Oct
11
2:00 PM14:00

Closing Program: "Boomerang" by Jairo Sosa

Closing Program: Boomerang by Jairo Sosa
With food by Chef Tamarindo / Papitropical and drinks by The Bronx Brewery.

Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: 2:00–5:00 pm

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Join us in the gallery for a closing program marking the final week of Boomerang, Jairo Sosa’s exhibition. Culinary worker, storyteller, and ethnographer Chef Tamarindo of Papitropical will serve small bites that draw upon the themes of resilience and legacy present in the show. Chef Tamarindo’s dishes fuse Caribbean and coastal Ecuadorian traditions with inventive touches. His food carries stories of migration, resilience, and survival, honoring the people and practices that sustain these cultures.

The food will be accompanied by drinks from The Bronx Brewery, whose mission is rooted in community, creativity, and inclusivity—reflecting the rich creative scene of The Bronx and inspiring connection across New York City.

The event is free and open to the public. Food will be available for sale, with all proceeds supporting ingredients and labor by Chef Tamarindo.

About the Participants
Chef Tamarindo is a Brooklyn-born Ecuadorian-Dominican chef and storyteller behind Papitropical. His cooking blends the tropical flavors of the Caribbean and the coast of Ecuador with the vibrancy of New York street food, creating tapas-style dishes that are both rustic and refined. Through pop-ups and residencies across the city, he treats food as a form of cultural memory and community care.

The Bronx Brewery builds community, using beer brewed in the borough to bring people together while celebrating the rich and diverse creative scene across New York City. The brewery seeks to create a diverse, vibrant culture through beer, art, food and music that inspire, unite, and drive positive change in the world.

About the Artist
Jairo Sosa is a Dominican-American multidisciplinary artist born, raised, and based in New York City. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He went on to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts at The Cooper Union for the Advancement for Science and Art in New York (2017), during which he studied abroad at the Universitat de Barcelona Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, Spain (2016). He also received a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University (2023). 

Sosa’s work has been presented in the solo exhibition Be True To The Game at Room 3557, Los Angeles, CA (2024), as well as several group exhibitions, including: Dark Matter at Kates-Ferri Projects, New York, NY (2023), Stand-outs: Selections from the Columbia MFA Program at Fredric Snitzer Gallery. Miami, FL (2023); 11:11 at At Peace Gallery, New York, NY (2020); and Traces at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ (2017), among others.

About the Mentor
Hugh Hayden nominated Jairo Sosa for this opportunity. Hayden’s practice considers the anthropomorphization of the natural world as a visceral lens for exploring the human condition. Raised in Texas and trained as an architect, Hayden transforms familiar objects—often using wood with layered histories such as discarded trunks, rare timbers, or Christmas trees—into composite forms that reflect complex cultural narratives. His work challenges perceptions of identity, social structures, and our relationship to the environment.

Hayden was born in Dallas, Texas in 1983 and lives and works in New York City. He holds an MFA from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. Recent solo exhibitions include Gulf Stream at the Boston Public Art Triennial's Lot Lab (2024), Huff and a Puff, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (2023), and Brier Patch at Madison Square Park Conservancy (2022), later shown at the North Carolina Museum of Art (2022) and Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (2022-23). Other solo exhibitions include shows at the Rose Art Museum, Nasher Sculpture Center, Lisson Gallery (NY, LA, London), Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Blaffer Art Museum, C L E A R I N G (Brussels), and Princeton University Art Museum. Hayden’s work is held in numerous public collections including the Met, LACMA, Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Closing Celebration: Mirror of Fate with Levon Kafafian
May
10
to May 11

Closing Celebration: Mirror of Fate with Levon Kafafian

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Joinus in the gallery on Saturday, May 10th for a special celebration with artist Levon Kafafian to mark the closing ofThe Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers. The event consists of a performance by Kafafian and a DJ set by 8ULENTINA, along with small bites by Chef Sebouh Yacoubian and drinks courtesy of Vogis Gin and Back Home Beer. See event info for tickets.

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Screening + Listening Session: measuring the sounds of our resistance
Apr
12
3:00 PM15:00

Screening + Listening Session: measuring the sounds of our resistance

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Join us in the gallery on Saturday, April 12th for a special event hosted by artist Levani as part of their participation in the group exhibition The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers. The event consists of a screening and listening session with works by Levani and artist Marika Kochiashvili, followed by an open dialogue with Levani and exhibition curator Lila Nazemian.

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A Performative Dinner: Hearts of Sugar, Fingers Dipped in Honey - SOLD OUT!
Feb
26
7:00 PM19:00

A Performative Dinner: Hearts of Sugar, Fingers Dipped in Honey - SOLD OUT!

Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, February 26th for a special ticketed dinner event by artist Fatemeh Kazemi and food collective Bazm as part of Kazemi’s participation in the group exhibition The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers. The event consists of a five-course performative meal created especially for the evening. See event info for tickets.

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Closing Program: "This Fire That Warms You" by Tsohil Bhatia
Dec
12
6:00 PM18:00

Closing Program: "This Fire That Warms You" by Tsohil Bhatia

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Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, August 7th for a special event to mark the closing of the solo exhibition This Fire That Warms You by Tsohil Bhatia. The event will include a performance by the artist and a viewing of their new video work.

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Food Activation by Tsohil Bhatia x Red Flower Collective at NADA House
Sep
21
2:00 PM14:00

Food Activation by Tsohil Bhatia x Red Flower Collective at NADA House

Tsohil Bhatia in the kitchen at Fire Island Artist Residency, 2024. Photo by Sunny Leerasanthanah.

Food Activation by Tsohil Bhatia x Red Flower Collective
at NADA House on Governors Island

Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 2–4 pm
Nolan Park House 17, Governors Island
Accessible by ferry from Manhattan and Brooklyn
See directions to Nolan Park here, and ferry info here.

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Please join us for a special food-based activation by Tsohil Bhatia for Red Flower Collective, a communal eating and research collective of which they are a co-founder. The event is hosted by the New Art Dealers Alliance as part of the programming for NADA House, where CUE presents a new sculptural work by Bhatia, Untitled (Rano) in conjunction with their solo exhibition This Fire That Warms You.

The menu for the event will consist of aloo kachori, dahi bhalla papdi chaat, and masala peanut chaat. Come try it all! Food will be available until it runs out.

Red Flower Collective collaborates with artists, chefs, and curiosities-in-residence, and affirms queer and diasporic identities as they manifest themselves through food. The collective explores the kitchen as a forum in which to receive generational knowledge, and prioritizes the recipes derived from this research.

The event is free and all are welcome (donations are appreciated and support the work of Red Flower Collective). Bhatia’s sculpture, Untitled (Rano), will be on view at NADA House through October 27th, with public hours Friday–Sunday, 11 am–5 pm. No registration is required to attend either the event or public hours.

Register for updates via Luma here. (Please note that registration does not guarantee food—come early to ensure it’s still available!)

Read more about the work at NADA House here. To learn more about the artist’s solo exhibition at CUE, mentored by Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), see here.

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Closing Program: "Luma" by Catalina Tuca
Aug
7
6:00 PM18:00

Closing Program: "Luma" by Catalina Tuca

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Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, August 7th for a special event to mark the closing of the solo exhibition Luma by Catalina Tuca. The event will include a performance by artist María Verónica San Martín, session by herbalist Antonia Estela Pérez, and food by chef Oscar Riquelme.

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Closing Program: Banig Karaoke with Bhen Alan
May
22
9:00 PM21:00

Closing Program: Banig Karaoke with Bhen Alan

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Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, May 22nd from 9:00–11:00 pm for a special event to mark the closing of the solo exhibition Sometimes My Accent Slips Out by Bhen Alan. The event will include karaoke with the artist, with lyrics projected onto Alan’s large-scale work, Mother Tongue (2023).

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on worried notes at Montez Press Radio
Mar
30
5:00 PM17:00

on worried notes at Montez Press Radio

Tune into Montez Press Radio for a live broadcast with artist Keli Safia Maksud and artist, filmmaker, and writer Christian Nyampeta. Maksud and Nyampeta will discuss ideas embedded in worried notes, Maksud’s recent solo exhibition at CUE, and expand on themes of national identity and the formation of postcolonial Africa through the lens of music and cinema.

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Closing Program: "worried notes" by Keli Safia Maksud
Mar
16
4:00 PM16:00

Closing Program: "worried notes" by Keli Safia Maksud

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Join us in the gallery on Saturday, March 16th for a special event to mark the closing of the solo exhibition worried notes by Keli Safia Maksud. The event will include a conversation between Maksud, exhibition mentor Abigail DeVille, and writing mentor Renee Gladman moderated by catalogue essayist Jordan Jones, followed by a performance with improvisational bassist Brandon Lopez.

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Closing Reception + End of Year Celebration: Insight Outsight by Ling-lin Ku
Dec
20
5:00 PM17:00

Closing Reception + End of Year Celebration: Insight Outsight by Ling-lin Ku

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Join us in the gallery on Wednesday, December 20th for a closing reception with artist Ling-lin Ku to celebrate the final week of her solo exhibition, Insight Outsight, and to toast to the end of 2023 with CUE’s community of friends, alumni, and supporters. The event will feature light food by Jamie Cheung of Edible Affairs.

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Closing Program: Rooted Wanderings for "Vendah" by Cornelius Tulloch
Oct
20
5:00 PM17:00

Closing Program: Rooted Wanderings for "Vendah" by Cornelius Tulloch

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Join us on Friday, October 20th for Rooted Wanderings, a special program to mark the closing of the solo exhibition Vendah by Cornelius Tulloch. The event will begin with an exhibition walkthrough hosted by ArtNoir and led by exhibition mentor Danny Baez, followed by performances by Iyanna James-Stephenson and Coco Villa, accompanied by a sound arrangement by DJ Young Wavy Fox that creates a journey through the diasporic sounds of the Caribbean—from reggae to dancehall, dembow, hip hop, and more.

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Sketching with Street Dancers Volume 5 (Hip-Hop)
Aug
12
2:00 PM14:00

Sketching with Street Dancers Volume 5 (Hip-Hop)

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Graphic design by Cara Tree.

Sketching with Street Dancers Volume 5 (Hip-Hop)

Saturday, August 12th
2:00 – 4:30 pm
Arts Connection Residency House
Governor’s Island
408B Colonel’s Row

Join us on Governors Island for a drawing session presented by Kut The Rug Institute in partnership with CUE Art Foundation and Arts Connection. The event is part of a series that connects movement, mark making (drawing), and music. This session (Volume 5) features Bboy Spydey and popper Mr. Ocean as drawing models. DJ KS 360 will deliver the soundtrack, and Noelle Salun will demonstrate drawing techniques to use to track, trace, and transmit movements by the dancers. Aurora Hidalgo will serve as the session time keeper. The drawing session will be followed by a gallery walk for sketchers and dancers to see the results of their collaboration in real time.

Plain paper, clipboards, and pencils will be provided; attendees are encouraged to bring their own favorite materials and art supplies (paper, pastels, markers, ink pens) to add color, flavor, and soul to their drawings.

This program is free and open to everyone. No RSVP is required. More information can be found here.


About the Organizer
Lafotographeuse (Amanda Adams-Louis)
is a Brooklyn based photographer, educator, curriculum/program designer, cultural producer, house music aficionado, club kid and street dance scholar. She earned her BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute and is a Studio Art alumna of the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Born in the U.S. and raised in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, Lafotographeuse’s oeuvre is informed by her experiences living, learning, and creating between multiple continents and cultures during her formative years. Her creative practice exists at the nexus of art, education, and archive.

Her bodies of work celebrate dance forms developed from movement vocabularies, music, and performance traditions defined by Black, LGBTQIA, and Latinx communities in New York City. Lafotographeuse collaborates with dance artists to create images, exhibitions, workshops, and panels that highlight Black pleasure, play, leisure, and joy in motion. Her imagery, research, and production work is dedicated to illuminating the legacies of indigenous NYC dance subcultures developed to the sounds of Disco, Funk, House, Hip-Hop, R&B, Philly Soul, and other musical genres from the African diaspora.


Credits
“Sketching with Street Dancers” is created and produced by Lafotographeuse. This session, Volume 5, is co-produced by Mugen. It will be documented by Bboy Static, and the sound system is provided by Karlala Soundsystem. The event venue is courtesy of Arts Connection, who serves as a partner of the event along with CUE.


Traveling to Governor’s Island
Ferries to Governor’s Island are available from Manhattan Battery Maritime Terminal daily and from Brooklyn (Pier 6 and Red Hook) on weekends. Ferry schedule and fare information can be found here.

The program will be held at the Arts Connection Residency House at 408B Colonel’s Row on Governor’s Island.

When exiting the ferry from Manhattan, walk straight ahead and then make a right on Andes Road. Once at the end of that road, make a left onto Tampa Road which will lead into Colonel’s Row. The Arts Connection house is on the left side of the houses at 408B with an Arts Connection banner displayed in front.

See a map of Governors Island and the location of the Residency House on Arts Connection’s website here.

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Closing Program: "A thought is a memory"
May
13
1:00 PM13:00

Closing Program: "A thought is a memory"

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Join us in the gallery on Saturday, May 13th for a closing program for الفكرة ذكرى / A thought is a memory, presented in partnership with the New York Arab Festival and organized by Kamelya Omayma Youssef. The event will include performances and readings by George Abraham (remote participation), Bazeed, Tsohil Bhatia, Rawya El Chab, Nadia Khayrallah, Noel Maghathe, and Tenaya Nasser-Frederick.

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