Detention Nation Exhibition Opening Reception

Join Museo de las Americas for the opening reception of our Spring exhibition, Detention Nation. This exhibit is completely unlike anything ever showcased at Museo. This exhibit will make you uncomfortable and urge you to assess your thoughts about immigration and human rights, all while you are surrounded by chain link fences, dark spaces (without windows or sunlight) and deprivation of freedom. Detention Nation is a call for action to analyze what we as free citizens are informed through the media vs our opinions and systems of belief. The exhibit will include installation pieces replicating the interior of a detention cell and providing a voice to all those who have been detained and undergone a dehumanizing experience including forced separation from family, days without sunshine and cameras watching their every move. February 11, 2016 6:00-9:00pm Food, drinks & art installations FREE