The Americas Society maintains an active schedule of bilingual readings, lectures, book presentations, and conferences featuring Latin American, Caribbean and Canadian writers and scholars. This diverse programming provides a forum for writers and a resource information for literary professionals.
Literature events have included a subvention program for the translation of over 80 works of Latin American literature, including Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. Many of the writers in literature programs have been published in the Americas Society's literary magazine, Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas. Review, the major U.S. forum for contemporary Latin American writing in English translation and for coverage on the Latin American arts, has a readership of 5,000. It has received numerous awards such as the Phoenix Award for Outstanding Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.
The Societys Visual Arts department, dedicated to fostering a better understanding of art in the American regions beyond U.S. borders from the pre-Columbian era to the present day, produces gallery exhibitions, illustrated catalogs, and a variety of public programs. The quality of our exhibitions attests to the diversity and heritage of the Americas, and upholds the mandate of the Americas Society to foster a better understanding of the art made in these regions from the pre-Columbian era to the present day.
The Visual Arts program boasts the longest-standing private space in the United States dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. Americas Society is recognized for its catalyzing role in establishing Latin American art markets in the United States and helping to expand the notion of modernity in the western hemisphere. The success of the department is rooted in its role as not merely a consecratory venue, but also as a platform for new artistic visions and achievements from throughout the Americas.
Americas Society and Council of the Americas are two not-for-profit organizations founded to promote better understanding and dialogue in the Western Hemisphere. The Society and Council offer the most trusted and respected forum for dialog on the compelling issues in our hemisphere, playing a leadership role in bringing decision makers and opinion leaders to the table.
In many cases, the videos included here are excerpted from longer remarks and roundtables. To view full-length videos and other AS/COA webcasts, please visit our website at www.as-coa.org.
Americas Society and Council of the Americas are two not-for-profit organizations founded to promote better understanding and dialogue in the Western Hemisphere. The Society and Council offer the most trusted and respected forum for dialog on the ...
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