December 19 Third Friday at the Durham Arts Council

In the Allenton & Semans Galleries they will have "Sources of Joy" exhibit by the Inter Latin-American Artist Collective (ILAAC). The Inter Latin American Artist Collective (ILAAC) was founded on a simple but urgent belief: that Latin American artists in North Carolina and the South deserve spaces where their stories, identities, and creative visions can flourish without limitation. ILAAC emerged as an affirming, artist-led collective committed to visibility, solidarity, and creative sovereignty.

This exhibition brings together a group of voices shaped by migration, memory, and joy. The works on display arise from a moment when communities were navigating profound challenges and the quiet weight carried by those living between cultures. Yet despite this – or perhaps because of it – the artists here choose to create. Our practices push back against despair and insist on tenderness, imagination, and collective care because they deserve spaces of joy.

Exhibiting Artists: Caro Arias, Leticia Alvarez, Antonio Alanís, Jennifer Cruz Ciprian, Cornelio Campos, Pepe Caudillo, Lisania Cruz Celestino, Jose Manuel Cruz, Jason Franklin, Anthony Garza, Raalo Howard, Luis MacKinney, Danny Peña, Nora Phillips, Jorge Luis Ramos, Karen Rose, Alida Gonzalez Sanchez, Ambiorix Santos, Miriam Ximil, and Jorge Zuluaga.

This event is free and open to the public. There will be light fare, drinks and a public craft to create luminaires. The Durham Art Guild, in the adjacent Truist Gallery will also be celebrating the opening of their 71st Annual Juried Members show.