Morris-Jumel Mansion Virtual Parlor Chat: A Conversation with Artist Andrea Arroyo and Niria Leyva-Gutierrez

This month, Morris-Jumel Mansion will be hosting a conversation with New York visual artist Andrea Arroyo and and NoMAA’s Niria Leyva-Gutierrez. Ms. Arroyo will discuss her past installation work at the Mansion, as well as current projects like CoVIDA – Homage to Victims of the Pandemic (on view on the gates of Roger Morris Park from November 2, 2020 – December 31, 2020).

This Zoom lecture is free with online reservation. Register for this Virtual Parlor Chat now at https://www.morrisjumel.org/upcoming-events/2020/11/18/mjm-virtual-parlor-chat-tbd

About the Artist
Andrea Arroyo’s work examines social justice themes, including immigration, gender and race discrimination, and the environmental crisis, with a special focus on their disproportional impact on women. Currently she is examining the impact of the pandemic on Black and Latinx communities, as well as the dynamics of immigration in New York City. Arroyo is an award-winning artist who has exhibited widely. Her work is in private and public collections around the world (including The Library of Congress and The Smithsonian Institution). She has received both local and international recognition with extensive press coverage in over two hundred features in the international media. Publications include The New Yorker (cover art), The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune and The Nation.

For more information visit www.andreaarroyo.com

Photo: Bruce Katz