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While we grapple with the weight of a multi-generational grief about not yet having a free, independent nation, we face the dissonance of not being Puerto Rican enough for family on the archipelago or American enough in our own neighborhood. What if true power lies in the quiet and bold courage to exist despite more than 500 years of colonization?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThrough a wide range of creative mediums, Puerto Rican artists with a connection to Connecticut invite the public into their inner worlds through works that embody orishas, ancestors, memories, histories, myth-making, place mapping, and the future shaped by human hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eExhibiting Artists: Imna Arroyo, Andres Chaparro, JOËL Cintrón, Tiana Correa, Luis Cotto, Eland Malua Cruz, Taína Cruz, Pablo Delano, Kwamé Azure Gomez, Jaryana Herrera, JÚGO, Miguel José Matos, Daniel Mena, Mercury, Victor Pacheco, Ricardo Rivas, G. 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