ECHO ART FOUNDATION is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide support and advocacy for contemporary artistic projects without imposing hierarchies based on artistic trends, forms of expression, or ideological orientations.
The organization comprises associates, directors, and founding members with diverse expertise spanning education, culture, science, institutional strengthening, cooperation for information development, and environmental protection. Our foundation also actively encourages volunteering and fosters artistic creations, whether individual, collaborative, or addressing social issues that are at risk of exclusion.
These endeavors encompass various themes, including emigration, race, and gender, and they emphasize expressions of resilience and the methods for constructing, fortifying, and expanding one’s unique artistic universe.
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Happening now
Portals, Lineage, and Likeness: Karla Wong at Intuit Art Museum
At Chicago’s Intuit Art Museum, Karla Wong’s Journeys of Being brings together Day of the Dead–evocative figures, alebrijes, and agave-studded deserts with surreal portals, reflecting her Oaxacan roots, Chinese heritage, and life between the U.S. and Mexico. The exhibition includes oil-on-canvas works from 2024 to 2026 and is on view through January 10.
Seahorse Family Leads the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Winners
Oceanographic magazine and Blancpain’s Ocean Photographer of the Year named Julien Anton the 2026 overall winner for a black-and-white seahorse portrait made in Moorea, French Polynesia, with category highlights including Jenny Stock (Female Fifty Fathoms Award), Gergo Rugli (Adventure), and Rui Filipe Cardoso Duarte (Human Connection). Finalists featured Matty Smith, Steven Lopez, Sun Qingsheng, and Andrea Michelutti.
When “Artistic Merit” Becomes a Gate: Two South Carolina Groups Face Extra Scrutiny
Philadelphia Fringe now counts 350-plus shows in 100-plus spaces, while in South Carolina the arts commission funded all but two of nearly 180 panel-approved applicants, then asked Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus and Proud Mary Theatre Company for extra evidence of “artistic merit,” according to The Post and Courier.
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Past events
The Art of Choosing
Echo Art Foundation shared “The Art of Choosing,” an exhibition featuring Yoan Capote, Christian Santy, Rafael Pérez Alonso, Iván Blasser, and Los Carpinteros at 4 Midtown in Miami.
Presentation of the Catalogue: Christian Santy — Obras / Works 2012–2022
Echo Art Foundation supported the December 2022 presentation of Christian Santy’s catalogue Obras / Works 2012–2022 at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales in Havana, Cuba.