¡Oye! Group

Oye Group is a 501©(3) orga­ni­za­tion that serves as an incu­ba­tor for artists both local and immi­grant to New York City and presents an eclec­tic mix of the­ater, dance, poet­ry, music, video instal­la­tions, and film through both fes­ti­vals and pro­duc­tions. They curate work that sparks a dia­logue over polit­i­cal and social issues crit­i­cal to com­mu­ni­ty growth, and work with emerg­ing artists to cre­ate, play, and grow in an envi­ron­ment that chal­lenges and sup­ports them. Oye Group also pro­vides qual­i­ty arts edu­ca­tion pro­gram­ming, giv­ing their Brook­lyn-based com­mu­ni­ty the tools to gen­er­ate for­ward-think­ing art.

On Gov­er­nors Island, they will host the Mer­cedes Heal­ing Room. Dive into the Mer­cedes sto­ry, inspired by Modesto​“Flako” Jimenez’s grand­moth­er and the lega­cy of Latine indi­vid­u­als she helped migrate to the coun­try and gain their foot­ing in Brook­lyn. Inte­grat­ing inter­ac­tive aug­ment­ed real­i­ty, video, audio, pho­tog­ra­phy, and fam­i­ly heir­looms, learn about Mer­cedes’ jour­ney to the Unit­ed States and her bat­tle with demen­tia. Vis­i­tors may also par­tic­i­pate in the Mer­cedes Heal­ing Room Work­shop Series — free, 2‑hour art work­shops for com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers with demen­tia and their care­givers. Led by var­i­ous artists, this pro­gram will pro­vide a relaxed atmos­phere to engage in self-care and cre­ative self-expression.