My colleague Caitie Moore and I designed this poster for the 2023 ARLIS Conference in Mexico City. Accompanying syllabus:

https://padlet.com/cmoore1116/decolonization-for-art-libraries-9gpgi0cy4rea6ma2

I moderated a discussion with Mindy Seu about her project The Cyberfeminism Index. Seu was interviewed with SVA design junior Briana Rengifo from 630 to 8pm.

MINDY SEU BIO

Mindy Seu is a designer and researcher. She holds an MDes from Harvard's Graduate School of Design and BA in Design Media Arts from University of California, Los Angeles. As a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for the Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, she created an archive of cyberfeminism. She has also been a fellow at the Internet Archive, co-organizing the Arts Track of the inaugural Decentralized Web Summit. Formerly she was a designer on 24's Interactive Media team and the Museum of Modern Art's in-house design studio. She has given lectures and workshops at CalArts, Parsons, Pratt, RISD, Berkeley Art Museum, and A-B-Z-TXT, among others. Seu joined the faculty of California College of the Arts in 2016, and Mason Gross School of the Arts and Yale's School of Art in 2019.

Link to talk :

https://www.instagram.com/p/Clmw1-5oOSD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Care & Criticism : An Art Writing Panel

Claire Voon & Barbara Calderón moderated by Kerry Cardoza

Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Time: 6:30 - 7:45 PM CT / 7:30 - 8:45 PM ET

Zoom Registration Link: bit.ly/3y4DUSW

Cease celebratory write ups and myopic narratives; Refute YT copy editing practices and style guides; Art writing is patronage -matronage.

Join art critics, editors, and journalists Claire Voon, Barbara Calderón, and Kerry Cardoza in conversation about the responsibility of art criticism, how to navigate art publishing, and how to approach art writing with care. From critiquing macro and micro publishing practices to encouraging more art writers in the field, join us in conversation with a Q&A at the end of the panel. This panel is the second and last public program for the Muña Art Writing 2022 Program.

• Free public panel

• Closed captioning available

• Talk will be recorded and posted online

  Reading Materials

  ● Art Historian Darby English on Why the New Black Renaissance Might Actually Represent a Step Backwards, Folasade Ologundudu, Artnet News, 2021 [Link]

  ● Taylor Renee Aldridge : Criticism as Patronage, Taylor Renee Aldridge, 3RDSPACE, 2019 [Link]

  ● Catch a Rising Star at the Auction House, Jason Farago, The New York Times 2022 [Link] ● Not All Skin Folk Are Kin Folk: Why No Criticism for Virgil Abloh’s First Solo Show?, Rashayla Marie Brown, The Seen, 2019 [Link]

  ● The Freedom to Oppress, Eunsong Kim and Maya Mackrandilal, Contemptorary, 2016 [Link]

  ● There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You: Brandon Taylor on the Importance of Empathy As Craft, Brandon Taylor, Lithub, 2016 [Link]

  ● White Skin, Black Masks, Aurella Yussu, Arts.Black, 2018 [Link]

  ● How to Use (or Not Use) a Hyphen, Plus: a brief digression into why The New Yorker hyphenates “teen-ager.”, Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 2022 [Link]

Join us Friday for a teaser of the short film Anima, a melancholic cruise into the evolution and unraveling of poetic impulse. The abbreviated screening will take place at Beverly’s 5 Eldridge Street NY, NY from 6 to 8pm and is free and open to the public. 

The film was directed by @itzelalejandra.gif & @sadsirena with production support from @mariexmachina @colectivacosmica & hair/makeup @brookegemini & @evankaplumpMUA 

Big thanks to @beverlysnyc for hosting our event! 

This project was funded by #CityArtistCorps Big thanks to @nyfacurrent, @NYCulture, @madein_ny, and @queenstheatre for the support. Thank you to @__quelynda__ & @aquariumhouston for location support. Also thanks to @killyphotography <3

Stay for the afterparty at Beverly’s from 8:30PM to midnight $20 cover with open refreshments.

Full Video here.

Zócalo AiR is excited to announce our upcoming CoLab featuring special guest collaborator Barbara Calderón, a founding member of @colectivacosmica in conversation with Zócalo artist-in-residence and CoLabs curator, Theresa Escobedo! Together they will dive into the world of Zine culture, discuss its history, and share tips and advice on how to create your own.✨
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✨About Zócalo CoLabs✨
Zócalo CoLabs is an ongoing series of live virtual workshops and collaborative labs featuring artists and multidisciplinary creatives in (or from) Houston, TX. This series curated by artist-in-residence, Theresa Escobedo @theresa.r.e was created in response to the pandemic in an effort to share perspectives from outstanding creative talent with a broad audience and to share activities that are fun, easy, and enriching for those staying safe at home.

View the IG live here.

Spoke with Jeniffer Feretti for the Info Lit series for MICA Decker Library. Info Lit is a series of discussions with Library staff, artists, alumni, and others about art and design research. The discussions take place on instagram live first, then are uploaded to our IGTV. For more information about the series, see the link in our bio. ⁠

I gave a talk with Perez Museum curator Maria Elena about Latinx Art.

Dec 14th 6 -9pm at 1027 Grand st in Williamsburg. I will be showing new work, selling vinyl clear bag and vintage clothes!

The show on zines got covered by Remezcla! Read here!

I styled Belen Cusi for her music video Estrella Fugaz. The video will be released Friday November 1st! ]

Here it is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0qfpfHtUDg

Wikipedia edit-a-thons have emerged as a powerful tool for communities that are underserved by the lack of diversity among Wikipedia content editors—the Latinx community being no exception. As such, this ‘Latinx intervention’ will train participants on how to create and edit Wikipedia entries. The workshop will be led by NYU Librarians with an expert from Wikimedia NYC in attendance. It is co-organized with NYU Libraries. Refreshments will be served. Capacity is limited to 50 participants. Computers will be available but feel free to bring a personal laptop, an idea for a non-existent Wikipedia entry or an underdeveloped Wikipedia entry. RSVP here.

DIY publishing has created an outgrowth of Latinx cultural production questioning the invisibility of Latinx creators. The zine fair as independent publishing platform has created new microeconomies for artists, while also providing space for the distribution of emerging artists, writers, and makers. What does this say about the lack of Latinx perspectives in media, art and publishing worlds? Are creating DIY spaces enough to counter the invisibility of Latinx creators in media, literature and art institutions? What can we learn from these writers, artists, curators and book makers about the importance of independent publishing and the archives that have naturally grown from this work? Artist and founder of PreCog Mag Florencia Escudero, Smithsonian curatorial assistant and Puro Chingon Collective cofounder Claudia Zapata, and Luz Magdaleno of Brown n Proud Press will be in conversation. Professor Mireya Loza will moderate. RSVP here.

My studio mates Florencia Escudero, Karen Tepaz, and Edward Salas will be having a studio sale July 27th at 1027 Grand Street third floor! Come and buy some art and artist made objects!

Edward Salas and myself will be debuting our line of handpainted art bags to be sold at a discount price!! They’re going to be fireeee

I’ll be a panelist for an upcoming panel at MICA’s NDSR Art 2018-2019 program discussing The Art of Digital Stewardship with Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde (ayo), Caroline Gil Rodríguez, Cristina Fontánez Rodríguez, Jasmyn R. Castro, Jean Moylan, Molly Szymanski, and Rachel M. Ward. We will be addressing the intersection between art and art information with the questions:

• How are we conceptualizing the artistic process as information or as a record? 

• How can we support artists' engagement with the archival record? 

• Conversely, how can we support artists' archival impulses?

The event is free and open to the public on June 28th from 9:30am to 4:30pm.

I worked with a beautiful team of creatives to make a music video for the inimitable artist STEFA* you can watch it on the FADER where it premiered.

director: tatiana del fuego @del_fuego
cinematography: warut snidvongs @wsnidvongs
art direction: itzel alejandra martinez @itzelalejandra.gif
hair, makeup & styling: barbara calderon @sadsirena
assistant camera: johnny anderson
pa: mauricio escamilla @el_mowri