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Artwork by Robbie Sena, Teen Creative Fellow
June 14 - September 14, 2025
GO HOME explores Robbie Sena's experiences as a first-generation American youth trying to navigate his connection to his homeland and culture.
My name is Robbie. I’m a multimedia? Interdisciplinary? Artist? here in Providence. This exhibit – as part of the Teen Creative Fellowship 2025 – is the exploration of my identity as a first-generation Filipino American, which has been something I’ve grappled with for a long time. I’m Filipino by blood, yes, my entire family is Filipino, but how Filipino I feel is debatable. I feel there are a lot of shortcomings I have that invalidate my status as Filipino, even though I know that’s silly. But don’t worry. My conclusion after all this is that I’ve got other things to worry about and life is awesome anyway.
I think public spaces in general are so important. And the Library tends to cultivate a safe space, along with being a public space. So being an artist coming into that kind of space, I feel very secure being able to show my work, talk to the public . . . everyone just wants to learn and grow together. And that's a really, really cool thing.