Image: Carlos Frésquez, The Obsidian Ranfla Series #3 (detail), 1999, Museum Purchase (Colorado 2000 Purchase Prize), FA 2000.4.
Congratulations to APP Alum Savanah Pennell for her curation of “Mi Gente: Manifestations of Community in the Southwest” at Fine Arts Center at Colorado College! Mi Gente unpacks the politics and complexities of community, including those who are perceived as outsiders. By drawing on works by Chicanx/a/o, Hispanic, and Mexican American artists based in New Mexico and Colorado, the show considers community within a landscape that has been shaped by colonization and migration.
‘Mi Gente: Manifestations of Community in the Southwest’ is curated by Savanah Pennell, Assistant Curator of Collections, with support from Katja Rivera, Curator of Contemporary Art. The exhibition is generously supported by The Anschutz Foundation, Colorado Creative Industries, the Bee Vradenburg Foundation in memory of Kathleen Fox Collins, the John and Margot Lane Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The show is up through February 3rd 2024.