Americas COVID-19 Memorial
Group Exhibition
The Biennial of the Americas presented the Americas COVID-19 Memorial in September of 2021, an artist-driven exhibit acknowledging the grave impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Americas. While the Americas account for approximately 13% of the world’s population it has experienced nearly 50% of the world’s COVID-19 deaths, with over 2 million lives lost. Featuring artwork from 21 artists across the Western Hemisphere that address this disproportionate impact, this exhibition aims to serve as a space for shared reflection, collective grieving, and healing through art.
Featured Programming
ConnectArte: Curator & Artist Talk – September 16, 2020, Virtual Event with artists and curators Ana María Hernando, Claudia Moran, Derrick Velasquez, and Jave Yoshimoto
Coffee Chat: An Americas Covid-19 Memorial – April 16, 2020, Virtual Event with panelists Arielle Julia Brown (Performance Curator and Cultural Producer, Monument Lab), Maria Paz Gaviria (Director, ARTBO) and Derrick Velasquez (Artist & Curator) and Jen Delos Reyes (Director and Founder, Open Engagement). Featuring a performance by Aisha Fukushima
Public Memorials & Social Memory – March 19, 2020, Virtual Event with panelists Renée Ater (Public Scholar and Provost Visiting Professor, African Studies, Brown University), Cortney Lane Stell (Executive Director & Chief Curator, Black Cube), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Artist) and Professor James E. Young (Institute for Holocaust Genocide and Memory Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst). Featuring an original poem recited by Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre.
