On the final weekend of Invisible Hands, Abang-guard (Jevijoe Vitug+Maureen Catbagan) will be performing Handle with Care with special guests Louisa Lam and AIW home care workers. The performance will be happening on Friday, Sept 15th, 6pm at 601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, NYC
The artists will discuss their works featured in the exhibition, No More 24! May Day Tapestry (2023) and Care Guardian (2023), followed by a meditative participatory performance including poetry by Louisa Lam and stories from AIW home care workers.
Louisa Lam holds an MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry, from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Queens and works as a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her writing and poems have been published in New York Magazine, The Greensboro Review, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Perspective web series.
Ain’t I a Woman!? (AIW) is a campaign led by immigrant women home care workers organizing against 24-hour workdays in New York City.
Invisible Hands is an exhibition curated by Emireth Herrera Valdés and highlights works by Abang-guard (Jevijoe Vitug+Maureen Catbagan), Margarita Cabrera, Brendan Fernandes, Jay Lynn Gomez, Zac Hacmon, Jamie Martinez, Patrick Martinez, Dulce Pinzón, Hernando Restrepo, Luis Alvaro Sahagun, and Betty Yu. Curated by Emireth Herrera Valdés. The show will be on view from July 22 - Sept 17, 2023 at 601Artspace on 88 Eldridge Street.