“I am not a photographer, but I find satisfaction in identifying, framing and recording images that impact me. I am not a poet, but there are circumstances that move me to express my feelings in language that can be defined as poetic.”
~ Jorge Rogachevsky, Arlington resident.
What do members of Arlington’s Latino communities dream of? What poems do they write? What is their favorite dance step? How do they tell their story? How do they express hope? Our exhibit at the Studio PAUSE Community Gallery this Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 – Oct 15) tells these stories and more. As the Studio’s Latino creatives have been sharing how they would like to celebrate, we took in all their ideas, and will have the exhibit up until mid December 2025.
In 2023 we started documenting 10 years of our work at Studio PAUSE, a community history of people, place, and expression. We also started to catalog the Studio PAUSE Community Art Collection. Starting in 2025, we shared materials from these archives with the public. We are constantly inspired by our past work and want to bring it to the present in creative and exciting new ways. In this exhibit, we bring together pieces from the collection along with art and poetry shared by the community, to tell a longer story as we start Year 13 of the Studio.
The exhibit include artworks, poems in English and Spanish, photos and more. Exhibit participants have roots in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. A selection of the exhibit will travel as a pop-up exhibit to the Arlington County’s Festival Latinoamericano on Friday, October 3rd, 5-9 pm.