The Mexico Now Festival in New York turns 20 years old

New York and Washington. The Mexico Now Festival, the main annual initiative of contemporary artistic interaction between Mexico and the United States, celebrates two decades of existence with six programs of music, photography, film, multimedia expressions and forums from today to November 24 in the city of New York.

The program for the twentieth edition includes the Fandango Jarocho Newyorkino, a night with a selection of short films from the Morelia International Film Festival and the American debut of the Acardenchado Choir.

The festival will culminate with a fragment of a sonic test called Echoes of the border, created by author Valeria Luiselli, composer Leonardo Hellblum and multimedia artist Ricardo Giraldo.

The meeting also includes a presentation of the book Heritage of photographic work about the Valley of Mexico, by Santiago Arau, and a forum on the experiences of disseminating Mexican contemporary art in the United States, build bridges with the artsby curators and cultural promoters.

During its 20 years, the Mexico Now Festival, founded and directed by Claudia Norman, has presented more than 500 artists and cultural workers in New York through its collaborative work with more than 150 cultural centers and institutions, from Lincoln Center, programs universities and several of the main museums of this cultural capital, to alternative and community spaces and centers. The festival is the only independent initiative in New York focused on the arts and culture of Mexico and its diaspora.

Norman, a Mexican producer and curator who has lived in New York for 25 years, is recognized for the wide range of projects she has managed and guided, in addition to the Mexico Now Festival.

He has collaborated with Lincoln Center, Arts International, PEN World Voices, Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach/Days of Action Project in Mexico, Chavela Vargas’ farewell concert at Carnegie Hall, among other efforts. She is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Performing Arts at New School University.

With its extraordinary mix of contemporary artistic expressions, some of ancient tradition, others newborn, the Mexico Now Festival has offered for 20 years a prism of Mexican culture – from Mexico and also from its diaspora – in some of the main venues of this world cultural capital. With this, it has managed to introduce new visions and generate necessary and increasingly urgent binational dialogues.

To see the complete program and more information about the festival, consult https://mexiconowfestival.org/.