Americas Society Inc

Art at americas society program -the art at americas society program boasts the longest-standing private space in the united states dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from latin america, the caribbean, and canada. It has achieved a unique and renowned leadership position in the field, producing both historical and contemporary exhibitions. The art at americas society program presents exhibitions accompanied by a series of public and educational programs featuring outstanding artists, curators, critics, and scholars. Art at americas society produces exhibition catalogues as well as scholarly publications.in 2024, the art at americas society program presented three exhibitions and 11 public programs. Part ii of the two-part exhibition, el dorado: myths of gold was on display from january through may 2024. The exhibition showcased artworks by more than 60 artists that challenge, reinforce, and question the continuity of the myth of el dorado into the present. The show included paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, engravings, and videos that offer new interpretations and questions about the myth from a hemispheric lens. The new york times included this exhibition in its "best art of 2024" list.in june 2024, alejandra seeber: interior with landscapes opened at americas society. The first solo institutional presentation of the argentine artist in new york showcased boldly colorful paintings depicting domestic interiors that highlight the tension between representation and abstraction. To guide the viewers through her works, the show was accompanied by minigolf installations across the gallery. The exhibition was covered by hyperallergic, arte al dia, and clarin.the appearance: art of the asian diaspora in latin america & the caribbean was on view from september through december 2024. The exhibition highlighted the artistic production of the asian diaspora in the region from the 1950s to the present. Focusing on postwar and contemporary art, the show included works of 29 artists from 15 countries working in a range of artistic mediums including painting, sculpture, performance, photography, and video. The new york times, the brooklyn rail, efe, and hyperallergic wrote about the appearance.in march 2020, art at americas society launched in the studio, a series of conversations with artists taking place on instagram live and published on youtube. In 2024, americas society hosted two in the studio conversations, featuring notable guests such as artists fernando bryce, priscilla monge, karen lofgren, and vicente telles.

Music program -music of the americas features renowned and emerging performers from latin america, the caribbean, and canada, as well as u.s. Latino artists. In about 20 concerts per year - including early music, classical, contemporary, jazz, and traditional music - music of the americas reflects the diversity of music produced in the americas. The music of the americas concert series gives access to innovative music and creative opportunities by offering free admission to in-person concerts and unlimited access to online content, including full-length performances and daily virtual videos. In 2024, over 1,500 people attended music of the americas' concerts in person.highlights of the 2024 series included a new collaboration with the mexican arts festival celebrate mexico now, the first live collaboration of mexican singer magos herrera and brazilian singer monica salmaso, a conversation and a performance of selections from daniel catan's opera "florencia en el amazonas, and a two-day festival by the quartet momenta celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of iconic composer charles ives.music of the americas produces two virtual series: en casa (daily videos by artists performing from their home) and recuerdos (previously unseen material from performances at americas society, some dating back decades). In addition to these daily videos, performances for the music of the america concert series are recorded for subsequent release online.in 2024, these online series released 88 videos, which earned 2.3 million views by audiences worldwide on the as/coa website, youtube channel, and music of the americas' social media profiles (facebook, instagram, and twitter).music of the americas programs were featured in the new york times, opera wire, and ntn24, among other prominent media outlets.

As/coa online -the website of americas society/council of the americas (www.as-coa.org) reached 2.7 million pageviews in 2024 as the go-to source for regional election coverage, poll trackers, and news about latin america. As/coa's podcast, latin america in focus, features expert and diverse voices from across the region to cover issues such as elections, tech, culture, and economics. Available across all major platforms and released twice monthly, the podcast marked its eighth year of production in 2024 and earned 50,000 downloads over the year.as/coa online continues to extend the organization's impact through broadcasting its programming on the website and social media. Programs streamed on multiple platforms, including livestream, twitter, youtube, facebook, and instagram. Our following grew by 26 percent on linkedin and 57 percent on instagram over the course of the year. Linkedin reached 400,000 impressions while instagram registered 3.25 million impressions. As/coa's instagram reels reached a total of roughly 3 million views. As/coa's youtube channel earned 615,000 views, marking a 75.7 percent growth in viewership year on year.in addition, as/coa online delivers content and programmatic updates through two newsletters: news & views, which is received by more than 54,500 subscribers made up of ceos, diplomats, academics, and public- and private-sector leaders; and el chasqui, a newsletter rounding up regional news for journalists and other subscribers based across the region and globe.media relations & visibility -during 2024, as/coa registered over 12,000 mentions in latin american and u.s. Media outlets that covered our public events, interviewed or quoted our experts, and wrote about our cultural programming. Several media outlets, like brazil's poder360 and argentina's la nacion transmitted our programs live on their websites, increasing our visibility and live viewership. As/coa also continued to develop new media partnerships to promote our events through interviews with as/coa's leaders, ad banners, articles, and podcast and newsletter mentions. These collaborations were done with regional outlets such as bloomberg linea; el pais; dfsud; and estrategia & negocios, as well as local media outlets such as chile's el mostrador; guatemala's prensa libre; mexico's el financiero; and brazil's exame.notable media coverage included appearances in the new york times, the washington post, the wall street journal, the boston globe, agencia efe, agence france-presse, associated press, bbc news, bbc news brasil, bloomberg, cnn, cnn en espanol, cnn brasil, el economista, el pais, el tiempo, foreign policy, axios, financial times, forbes, the telegraph, infobae, la nacion, w radio, el mercurio, la tercera, excelsior, miami herald, npr, ntn24, deutsche welle, o globo, politico, reuters, and voice of america.