October 4 - January 6, 2019
“Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly takes the migration path of the Monarch butterfly, as a geographic range and a metaphor. This exhibition sees the defense of Standing Rock and the threat to build a border wall as continuous issues that pose challenges to people native to the Americas who have been separated by conceptual categories of indigenous, immigrant, and assimilated. Like the butterfly—which takes four generations to make the complete migratory path navigating its way through the center of the United States by drawing from inherited knowledge—these artists also pull from ancestral and cultural memory to reveal the profound conceptual legacies underpinning abstraction, reorient historical and art historical narratives, and explore centuries-old trade routes that moved aesthetics in addition to goods.”
This show is curated by Risa Puleo and is split between the Blue Star Contemporary and the Southwest School of Art. Featured artists include: Gina Adams, Flor Ameira, Carmen Argote, Natalie Ball, Margarita Cabrera, Sarah Castillo, Juan William Chavez, William Cordova, Rafa Esparza, Nancy Freidemann- Sánchez, Nicholas Galanin, Guillermo Galindo, Jeffrey Gibson, Joe Harjo, Sky Hopkina, Donna Huanca,Yatika Fields, Salvador Jimenez Flores, Merritt Johnson, Ivan Lozano, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Rodolfo Marron III, Harold Mendez, Mark Menjivar, Ronny Quevedo, Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez, Josh Rios, Anthony Romero, Guadalupe Rosales, Carlos Rosales Silva, Edra Soto, Francisco Souto, Marty Two Bulls, Jr., Rodrigo Valenzuela, Mary Valverde, Jose Villalobos, Dyani White Hawk, and Sarah Zapata.
Opening: October 4, 2018 | 7–10 pm
Performance by Jose Villalobos at 8PM
Curator Talk: October 5, 2018 | 9:30–10:30 am
Curator Walk Through with Risa Puleo
Special event: November 28, 2018 | 6–8 pm
MONARCHS PROGRAM with American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions
Performance: December 7, 2018 | 6–8 pm
HONOR AND LOSS IN THE TIME OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION: Performance by Joe Harjo
Panel: October 6, 2018 | 1–3 pm
Community Engagement: The Intersection of Art and Activism. Panel discussion featuring Sylvie Blocher, Rolando Briseño, Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark, & David S. Rubin
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