On November 25, enjoy an afternoon of performances featuring Sara Herrera and Nuestra Artist Collective at Kinfolk House in Fort Worth, Texas. The event will take place from 2 PM to 3:30 PM.

Performances:
"3208: A Performance by Sara Herrera"
Sara Herrera's work is inspired by her family, Tejana roots, daydreaming as a little girl and growing up in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. Through each piece she creates, there is a taste of home, vulnerability and nostalgia.

Herrera's solo piece, 3208, is an homage to her beloved childhood home and to her hometown. Through movement, storytelling, and an ice-cold beer, 3208, sheds light on childhood memories growing up in Fort Worth and in a vibrant Latino community.
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"La Enorme Distancia"
Installation and performance by members of Nuestra Artist Collective. Performers Sara Herrera and Tina Medina will activate an artwork featuring projections by Tesa Morin and Lupita Murillo Tinnen.

As part of the Equity in the Arts Fellowship at Talley Dunn Gallery, Nuestra Collective invited Latine artists to share a meal and have the opportunity to develop community through trust and kinship.

From Talley Dunn Gallery:

MISSION

Talley Dunn Gallery strongly believes in creating opportunities for racial equity in the arts community. The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship strives to foster the development of Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color in North Texas, whose artmaking forms the backbone of our cultural landscape. In line with Talley Dunn Gallery’s longstanding commitment to anti-racism in our community, the gallery pledges to provide the fellowship with a minimum of $30,000 of funding over five years with the hope that it continues indefinitely. This fellowship will be just one component of a larger vision for programming and resources the gallery will invest in supporting Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color.

Eliana Miranda joins Dr. Judy Roher, Dr. Christina Leza, Dr. Patrisia Gonzales and Artist Karla García in the panel People, Land & Ancestors: Ending Colonial Violence and Building Relationships at the U.S.-Mexico Border to discuss the work of Nuestra Collective.

Miranda’s presentation focuses on specific artworks from this project that speak about themes such as Xicana identity, climate migration, relationship to landscape (spiritual, political, social, civic), labor, and physical/psychological boundaries. In addition to these exhibitions, it will reflect on experiences of connecting with local communities through the events that coincided. These events created opportunities to work with organizations such as Break Bread Break Borders, Human Rights Initiative, and Refugee Services of Texas. Furthermore, the collective was allowed to address important issues in a collaborative way by learning from one another through studio visits and group discussions including an academic discussion with Texas Tech University about Xicana and Latina identity.

From TDG: Talley Dunn Gallery is honored to announce the 2023 – 2024 Equity in the Arts Fellowship has been awarded to Nuestra Collective. The gallery is excited to recognize and support this group of talented artists: Michelle Cortes Gonzales, Tesa Morin, Melissa Gámez Herrera, Eliana Miranda, Lupita Murillo-Tinnen, Karla García, Tina Medina, and Sara Herrera.

Nuestra Collective aims to build connections that support our communities and create art projects and exhibitions that explore the intersections of identity, culture, and politics in Texas. Nuestra Collective’s mission is “a platform for women artists, including cis and trans women, non-binary and gender non-conforming people, to encourage dialogue about the experiences of Xicana and Latine women.”

From the McNay: The McNay’s Artists Looking at Art (ALA) series celebrates the vitality of the San Antonio contemporary art community with an installation by Melissa Gamez Herrera. The artist contemplates issues of identity, community, and justice through her photography, bookmaking, printmaking, and multimedia practices. Herrera’s installation at the McNay transforms objects, audio recordings, and lighting effects into a conceptual altar, honoring the unnamed migrants crossing hostile terrain.

From Artspace111: Artspace111 Texas Juried Exhibition has closed and 43 Texas artists have been selected by this year’s jurors Vicki Meek, Independent Curator and Writer Clare Milliken, Assistant Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Luis Purón, Executive Director, Rockport Center For The Arts. A total of 55 pieces from artists all over the state of Texas will be displayed at Artspace111 from June 24 through August 26, 2023.

By Desiree Gutierrez - D Magazine

Photo credit: Nicodemo and Lexi Sanchez

Oak Cliff artist Eliana Miranda paints to prove climate change is here through her work. Miranda explores the intersection of climate change and migration through her research-backed art.

April 24-May 26
See Eliana Miranda and Daniela Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Venegas at Umbrella Gallery for a two-person exhibiiton focused on the climate crisis’ repercussions.

Artist reception April 28 from 6-8 P.M.

The Fronteriza project focuses on women artists in Texas contemplating the U.S.-Mexico border through their art. The nine participating artists include Michelle Cortez Gonzales, Melissa Gámez-Herrera, Karla García, Sara Herrera, Tina Medina, Analise Minjarez, Eliana Miranda, Tesa Morin, and Lupita Murillo Tinnen. Each artist brings a different perspective from uniquely personal experiences depicted in various media and techniques, such as ceramics, fibers, textiles, painting, drawing, photography, video, and performance.

Soy de Tejas - A Statewide Survey of Latinx Art

Presented by City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture at Centro de Artes, San Antonio TX Opening February 9, 2023 – This exhibit will showcase the works of 40 contemporary artists of Latin American descent living in Texas who engage with intersecting themes of identity, cultural history, myth, pop culture and modern social political concerns. Curated by Rigoberto Luna.

From Cluley Projects: Sarita Westrup is a craft-based artist and art educator of mixed Mexican descent based in Dallas. Rooted in weaving techniques and bricolage, her sculptural basketry works are inspired by her upbringing in the Rio Grande Valley on the Texas-Mexico border. Westrup received her MFA from the University of North Texas in 2012. Her work as been shown at venues such as the Greater Denton Arts Council, and Blue Spiral Gallery in Ashville, North Carolina, and was featured in the Nasher Windows series at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Most recently in 2022, she was the first artist in residence at Arts Fort Worth’s Emerging Artist program and was accepted into the American Craft Council Emerging Artists Cohort and received a $10,000 accelerator grant.

Description from Borders to Bridges:

“ARTS-BASED CURRICULUM FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE - BELONGING, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, SOVEREIGNTY, RECIPROCITY

Borders to Bridges is designed to promote dialogue in schools and communities by engendering deeper understanding and discussion to counter the myths, bullying, and fears that negatively affect our learning institutions.

The Guidebook contains practical lessons plans, narratives, poetry, mixed media artwork and resources….”

Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio Announces 2023 Perennial Artists

Glasstire | by Jessica Fuentes

Contemporary Art Month (CAM), San Antonio has announced the selected artists for the 2023 CAM Perennial, Picking at Scabs.

When it was established in 2012, the CAM Perennial was originally intended to host a curator from outside of San Antonio to organize an exhibition featuring local artists.

Press Release by Dallas College

(DALLAS) — The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Challenge America program is designed to promote equal access to the arts across all communities. Through its Challenge America grant, Dallas College is presenting exhibits by two nationally recognized artists of color who have regional ties. The admission-free exhibits opened Jan. 17 at Dallas College El Centro and North Lake campuses.

Shoutout DFW

We had the good fortune of connecting with Lupita Murillo Tinnen and we’ve shared our conversation.

Hi Lupita, why did you decide to pursue a creative path?

I asked for my first camera when I was 9 years old. It had nothing to do with the act of photographing but more to do with the fact that it was hot pink and it was the 80s! I began creating still lifes and taking images around my house with a 110 camera. The negatives were tiny at 13 mm × 17 mm for each frame so they resulted in grainy and often blurry images. I began to enjoy the act of photographing and loved the images I was creating so I took photography classes in high school.

The Dallas Observer | by DESIREE GUTIERREZ

Even if you're nowhere near it, the U.S.-Mexico border is inescapable in Texas. Nearly every aspect of Texas life has been touched by the history, politics and economics that have been influenced by the close proximity to the border. Dallas’ Nuestra Artist Collective will explore border relations through the often omitted lens of Latina artists with its inaugural exhibition, Fronteriza.

KERA | By Elizabeth Myong | Arts Access

The exhibition, which features the work of nine Texas women artists, explores the borderlands and the nature of being "in-between." It's open to the public at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center through Nov. 4.

The show will feature nine women artists whose work explores concepts surrounding the United States/Mexico border.

“While some of the artists in the exhibition grew up in the Texas borderlands, others find border issues to be relevant in their work because of the proximity of Texas to Mexico,” a media release states.

In conjunction with our art exhibit Fronteriza, Nuestra Artist Collective is proud to present Conchas y Conversaciones, a healing conversation with Nuestra artists and Claude and Maissa who work with Break Bread Break Borders- a “food for good” company, where refugee women from war-torn countries are economically empowered by cooking for a living. Attendees will be able to hear stories from Claude and Maissa and tell their own stories about borders and immigration.

October 21, Friday, 6:30pm to 8pm
223 Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208
Free and open to the public.

Join Nuestra Artist Collective at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center for a market-style event at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center. Art, books, food, apparel, remedies, and human rights information will be available.

Flores Bakehaus
Human Rights Initiative
Whose Books
RAYO Planning
Pinky’s Summer
International Rescue Committee
Emily and Carlos Don Juan
La Luna Green
That’s my Hood

Watch our conversation with Dra. Leslie Sotomayor, Texas Tech University, and Dra. Kristen Sperry Garcia, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Learn about Nuestra Artist Collective and our artist practices. We loved reading: Anzaldua, G. (2016). Border Arte: Neplanta, El Lugar de la Frontera. In I. Hernandez-Avila and N.E. Cantu (Eds.), Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art (pp. 23-32). University of Texas Press. The ebook is available via TTU Library access. You must login with your e-raider to gain access.

Video duration: 1:45 hr.

In our virtual talk, Dra. Leslie Sotomayor discussed her book 'Teaching In/Between: Curating educational spaces with autohistoria-teoría and conocimiento.' Information about where to purchase is below.

Book description: This is an iteration of an educator's embodied teaching and theorizing through testimonio work. Sotomayor, through a decolonizing feminist teaching inquiry, documents and analyzes her experiences as a facilitator in higher education while teaching the undergraduate course 'Latina Feminisms, Latinas in the US: Gender, Culture and Society'.

Available at 24% discount (using code CFC622722962 on checkout): https://vernonpress.com/book/1170

or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Between-autohistoria-teor%C3%ADa-conocimiento-Interpreting/dp/1648891225/