This episode kicks off a mini-series celebrating our six months of live programming which accompanied the 10 year anniversary exhibition, BROKEN BOXES: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue.

On September 7, 2024 the opening program of the exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum included an artist roundtable featuring exhibiting artists Tanya Aguiñiga, Jeremy Dennis, Amaryllis R. Flowers and Guadalupe Maravilla in conversation with Broken Boxes hosts Ginger Dunnill and Cannupa Hanska Luger.

The artists reflect on their respective practices as contemporary artists working to shift paradigms within the larger art world while upholding localized efforts of care. We hear about the work they each do and their values around community building, solidarity and the tools they use to enact survival as artists. Co-curator Josie Lopez opens the conversation with remarks and introductions.

More about the artists featured in this conversation:

TANYA AGUIÑIGA, raised in Tijuana, creates work reflecting her binational identity using traditional and innovative materials. Focused directly on the US-Mexico border, she has activated spaces to confront contemporary issues of immigration. Founder of AMBOS, she collaborates on community-based projects and has received numerous awards. Her work is in major museum collections including LACMA and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

JEREMY DENNIS, a Shinnecock Indian Nation photographer, explores Indigenous identity and cultural assimilation. His work examines the unique experience of living on a sovereign Native American reservation and addresses contemporary Indigenous issues. He holds an MFA from Pennsylvania State University.

AMARYLLIS R. FLOWERS, a queer, Puerto Rican-American artist based in upstate New York, examines hybridity, mythology, and sexuality through her vibrant, non-linear visual narratives. Her visual language uses symbol sets as a form of mapping to challenge colonial notions of how to navigate and describe our world. Her work has been showcased in significant national and international venues. She earned an MFA from Yale University and has received numerous prestigious awards.

GUADALUPE MARAVILLA, a Salvadoran artist, creates works that address migration and healing. His art serves as an impetus for healing through sound and is included in the collections of major institutions including MoMA and the Guggenheim. Maravilla has received

numerous fellowships and his work has been featured in significant international biennials.

More about the exhibition:

BROKEN BOXES: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue, curated by Ginger Dunnill and Josie Lopez, features large-scale installation, sculpture, video, and a robust programming line-up celebrating the work and ideas of 23 artists who have contributed to Dunnill's Broken Boxes podcast. The exhibition celebrates ten years of the podcast of the same name and amplifies the collective strength of contemporary artists. Focusing on interviews over the past four years, each of the featured artists engages their own cultural experience and elevates activism within diverse communities.

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