Image courtesy of Digitizing the Barrio archive at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.

Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Recorded Program

Puerto Rican Archives: Preserving Community Memory was a two-day symposium (April 5-6, 2024) focused on the political potency of Puerto Rican archives—both on the island and in the diaspora. The symposium was a collaboration between Digitizing the Barrio (an archival project of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center), The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA). It extends the focus on collective histories highlighted through photographs and ephemera documenting social movements and community organizations in the MCA exhibition entre horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico. 

The meeting agenda, speaker list, and video documentation of the symposium are available at the link below. 

Puerto Rican Archives: Preserving Community Memory was a two-day symposium (April 5-6, 2024) exploring the political power of Puerto Rican archives, both on the island and in the diaspora. A collaboration between Digitizing the Barrio, The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, and MCA Chicago, the event highlighted collective histories documented through photographs and ephemera. Symposium details and video documentation are available online. 

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