Journal
A ripple-effect from the Artists Residency
At the 2025 Artists Residency at the Center, Uruguayan artist Daniel Martinez spent the week creating plein air watercolors of New York cityscapes and talking with fellow artists-in-residence. He left the Residency feeling inspired—not just by the streets of New York, but by the community and structure the program provided. …
Speaking over Silence: A Conversation with Susana Silva & Gonzalo Silva
On August 5, 2025, Argentine artists and siblings Susana and Gonzalo Silva opened their first collaborative art show, Instrumentos de silencio, at Sargent’s’ Daughters, a gallery in lower Manhattan. Throughout the evening, visitors peered close to see the intricate details of Susana’s geometric paper cutting and Gonzalo’s photography and 3-D printed works, all of which explore themes of language, translation, technology, and the role of those modes in preserving the stories of communities across time and space in warm hues of red, silver, orange, black, and gold.
