The IDB Cultural Center Gallery Reopens With ‘Emerging Voices’ Exhibition
WASHINGTON, DC - The Inter-American Development Bank’s Cultural Centre will re-open on Friday with the work of artists from Barbados, the Bahamas and Haiti among those being featured.
The IDB said that the 30th anniversary of its Art Programme and Collection highlights diversity and inclusion through the vision of 16 Latin American and Caribbean artists and that the center is reopening after being closed for three years due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis.
As part of the reopening, the Cultural Center has curated the “Emerging Voices” exhibition to allow the local community and visitors to get to know the work of prestigious artists such as the Barbadian Simone Asia, Bahamians April Bey and Melissa Alcena and US-based Haitian Charles Jean-Pierre, among others.
The IDB said the exhibition, composed of some of the collection’s recent acquisitions, shows the new direction of the IDB Art Collection, while displaying the work of different artists from the region.
“This exhibition reinforces the work of the IDB as an institution that looks to the future and is committed to promoting identity, diversity, and inclusion in the region. We aim to promote the creative talent of emerging and established young artists, particularly those from underrepresented communities in the visual arts, who help us understand the region’s challenges,” says Trinidad Zaldivar, Chief of the IDB’s Culture and Creativity Unit.
The IDB said “Emerging Voices” seeks to contribute and give voice to the ongoing efforts of the IDB to improve lives, reduce the gender gap, and integrate indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, and LGBTQ communities, whose voices are strategic for inclusive and sustainable societies.
The exhibition will feature works by Leticia Banegas (Honduras), Manuel Chavajay (Guatemala), María Raquel Cochez (Panama), Ana Elena Garuz (Panama), Juana Gómez (Chile), Koyoltzintli (United States/Ecuador), Priscilla Monge (Costa Rica), Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín (Guatemala), Ale Rambar (Costa Rica), Natalia Revilla (Peru), Carmen Elena Trigueros (El Salvador), and Rember Yahuarcani (Peru).
The IDB Art Collection, established in 1992, represents the artistic and intellectual vitality of the Bank’s 48 member countries and contributes to understanding the creative diversity of the region.
The IDB Art Collection will remain open to the public until August 30.
