MA Curatorial Practice presents a talk by Jose Roca, the founder and artistic director of FLORA ars + natura, an art and residency-based space in Bogota, Colombia, that specializes in the relationship between art and nature. He will be in conversation with Gabriela Rangel, director of visual arts and chief curator, the Americas Society, New York, and Ana Sokoloff, a leading art advisor who has championed the Colombian scene worldwide for the last two decades. Together, they will discuss the role of independent spaces in the context of the broadening art scene in Colombia, focusing on the evolving process that has shaped FLORA.

As part of its commitment to connect with the global arts community, MA Curatorial Practice has launched “Local Address,” an ongoing series of panel discussions and conversations that provide multiple entry points to international perspectives presented by practitioners from abroad who discuss the political, social, and economic urgencies that impact cultural production in a local place. These first-person narratives provide New York audiences with an invaluable understanding of local conditions and situations in cities that range from Beijing to Bogotá, and from Bridgetown to Beirut, among others.

In times of social and political turbulence, we aspire to foster the development and exchange of new ideas and cross-cultural understanding, promoting a diversity of views and intellectual thought through peer-to-peer learning and critical discourse.

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Remapping the Landscape: Culture, Nature, Politics and the Place of Change