veléz Cultural and Educational Center presents Malpaso, the inaugural collaboration between artists Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Birgit...More »
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plusFARM and 618 DESIGN “Mollusk/Machine”
plusFARM is excited to present a new installation that continues our explorations into the relationship between the body and construction, both as a process and a result. In Mollusk/Machine, the soft...More »
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Cheryl Parry “A Girl Mad as Birds”
“A Girl Mad as Birds” in an installation by artist Cheryl Parry that explores the commonly held belief in 19th century psychiatry that women were predisposed to madness. The pseudoscience of “Physiognomy”...More »
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Cecilia Biagini & Dolores Furtado “Ultimate Nature”
The Clemente Cultural Center presents Ultimate Nature, an exhibition by Cecilia Biagini and Dolores Furtado. Ultimate Nature is a collaborative site-specific project in which the artists work together...More »
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Gabrielle Mertz “PS160”
PS160 is an immersive architectural installation that will take place inside the Clemente Soto Vélez Center. Created by artist Gabrielle Mertz and commissioned by Artists Alliance, the project utilizes...More »
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“I am one of those people that…’ Exhibition
The 2016 edition of the Bronx Latin American Art Biennial will examine artworks referring to personal aspects of the creation process, what is in the mind of the artists sometimes is not what is reflecting...More »
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“desembarco” Exhibition
LES Gallery, 1st floor 2016 marks the Bicentenary of Argentina’s act of independence, which also which kickstarted a new national identity. 5 Argentinian artists interact with this idea in “desembarco.”...More »
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Toña Vegas and Tony Vazquez Figueroa “Inventory/Takes”
Abrazo Interno Gallery, 2nd floor The works of two Venezuelan artists, Toña Vegas and Tony Vazquez Figueroa meet around the concept of inventory, each from a different perspective. The word inventory...More »
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“A Room of One’s Own” Exhibition
In “A Room of One’s Own”, Virginia Woolf discusses the cruciality of claiming a private room for each woman of her own to create—particularly to write—while remaining unrestrained from demands of the patriarchal...More »
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Gustavo Santiago and Marisol Velez “Una Sola Voz”
In conjunction with The Loisaida Center and Taller Boricua Gallery, The Clemente presents Una Sola Voz, reflecting on the life and imprisonment of Oscar López Rivera, with works by Gustavo Santiago and...More »
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“Lost and Found” Exhibition
Curated by Marc Leader Featuring The Clemente Resident Artists Abrazo Interno Gallery Lost and Found is an exhibition exploring the ephemeral qualities of how living in New York directly and...More »
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Elliot Meyers “Close-Up On Nature”
Elliot Meyers: Close-Up On Nature, part of the Community Talent Showcase at The Clemente. The Community Talent Showcase is located on the 3rd floor of The Clemente (right outside Frames and Stretchers),...More »
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Michelle Repiso “moving/still”
The Clemente presents “moving/still,” the latest series by artist Michelle Repiso. Filmed from 2009 to 2015 in New York, DC and Texas, this solo exhibition features a series of framed photographs and...More »
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Juan Fernando González Uribe “People Painted in Colours”
People Painted in Colours is a solo exhibition of Colombian Artist, Juan Fernando González Uribe. Uribe explore the individuality of character through an intuitive game that breaks with some conventions...More »
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“Bori-Cuba 2x2” Exhibition
Curated by Alexis Mendoza and Miguel Trelles The Clemente presents boricuba 2×2, a group exhibition featuring the work of over twenty artists of Puerto Rican and Cuban origin. The visual arts component...More »
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“Closed Paradise” Exhibition
Abrazo Interno Gallery, 2nd floor Featuring works by Javier Viver, José Val del Omar, and Lili Chin, Closed Paradise explores themes of nature and extinction. The exhibition title refers to a banishment...More »
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“Surface Place” Exhibition
Surface Place brings together seven artists interested in the abstraction of place. Material and visual elements from the streets of L.A., a Chicago urban garden, and the Alaskan wilderness are distilled,...More »
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Arnold Weissberg “Havana and New York Unexpected Views”
Photographer Arnold Weissberg’s Havana and New York: Unexpected Views explores how photography can help the viewer to see outside of his or her own every day experience. Focusing on diverse communities...More »
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“Dominican York Proyecto GRAFICA (DYPG) Five Years/Ten Voices” Exhibition
Founded in 2015, DYPG celebrates the collective’s five year anniversary with a group exhibition that will reflect the diversity of backgrounds and individual practices within the members of this Dominican...More »
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Antonio Guerrero “Absolved by Solidarity”
Antonio Guerrero created a series of 16 paintings in September 2014, while still behind bars in federal prison in Marianna, Florida, to mark 16 years since the arrest of The Cuban Five. Antonio together...More »
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“The City As A Human Body” Exhibition
The City As A Human Body features the work of three female artists, Christina Minacori, Graciela de la Fuente, and Adriana Marino, who all hail from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires is a city that...More »
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“Hang It or Skate It” Exhibition
Curated by Savior Elmundo, Terry Nelson, Frankie Velez, Hang It or Skate It is a group show by different artists, illustrators, and Graffiti artists, each uniquely interpreting three dimensional skateboard...More »
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“There Will Be Art Here” Exhibition
There Will Be Art Here is a project inspired by the Clemente. By placing Art throughout the building we invite you to see the space in a new way, through the eyes of twenty artists and their unique viewpoints....More »
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Thomas Henriot “The Color of Summer”
French Artist, Thomas Henriot draws and makes abundant use of repeated motifs. The Color of Summer explores the artist’s connection with Reinaldo Arenas, a Cuban-born poet, artist, and novelist, who spent...More »
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“Borimix 2014” Exhibition
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center and Erick Sánchez cordially invite you the annual cultural festival, Borimix 2014. Borimix celebrates and honors Puerto Rican heritage, arts and...More »
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“Eat The Food, Not Its Name” Exhibition
EAT THE FOOD, NOT ITS NAME is a new exhibition of contemporary art by Brazilian Artists living in both the United States and Brazil. Brazilian born and New Haven based artist Leticia Galizzi makes her...More »
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“Two by Two/De Dos en Dos” Exhibition
“Two by Two/De Dos en Dos,” an exhibit of assemblage, painting, and photography by bi-national artists Luis, Karen, Annette, and Thomas Stephens. Through the common threads of family and diversification...More »
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“Cutlog Contemporary Art Fair”
cutlog contemporary art fair is pleased to announce its second New York edition from May 8-11, 2014. 50 galleries and curators will present art, installations, performances, talks, and films in a creative,...More »
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Linda Vallejo “Make ‘Em All Mexican”
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“AYTI: Recycling Dystopian Dreamscapes” Exhibition
TURF presents “AYTI: Recycling Dystopian Dreamscapes.” For decades Haiti has been mired in poverty, political instability and violence. After successive natural disasters, the country is still recovering...More »
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“La Usurpadora” Group Show
The Clemente presents a multi-media art exhibit inspired by the remake telenovela, La Usurpadora (“Deception.”) The story centers on twin sisters separated at birth. One lives the life of a well-to-do...More »
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“Posters On The Wall: Our Nuyorican Story” Exhibition
Curators, Miguel Trelles and Juan Fernando Morales, present this travelling exhibition, which illustrates the rich and diverse work of Puerto Rican artists and their contributions to printmaking. The posters,...More »
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Susan Eisenberg “On Equal Terms”
On Equal Terms combines audio, poetry, personal witness, artifacts, and 3-D mixed media –– including a tradeswoman on a ladder wearing a diamond hardhat –– to bring viewers into the experiences of women...More »
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Beverly Acha and Leticia Galizzi “Over Here, In There”
The Clemente Center presents a new exhibition featuring the work of artists Beverly Acha and Leticia Galizzi. [Image: Beverly Acha “Untitled” (2013) Oil on canvas (left,) Leticia Galizzi “Untitled”...More »
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“Fwacata!” Exhibition
Fwacata! is both a visual arts exhibition and a comic book. There are icons throughout Latino history that are larger than life, whether they be musicians like Celia Cruz, activists like Frida Khalo, or...More »
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“cutlog New York 2013” Art Fair
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography - Prints - Sculpture - Installation - Video installation - Performance Art
- 2013-05-09 - 2013-05-13
After four successful years in Paris, cutlog art fair is pleased to announce the launch of its first New York edition from May 9-13, 2013. Approximately 45 galleries and curators will present art, installations,...More »
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"CONCRETE ILLUSIONS: Public and Private Spaces in Puerto Rico Exploring the urban dimensions of the Caribbean" Exhibition
The Abrazo Interno Gallery at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center cordially invites the public to view a cross-section of Puerto Rican contemporary art from the highly regarded José Hernandez...More »
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“Index” Exhibition
Part of the BORIMIX 2012 Building Guai (Building “Cool”), an epoch making exhibition combines painting, sculpture and mixed media; showcasing the work by The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational...More »
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"Performing Coordinates: Cityscapes Revised Curated by Zoe Lukov" Exhibition
Using the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center and its presence in New York's Lower East Side (L.E.S.) as a point of departure, "Performing Coordinates: Cityscapes Revised" investigates...More »
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"Difference Engine: Manifestation III" Exhibition
Direct from Ireland, "Difference Engine" is an evolving serial exhibition by artists Gillian Lawler, Wendy Judge, Jessica Foley, Mark Cullen & Gordon Cheung. Concurrent to the exhibition is a program...More »
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Linda Byrne and Maggie Dubris "The Vanishing Oceans Project"
The Vanishing Oceans Project is a multi-media collaborative piece created by visual artist/sculptor Linda Byrne and writer/musician Maggie Dubris. The songs of the sea, the sight of a dolphin leaping on...More »
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"Capture: an exhibition of contemporary media abstractions"
Working with machines that record images and sound, the artists in this show break free from the assumed indexical nature of their devices, taking possession of these tools to make the recordings their...More »
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"Capture" Exhibition
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Centerpresents an exhibition of contemporary media abstractions curated by Christina Freeman, entitled Capture. Working with machines that record images...More »
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"Monstros" Exhibition
"Monstros" incorporates Pre-Colombian myths and legends with contemporary "monsters" to visually highlight Latino folklore and explores how these legends have become an intrinsic part of our history.More »
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"Boom Box" Exhibition
In collaboration with the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, Asian American Arts Centre presents an exhibition entitled, “Boom Box”. Located on CSV 2ed floor and installed in the Abrazo Interno Gallery,...More »
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David Friedman "Hide Out"
David Friedman's: "Hide Out" exhibition features works on animal hides. Friedman sculpts into the hides by shaving, branding and staining to create complex visual narratives. [Image: David Friedman "War...More »
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"Pieces" Exhibition
"Pieces" is an exhibit featuring the collaboration of twelve different photographers.More »
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"Glow, a Group Art Exhibit"
"GLOW" is a group art exhibition presented by Art on the Street.More »
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Mia Román Hernandez "Afro-Latino American Crossroads"
A collaboration between CSV and Art by Mia, Afro-Latino American Crossroads is part of the Multicultural Curators Project. A group show of mostly paintings, this exhibit is a tribute to the Afro-Latino...More »
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"Caribbean in America: Things and Time + Fundraiser for the Lambi Fund of Haiti." Exhibition
Photography Exhibition, Caribbean in America: Things and Time + Fundraiser for the Lambi Fund of Haiti. Join us for a special evening of music, food, art and fundraising in celebration of Madeleine...More »
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"The Invisible Woman" Exhibition
An installation by Cheryl Parry, drawings by Clarity Haynes, and sculpture by Jeannine Bardo offer an alternative to the idealized, hyper-glamorous, and superficial portrayals of women prevalent in current...More »
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"Life on Paper" Exhibition
"Life on Paper" is a group showing of art by students from CUNY Hunter.More »
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"Visions of Puerto Rico & Puerto Rican Pride" Exhibition
Visions of Puerto Rico & Puerto Rican Pride celebrates Puerto Rican culture through photography. The show will include more than fifty works by emerging and established artists from Puerto Rico, Miami...More »
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"The Importance of In/Visibility" Exhibition
Recent Work by Native American Artists Living In New York City. More »