Fortuna
ORGANIZED BY ENERO Y ABRIL AND ALLEGRA HANGEN
Fortuna is an art space and residency exchange program that connects artists and communities in Omaha, Nebraska and Mexico City committed to forming meaningful and reciprocal interactions between creative individuals in our communities through our exhibitions, workshops, and site-specific residencies.
Fortuna’s residency program acts as both bridge and container through which dynamic networks and genuine relationships can form between artists in Mexico City and Omaha, Nebraska. They provide artists with time, space, and opportunities for one-on-one collaboration to develop their artistic practice. Fortuna is interested in the vast possibilities of experiential learning, experimental collaboration, and unconventional presentations of art.
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Fortuna is fiscally sponsored by Amplify Arts. Through fiscal sponsorship, artists, organizers, and cultural workers in the Omaha area can leverage some of the benefits of Amplify’s tax-exempt status to solicit tax-deductible donations. Donations to Fortuna directly support the its exhibitions, workshops, and residencies.
Enero y Abril is a visual artist from Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico whose work focuses on generating counternarratives that sprout from artistic terrains, dialoguing with different tools like appropriation, collage, oral histories, audiovisual experimentations, and DIY practices. Her practice is strongly tied to collaboration and inclusive practices that often involve underrepresented artists and/or individuals who are normally excluded from the production and reception of art. Her work has been shown in solo and group shows as well as film festivals throughout Latin America. She has facilitated numerous workshops and has helped organize various community projects and events across Mexico.
Allegra Hangen is a multidisciplinary artist who works in video installations, photography, found footage, and archives. Hangen!s artwork is concerned with social and cultural issues, usually focusing on the social effects of images and architecture. She has collaborated with various institutional and independent collaborative projects in the United States and Mexico, working as a community workshop coordinator, a film festival curator and programmer, an arts educator in museum settings, and a passionate connector of artists and creatives.