Bridging their work across South America and the Caribbean with diasporic communities in Queens and throughout New York, LA ESCUELA___ foregrounds education as an artistic practice and invites socially engaged artists to participate in residencies and activations. Their project “Education as Resistance” at PS1 includes contributions by Laura Anderson Barbata, Lizania Cruz, and Studio Lenca. A centerpiece of the exhibition is artist Miguel Braceli’s large chalkboard stage, which serves as a flexible platform for gathering, programming, and resource sharing. The exhibition also highlights a visual archive mapping artist-run practices and collective-based educational models that have inspired and collaborated with the organization.

Dr. Nina Smidt, CEO and Spokesperson of the Board of Siemens Stiftung: “The platform LA ESCUELA___ creates an experimental artistic learning space that connects communities across the Americas and strengthens the cultural infrastructure between North and South. The learning spaces emerging at MoMA PS1 go beyond programming; they embody commitments to democratic resilience, grounded in the shared and decentralized making of knowledge.”

LA ESCUELA___ is a transdisciplinary platform that operates as an international network of artist-run practices and collaborative-based educational models. Jointly founded and developed by the artist and educator Miguel Braceli and the international foundation Siemens Stiftung, it advocates for open access to art and education, situates learning within real-life contexts, and responds to current social and ecological challenges through context-based creative practices.
As part of this mission, LA ESCUELA___ has recently opened a new U.S.-based not-for-profit initiative advocating for free access to art and education: La Escuela Inc., with board members including Madeline Murphy Turner and Antonieta Landa.
This exhibition at MoMA PS1 marks a new chapter for the platform, connecting its community in Latin America with new audiences in the U.S., inviting them to learn, make, and share different forms of knowledge and resistance together.

Date and Time: November 6, 2025–February 23, 2026

Location: MoMA PS1 – HOMEROOM Space, Jackson Ave, Queens, NY 11101

More Information: https://www.momaps1.org/en/programs/615-homeroom-la-escuela