Tina Orlandini

Tina Orlandini is a cultural worker and photographer. The intersections of culture, community, and solidarity are central to her work and how she moves through the world. From 2012 to 2016, she worked at El Puente, a community-based youth, arts, and social justice organization in Los Sures (Southside of Williamsburg), Brooklyn. Since 2016, Tina has worked as an artist and Development Director for AgitArte, a cultural solidarity and movement organization based in Boston and Puerto Rico. Tina first engaged with AgitArte as part of her APP thesis project: a collaborative exhibition in NYC of artwork and creative strategies produced during the University of Puerto Rico student movement of 2010-2011. Tina received her BA in art history and writing from Ithaca College before entering the 2012 cohort of Arts Politics at Tisch School of the Arts. She is a student of the Tamburello (Italian tambourine) and practices traditional songs that come from and honor the lands of the mezzogiorno (Southern Italy). She is from Altadena, CA, and currently lives in Bulbancha (New Orleans, LA).

https://www.torlandini.com/

What drew you to the MA Arts Politics program?

Intersections of art and social justice in practice, space to sit with and analyze the contradictions of this program existing within the university context (a product of the capitalist system).

How did your experience in the program shape your work?

Connections to community organizations and artists who helped shape my path in solidarity and cultural organizing. Mentorship and guidance, especially from Kathy Engel and Dr. Marta Moreno Vega while in the program and long after.