BORIMIX Celebrates Latino Resilience and Creativity with Art

The BORIMIX festival returns this week, as part of Puerto Rican Heritage Month, to celebrate for a month with a wide variety of theater, dance, music and visual arts events.

A collaboration of Teatro SEA, Teatro LATEA, The Clemente, and CENTRO (Hunter College’s Center for Puerto Rican Studies), BORIMIX makes Puerto Rican arts accessible to a multi-ethnic and multi-generational audience, promoting creative collaboration among Latino artists.

This year, in its 17th edition, the popular event will feature Venezuela as a guest country, as part of its annual tradition of recognizing and honoring mutual ties and intersections between nations.

“BORIMIX has always emphasized the importance of collaboration, intersection, and cross-pollination between artists, media, identities, and nationalities,” says Dr. Manuel Moran, co-founder of the festival and artistic director of Teatro SEA. “By partnering with city organizations and showcasing the arts of a guest country each year, we highlight how Puerto Rican and Latino culture in general transcends borders and strengthens our city.”

“BORIMIX has always emphasized the importance of collaboration, intersection, and cross-pollination between artists, media, identities, and nationalities,” says Dr. Manuel Moran./Courtesy

“For Puerto Rican artists and creators, Puerto Rican Heritage Month truly lasts all year long, with our traditions and culture serving as creative fuel. The BORIMIX Festival was founded to showcase this multidisciplinary talent in our community, and each year it continues to grow in ambition and participation,” said Miguel Trelles, co-founder of the festival and director of Teatro LATEA.

Kicking off with an awards ceremony and community celebration, this Friday, November 4, the festival will feature a variety of events throughout the month, with a program highlighting Puerto Rican and Venezuelan talent.

“Given the humanitarian crisis unfolding in New York City as thousands of asylum seekers (mostly Venezuelans) are pouring into New York and overwhelming shelters, BORIMIX is proud to partner with artists Guadalupe Maravilla and Yara Tirado to host a night of performances to raise funds for asylum seekers, to benefit the Church of the Good Shepherd, which has become a relay sanctuary for immigrants,” said Libertad Guerra, executive director of The Clemente.

The full program is available at borimix.com.