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Author Valeria Luiselli will discuss her 2017 book, Tell Me How it Ends, An Essay in Forty Questions (Niños Perdidos, Ensayo en Cuarenta Preguntas). The book tackles Luiselli’s experience volunteering at an immigration court in New York City, where she translated the responses migrant children gave to the questions that stood between a return to

Join us in the second of a series of virtual studio visits with contemporary Mexican artists who are making their mark on the international scene today. Andrea Arroyo is an award-winning artist whose practice includes public art, painting, drawing, and site-specific installation. Her work examines social justice issues, with a focus on the status of

Join Laura Vookles, Chair of the HRM’s Curatorial Department for an in an exclusive in-person tour for HRM Members of Border Cantos | Sonic Border, a moving collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach and sculptor and composer Guillermo Galindo that addresses the humanitarian situation at the wall between the US and Mexico. This tour will be

Join Masha Tuchinsky, Director and CEO, and Viridiana Choy, HRM’s Manager for Youth and Family Programs, for an in an exclusive in-person tour for HRM Members of Border Cantos | Sonic Border, a moving collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach and sculptor and composer Guillermo Galindo that addresses the humanitarian situation at the wall between the

Join Laura Vookles, Chair of the HRM’s Curatorial Department for an in an exclusive in-person tour for HRM Members of Border Cantos | Sonic Border, a moving collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach and sculptor and composer Guillermo Galindo that addresses the humanitarian situation at the wall between the US and Mexico. This tour will be

Draw a “persona-portrait” representing who you are, where you are from, and your background, in this workshop led by Teaching Artist-in-Residence Erika Harrsch. Inspired by the Surrealist “exquisite corpse” drawings, this exercise uniquely incorporates the idea of the genealogical family tree, a visual representation of a person’s lineage, as a way to learn family history

Kenneth Smith Ramos, former Chief Negotiator for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for the Government of Mexico, and currently a partner at AGON, a Mexican Consulting firm, will speak on the economic, sociological, and political factors that drive immigration. He will discuss immigration both to and from the US, as well as the unique communities that

The late winter and early spring night skies sparkle with several open stellar clusters, a loose collection of young stars that are striking to the naked eye. In this science workshop, we’ll visit and fly through a few of these clusters, learn about how their history connects to our own, and make a model of

With the works of Landscape Art & Virtual Travel providing a backdrop, Firey String Sistas! will present a virtual concert featuring works from their new album, H.O.T., incorporating aspects of global culture, worldbeats from Africa, Jamaica, and Latin America, jazz from the Great American Songbook, and, finally, tributes to great women in our current political

Experimental composer Guillermo Galindo constructs musical instruments from artifacts found in the desert along the US-Mexico border—artifacts that are imbued with the spirit of their former owners. See and hear the composer perform a part of his composition Sonic Borders III with these instruments, demonstrating their transformative power as sculptural works of art to give