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Jorge Luis Rodríguez: Sculpting Magic | Diasporican Art in Motion
Diasporican Art in Motion Docuseries is a dynamic portrait series highlighting ten Puerto Rican artists living and creating in New York City. This curated selection is part of CENTRO’s Diasporican Art in Motion (DAM) initiative, a digital repository and research catalyst, and represents a living archive of Puerto Rican cultural expression in the U.S. diaspora.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Rodríguez Calero: Revisioning Layers | Diasporican Art in Motion
Artist Rodriguez Calero shares how she found her artistic voice after migrating back to Puerto Rico and studying art before going on to have a professional artistic career in New York City. Rodriguez Calero coined the technique “acrollage”, a blend of printmaking, collage, and acrylic techniques, while also incorporating art historical artworks, gender, sexuality, and sociopolitical issues into her work.
Diasporican Art in Motion Docuseries is a dynamic portrait series highlighting ten Puerto Rican artists living and creating in New York City. This curated selection is part of CENTRO’s Diasporican Art in Motion (DAM) initiative, a digital repository and research catalyst, and represents a living archive of Puerto Rican cultural expression in the U.S. diaspora.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
Learn more about Diasporican Art in Motion: https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/projects/diasporican-art-in-motion/
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Executive Producers
Ángel Antonio Ruiz-Laboy
Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez
Producers
Glorimar Garcia
Carlos Rivera Fernández
Co-producers
Andrès Arias
Kristian Otero
Series editor
Carlos Rivera Fernández
Camera
Carlos Rivera Fernández
Secondary camera
Luis Johansel Cruz
Andrès Arias
Kristian Otero
Elizabeth Rodríguez
Eduardo Vilchez
Production assistants
Adrián Muñoz
Gabriella Cuellar
Jon Sosa
Luis Johansel Cruz
Subtitles and translations
Sebastián Meltz-Collazo
with assistance from
Merari Alvarado
Tracey Reverón
Manny Vega: A Mosaic of Spiritual Rhythm | Diasporican Art in Motion
Manny Vega takes on a journey of his life and career, starting with his origins as a muralist and printmaker in The Bronx and El Barrio, making the streets of New York City his gallery, the seminal trip to Brazil and adoption into the Candomblé community, and finally to his recent solo show and art residency at the Museum of the City of New York.
Diasporican Art in Motion Docuseries is a dynamic portrait series highlighting ten Puerto Rican artists living and creating in New York City. This curated selection is part of CENTRO’s Diasporican Art in Motion (DAM) initiative, a digital repository and research catalyst, and represents a living archive of Puerto Rican cultural expression in the U.S. diaspora.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Christopher López: Readjusting the Historical Lens | Diasporican Art in Motion
Bronx-born photographer Christopher López shares his work as a lens-based artist and public historian which showcases the untold stories of Puerto Ricans from Hoboken, New Jersey to the archipelago through oral history, research, and photography.
Diasporican Art in Motion Docuseries is a dynamic portrait series highlighting ten Puerto Rican artists living and creating in New York City. This curated selection is part of CENTRO’s Diasporican Art in Motion (DAM) initiative, a digital repository and research catalyst, and represents a living archive of Puerto Rican cultural expression in the U.S. diaspora.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
Learn more about Diasporican Art in Motion: https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/projects/diasporican-art-in-motion/
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Executive Producers
Ángel Antonio Ruiz-Laboy
Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez
Producers
Glorimar Garcia
Carlos Rivera Fernández
Co-producers
Andrès Arias
Kristian Otero
Series editor
Carlos Rivera Fernández
Camera
Carlos Rivera Fernández
Secondary camera
Luis Johansel Cruz
Andrès Arias
Kristian Otero
Elizabeth Rodríguez
Eduardo Vilchez
Production assistants
Adrián Muñoz
Gabriella Cuellar
Jon Sosa
Luis Johansel Cruz
Subtitles and translations
Sebastián Meltz-Collazo
with assistance from
Merari Alvarado
Juanita Lanzo: The Gestures of Embodiment | Diasporican Art in Motion
Juanita Lanzo, born in Puerto Rico and based in New York City, is an Afro-Puerto Rican artist whose work explores narratives of the body and sexuality—often considered “abject”—through drawings and watercolors. Lanzo, who is also an accomplished curator, creates art that is intimate, political, and deeply rooted in cultural memory.
Diasporican Art in Motion Docuseries is a dynamic portrait series highlighting ten Puerto Rican artists living and creating in New York City. This curated selection is part of CENTRO’s Diasporican Art in Motion (DAM) initiative, a digital repository and research catalyst, and represents a living archive of Puerto Rican cultural expression in the U.S. diaspora.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
Learn more about Diasporican Art in Motion: https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/projects/diasporican-art-in-motion/
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David António Cruz: Reimagining Family | Diasporican Art in Motion
David Antonio Cruz is a Philadelphia-born, New York-based artist whose work revisits the complexities of family, queer identity, and the Puerto Rican diaspora experience. Through painting and performance, he explores themes of forgiveness, healing, revisiting history, joy and chosen family. His recent projects, including When the Children Come Home presented at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia and the Sugar Hill Museum in Harlem, trace his personal and collective journeys across cities and generations.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
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About This Show
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. CENTRO provides support to students, scholars, artists, and members of the community at large across and beyond New York. CENTRO produces original research, films, books, and educational tools and are the home of The Centro Journal—the premiere academic journal of Puerto Rican Studies. CENTRO’s aim is to create actionable and accessible scholarship to strengthen, broaden, and reimagine the field of Puerto Rican studies.
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