What Immigrants Bring

Curated by Ramin Takloo-Bighash, Agitator Artist Collective member

EXHIBITION :: May 10 thru 24, 2025

OPENING Reception :: Saturday, May 10 / 7:00 – 10:00 pm

MUSIC & PERFORMANCE NIGHT :: Saturday, May 17 / 7:00 – 10:00 pm

Exhibition CLOSING :: Saturday, May 24 / 7:00 – 10:00 pm

WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM:

Saja Abuammer  / Linda Abdullah  / Demah Alfaiz & Yasmeen Amer  / Sajad Amini   / Kaelyn Andrade   / Juan Baños   / Priya Deb  / Ashley Dequila  / Maria Dimanshtein   / Rashel Gordin   / Aishath Huda  / Azadeh Hussaini   / Alonso Galue   / Łukasz Jastrubczak / Krzysztof Kaczmarek / Azadeh Khastoo  / Farnaz Khosh-Sirat / Kenny DarkPoet Lapins   / Catherin Lyu   / Jorge Manjón   / Faisal Mohyuddin  / Laleh Motlagh   / Le Hien Minh / Naeemeh Naimaieali  / Chris Ramos   / Olya Salimova   / Nadia Sharapova   / Parveer Singh Sohal   / Ramin Takloo-Bighash   / Justyna Wąsik 

FEATURED PERFORMANCES MUSIC, POETRY, AND STORIES BY:

Dani Che / Maria Dimanshtein / Sam Hyson / Subho Sengupta

EXHIBITION DESIGN:

Kelsie Thomas

SOCIAL MEDIA AND POSTER DESIGN:

Jason Greenberg

With special thanks to Agitator members and Linda Abdullah.

The exhibition, WHAT IMMIGRANTS BRING documents and celebrates immigration to the United States from the perspective of personal nostalgia. Most families have heirlooms but what immigrants bring from their homeland, keep through the years, and pass down through generations, are more than just heirlooms--these objects are bridges to a past, to a former self that forms the basis on which immigrants build their present identities. These concrete objects serve a powerful purpose providing connection to homeland, to family members not seen for years, to childhoods, to former homes. 

The objects immigrants bring on their first trip to the US hold a special significance. These displacement artifacts are featured in this exhibition, along with other artworks, portraits and narratives about the stories and memories of individuals who immigrated to the U.S. 

The exhibition will feature PORTRAITS of immigrants holding a displacement artifact.  These photos will be presented as a slide show during the exhibition.

After the show, the photos will be archived on the Instagram page www.instagram.com/whatwebring.

All artworks are for sale by the individual artists. The artists’ contact information will be included in the exhibition signage.

Further inquiries:  agitatorgallery@gmail.com

Instagram: @agitatorgallery
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