Latinx Art Collection at DePaul Art Museum + Natasha Mijares
Images: (Left) Collection and Exhibitions Manager David Maruzzella handling artwork in the collection of the DePaul Art Museum. Photo by Kristie Kahns. (Right) Natasha Mijares during a research session viewing the collection of Latinx art at the DePaul Art Museum. Photo by Kristie Kahns.
“[...] The collection of contemporary art is a perfect place to experience the intangible aspects of our own mythology — authorship, intention, creation — in tangible form. The collection, in other words, allows us to estrange ourselves from ourselves in order to put into relief the paradoxes and contradictions of our own cultural heritage.””
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Latinx Art Collection at the DePaul Art Museum
DePaul Art Museum’s Latinx Initiative formalizes the museum’s ongoing efforts toward fostering Latinx representation and participation in museum exhibitions, collections, and public programs. The initiative is a multi-year research inquiry focused on artists of Latinx heritage living and working in the United States. The Latinx Initiative includes curatorial research and exhibitions, collection and community-building, and cultivating opportunities for student engagement.
READ MORE: Interview with David Maruzzella of the Latinx Art Collection at DePaul Art Museum
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Natasha Mijares
Natasha Mijares is an artist, writer, curator, and educator. Her debut collection of poetry, violent wave, is published by PANK Books. She received her MFA in Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited at various international and national galleries. Her work has appeared in Gravity of the Thing, Hypertext Review, Calamity, Vinyl Poetry, and more.
READ MORE: Interview with Natasha Mijares on Sixty Inches From Center