CUE Art Foundation

Opening Reception with Miatta Kawinzi and Ronny Quevedo
Saturday, April 10, 2-5pm

Please join us for a day-long opening reception with artist Miatta Kawinzi and curator-mentor Ronny Quevedo in conjunction with Kawinzi’s solo exhibition, Soft is Strong. Visitors can make appointments for 30-minute slots to view the exhibition, pick up a catalogue, and speak with the artist and curator-mentor. A maximum of 8 people will be admitted at a time.

Kawinzi’s practice employs multimedia installation, video, and prints to consider conditions of fragmentation, multiplicity, and softness within the African diaspora as sites for belonging, possibility, and regeneration. Born in the Southern United States to a Liberian mother and Kenyan father, the New York-based artist’s work explores cultural hybridity, motifs of doubling, and linguistic experimentation in conversation with Black feminist literary traditions, uplifting a poetics of liberation that simultaneously holds space for loss while imagining paths towards reparation and renewal.

Health and safety protocols for gallery visitors during opening reception
Visitors will be limited to no more than 8 people at a time. Masks or face coverings are mandatory upon entry. Stay six feet apart from others. An optional hands-free thermometer is available upon entry. Hand sanitizer will be available. Checklists and press releases are available on our website. Limited printed copies will be available upon inquiry. If you think you have a fever, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days, or have had close contact with anyone who is confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19, please don’t visit the gallery.

If there is space, walk-ins will be able to view the exhibition. We do not require appointments during regular gallery hours.

Access Notes
CUE Art Foundation is wheelchair accessible. There is an all-gender, ADA compliant, single-stall bathroom in the gallery. The space is not scent-free, but we do request that people attending come low-scent. The closest wheelchair accessible MTA subway stations are Penn Station and Herald Square Station. If you have additional access questions or needs, please contact info@cueartfoundation.org (ideally with at least 48 hours before the event) and we will do our best to accommodate you.