Persevering through time, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects further on her summer research on artist Francisco Sánchez Flores and his time in Claremont. Rollins describes the challenges she faced looking through archival material and the challenges presented in Sánchez Flores’ play, “Idolos Muertos?”
Tag: indigenous art
Indigenous resistance at the Benton: ‘An Exploration of Memory, Resistance, and Creativity in a Time of Environmental Flux’ by Leah Mata Fragua
On Nov. 2, the Benton Museum of Art invited Leah Mata Fragua to speak on the climate crisis’s impact on the practice of Indigenous art. Fragua is a place-based artist and a member of the yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini Tribe, located on the California coast. Fragua presented a talk titled “An Exploration of Memory, Resistance and Creativity in a Time of Environmental Flux,” followed by a conversation with Dr. Meranda Roberts regarding ephemeral art and advocating for change in art institutions.