X as Intersection | Latinx Artists “Diasporic Legacies”
Lucia Hierro, Berenjena Guisada, felt, foam, digital, print on brushed suede, 2021. © Lucia Hierro
María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Mobile installation view, from the series The Rise of the Butterflies, mouth-blown Murano glass and stainless steel, 2021, courtesy of Galerie Barbara Thumm and the artist. © Jens Ziehe
Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, Yo Tambien (Me Too), hand-sewn human gray hair (artist’s hair) on black twill fabric, 2018, courtesy of the artist. © Mariah Richstone
Virtual Conversation
X as Intersection | Latinx Artists “Diasporic Legacies”
Presented by the MFAH and the US Latinx Art Forum
How do the legacies of Latin American and Caribbean migration to the United States affect Latinx artists and their work? This conversation draws on sources ranging from first-hand experiences to family oral histories of migration and diaspora.
Artists Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Lucia Hierro, and Rosemary Meza-DesPlas discuss the impact these legacies have had on their practices and cultural production.
Moderating the conversation are Mari Carmen Ramírez, the Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the MFAH; and Rose Salseda, co-founder and director of research initiatives at the US Latinx Art Forum.
Via Zoom | April 19, 2023
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman's Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.