(Where) Do We Belong?

Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) presents the group show, (Where) Do We Belong? This exhibit shares the realities and challenges surrounding immigration and includes artworks that are a response to Trump’s “Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policies”—amplifying diverse artistic voices with direct experience.

A wide range of media including installation and textile to video and paintings will present artworks from Humaira Abid, Hawo Ali, Tatiana Garmendia, Hiba Jameel, Rohena Alam Khan, Jake Prendez, Marcia Santos, and Judy Shintani.

Not only are family separations consistent, but xenophobia, racism, and bigotry have been constant, taking different forms in the lapse of America’s history. The exhibit will hopefully serve as a reminder of past US situations that didn't serve us well in the end, such as Japanese Internment Camps. Artists in the exhibition share personal stories of immigration such as Garmendia’s video piece that draws parallels between the separation of families imposed by Trump’s policies and her experience in Cuba.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website