Centro, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States.
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July 03, 2025
Since color became the default in cinema, using black-and-white is now a deliberate choice (Misek, 2010). In black-and-white cinematography, lighting plays a crucial role in defining contrasts and visual dynamics. … Continued
July 01, 2025
Nayda Collazo-Llorens (b.1968, San Juan, PR) is an artist based in Michigan who works on paper, canvas, video, installation, site-specific and public art projects. The core themes of her practice … Continued
June 26, 2025
Working in the arts was something I never envisioned for myself, considering my background as a Human Rights lawyer in my home country, Venezuela. My early career was defined by … Continued
June 24, 2025
So many things are familiar to me in this image: the chanclas, a staple of my childhood, for instance. A shoe that isn’t a shoe at all. In my house … Continued
June 20, 2025
Bronx-born photographer Christopher López shares his work as a lens-based artist and public historian.
July 03, 2025
Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People honors Puerto Rican identities in the archipelago and its diasporas. Puerto Rico’s colonial status and geographical location situate it as a locus of global encounters and ongoing displacement. On view at CENTRO Gallery (2180 3rd Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY) through September 25, 2025 Mon-Thur 12-5pm.
July 03, 2025
In 1958, an emerging Puerto Rican community was displaced from New York City’s Lincoln Square and San Juan Hill neighborhoods to make way for the construction of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Fordham University. Infamously called “the Puerto Rican Slum” and “the worst slum in New York,” by the architect of New York’s Urban Renewal Process, Robert Moses, Lincoln Square and San Juan Hill were home to approximately 2,000 Puerto Ricans.
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