Leslee Nelson In 2020-2022, the Wisconsin-based women’s art collective, the Memory Cloth Circle created three banners which we sent to Colombia. Virgelina Chará and the Unión de Costurero organized events with stitching, food, music and dancing to prepare banners for an event titled “Arropamos El Palacio de Justica 2022; La Memoria, La Paz, La Verdad, …
Carolyn Kellenborn Intercambios: Art, Stories, & Comunidad presented collaborative works from artists in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, and the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico. The work on textiles, photography, printmaking, papermaking, music, and video visually explores intersections of cultures and media. As the eleven artists in the exhibition, we come from diverse backgrounds. We are from …
Leslee Nelson In 2020-2022, the Wisconsin-based women’s art collective, the Memory Cloth Circle created three banners which we sent to Colombia. Virgelina Chará and the Unión de Costurero organized events with stitching, food, music and dancing to prepare banners for an event titled “Arropamos El Palacio de Justica 2022; La Memoria, La Paz, La Verdad, …
Addison Nace Cultural appropriation in fashion has been a buzzword for at least a decade and yet the fashion industry still perpetuates this act. Cultural appropriation can be defined as the taking of a cultural aspect, in this case a design or motif, from a non-dominant culture for the use by the dominant culture. This …
Nicole Bonino In the face of an escalating climate crisis, the Latin American artistic community has emerged as a powerful catalyst for social awareness, advocacy, and resilience. In the context of Latin American eco-artivism, resilience refers to the ability of artists and communities to adapt and respond creatively to the climate crisis through art. Resilience …
Lily Zander The negative synergies of emerging environmental crises and the effects of climate change after nearly a century of prioritizing neoliberal, free-market systems have been discussed and studied at length. Disproportionate Global North carbon emissions are provoking extreme heat waves, shorter rainy seasons, and intense tropical storms throughout the country of Mexico. The combined …