Visual Memory and the Art of Protest: Nicaragua

Centre for Memory Narrative and History, University of Brighton

Exhibition: 17th– 21st of October 2022 Atrium Space Grand Parade campus

Panel presentation: 16:30, October 19th 2022 Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Parade.

The Exhibition “The April Rebellion: Photography and Memory in Nicaragua” presents work by Nicaraguan photographers and artists, with a focus on the spontaneous popular uprising that began in April 2018 and was violently repressed by the authoritarian Ortega-Murillo regime. 

The Panel will be made up of the exhibition curator Ileana L. Selejan, and two Nicaraguan emerging artists, along with Emilia Yang Rappaccioli, Director of the “AMA y No Olvida” Museum of Memory Against Impunity.

Places are free, but limited. Register now for

Visual memory and the Art of Protest

There will be a Q&A and discussion following the panel, followed by a wine and snacks reception in the exhibition space.