Gutiérrez’s new studio in Ventura, California, will provide a space for that very diasporic Zapotec community—especially the next generation of Oaxacan youth.
September 11, 2001, was catalytic in shifting how I thought about the impact of artists and the utility of artistic labor.
Incarceration changed Wissman’s relationship with everyday objects, making arts supplies and tools rare and valuable.
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