Visual Arts Project Implementation Grant
José Torres-Tama: NO PAPERS! NO FEAR! KATRINA @ 20 VISUAL ARTS HISTORY CHRONICLE, 7500 (@josetorrestama)
Ecuadorian-born immigrant and award-winning visual artist, José Torres-Tama, has created a pictorial chronicle titled “NO PAPERS! NO FEAR! KATRINA @ 20.” Working on this series for a dozen years, the artworks honor the “undocumented” Latin American immigrant reconstruction workers. Caribbean And New Orleanian Arts (CANOA) presents this epic visual history project for a Katrina @ 20 commemoration event, and community activities will be launched to coincide with the three-month art show that runs from August 9 through Oct 24, 2025. During an era of brutal anti-immigrant hysteria, it’s undocumented Latin American workers that resurrected New Orleans from her post-Katrina deathbed.