Courtesy of Arlo Hotels By Okla Jones ·Updated April 11, 2024
Arlo Hotels, the brand responsible for boutique lodgings in New York, Chicago–and Washington, D.C. in the near future–is expanding its reach far beyond the hospitality space. With the activations that have taken place in Wynwood, the company hopes to showcase diversity, creativity, as well as women artists of colour.
Arlo’s Wynwood hotel showcased in February the work by two Afro-Caribbean pioneers who have been working for years. Lopez’s exhibition Our Shadow Remains rests in the hotel’s third-floor Living Room Gallery, and serves as an ode to the artists who truly know the area of Kandy G Lopez, “Our Shadow Remains.” Courtesy of Arlo Hotels
“My whole premise and why I create art is for representation,” Lopez explains. “It’s different when you can see yourself inside of these spaces because then it makes it tangible. So, I want the same experience for people of color when they go into spaces that they normally wouldn’t see themselves to be able to see themselves.” Throughout her time in New Jersey and Florida, this FAU graduate fully understands the importance of…
