The Betsy Hotel (thebetsyhotel.com) is proud to present Kilombo, the inaugural iWitness exhibition of documentary photographs by Maria Daniel Balcazar, in the Carlton Room Gallery. (enter The Betsy at 1433 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach). The exhibition will be up through May 2025.

Kilombo's opening event is on February 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM.

Kilombo marks the beginning of a sustained collaborative relationship between The Betsy Hotel and the iWitness: IPC Institute of Visual Journalism, itself a joint effort born of a partnership between the Iris Photo Collective led by Carl-Philippe Juste and the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab led by Dr. Rebecca Friedman. 

This event is free and open to the public.

Artist Maria Daniel Balcazar will be present at the opening event to speak about her work, in partnership with award-winning photojournalist Carl-Phillippe Juste, founder and curator of iWitness.

Brooklyn-based Poet/Performer Tai Allen (with Brian Murphy, piano) will also present and perform.

ABOUT iWITNESS: iWitness: IPC Institute for Visual Journalism (re)engages visual journalism as a means of pursuing knowledge and truth-telling. iWitness: IPC Institute for Visual Journalism at FIU foregrounds the visual narrative to investigate issues impacting democracy in Latin America, the Caribbean, and its Global Diasporas.

ABOUT THE WOLFSONIAN PUBLIC HUMANITIES LAB: (WPHL) serves as FIU’s hub for public-facing research, teaching and community initiatives in the areas of arts and culture.

Presented in partnership with the Black Affairs Advisory Committee of the City of Miami Beach