World Cultures, World Arts Series: José Betancourt on Cuba: Reconstructing Memories
Thu Oct 23 2025
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1:00PM
– 2:00PM
| Thu Oct 23 2025
Event Description:
In Cuba: Reconstructing Memories, the artist José Betancourt revisits his childhood migration journey as part of the Freedom Flights program, which carried over 250,000 Cubans to a new life in the United States between 1965 and 1973. Betancourt’s images emerge from memory, blending fragments of personal recollection with sentimental objects and old family photographs from Cuba. Using both digital and historical photographic processes, the artist reconstructs memory through experimental techniques. Rather than literal documentation, the works evoke the emotional tension between absence and nostalgia, shaped by a longing for lost culture and identity.
The World Cultures, World Arts Series bridges the gap between the business education of a Baruch student and the cultural and artistic world. In each session, an artist or art historian presents a detailed look at a piece of artwork, its context and its relevance for today. We will connect world cultures with the fine arts, to see if we can find an alternate way to become globally-accomplished students. The Baruch community is invited to attend this free online lecture.
