Latino Art Now! Conference

January 31-February 2, 2008

Background

In the spring of 2005, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College and the Inter-University Program for Latino Research hosted the first national Conference on the Assessment and Valuation of Puerto Rican, Chicano, Latino and Hispanic-

Caribbean Art.

Due to the success of the 2005 event, Centro and IUPLR along with The Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA, The Americas Society, El Museo del Barrio, and El Taller Boricua, will host the Latino Art Now! Conference on January 31- February 2, 2008 at the College School of Social Work and the Americas Society in New York City.

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Conference Title
and Theme

The Latino Art Now! Conference will explore the valuation of Latino art within a global context. Lectures and panels will address such topics as: the historical evolution of Latino art; the artistic manifestations of specific geographic areas; Central America, South America and U.S. Latino/a artistic expression and the inter-relations among them and their entanglements with North American visual culture; critical evaluation of the production of individual artists and artists’ groups; the U.S. Latino art infrastructure; theoretical and cultural frameworks in the presentation/reception of Latino art and media.

Panel 1:   Latino Art from its Production to Consumption

               This introductory panel will explore the elements of the Latina/o art world. Artists,

               activists, curators, gallerists, critics and scholars will discuss the interdependence of

               disciplines and practices to the vitality of Latino arts today.

Panel 2:   The Dissemination, Publication and Archiving of Latino Art: Print and Media

               This past decade has seen a burgeoning of scholarly initiatives to recover and document

               the forms and content of Latina/o art among them Documents of 20th Century Latin

               American and Latino Art, A Digital Archive and Publications Project at the Museum of

               Fine Arts-Houston; A Ver: Revisioning Art History at the University of California Los

               Angeles; The Midwest Latino Arts Documentary Heritage Project at the University of

               Notre Dame, and METRO-MoMA Survey of Archives of Latino and Latin American Art

               at the Museum of Modern Art. Panelist will discuss how these projects and recent

               publications are articulating new narratives of art in the United States.

Panel 3:   The Origins and New Horizons of Migration, Diáspora and Exile

               Latina/o art is complex and layered and it is related both to national histories and

               transnational circuits. The tropes and categories of migration, diaspora, and exile will be

               examined through paradigms of gender, class, race, nation and homeland.

Panel 4: Intersections: US Latino Art and Artists and Latin American and US Contemporary Art

               In the global moment territorialities are in flux an artists operate in multiple localities. This

               panel will address such questions as where and under what circumstances are Latina/o artists

               making connections to Latin American, European and U.S. contemporary art.

Panel 5:  Cultural Brokers, Curators and New Venues

               A discussion of galleries and internet sites dedicated to Latina/o art that have

               emerged in the past decade.

Panel 6:  Markets: Collecting and Collections

                In its mature phase, Latina/o art is entering the marketplace. Collectors and appraisers will

                relate their experiences in this emerging field and market.

                This panel will explore the state of Latino printmaking and the role of the Consejo Gráfico, an

                independent national network of Latino print workshops. The Consejo celebrates the legacy and vibrancy of Latino

                printmaking by preserving the critical activism that was central to its emergence.

Conference Registration Information and Method of Payment

Registration fee: $125
Artists and students with valid ID: $25

Faculty, and Members of the Americas Society and El Museo del Barrio: $60

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All registered participants are responsible for making their own lodging and transportation reservations.

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Please contact Esperanza Urbaez by phone at 212-772-4198 or via email at eurbaez@hunter.cuny.edu. For

the most up-to-date information about the conference, please visit Centro’s web site at: http://www.centropr.org.