Aquí Seguimos
Curator Talk

Honoring the Sabra & Shatila Massacre and Mexican Independence Day

Join Aquí Seguimos curators Alana Guzman and Marah Abdel Jaber as they dissect the necessity to create art under annihilation while honoring the 44th anniversary of the Sabra & Shatila Massacre and 216 years of Mexican Independence. Reflecting on these simultaneous commemorations of immense grief and joy, our curators discuss the material histories of colonial violence, resistance, and liberation that underscore Aquí Seguimos and unify our communities.

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CURATORS

ALANA GUZMAN

Alana Guzmán is a Mexican oil painter, born and raised in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and now based in Washington, DC. Drawing from her cultural roots and immigrant experience, her work delves into the emotional tension between beauty and brutality, survival and surrender. Through vivid color and dynamic movement, she creates paintings that hold space for the contradictions and complexities of being alive.

MARAH ABDEL JABER

Marah Abdel Jaber is a Palestinian writer, researcher, and creative. Her work focuses on constructions of the Palestinian nation, literature, agriculture, and imaginative movements. She holds an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago and is a Fellow of the Institute for Palestine Studies.