The endangered Midwest hug — not yet, please!
March 27, 2020
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 3-27-20 The Endangered Mid-West Hug – Not Yet Please! The Earth is finally getting a break, but
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo visited Albion as part of the Albion College Philip C. Curtis Artist-in-Residence program.
During the fall of 2019, Nicolás visited with Albion residents, and shared information about his pilgrimage in Albion at the Bobbit Visual Arts Center. He also wrote a column for The Recorder Newspaper called “Albion Through My Eyes.” See that series below.
Albion was given a chance to see itself from the eyes of a complete stranger during the fall of 2019. The articles below were about the experience, from the eyes of the visitor, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful in his series of articles in The Recorder. Below these, see information about the art display, Caminata, that was sponsored by Albion College.
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 3-27-20 The Endangered Mid-West Hug – Not Yet Please! The Earth is finally getting a break, but
Upon returning from Albion, I resume walking in the Bronx with the intention of finding a place in its day-to-day, again, within my already familiar
Below – a gallery of Albion’s material culture that gathered, catalogued and displayed at the Bobbitt Visual Arts Center at Albion College. Caminata, a three-month
Three months seem just like last week, and yesterday appears to be like an hour ago. But that is all in Chronos time, where one
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 12-12-19 Mexico in the Midwest The first image that catches my sight upon arriving in Albion
Trips can be unpredictable, but also a good time to reflect on the stages of life Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 11-28-19 Healing in the city of kindness Walking down S. Hannah at 4:30 in the afternoon
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 11-21-19 Moving with the Spirit Why are there so many churches in Albion? I leave my
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 11-14-19 Singing the names of the streets “Before I met you [Nicolás] I did not know Albion
Maurice Barry, Dr. Harry Bonner, and Larry Williams Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 11-7-19 In their Jackets Not wanting to be
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 10-31-19 For years, I have been working at the intersection of life and art, a
Albion Through My Eyes – Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful October 24, 2019 If, as Emily Dickinson’s poem says, ‘“Hope” is the thing with feathers,’ what
Albion Through My Eyes – Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful October 17, 2019 In the age of the pervasive cell phone, postcards and the like appear
Albion Through My Eyes by Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful On Feet and Wheels Much like a painter uses a paintbrush or a photographer deploys a
To Hug or Not to Hug The acceptance letter to be a visiting artist at Albion College and the documents that ensued after my positive
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo was the visiting artist at the Albion College during the fall of 2019. He sought to meet people in Albion. He wrote a series of articles about his experience in Albion for The Recorder newspaper.
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo is a performance artist and teacher who has worked across the USA and internationally at venues such as Madrid Abierto/ARCO, The IX Havana Biennial, PERFORMA 05 and 07, IDENSITAT, Prague Quadrennial, and NYU Cantor Film Center. He has received grants and residencies from Art Matters, Lambent Foundation, MacDowell Colony, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Printed Matter Inc., PS1/MoMA, and Yaddo, and holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and an MA from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. Nicolás teaches art at the visionary City & Country School in Manhattan and presents architectural workshops that help SEQ ART KIDS students create their own utopian architecture.