This reception and curator dialogue is free and open to all.
Join Denise Massa, Visual Resources Curator, and Payton Phillips Quintanilla, Latin American & Iberian Studies Librarian and Curator in Rare Books and Special Collections at Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries, for the opening reception of Folded Voices / Voces plegadas: Practicing Symbiosis through the Handmade Book / Practicando la simbiosis a través del libro artesanal. Experience a first-look at the works on view, hear from Massa and Phillips Quintanilla on their collaborative approach to curating the exhibition, and be among the first to contribute to the Living Responsive Archive installation.
Folded Voices / Voces plegadas situates Latin American and diasporic accordion-form books within a long lineage of material memory keeping. By centering the works of contemporary artist-activists, integrating experiential events into the gallery, and extending that outreach to campus and community spaces, Folded Voices / Voces plegadas invites audiences to become co-creators through dialogue and collaborative art making.
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About the Venue
The Hesburgh Library (main library) and its collections and services are open to the public. The Rare Books & Special Collections Exhibit Room is located on the main floor near the west entrance of the library and is open Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. Visitors will be asked to leave the library by 8:00pm, when the building becomes available exclusively for the academic use of current Notre Dame students, faculty, and staff.
The library is designed to be physically accessible and includes step-free entrances, automatic doors, elevators with tactile input, accessible restrooms, and wheel accessible workstations and study rooms. For questions or more information about accessibility, including Assistive Technology and Alternative Formats, visit the library’s website or contact the Ask Us Desk at (574) 631-6258.
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Funding & Support
This exhibition and its associated programming are made possible with funding from Hesburgh Libraries Rare Books and Special Collections. Workshop venues and staffing support provided by La Casa de Amistad and Notre Dame’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design.
Folded Voices / Voces plegadas is a partner program of the 2027 Notre Dame Arts Biennial and is supported with funding from the Notre Dame Arts Initiative.
Image: Artists Paloma Núñez-Regueiro and Quique Avilés. Photos courtesy of the artists.