Haiti Cultural Exchange, Vizyon Atistik presents What Paper Remembers: Marks, Memory and Labor

Through drawing, printmaking, collage, and mixed media, the What Paper Remembers considers paper as a material that carries memory, labor, and cultural continuity. Paper absorbs gesture records pressure and hesitation, time, revision and return, while holding traces of the hand and the persistence of ideas.  Centering practices shaped by embodied knowledge and movement across place, the exhibition affirms paper not as a provisional surface, but as one that remembers and endures.

Curated by HCX fellow Yvena Despagne and Executive Director Régine M. Roumain.

On view from April 25 through June 7

Featured Artists

Sally Yolaine Binard | Ani Brutus | Jennica Drice | Mel Isidor | Nathalie Jean-Baptiste | Rejin Leys | Julie Rouzier Mevs | Vané Russo

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📍 Haiti Cultural Exchange

35 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn, NY

The NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis presents Black Women in Motion: Race Gender and Migration on film, a monthly series exploring how Black women navigate displacement globally. This Thursday, BWIM presents a screening of Hasta La Raíz directed by Juan Carlos González Díaz and discussion with Ana María Belique (Reconoci.do) and Lou Cornum (NYU).

Imagine that the country where you were born and raised suddenly tells you that you do not belong there. Hasta La Raíz is the story of Ana, Deisy, and Virtudes, three women who face this reality in the Dominican Republic following the denationalization of Dominicans of Haitian descent in 2013. While parts of Dominican society reject them due to their parents' origins, others join their political struggle and embrace their journey to reconnect with their roots.

Free and open to the public.

RSVP required here.

📍 Cantor Film Center

36 E 8th Street, New York, NY 10003

About the Discussants

ANA MARÍA BELIQUE is co-founder and leader of Reconoci.do, a movement which mobilizes and empowers Dominicans of Haitian descent and campaigns for equality and citizenship rights. Her activism centers around the fight to restore the right to nationality for Dominicans of Haitian descent impacted by the Dominican Constitutional Court’s 168-13 ruling, as well as promoting the empowerment of the population of Dominicans of Haitian descent residing in bateyes in the Dominican Republic. She is the author of the children’s book La muñeca de Dieula (Dieula’s Doll). She has also coordinated the publication of two books, Nos Cambió la Vida (They Changed Our Life) and Somos quién Somos (We Are Who We Are), which document the histories of Reconocido members. Belique earned a master’s degree in Latin American and Caribbean studies at NYU and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of South Florida. 

LOU CORNUM is Assistant Professor of Native American Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU and a founding editorial collective member of Pinko Magazine. Their research interests broadly encompass Critical Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Cultural Studies with particular attention to Native American literature and politics.They are currently working on a book project tentatively titled Lunar Landings: Critical Indigenous Studies and the Colonization of Space. Cornum holds a Ph.D. in English from the City University of New York Graduate Center, an M.A. from the University of British Columbia, and a B.A. from Columbia University. They are an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation.

Kanaval season wraps at HCX! Join artists and curators for a special night of rara, light refreshments and a last look at JAKMÈL: The Unveiling of Kanaval. A special live performance by Bacheler Jean-Pierre.

Come enjoy fritay, rhum cocktails, and community as we say goodbye to this vibrant exhibition!

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📍Haiti Cultural Exchange, 35 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Join featured artists Steven Baboun, Tania L. Balan-Gaubert, Bacheler Jean-Pierre, Christina Rateau, and Kedler St-Hilaire for a virtual conversation about the current exhibition JAKMÈL / The Unveiling of Kanaval, on view at Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) through March 29, 2026.

JAKMÈL | The Unveiling of Kanaval is a living archive of survival stories, memory, and self-expression.

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Moments We Carried Home is Brooklyn, New York native Khidr Joseph’s thesis show at SAIC. Joseph’s work spans photography, public art, sculpture, and film. His thesis show is a follow up to solo exhibitions In Loving Memory and his Create Change AIR 2024 residency with The Laundromat Project, where he presented All About Love: Community Narratives.

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@khidrjoseph / khidrjoseph.com

📍 SAIC Galleries, 33 East Washington Street, Chicago, IL 60602

Renowned worldwide for its elaborate papier-mâché masks, political satire, and community-driven artistry, Jakmèl's Kanaval is more than a celebration—it is a living archive of survival stories, memory, and self-expression. Born from Haiti's revolutionary past and shaped by generations of local artisans, the carnival has long served as a platform for social commentary, collective healing, and cultural pride.

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Featured Artists:

Steven Baboun @stevenbaboun

Tania L. Balan-Gaubert @tanialaure

Bacheler Jean-Pierre @bachbid5

Charles Jean-Pierre @cjpgallery

Lori Martineau @lo_ayiti

Christina Rateau @blue_spiritu

Kedler St-Hilaire @kedlerskyve

With sculpture from the Tequila Minsky Private Collection

Curated by HCX Curatorial Fellow Yvena Despagne (@yvenadespagneart) and Executive Director Régine M. Roumain

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Gallery hours: Wednesday by appointment and Thursday - Sunday, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

📍 Haiti Cultural Exchange, 35 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Haiti Night with Watson Mere x Stephanie Pierre @ Black Gotham

NERDY THURSDAYS is the Black Gotham Experience take on the Harlem Renaissance salon. A familiar place to meet new ideas. Come and enjoy complimentary signature drinks, a thematic soundtrack by the featured DJ, check out our library, and make sense of the day. The BGX Spring theme is: Land of the Blacks; Summer is: Black Vision Day; and Fall is: As Above So Below.

Free >> TICKETS

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Talk features:

Black Gotham Experience (BGX) @blackgotham

Watson Mere @artofmere_

Stephanie Pierre @hat5hep5ut x @themelaninproject x @istwa_yoga

📍 BGX Gallery - Front St between Fulton & John Street / Seaport District (Manhattan)

🚆 Train Access: A, C, 2, 3, 4, 5, J, or Z to Fulton Street