12 to 1 pm ET

Location
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York

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El Dorado

Exhibition Walkthrough with José Falconi and Ronny Quevedo

12 to 1 pm ET

Location
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York

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Overview

Join Art at Americas Society for an Exhibition Walkthrough of El Dorado: Myths of Gold Part ll. Led by José Falconi, Professor of Art and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut, and artist Ronny Quevedo, this walkthrough will explore Quevedo's work within the context of the exhibition and the myth of El Dorado. They will guide us through the artworks, delving into the connection between the continuity and effects of the myth in the Americas from the pre-Columbian period to the contemporary era. This event is in person, free, and open to the public. 

Saturday, May 11, 12:00-1:00 pm ET  
Americas Society  
680 Park Ave.  
New York, NY 
Registration is required. Early arrival is suggested as space is limited, and entry is not 
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Speakers

José Luis Falconi
José Luis Falconi
Assistant Professor of Art and Human Rights, University of Connecticut

Born in Lima (1973), José Luis Falconi is assistant professor of Art and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut. He is also the President of Cultural Agents, Inc, an NGO which aims to showcase, study and promote the recognition of the arts as resources for positive change...

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Ronny Quevedo
Ronny Quevedo
Artist

Ronny Quevedo (b.1981) was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and lives and works in the Bronx, NY. Quevedo’s practice spans installation, drawings, and prints, incorporating and subverting aspects of abstraction, painting, collage, cartography, and sports imagery. Deeply engaged with...

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Funders

The presentation of El Dorado: Myths of Gold and related programming has been made possible by generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional support was provided by Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund. 

Americas Society thanks Fundación PROA in Buenos Aires and Museo Amparo in Puebla for their collaboration in this project. 

Americas Society acknowledges the generous support from our Arts of the Americas Circle members: Amalia Amoedo, Almeida e Dale Galeria de Arte, Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily A. Engel, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, Antonio Murzi, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Marco Pappalardo and Cintya Poletti Pappalardo, Carolina Pinciroli, Erica Roberts, Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Sharon Schultz, and Edward J. Sullivan.