Aquí Seguimos Artist Talk ft. Ismail Khalidi & Edgar Reyes

Join Chile-based Palestinian playwright and screenwriter Ismail Khalidi in conversation with Baltimore-based Mexican artist Edgar Reyes
About this Event

Supported by the Institute for Palestine Studies
Aquí Seguimos hosts Chile-based Palestinian playwright and screenwriter Ismail Khalidi and local Mexican multimedia artist and professor Edgar Reyes in conversation with our curators, Alana Guzman and Marah Abdel Jaber.  Together, they’ll examine the role of art in the national consciousness of Palestinian and LatinX communities and the necessity for radical imagination in the face of unending devastation.

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About Aquí Seguimos

Aquí Seguimos: A Legacy of Love and a History of Resistance is a collaborative group exhibition and fundraiser honoring the connection between Mexican and Palestinian communities. Rooted in contemporary art, this show aims to honor the radical act of imagining liberation while living with the weight of the histories we inherit and the reality we endure.

Cansados, casi muertos, desesperados, aquí seguimos.

Tired, nearly dead, desperate, we remain.

As our communities face escalating violence, deportation, erasure, and dehumanization, Aquí Seguimos is an act of refusal — a call to persist. Featuring works by Mexican and Palestinian artists across mediums and borders, Aquí Seguimos reminds us that radical imagination and the preservation of culture are resistance against those who seek to erase us. As a fundraiser, the event will evenly direct proceeds toward the Gaza Mutual Aid Collective and Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, while also serving as a meaningful cultural offering to the broader community.

Opening September 3, 2026 at Making Space BMore, Aquí Seguimos is set against a backdrop of the Sabra and Shatila Massacre (1982) and Mexican Independence (1810-1821). The exhibition reflects a liminality that continues to haunt our communities: the suspension between grief and joy, tragedy and liberation, suffering and sovereignty.

PRESENTED BY:
La Sonora

CURATED BY:
Alana Guzman & Marah Abdel Jaber

ART BY:
Ahmed Alaqra (Ramallah, Palestine)

Angelina Rios-Galindo (Washington, D.C.)

Caro (Baltimore, Maryland)

Deko_uno (Ciudad Juárez, México)

Edgar Reyes (Baltimore, Maryland)

Emisopa (Mexico City, Mexico)

Evanelly Aguilar (Los Angeles, California)

Jasmeen Al Rayyes (Baltimore, Maryland)

Jilian Abir Macmaster (Frederick, Maryland)

Khaled Hourani (Ramallah, Palestine)

Kholoud (Gaza, Palestine)

Laura Irene (Baltimore, Maryland)

Mirabelle Xóchitl (Strasbourg, France)

Paulina Rosiles (El Paso, Texas)

Zoé Plata (Puebla, Mexico)

PHOTOGRAPHY BY:

Diana Young (Aguascalientes, Mexico)

Livier Miroslava (Aguascalientes, Mexico)

Maen Hammad (Ramallah, Palestine)

Thalia Gochez (Los Angeles, California)

WORDS BY:

Ayling Zulema Dominguez (Arizona, U.S.)

Anna Flores (Nogales, Arizona)

Estefanía (New York City, New York)

Jehad Abudayya (Gaza, Palestine)

Samah Zaher Ahmed Zaqout (Gaza, Palestine)

Shahd Alnaouq (Gaza, Palestine)

SOUNDS BY:

NokTambula (Mexico City, Mexico)

PRINTS BY:

Flor de Luna (Washington, D.C.)

Mario Luna (Dallas, TX)