THEINTER-UNIVERSITYPROGRAMFORLATINORESEARCHandTHESMITHSONIANLATINOCENTER
Present
FIFTHBIENNIALLATINOARTNOW!CONFERENCERE-IMAGINGGLOBALINTERSECTIONS
APRIL7-9,2016
TheLatinoArtNow!Re-imagingGlobalIntersectionsConferenceinChicagowillexaminethe
contemporaryshiftingcontoursofUSLatinoartandthe(trans)nationalandglobalculturalforcesthat
continuouslyshapeitandhowitinturnshapestheseforces.Atmid-decadewearewitnessinggrowthof
thefieldinAmericanArtHistoryaswellasinLatinovisualculture.Renewedvisibilityforartistsina
waveofmajorexhibitionsatnationalmuseumsandgalleries,theexpansionofcuratorialandacademic
infrastructure,andnewpublicationandresearchinitiativestendtosignalwiderandexpanding
opportunities.CanweatthepresentmomentmapLatinoartactivitywithinalargertransnational,
hemisphericandglobalcontextanddiscourse?Canwere-imageamoreglobalAmericanart?How
haveLatinoartistsenteredtransnationalandglobalartnetworks?Takingcitiesascriticalspacesof
globalization,whatcanwesayofurbaninterventionsassitesofartivism?Whatarethefuture
directions?Inotherwords,whatisLatinoArtNow?
ConferenceorganizedbytheInter-UniversityProgramforLatinoResearch(IUPLR)headquarteredat
theUniversityofIllinoisatChicago(UIC)andtheSmithsonianLatinoCenter.AdditionalsupportreceivedfromUIC
CollegeofLiberalArtsandSciences,UICOfficeofPublicandGovernmentalAffairs,UICLatinAmericanandLatino
StudiesProgram,UICRafaelCintrónOrtizLatinoCulturalCenter,UICSchoolofArtandArtHistory,UICJane
AddamsHull-HouseMuseum,DePaulUniversityCenterforLatinoResearch,DePaulArtMuseum,Departmentof
CulturalAffairsandSpecialEvents,NationalMuseumofMexicanArtandPuertoRicanArtsAlliance.
TheLANConferenceismadepossiblethroughthegeneroussupportof:
Allstate,BMOHarris,TheBoeingCompany,Comcast-NBCUniversal,Macy’s,HispanicsinPhilanthropy,Southwest
Airlines—theofficialairlineofIUPLRandtheSmithsonianLatinoCenter,Ms.JuanaGuzman,andDr.Walterand
Mrs.JanetMillerFund.AdditionalgrantsforresearchandeducationalinitiativesreceivedfromTheJoyce
Foundation,NationalEndowmentfortheArts,ChicagoCommunityTrust,andtheSmithsonianLatinoInitiatives
PooladministeredbytheSmithsonianLatinoCenter.
TheLANChicagoConversationSeriesonTheMakingoftheEquitableCityismadepossiblethroughagrantfrom
theChicagoCommunityTrust
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PRE-CONFERENCEAGENDA
AsofFebruary17,2016
WEDNESDAY,APRIL6,2016
5:00p.m.-7:00p.m.
DEPAULUNIVERSITYARTMUSEUM
935WFullerton
ChicagoIL60614
HOSTCOMMITTEERECEPTION
HostedbyDePaulUniversityCenterforLatinoResearch
EXHIBITION:NEXO/NEXUS:LATINAMERICANCONNECTIONSINTHEMIDWEST
DeliaCosentinoandBibianaSuárez,Curators,DePaulUniversity
THURSDAY,APRIL7,2016
9:00a.m.–12:30p.m.
VARIOUSLOCATIONS
ARTISTSSTUDIOVISITS
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CONFERENCEAGENDA
THURSDAY,APRIL7,2016
12:00–5:00p.m.
CHICAGOCULTURALCENTER
78EWashingtonSt.
Chicago,IL60602
REGISTRATION
1:00–2:45p.m.
CHICAGOCULTURALCENTER,EXHIBITIONGALLERIES
GALLERYTALKS
PabloHelguera:LibreríaDonceles,GarlandGallery,1stFloorSouth
SusanFriel,Curator,DCASE
PresentStandard:25LatinoArtists,MichiganAvenueGalleries,1stFloor
EdraSoto,Curator,TheFranklin
PreviewofCarlosRolón/Dzine:ITellYouThisSincerely…ChicagoGallery,2ndFloorNorth
NathanMason,Curator,DCASE
3:00–3:20p.m.
CHICAGOCULTURALCENTER,PRESTONBRADLEYHALL
WELCOMEREMARKS
MichelleT.Boone,Commissioner,CityofChicagoDepartmentofCulturalAffairsandSpecialEvents
RicardoEstrada,Member,BoardofTrusteesUniversityofIllinois
TerryMazany,PresidentandCEO,TheChicagoCommunityTrust
EduardoDíaz,Director,SmithsonianLatinoCenter
MaríadeLosAngelesTorres,IUPLRExecutiveDirector,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
3:20p.m.
CHICAGOCULTURALCENTER,PRESTONBRADLEYHALL
ARTISTSPANEL:RE-IMAGINGGLOBALINTERSECTIONS
Moderator:MaríadelosAngelesTorres,IUPLRExecutiveDirector,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
AntonioMartorell,VisualArtist,SanJuan
IñigoManglano-Ovalle,VisualArtist,Chicago
TaniaBruguera,InstallationandPerformanceArtist,NewHaven
ScherezadeGarcía,VisualArtist,NewYork
MaríaGaspar,VisualArtist,Chicago
4:45p.m.
CHICAGOCULTURALCENTER,PRESTONBRADLEYHALL
PRESENTATIONOFTHETOMÁSYBARRA-FRAUSTOAWARD
Remarks:GilbertoCárdenas,ExecutiveDirector,TheNotreDameCenterforArtsandCulture,Universityof
NotreDame
PresentationofAward:TomásYbarra-Frausto,IndependentScholar
Recipientofthe2016Award:CarlosTortolero,President,NationalMuseumofMexicanArt
5:30p.m.
MACY’sonSTATESTREET,THENARCISSUSROOM,7thFLOOR
111NStateStreet
Chicago,IL60602
OPENINGRECEPTIONHostedbyMacy’s
Remarks:MaríadelosAngelesTorres,IUPLRExecutiveDirector,UniversityofIllinoisatChicagoand
EduardoDiaz,Director,SmithsonianLatinoCenter
TBA,Macy’s
AstridaOrleTantillo,DeanoftheCollegeofLiberalArtsandSciences,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
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MC:TBA,Comcast-NBCUniversal-Telemundo
EkphrasticPoetry:CristinaCorrea,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
Music:LatinMusicProject:CuatroConjuntobyPuertoRicanArtsAlliance
Music:SonMonarcas
FRIDAY,APRIL8,2016
8:00a.m.–5:00p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,3rdFloor
REGISTRATION
8:00a.m.–11:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,CardinalRoom330
HOSPITALITYAREA:COFFEE
9:00–10:30a.m.
FIVECONCURRENTSESSIONS
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION1:THEBORICUA60sand70s:AESTHETICSANDDISPLAYOFRADICALISM,NEWYORK
ANDCHICAGOUSA
Chair:WilsonValentín-Escobar,HampshireCollege
Panelsists:
WilsonValentín-Escobar,HampshireCollege
JacquelineLazú,DePaulUniversity
YasmínRamírez,HunterCollege
CarlosFlores,PuertoRicoChicagoProject
RocíoAranda-Alvarado,ElMuseodelBarrio
MiguelLuciano,VisualArtist
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
ROUNDTABLE1:CONTEMPORARYARTANDTHECENTRALAMERICADIASPORA
Chair:BeatrizCortez,CSUNorthridge/Artist,LosAngeles
Presenters:
BeatrizCortez,CSUNorthridge/Artist,LosAngeles
MaríaAdelaDíaz,VisualArtist,LosAngeles
JessicaKairé,Artist,NewYork/Guatemala
AlmaLeiva,MultidisciplinaryArtist,Miami
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION2:THEARTOFCOLLECTING,THECOLLECTINGOFLATINOART
Panelists:
ArmandoDurón,LosAngeles
AlfredCisneros,Chicago
HectorAponteandSandraAponte,Chicago
HarrietRomoandRicardoRomo,UniversityofTexasatSanAntonio
Chicano and Latino Intersections: Art from the Romo Print Collection
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
ROUNDTABLE2:IFYOUPAINTTHEYWILLCOMMENT:MURALSANDCOMMUNITYDIALOGUES
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Presenters:
JimmyLongoria,VisualArtist,Minneapolis
AniRivera,GaleríadelaRaza
MartinMoreno,Muralist,Phoenix
GeorgeVargas,TexasA&MUniversity-Kingsville
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,CARDINALROOM
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONSONTHEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY1:BUILDINGCREATIVE
COMMUNITIES:LATINASINCHICAGO
ChairandDiscussant:NicoleMarroquín,SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago
Presenters:
StephanieManríquez,IndependentWriterandJournalist
DianaSolis,VisualArtist,Chicago
ElviaRodríguez-Ochoa,PolvoCollective
GloriaTalamantés-Data,MujeresMutantes
NaomiMartínez,MujeresMutantes
ThelmaUranga,TejeryPoder
LizetteGarza,WeAreHipHop
DelilahSalgado,WeAreHipHop
BrendaHernández,Yollocalli
AmaraBettyMartin
10:30–10:45a.m.
BREAK
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
FIVECONCURRENTSESSIONS
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION3:ARTIVISMINCOMMUNITIES
Panelists:
ReneeMoreno,CSUNorthridge
“YouSayHistories,ISay…Stories”:RecoveringMexican-AmericanandChicanoArtists’HistoriesfromThe
FederalArtsProject(FAP)andDenver’sChicanoArtsMovement(1935-1972)
RosemaryMeza-DesPlas,ElCentroCollege
LaHistoria:LatinoArtCollectivesinTexas
DeniseSandoval,CSUNorthridge
¡LaLuchaContinua!WhyCommunityHistory[-ies]Matters—EthnicStudiesResearch,ArtActivismandthe
StruggleforSpaceandPlaceintheNortheastSanFernandoValley
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION4:DOMINICANYORKWOMENARTISTATTHEINTERSECTIONSOFCONTEMPORARY
LATINOART
Moderator:OlgaU.Herrera,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
Panelists:
OlgaU.Herrera,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
JuliaSantosSolomon,VisualArtist,Woodstock,NY
ilianaemiliagarcía,VisualArtist,NewYork
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
ROUNDTABLE3:ARTANDFUNDINGTHEFUTUREOFAMERICA
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ChairandDiscussant:EduardoDíaz,SmithsonianLatinoCenter
Presenters:
DianaCampoamor,HispanicsinPhilantropy
AngeliquePowers,TheJoyceFoundation
HollySidford,HeliconCollaborative(invited)
JanetBrown,GrantmakersintheArts(invited)
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION2:PAÑOARTE:ASOUTHWESTERNCHICANA/OARTFORMBREAKSOUTTOURBAN
STREETSANDOTHERVENUESBEYONDTHECONFINESOFLAPINTA
Chair:VíctorAlejandroSorell,UniversityDistinguishedProfessorEmeritus,ChicagoStateUniversity
Panelists:
VíctorAlejandroSorell,UniversityDistinguishedProfessorEmeritus,ChicagoStateUniversity
PañoArte:AnAbbreviatedOverview
EricJ.García,ArtistinResidence,NationalMuseumofMexicanArt
PañosandPoliticalPrisoners
CristinaMedina,MountainViewCollege
ChicanaFeminisma:TakingBackControloftheFemaleImage
JesúsMacarena-Ávila,InstitutodeNuestraCultura
PañoArte:TeachingIt 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY2:
D.I.Y.CULTURA:MULTI-GENERATIONALARTROUNDTABLE
Moderator:RicardoGonzález,VisualArtist,Chicago
Presenters:
MatthewSilva,VisualArtist,Chicago
HectorHerreraYepes,VisualArtist,Chicago
DavidMarqués,VisualArtist,Chicago
TeresaMagaña,VisualArtist,Chicago
12:15–2:00p.m.
BROWNBAGLUNCHSESSION&MUSEUMVISIT
12:15–2:00p.m.
THEARTINSTITUTEOFCHICAGO,MICHIGANAVENUEENTRANCE
DepartmentofPrintsandDrawings,GloreStudyRoom
JeanandStevenGoldmanPrintsandDrawingsStudyCenter
LUNCHTIMEVISIT:LATINAMERICANARTPRINTSANDDRAWINGSATTHEARTINSTITUTE
VictoriaSanchoLobis,PrinceTrustAssociateCurator,PrintsandDrawings
MarkPascale,JanetandCraigDuchossoisCuratorofPrintsandDrawings
12:30–1:45p.m.
UICCARDINALROOM
BROWNBAGLUNCHPLENARYSESSION:ART,CULTURALANDNEIGHBORHOODCHANGE:ARTCAN
SERVEASACATALYSTFORECONOMICANDSOCIALCHANGE
ChairandModerator:JuanaGuzman,IJuanaKnow,Inc.
Panelists:
CarolBebelle,AsheCulturalArtsCenter
NeydaMartínez,CulturalEntrepreneurandArtsConsultant
ElvinPadilla,TenderloinProject,SanFrancisco
ShanZuoandDaHuangZhou,ZhouBArtCenter:TheHomeofArtists
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12:30–1:45p.m.
UICHULLHOUSEMUSEUMTOUR
UICLATINOCULTURALCENTERMURALSTOUR
2:00–3:30p.m.
FIVECONCURRENTSESSIONS
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION5:ARTIVISMSANDTRANSFORMATIONS
Moderator:
Panelists:
TheresaAvila,ArizonaStateUniversity
DismantlingandRestructuringHistory:ArtivismandthePoliticalCartoonsofEricGarcía
CarmenFebles,IdahoStateUniversity
TransformationandCulturalIdentityinConsueloJimenezUnderwood’sRepresentationoftheVirginof
Guadalupe
JudithHuacuja,UniversityofDayton
AbstractionandRealisminContemporaryLatinAmericanArtoftheMidwest
XuxaRodríguez,UICUrbana-Champaign
PerformingExile:Cubanidad,theEpisodicConditionofCubanExileSubjectivityandtheMythofEternalReturn
inCarmelitaTropicana’sMilkofAmnesia
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION6:ARTEDELNOROESTE(POCOCHICANX,POCOINDIGENA,POCOMEXICANX,POCO
AMERICANO/A)PUROLATIN@
Chair:RonMize,OregonStateUniversity
Panelists:
OctavianoMerecias-Cuevas,OregonStateUniversity
MartaMaldonado,OregonStateUniversity
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
ROUNDTABLE5:WHATISTHEROLEOFTRADITIONALGRAPHICARTSINOURCONTEMPORARY
WORLD?
Presenters:
RenéArceo,VisualArtist,Chicago
AlexVelázquez,VisualArtist,Chicago
RobertoFerreyra,VisualArtist,Chicago
MontserratAlsina,VisualArtist,Chicago
MosesRos,VisualArtist,NewYork
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION7:RECOVERINGEARLYARTISTSANDLEGACIES
Panelists:
ZacBleicher,EdgarMillerLegacy
Jesús Torres and Edgar Miller – Intersectionality of International Artistic Relations in Interwar Chicago
DanielRonan,NationalPublicHousingMuseum
ChicagoMid-CenturyMosaicMaster:GenaroÁlvarez
JohnPitmanWeber,VisualArtist,ChicagoandDianaSolis,VisualArtist,Chicago
JoseGuerrero:LifeandContributions
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY3:
7
PUBLICARTPROJECT:CARACOL,WEBRINGOURHOMEWITHUS
Moderator:MoiraPujols,Contratiempo
Presenters:
MoiraPujols,Contratiempo
GeorginaValverde
LuisMuñoz
JoséTerrazas
3:30–3:45p.m.
BREAK
3:45–5:45p.m.
FIVECONCURRENTSESSIONS
3:45–5:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION8:BORDERS,TRANSNATIONALRESISTANCE,EMPOWERMENT
Moderator:
Panelists:
GuiselaLatorre,OhioStateUniversity&RichardLou,UniversityofMemphis
StoriesOnMyBack:RichardLou’sInstallationArtasaformofTransnationalResistanceattheIntersectionof
theU.S.ChineseandChicana/oExperience
AbigailLapinDardashti,CUNYGraduateCenter
EmbodyingHispañola:UrbanPerformanceOnandAroundtheDominican-HaitianBorderland
MargaritaCabrera,ArtistinResidence,UniversityofTexasatElPaso
CensorshipinLatinoArt
ElvisFuentes,RutgersUniversity
EyesonUS:SurveillanceCultureinLatinoArt
3:45–5:45p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY4:INSTITUTOGRÁFICODE
CHICAGO&WORKSHOP
Moderator:EricJ.García,VisualArtists,Chicago
Panelists:
EricJ.García,VisualArtists,Chicago
JoséLuísGutiérrez,VisualArtist,Chicago
SalvadorJiménez,VisualArtist,Chicago
AntonioPazarán,VisualArtist,Chicago
VanessaSánchez,VisualArtist,Chicago
RicardoSerment,VisualArtist,Chicago
3:45–5:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION9:SCHOLARSHIPANDACTIVISMINNATIONALPERSPECTIVE:TOMÁSYBARRAFRAUSTO
ChairandModerator:GilbertoCárdenas,UniversityofNotreDame
Panelists:
HollyBarnetSánchez,UniversityofNewMexico
TBA
3:45–5:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION10:LATINOCHICAGOANDTHEEMERGENCEOFALATINOARTSMOVEMENT,AN
OVERVIEWANDTWOPIONEERS:PUERTORICANRUFINOSILVAANDMEXICANLUISM.ORTIZ(Session
FeaturingImagesfromtheJoséGamalielGonzálezChicagoPublicArtCollection)
ChairandModerator:LenDomínguez,Carlos&DomínguezFineArtsGallery
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Panelists:
MarcZimmerman,LACASAChicago/ChicagoLatin@ArtsSeries
EarlyChicagoLatinoArtistsandMuralists
EduardoArocho,PoetandPuertoRicanCulturalCenter
ChicagoPuertoRicanPublicArtHistory
Commentators:
MartaAyala,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
WomenPioneersandOtherThemes
PaulSierra,VisualArtist,Chicago
RememberingMyTeacher,RufinoSilva
ErrolOrtiz,VisualArtist,Chicago
RememberingMyFather,LuisMendozaOrtíz
3:45–5:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY5:
ARTISTSSPEAKI
Moderator:
Presenters:
ArturoFresan,VisualArtist,Chicago
ActiveCommunitySpaces
JoséAgustínAndreu,SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicagoandColumbiaCollege
NativeandImmigrant
BeatrizE.Ledesma,SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago
TheSpiritualinArt:TheWorkofBeatrizE.Ledesma
ErnestoAtkinson,MasterinArtTherapy
LoscoloresdelArcoiris
6:10p.m.
TRANSPORTATIONPROVIDEDFROMUICTORECEPTIONbeginningat6:15p.m.
6:30–10:30p.m.
NATIONALMUSEUMOFMEXICANART
1852W19thSt
Chicago,IL60608
RECEPTION
Remarks:CarlosTortolero,President&GilbertoCardenas,ArtCollector-DedicationoftheGaleríaGilberto
andDoloresCardenas
Galleries:RicardoandHarriettRomo,ArtCollectors;MariaGaspar,Artist;DanRamirez,Artist,andVictoria
Martinezwillbepresentinthegalleriestotalkabouttheirexhibitions.
Performance:SonesdeMexico
TRANSPORTATIONPROVIDEDFROMMUSEUMTOHOTELSbeginningat8:00p.m.
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SATURDAY,APRIL9,2016
8:00a.m.–2:00p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,3rdFloor
REGISTRATION
8:00a.m.–11:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,CardinalRoom330
HOSPITALITYAREA:COFFEE
8:00–9:00a.m.
BUSINESSMEETINGS
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,CARDINALROOM
U.S.LatinoArtForum(USLAF)
9:00–10:30a.m.
FIVECONCURRENTSESSIONS
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION11:LATINOPRESENTSANDFUTURISMS
Moderator:
Presenters:
LauraA.L.Wellen,Francine
OutofAbsence
CeciliaFajardo-Hill,HammerMuseum
ContestingArtificialCategories:TheCaseofChicanoArtinLosAngeles
JoshRíos,SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago
InsideaSerpent-HeadedSpaceship
VíctorM.Espinosa,TheOhioStateUniversity
ResistingorEmbracingMultipleCategories?ReframingMartínRamírezasaLatinoArtist
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION12:NEWSHIFTSINU.S.LATINO/AART
Moderator:
Panelists:
KarenMaryDavalos,LoyolaMarymountUniversity
RemixingLACMA:rethinkingChicana/oartexhibitionsatapublicmuseum
ArleneDávila,NewYorkUniversity
LauraE.Pérez,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
DecolonizingSelf-PortraitsofKahlo,Mendieta,andCervántez
ConstanceCortez,TexasTechUniversity
MarianaOrtega,JohnCarrollUniversity
OfWordsandColors:MemoryandExilearePaintedonmyCanvas
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION13:NEWRESEARCHINTHEHUMANITIES:IUPLR2016MELLONFELLOWS
Chair:MeghanHammond,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
Presenters:
AmandaGray,UniversityofTexasatAustin
JoséCastellanos,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
NicholeGarcia,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles
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9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION14:LIVINGARCHIVES:RECOVERINGTHESOURCESFORLATINO-AMERICANART
Chair:MaríaC.Gaztambide,InternationalCenterfortheArtsoftheAmericas,MuseumofFineArts,
Houston
Presenters:
JoshT.Franco,ArchivesofAmericanArt
Latina/oPresenceintheArchivesofAmericanArt
MaríaC.Gaztambide,MuseumofFineArts,Houston
TheArchiveasaPoliticalBody:AnICAATestCaseforLatinoArt
MarcelaGuerrero,HammerMuseum
TheMultipleLivesoftheRadicalWomenArchive
MurielHasbun,CorcoranSchooloftheArts&DesignatGeorgeWashingtonUniversity
LaberintoProjects:MediatinganArchiveofCentralAmericanArt
9:00–10:30a.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY6:
YOUTHASENGAGEDCULTURALWORKERS:BENITOJUAREZHIGHSCHOOLANDTHELEGACYOF
STUDENTUPRISINGONTHELOWERWESTSIDEOFCHICAGO
Presenters:
NicoleMarroquín,SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago
JoséRezéndiz,SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago
PaulinaCamacho
TBA
10:30–10:45a.m.
BREAK
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
FIVECONCURRENTSESSIONS
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
PANELSESSION15:CLOSEREADINGS
Moderator:
Panelists:
E.CarmenRamos,SmithsonianAmericanArtMuseum
AiringDirtyLaundryBeautifully:FreddyRodriguez’sTrujilloSeries
TereRomo,SanFranciscoFoundation
TheAztecsmeetLasVegasinLosAngeles:EduardoCarrillo’sLasTropicanas
JasonMeyler,MountMaryUniversity
IllegalAlien’sGuidestoContemporaryImaginingsofUSLatin@andLatinAmericanIdentity
AnaCristinaPerry,GraduateCenter
RafaelMontañezOrtizandtheDestructioninArtSymposium,1966and1968
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,CARDINALROOM
ROUNDTABLE6:CUBANARTATTHECROSSROADS:CUBANAMERICANCONSIDERATIONSON
COLLECTINGANDCURATINGCUBAN
Chair:RaúlRubio,TheNewSchool
Presenters:
MaríaAntoniaCabreraArus,TheNewSchool
CarolDamian,FloridaInternationalUnivesity
RebeccaIbel,PizzutiCollection
ElzbietaSklodowska,WashingtonUniversityofSaintLouis
TonyUlloa,CasaSerena
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10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY7:
ASOCIALSCULTURE:THEROLEOFTHENMMAINMAKINGTHEEQUITABLECITY
Chair:CesáreoMoreno,NationalMuseumofMexicanArt
Presenters:
CesáreoMoreno,NationalMuseumofMexicanArt
NMMAasSocialSculpture
RodrigoLaraZendejas,VisualArtist,Chicago
DeportableAliens
VincentValdez,VisualArtist
TheStrangestFruit
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION16:IMAGINGTHEWORD:THEARTOFTHESCHOLARLYJOURNALDIÁLOGO
Chair:ElizabethC.Martínez,DePaulUniversity
Presenters:
ElizabethC.Martínez,DePaulUniversity
LatinoArtasPartofaScholarlyTheme
CristinaRodríguez,DePaulUniversity
Design and Layout/Production of Diálogo
DeliaCosentino,DePaulUniversity
Writing a Latino/a visual culture: a place for Diálogo in the discipline of art history
HéctorDuarte,VisualArtist,Chicago
Mexican-Chicago Art in Exile
SandraFernández,ThePrintmakingCenterofNewJersey
Art and Academia Joining Forces Towards Common Goals
10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY8:
MANIFESTANDOCREATIVERESISTENCEANDPARTICIPATORYWORK:THE96ACRESPROJECT
Chair:
Presenters:
MariaGaspar
PaulinaCamacho
AmandaCortés
SilviaGonzález
12:15–2:00p.m.
BROWNBAGLUNCHSESSION&CULTURALCENTERVISIT
12:40p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,CARDINALROOM
BROWNBAGPLENARY:REFRAMINGU.S.LATINOANDLATINAMERICANART
Moderator:ChonA.Noriega,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles
Panelists:
ChonA.Noriega,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles
UrbanArchaeology:OntheObjectofArtHistory
ColinGunckel,UniversityofMichigan
CapturingMovement:UsesofPhotographyinLaRazaMagazine
JuanDelgado
DetrásdelMuro/BeneathdeWall
12:30p.m.
PUERTORICANARTSALLIANCE(TransportationProvided)
3000NElbridgeAve.
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Chicago,IL60618
LUNCHSESSION:LUNCHPROVIDED,RSVPREQUIRED
CarlosHernández,Founder&ExecutiveDirector,PuertoRicanArtsAlliance
ElArchivoProject:DocumentingtheMigrationHistoryofthePuertoRicanCommunityintheMidwest
Launchedin2014ElArchivoProjectisaPuertoRicanArtsAlliance(PRAA)programaimedatdocumenting
themigrationhistoryofthePuertoRicancommunityintheMidwest.PRAAisinitsearlystagesofcollecting
anddigitizinghistoricalphotographsandothercriticalinformationforitsArchivoproject.Guestsattending
theluncheonwillbeabletoviewPRAAcurrentexhibitionontheseeffortsandwillbeprovidedabrieforal
presentationbyPRAAElArchivocuratorand/oritsorganizationleadership.
12:45p.m.
UICGALLERY400
PERFORMANCE:PLEASEDON’TBURYMEALIVE!
AnthonyRomero
JoshRios
2:00–3:30p.m.
FIVECONCURRENTSESSIONS
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION17:SUBJECT/AGENT:LATINOPHOTOGRAPHERSANDFILMMAKERS/LATINOSIN
PHOTOGRAPHYANDFILM
Moderator:
Panelists:
DeannaLedezma,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
“Spanish-AmericansLikeAnyKindofPictures”:JohnCollier,Jr.’sPhotographsoftheLopezFamilyHome
ElizabethFerrer,BRIC,Brooklyn,NY
FirstEncounters:LatinoPhotographersattheFirstColloquiumofLatinAmericanPhotography
ElviraCarrizal-Dukes,UniversityofTexasatElPaso
TheWeepingPimp
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION18:LA/LAINITIATIVE
Chair:PilarTompkinsRivas,LosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt
RitaGonzalez,LosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt
BillKelleyJr.
MarianaBotey
POLEN
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION19:IMAGININGANDINTERVENING:U.S.LATIN@ARTANDHISTORYTODAYAND
TOMORROW
ModeratorandChair:AdrianaZavala,TuftsUniversity
Panelists:
RoseG.Salseda,UniversityofTexasatAustin
TheArtHistoryofForgetting:RecoveringLatinoArtinPost-RiotLosAngeles
TatianaReinoza,UniversityofTexasatAustin
Curatorial Interventions in Latino Art: Counter-Archives to the Narco-City
RobbHernández,UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside
Finding AIDS: How AZT Changed Aztlán
Sonja E. Gandert, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Zilia Sánchez, Transnational Latina/o Art and the Danger of Defying Categories
TaínaB.Caragol,NationalPortraitGallery
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Searching for Useful Frameworks: Latino Art at the National Portrait Gallery
SamRomero,FloridaSouthernUniversity
Deconstruct and Redesign: My Art Practice, Teaching Methods and Branding Ideas
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION20:ARTATTHEINTERSECTIONSOFTECHNOLOGY:THECHICAGOVIRTUALGALLERY
ChairandModerator:MelissaCarrillo,SmithsonianLatinoCenter
Panelists:
MelissaCarrillo,SmithsonianLatinoCenter
StaceyFox,MichiganStateUniversity
PaolaRamírez
JazminGutiérrez
NancyVillafranca,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
2:00–3:30p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY9:
ARTISTSSPEAKII
Moderator:
Participants:
AlfonsoPilotoNieves,VisualArtist,EvanstonandChicago
Elartetomaformadeacuerdoalavida,raícesyentornosocialdelartista
VictoriaMartínezandLuisAyala,InterdisciplinaryArtists,Chicago
PilsenGangCulture:ResearchofthePartySweater
GilbertoSandovalandGabrielaIbarra,Apt512Collective,Chicago
DeconstructingPreconceivedNotionsofMexicanArt
3:30–3:45p.m.
BREAK
3:45–5:15p.m.
FOURCONCURRENTSESSIONS
3:45–5:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION21:IMÁGENESDEMUJER:GOINGAGAINSTTROPES
Moderator:
Panelists:
BibianaSuárez,DePaulUniversity
Lalataquedelata:TheTalkThatBetrays
JaimeNoriega,DePaulUniversity
MulticulturalConsumerMarkets:Moremodern,fluid,andcomplexthancorporateAmericarealizes
AlisonFraunhar,St.XavierUniversity Ochun’syellowdress,or,mulatajeintheeraoftransnationalidentity
GladysRosa-Mendoza,CertainTeedCorporation
ProjectoBienestar:AlternativeresearchmethodsforpresentingtheroleofLatinas
3:45–5:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION22:DECOLONIZINGCHICANO/AART:AVIEWFROMLA
Chair:CharleneVillaseñorBlack,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles
Presenters:
CharleneVillaseñorBlack,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles
ArtandActivismSinceCARA:NewFronterasinChicana/oArtHistory
CarissaGarcia,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles
KaelynRodriguez,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles
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RosannaSimmons,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles
bozalta:UndisciplinedCirculationsinChicanxandLatinxStudies
3:45–5:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
PANELSESSION23:VISUALARCHIVESANDDIGITALMUSEUMS
Moderator:TBA
Panelists:
SalvadorGüereña,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara
ChicanoVisualArchives,PreservationandDigitalTechnology:thecaseoftheCaliforniaEthnicandMulticultural
Archives
BetsyAndersen,MuseoEduardoCarrillo
KeepingitReal—HowaDigitalMuseumWalksintotheRoom
FILM:EduardoCarrillo:ALifeofEngagement
3:45–5:15p.m.
UICSTUDENTCENTEREAST,ROOM***
CHICAGOARTCONVERSATIONS,THEMAKINGOFTHEEQUITABLECITY10:
EXCAVATINGHERITAGEANDEXPANDINGGEOGRAPHIES
Moderator:AllisonPetersQuinn,HydeParkArtCenter
Panelists:
WilliamCórdova
AlejandroFigueredo
AngelaLópez
5:30p.m.
UICRAFAELCINTRÓNORTÍZLATINOCULTURALCENTER
BRINDISDEDESPEDIDA
Music:
UICMariachiFuego
10:00p.m.Doors&Show
SUBTERRANEAN
2011WNorthAvenue
Chicago,IL60647
AFTERLATINOARTNOW!PARTY
Music:
DosSantos:Anti-BeatOrquesta,
IdayVuelta
ThePonderers
TICKETLINK:https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1100871
$8cover,21+
POSTCONFERENCEAGENDA
SUNDAY,APRIL10,2016
3:00a.m.–5:00p.m.
CHICAGOCULTURALCENTER,CLAUDIACASSIDYTHEATER
PRESENTSTANDARDARTISTSPANEL
Moderator:DanielR.Quiles,SchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago
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