STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The St. George branch of the New York Public Library played host to a collection of accomplished artists on Tuesday evening as part of an ongoing series to bring together storytellers across a variety of mediums.

The event, Latinx Artists Speak: Storytelling & Making, brought four New York City-based artists together on the North Shore to discuss the intersection of artistic mediums, identity, community and more.

Moderated by Medar de la Cruz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and illustrator, the panel featured artists Patricia Cazorla, Irma Bohórquez-Geisler, Libby Paloma and Nancy Saleme, who fielded questions on personal experiences, the artistic process and how those influences are reflected in their work.

“These events are very important, because this is the way to connect. On Staten Island, we don’t have a real community of Latin artists, and so we have to include artists from other boroughs to come and speak here so we can learn and collaborate,” said Bohórquez-Geisler, a photographer and Silver Lake resident whose work has featured the Mexican immigrant community on Staten Island.

Tuesday’s panel was part of the New York Public Library’s World Literature & Arts Festival, a series of events running through the end of April that highlight storytelling across different voices, mediums and languages.

The library’s events also tie into New York City’s Immigrant Heritage Week and National Poetry Month, according to a press release from the New York Public Library.

“We are thrilled to welcome more than 30 trailblazing writers, artists, chefs, and performers from diverse backgrounds to this year’s World Literature & Arts Festival. We can’t wait to welcome patrons to this celebration of the myriad ways that creativity and culture intersect in New York City,” said Erica Parker, associate director for adult programming for the New York Public Library.