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International Arrivals speaks with interdisciplinary artist Helina Metaferia (Ethiopia/USA)(https://helinametaferia.com) about the Ethiopian diaspora in the US, her use of archives and collage in her work, and what it means to be radical and disruptive. 

International Arrivals speaks with visual artist Arleene Correa Valencia (Mexico/USA) (https://www.correavalencia.com/) about her latest projects, her family's journey from Mexico to California and their former undocumented status. She speaks about her textile work and the shared trauma of border crossing: love and suffering, the visible and the invisible.

International Arrivals speaks with visual artist Jose Campos aka Studio Lenca (El Salvador/USA/UK) (https://www.studiolenca.com/) about his latest projects, his journey from El Salvador to the US, where he and his mother were undocumented, and eventually becoming a citizen of the UK. He speaks about collaborating with local communities and the utopia of El Jardin where multitudes of species and identities can thrive harmoniously.

International Arrivals speaks with artist Nyugen E. Smith (Caribbean/USA) (https://www.nyugensmith.com/) about his use of found objects and maps, along with his interest in Yoruba practices and his first memory of snow.

International Arrivals speaks with intedisciplinary artist Golnar Adili (Iran/USA) (https://golnaradili.com/) about her movement between Iran and the US, her relationship with her father, and the archive.

International Arrivals speaks with interdisciplinary artist Azita Moradkhani (Iran/USA) (http://azitamora.com/) about her exhibition The Real Beneath at Jane Lombard gallery, pleasure, pain, the female body, and her transition to the US.