Leslie Moody Castro interviews artist Josue Rawmirez about his relationship to the border, the Rio Grande Valley, and his practice.
Giovanni Valderas
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The Meadows Museum has released a call for applications for the 2022 Moss/Chumley Award. The deadline to apply is Monday, February 28, 2022.
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Noah Simblist in conversation with Jeff Williams, Kysa Johnson, Cruz Ortiz, Ry Rocklen, Giovanni Valderas, Anoka Faruqee, Angela Dufresne, Lauren Cross, and Keliy Anderson-Staley.
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“At a certain point you can get caught up in your own work and not take the time to invest in your local community... . But it's really important to me that I do both, and to remain active locally.”
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Glasstire 3×3: Giovanni Valderas — Who or what has influenced your work?
by Glasstireby Glasstire“Our parents were discriminated against for using Spanish; there wasn’t really an emphasis to teach us, so we just grew up around it, picking it up. And it’s kind of this bastardization of language."
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“What gets me going creatively is the community that I live in. It's really just absorbing everything in the community, and then how I replicate that in the studio practice."
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“If I can use art to bring a different perspective that can change people’s minds, or at least get them to acknowledge an issue, I think my role as an artist is a viable one.”
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Notable past recipients include current Glasstire Digital Artist Resident Carolyn Sortor (2018) and recent Nasher Public artists Giovanni Valderas (2017) and Bernardo Vallarino (2020).
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Meek's exhibition follows other successful installations in the series, including works from Bernardo Vallerino, Giovanni Valderas, and most recently, Nyugen E. Smith.
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“Perhaps more than others in the Houston cultural community, HMAAC is sensitive to the need for spaces where people of color control their narrative and are not interpreted by others."
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Christopher Blay and William Sarradet on a show about Black hair, an artist creating voids in space, and another artist's take on the grit and grind of the working class.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech walk you through the surprisingly unstressful process of buying excellent art online, at all price points.
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Christopher Blay chats with Giovanni Valderas about the Moss/Chumley Award winner's connection to his Oak Cliff neighborhood, meteors hurtling toward us, and piñatas and politics.
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Craighead Green Gallery is the first commercial art space to reach out to Glasstire to announce a reopening date.
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The Crit Night will take place via the video conference platform Zoom at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21.
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My hope is that you look at these images as a sort of proof-of-life document. Check in on these artists if you know them, and others you may know.
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Christopher Blay and Christina Rees stop in at Art League Houston during its three-show installation process, and fill you in on the top five art events to catch in Texas this week, one of which prompts this from Blay: "We live in 2020 and we should make art that reflects 2020."
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"My role isn't just about curating space but allowing the community to curate a space that is reflective of the issues and passions of the Fort Worth community... . We are here to democratize space."
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In recent years, Mr. Valderas' artworks have taken on topics of activism and gentrification.
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More Billboard Art: Giovanni Valderas Opens Public Art Project in Bronx
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechLast week, Dallas-based artist Giovanni Valderas debuted a new public artwork in the Bronx, New York. Part of the project 14X48, which repurposes vacant billboards as public art spaces, the piece draws visual…