Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez: Arte de la Borinqueña

The John & June Allcott Gallery | Department of Art and Art History | UNC-Chapel Hill

Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez: Arte de la Borinqueña

In conversation with Roxana Perez-Mendez (UNC Department of Art + Art History), Javier Arce-Nazario (UNC Department of Geography) and Geovani Ramirez (UNC Department of English and Comparative Literature):

Friday, September 28, 5 PM, 121 Hanes Art Center Auditorium, UNC at Chapel Hill (Next to the Ackland Museum)

Closing reception following (6-8 pm) (including book signing and a Latino/a Comics Pop-up with the University Libraries), Allcott Gallery.

Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez is an artist, graphic designer, writer at Marvel Entertainment, Editor-in-Chief at Darryl Makes Comics LLC, Art Director/Owner at Somos Arte and Studio Edgardo creative services, and creator of “La Borinqueña”, a new and original comic book character that has grown into a cultural phenomenon and a nationally recognized symbol of Puerto Rican patriotism, social justice, and equality for all. “La Borinqueña” is the first, modern- day comic book superhero that exemplifies the patriotic symbolism, history, and mysticism found on the island of Puerto Rico.

Miranda-Rodriguez’ original superhero has teamed up with comic book characters from DC Comics in a project called Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico a comics anthology created to benefit ongoing relief efforts in the island. The project collaborates with some Puerto Rican and Latinx celebrities including Rosario Dawson (Luke Cage), Rubén Blades (Fear the Walking Dead), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton), Sonia Manzano (Sesame Street), and others.

Co-sponsored by the UNC Program for Latina/o Studies, UNC Libraries, Carolina Latinx Collaborative, UNC Housing and Residential Education, and UNC Department of Romance Studies.

Admission: Free / Open to Public
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm

website: art.unc.edu
For more information please contact Mario Marzan, mmarzan@email.unc.edu