Arts & Culture

This page collects Documented stories related to immigration and the arts.

Arts & Culture Our City

Cecilia Delgado Walks, Talks, Sees and Thinks Like a Storyteller

BY Fisayo Okare Apr 01, 2024

Arts & Culture Our City

Julio Torres Wants Us to Laugh at the Immigration System

BY Fisayo Okare Mar 18, 2024

Arts & Culture Chinatown Chinese community

Lunar New Year Parade: NYC Chinatown Celebrates Annual Firecracker Ceremony

BY April Xu Feb 12, 2024

Arts & Culture Chinese community

Photographer Corky Lee Celebrated After Death With Book of Iconic Asian American Photos

BY April Xu Jan 26, 2024

Arts & Culture Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)Immigration Detention New York Immigrant Communities

“He’s Gay. We Will Kill Him:” Nigerian-American Actor Performs One-Man Show About LGBTQ Asylum Seeker

BY Fisayo Okare Jun 29, 2023

Arts & Culture Latino community New York Immigrant Communities

Mothers Help Each Other Through Stories of Migration and Sewing

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Jun 16, 2023

Arts & Culture

US-Mexico Border Reinterpreted As Steel Monument in Brooklyn Bridge Park

BY Fisayo Okare May 16, 2023

Arts & Culture Asian American New Yorkers (English language)Chinese community

The Museum of Chinese in America Makes the Case for Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month

BY Fisayo Okare May 05, 2023

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Immigrant Construction Workers Secure Victory in 4-Year Battle for Improved Workplace Safety

BY Amir Khafagy Apr 23, 2024

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Here’s What FEMA Funding Means for One Nonprofit Helping New Migrants

BY Rebecca Davis Apr 22, 2024

Immigration News Today

Immigration News Today: Street Vendors Fight Back as NYPD Expands Raids

BY Nancy Chen Apr 22, 2024

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Arts & Culture Immigration Detention

A Play Offers a Stinging Account of Immigration Detention in the US

BY Mazin Sidahmed Apr 15, 2019

Arts & Culture

Artists and Writers Share Experiences of Immigration Detention

BY Max Siegelbaum Dec 17, 2018

Arts & Culture

Chinese Immigrant Artists Struggle to Break Into New York City’s Art World

BY Emma Whitford Sep 26, 2018