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Cultural worker from the Bronx, using aesthetics to preserve culture, amplify political expression, and archive our stories and divinity.

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I will do a @thechubbychicano collection video when my hoodie arrives. These 2 Blazers were so worth the investment. Que Viva MEXICO CABRONES! 💋 by @bxdaydreamer

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6 months ago

How are cultural institutions keeping immigrant artists and immigrant communities safe?

This isn’t a critique of every institution. We’re fortunate to be working with the queens museum team, who have been active partners in thinking through these challenges with care and urgency.

But the question still stands:

When immigrant communities are facing heightened surveillance and fear, how are institutions adapting?
How are they assessing risk? Are immigrant artists and immigrant communities being considered in conversations about safety, access, and care?
We’re often invited into these spaces to share our labor, creativity, stories, and histories. But are our realities being considered when institutions plan for moments like these? Are staff getting trained? Or are these spaces choosing to just wish for the best? Iam genuinely curious, this “industry” is gate kept entirely to much for me to believe these conversations are even a priority.

Community care cannot begin and end with representation. It requires an ongoing commitment to the people behind the work and the communities that make it possible.

I’d love to hear how other artists, organizers, and cultural institutions are thinking through these questions.

#latinxcreatives #immigrantstories #nycculture by @bxdaydreamer

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5 days ago

Last week was a dream come true that was quickly grounded in the reality I wish to escape. We had to post pone our public opening due to the increased enforcement of ICE. As a directly impacted person I hid for a couple of years due to heartbreak and fear. This exhibition was an opportunity to be seen in a new capacity. Although I am filled with rage that we couldn’t guarantee safety to the artists & their guests. This has called me into thinking more about accessibility, documentation and the importance of this project and collective. It has awakened new goals and ideas. Thankful to the community organizers who keep us safe.

I am deeply grateful and touched that @amoxpueblo trusted me with this 5th installment of Te Amo Porque SOS Pueblo and for Hidden Altars of Grief and Remembrance to be received so well. Thank you for your support, encouragement and care.

I am honored. I encourage folks to check it out the exhibit if you feel comfortable and safe to do so. The exhibition will be up until February 7! If you want to schedule a tour or will like to sponsor an artist walk through please reach out.

I will be posting a lot more photos and videos of the exhibition in the coming weeks.

Once again thank you.

📸 @xicanayork by @bxdaydreamer

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5 days ago

Kinda Interesting Things #361: “Hidden Altars of Grief and Remembrance” by ¡Te Amo Porque S.O.S. Pueblo! at @queensmuseum

If you’re walking through the Queens Museum, you’ll come across this ofrenda: an altar used to remember and honor our loved ones who have passed on, and an important part of Día de Muertos. But here, it’s part of a larger exhibit about what our immigrant communities carry when they leave home: grief, memories, and the traditions that keep us connected.

This is “Hidden Altars of Grief and Remembrance” at the Queens Museum.

Guest Curator: Guadalupe Ambrosio
Featured Artists: Blanka Amezkua, Danny Aros, Odette Chavez-Mayo, Alexis Duque, Patricia Espinosa, Eufemia, Eugenia, Rigo Flores and Candida Flores, Gabriel Garcia Roman, Mary Teresa Giancoli, Manuel Hernandez Sanchez, Les-lie, Evelyn Martinez Magno, Ruddy Mejia, Lesly Mejia-Flores, Katherine Miranda, Aurelio del Muro Balandrán, Cristian I. Pena V, Maru Ponce, Niceli Portugal, Lupita Romero, and Marco Saavedra

On view at the Queens Museum until 2-07-2027 taken in Queens Museum by @bxdaydreamer

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7 days ago

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8 days ago

I'm proud to share that I've been selected to serve
a two-year volunteer term on the @northstarfund Community Funding Committee.

For the past 15 years, my work has centered on immigrant justice, education policy, cultural work, and grassroots organizing. Through it all, a common thread has been helping make resources, opportunities, and power more accessible, equitable, and community-controlled, especially for those most impacted by systemic barriers.

I’m honored to contribute to a funding process rooted in the belief that communities closest to the challenges are also closest to the solutions.

Looking forward to learning alongside fellow committee members and supporting grassroots organizations building a more just New York.

I ❤️ NY !!!

Photo by Tony Ramirez ( @capturedby_tony ) by @bxdaydreamer

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17 days ago

Te Amo Porque S.O.S. Pueblo!: Hidden Altars of Grief and Remembrance
Opening October 11, 2026 — Queens Museum
Exhibition on view October 7, 2026 – February 7, 2027

¡Te Amo Porque S.O.S. Pueblo! is an evolving group exhibition and collective of immigrant artists who are directly impacted by immigration, alongside artists with family histories shaped by border crossings. Rooted in personal immigration stories, the project serves as a living love letter to communities facing systemic struggles due to their legal status.

Hidden Altars of Grief and Remembrance features 23 artists impacted by immigration and the communities they represent.
The exhibition creates a space where grief, memory, and cultural survival meet, showing how immigrant communities build archives of their lives and experiences through art, ritual, and collective care.
I’m deeply honored to present this work.

Thank you to @blankaamezkua for the opportunity. Thank you @vivabartleby, Niceli for all your support and encouragement.

Thank you @alejandradelfin for your support and mentorship, and to the Queens Museum staff for the opportunity to learn and collaborate. Gracias por tenerme paciencia y por crear en mí.

Lastly thank you @ivnrsls for being such a champion of my work❤️❤️❤️❤️

Picture by my beautiful friend @xicanayork by @bxdaydreamer

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25 days ago

Septiembre
First 2 📸 @sisterbatwing by @bxdaydreamer

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a month ago

🇲🇽…. Ok bye 💕

Sourcing the hat for this project took longer than expected, but for $1 it was worth the wait 🗽 by @bxdaydreamer

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a month ago

homesick at home
A walk in the neignborhood brought me closer to
CDMX: a photo series titled
Forced Distance
Connected by Spirit
Exploring the call of La Virgencita by @bxdaydreamer

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a month ago

I am currently curating an exhibition and creating work from childhood family photographs, and I’ve noticed the same themes returning again and again: grief, gratitude, faith, and tenderness.

At the heart of it all is a longing for something both absent and enduring.

I wanted to share some of the artist and works I’ve been revisiting lately, which so beautifully honor memory and care.

Artists:
1. Carmen Lomas Garza (Slides 1-2)
2. Amalia Mesa-Bains (Slides 3-4)
3. Consuelo Jimenez Underwood (Slide 5)

1.All of Carmen Lomas Garza’s work, but especially the picture book Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia. Tamalada (1990) was my favorite image in the book. It was the first book that reminded me of my family in Mexico and of my life before the Bronx became home as a child.

2. The one and only Amalia Mesa-Bains, whose work I first discovered through my fascination with altars. Her installation, The Virgin’s Garden (1994/2022), featured in Venus Envy Chapter II, left a lasting impression on me. She transforms everyday objects, family histories, and spiritual traditions into powerful spaces of memory, devotion, and cultural affirmation.

Photograph by Matthew Sherman/Courtesy of El Museo del Barrio

Continued - Amalia Mesa-Bains is easily one of my top five favorite Chicana artists.

Photograph by Matthew Sherman/Courtesy of El Museo del Barrio

3.Consuelo Jimenez Underwood’s Manahatta Rain Song (2023),Acrylic paint, pastel, colored aluminum wire, leather barbed wire, nails. Presented as a wall installation at The Armory Show with Ruiz-Healy Art, New York

I am drawn to the way she weaves together history and movement through textiles.

“We’re always running, it seems. And in New York, everyone is running. What are we running on?” — Consuelo Jimenez Underwood

Photo courtesy of Daniel Terna. by @bxdaydreamer

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