Haitian Art Digital Crossroads Launch & Keynote w/Yvena Despagne
Schedule
Thu Nov 20 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
225 Commercial St., Waterloo, IA, United States, Iowa 50701 | Waterloo, IA
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After five years of research and development we are happy to announce the launch of the Haitian Arts Digital Crossroads portal. We wanted to share the effort and importance of amplifying our Haitian Art Collection, while also welcoming other Haitian Art Collections from around the world into this effort.
Please come out and join us for a launch party and keynote address:
"THE FAÇADE AND FUTURES OF HAITIAN ART" by guest speaker and curator Yvena Despagne.
Launch Party & Keynote
November 20, 2025, 5:00-7:30pm with talk at 6:00pm
This event is free and open to the public
Yvena Despagne is a passionate advocate for emerging and midcareer artists. Yvena has consistently championed intercultural dialogue and collaboration throughout her career. From her role as Art Director at La MaMa Galleria, Associate Curator with Arts Gowanus, and Founder and Creative Director for Art x Ayiti, an online platform dedicated to highlighting contemporary artists of Haitian descent, Yvena continues to create vital spaces
for diverse voices in art.
The Haitian Art Digital Crossroads project is a partnership between Grinnell College and the Waterloo Center for the Arts. Find out more about this project at https://hadc.sites.grinnell.edu
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