Visual Art & Encounters
Latin@merica: Embedding Bodies and Localities, in conversation
Elevación (2019) by Ana Maria Millán
In separate discussions with writer, communications specialist and journalist Eva Salinas, artists Alexandra Gelis, Ana Maria Millán, Santiago Tavera and Laura Acosta will discuss their current work and their relationship to the identities of Latinx, artist and worker, especially in a time of uncertainty and precarity. These short video interviews provide an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the exhibit and the creators of the respective works.
See the exhibition here.
Saturday, May 1: Eva Salinas in conversation with Alexandra Gelis
Sunday, May 9: Eva Salinas in conversation with Ana Maria Millán
Monday, May 17: Eva Salinas in conversation with Santiago Tavera & Laura Acosta
Eva Salinas
is an editor, communications specialist and journalism instructor. She is the former editor of foreign affairs site OpenCanada.org, editor of The Santiago Times in Chile, a trainer for Journalists for Human Rights in Ghana and has written for the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Financial Post, The Times and others. She is also the author of Latin Americans Thought of It, an educational book for children, published by Annick Press.