A Dynamic Museum In the halls of history, we close a door, Yet, in the heart of Texas, we open more. Nostalgia embedded on the walls all around, Retold in a new building, making us proud. We relocate to where the future blooms, A haven of culture in expansive rooms. Interactive exhibits, dynamic and bright, …
“Equipped with their limited resources, determination, and knowledge passed down through generations, Citlali and Toussaint set sail, their submarine, cutting through the murky depths.” In a not-so-distant future, where the consequences of climate change had reshaped America’s geography, Citlali and her husband, Toussaint, found themselves navigating a world of submerged cities and dangerous journeys. …
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Global Art Today Adapted from an essay I wrote in 2019. In this essay I try to understand what global art is today and how it has grown and evolved over time. I will use three exhibitions as case studies to compare and contrast effective curatorial strategies used to exhibit art …
Exhibitions are exhiVISIONS There are various kinds of exhibits inside museums and cultural institutions. Some of the first exhibitions were ethnographic, with life-like replicas like in the natural history museum or period rooms that attempted to conserve and recreate rooms as they existed in the past. As transportation and globalization took off in the early …
How intertwined are race and class? When can you talk about one until you must acknowledge the other? Which one is more uncomfortable to discuss? Class The influence of class on my way of being has been passively and actively there. I didn’t realize what class I came from until I went to college and …
Pause and Refresh I haven’t talked about or mentioned my art much. I’ve been making my illustrations, so that has been how I have been giving art my attention lately. I have enjoyed and utilized art for its therapeutic and expressive qualities rather than speaking about others’ work. While I still see it every day …
I like to read multiple books simultaneously. So far, my line of inquiry has been identity, as understood through race and class. Today I went back to bell hooks and her book The Will to Change. It has made me think about how patriarchy influences race and class. I treat each book as …
I’ve always wondered why the United States is so divided from Latin America. In An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) by Dr. Paul Ortiz, he writes about the history of the United States and its involvement in the division and degradation of BIPOC since the American Revolution in …
