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"A collective expression of the joys and chaos of 24-hour home parenting."

You can experience the immersive installation once more this Saturday, January 25, 2020.

Valdez and Keene closed out their insightful conversation with a moving impromptu performance.

Spring 2019 promotional video by Glasstire's Jennifer Battaglia.

Ed. note: This video was part of the recent two-person exhibition by Dallas-based artists Carolyn Sortor and Michael A Morris titled Working Groups, on view in Dallas at the relaunch of the non-profit space, The MAC.

“You can choose to be exceptional based on something other than pre-determined measurements of what has value.” 

"One of the most influential artists for me has been Teresita Fernández."

Christina Rees and Neil Fauerso count down their favorite unconventional Christmas movies, which also just happen to be really good movies. 

"My most significant influence was attending college at Texas State and studying under the professors there who sparked my interest in this large-format process, exposing me to photographers like Jessica Eaton, Hannah Whitaker, and Dan Boardman." 

"One of the most influential periods was when I was working with San Anto Cultural Arts, where I was learning about artists who made artwork about Chicana and Chicano identity in Mexican-American experience." 

"It was the first body of work where I felt confident enough that the large-format process could support an entire series.”

“I really want to shed light on [that type of] injustice and how that interlaces into policies of today; immigration today.”

“I think it’s probably the work that people are least interested in.”

"My first solo exhibition was titled 'What Remains.' As a statement it refers to perseverance. As a question it refers to what is left to be said."

“What gets me going creatively is the infinite potential that I see within this large-format process. Constructing the image, rather than just photographing something that’s already there.”

“Whenever I’m beginning a body of work, it’s because a seedling was dropped, or I read about it, and I have to find out more about it. That entails an incredible amount of research.”

"I can get people to experience something or an idea that I’ve been exploring myself, and that seems really worthwhile to me."

"That physical act of actually inserting myself into a piece of work, into the history of art, is really powerful for me.”

The shows: CraftTexas 2018 at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and David Costanza and Lovie Olivia at Lawndale Art Center.

“My aunt really wanted me to pursue medicine because that was a way that you could really help people. And I kept telling her: The arts can do that, too.”