HERITAGE
New York City’s Latin culture draws from an extraordinary web of heritage lines — the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the European colonizers who reshaped the hemisphere, the African nations whose descendants forged new traditions, and the Asian communities who arrived through indentured servitude and later migration. More recent arrivals, from Lebanese to Japanese communities, have woven themselves permanently into Latin identity across generations. Explore events, artists, and cultural traditions organized by heritage, spanning the full breadth of the communities that make up NYC’s Latin world.
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Vigée Le Brun
February 15 – May 15, 2016 MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Marie Antoinette’s favorite portraitist was one of the great 18th century French painters. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Displaced but not Defeated

In this Films BYkids production, 16-year old Colombian María Ceballos tells her personal story about what it is like to be displaced by civil war. THIRTEEN NYC Sunday, February 14, 2016 7:30-8pm
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Christian Cravo: 25 Years of Bahia, Brazil
January 14 – February 27, 2016 THROCKMORTON FINE ART Midtown East, NYC
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Neighboring Scenes 2016
Contemporary Latin American cinema showcase Film Society of Lincoln Center January 7 – 10, 2016
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Bronzino Allegorical Portrait of Dante
Agnolo Bronzino’s “Allegorical Portrait of Dante” (1532-33) visits New York City for the first time to celebrate the 750th anniversary of Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s birth. Italian Cultural Institute December 15, 2015 – January 15, 2016
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Review: Ballet Hispánico answers the question “If Walls Could Speak”
APOLLO THEATER, Harlem, Manhattan
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Lee Koonce, Ballet Hispanico Executive Director, on life, arts, & the Fall season
Ballet Hispánico Executive Director Lee Koonce (Colombian) talks about his career path, classical arts for communities, and Ballet Hispanico’s Fall 2015 Season. November 10, 2015





