This film screening is free and open to all. The screening will take place on Notre Dame's campus, and location details will be announced soon.
Join Hesburgh Libraries Rare Books and Special Collections at Notre Dame (RBSC) in welcoming Quique Avilés for a screening of his latest documentary film exploring how Salvadoran immigrants in Washington, D.C. use art to heal from the trauma of the Salvadoran Civil War, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
Featured in RBSC’s spring 2027 exhibition, Folded Voices / Voces plegadas, Avilés is an acclaimed poet, performer, filmmaker and activist who has spent four decades addressing social justice, immigration experience and racial inequalities. Originally from El Salvador, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts graduate founded the LatiNegro Theater Collective, an ensemble of African American and Latino artists. He also co-founded the influential arts-activism organization Sol & Soul, serving as its artist director. His raw and poignant poetry on the immigration experience has been featured on NPR’s Latino USA and published in his award-winning Art and poetry book, The Immigrant Museum.
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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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: Quique Avilés. Photo courtesy of the artist.