Border/Arte supports women and femme collectives and amplifies the voices of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and API artists to initiate place-based and binational art installations, dialogues, and political gatherings. These interventions take various forms, ranging from multimedia installations to theatrical presentations, readings, dance performances, and poetry, all within the intricate tapestry of the US/MX borderlands. Through these diverse mediums, we strive to provoke thought, agitate, and catalyze new meanings surrounding the intersecting issues of our time. Border/Arte collaborates with communities spanning the Sonoran Desert, encompassing locales in Nogales, Agua Prieta, San Luis, and Mexicali. Border/Arte generates cultural and artistic interventions that confront pressing issues such as migration, race, gender, climate change, Indigenous land rights, and displacement.
Special thank you to LISC Phoenix, Wend Foundation, Mass LIberation AZ, ReFrame Youth Arts Center for support.
Special thank you to LISC Phoenix, Wend Foundation, Mass LIberation AZ, ReFrame Youth Arts Center for support.
Upcoming Engagements
Feb. 22 / 2 pm MST , 2024
Virtual Panel Discussion: Politics of Place
Host: Creative Placemaking at LISC National
Conversation about funding and public practice featuring the work of Coalition members and the Politics of Place events in Arizona.
Feb. 24 - 29, 2024
DELTA
Launch of Border/Arte's newest project: DELTA
In collaboration with artist, Ana Teresa Fernandez and Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Border/Arte will begin a research investigation and site visit to map water flows through the Colorado River (Yuma) to the Reserva de la Biosfera Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado for an installation called On The Horizon-Delta. On The Horizon asks participants and audiences to engage with the impacts of climate change on water levels at sites of sea and rivers. The piece also asks us to ask "what is one the horizon if we don't address climate collapse?" Installation will launch at the end of 2024 - 2025. Read more Here.
Location: Delta del Rio Colorado, Son. MX
March 28
Site-visit and investigation
Quitobaquito is a desert oasis and spring situated near the US/Mexico border in southern Arizona. It is a significant ecological and cultural site, supporting unique plant and animal species and serving as a sacred place for Indigenous peoples.
Location: Sonoyta, Son., MX | US/MX border.
April 2
Convening
Convening with Cucapah elders, youth and artists in Sonora, MX. Opportunities to learn and support the preservation of linguistic heritage Native people, fostering cultural appreciation and understanding.
Location: San Luis de Rio Colorado, Son. MX.
April 22 - 23, 2024
The Future of Borders Conference
Location: Boston, MA
May 28, 2024
Virtual Conversation: Delta - On the Horizon
Learn about Border/Arte's newest project, Delta, and the partnership with Ana Teresa Fernandez and her work On The Horizon, we will share more about the learnings of our research in Feb. 2024.
June 8, 2024
Black & Indigenous Solidarity Retreat with the Politics of Place Coalition. Learning and trust-building retreat for artists, cultural workers, and grassroots organizers.
Location: Phoenix Hostel & Cultural Center
June 10/11, 2024
Environmental Justice & Climate Resilience Convening
Curated invite of Indigenous & Black grassroots, artistic + cultural organizers, climate activists from NM, AZ, SoCal, Sonora, Baja MX centering Indigenous knowledge and practices to inspire new approaches to urgent climate changes in the Southwest. Cultural Approaches to Climate Resilience.
Location: Liberty Wildlife, Phoenix, AZ
September 26 - 30, 2024
DELTA Project + Campo La Salina
Arts research trip to Pinacate and La Salina, Sonora, MX to work with Indigenous artists and land protectors fusing cultural and arts activism with climate activism.
October 24 - 26, 2024
Venice Biennale: Foreigners Everywhere
Join Border/Arte as we convene with fellow artists / curators / cultural workers from the US/MX borderlands to the Mediterranean Sea to discuss the role of cultural work in resisting global (land and sea) borders. Center for Indigenous Studies at BARD College convening on Indigenous art, culture and global history.
Location: Venice, Italy
November 7 - 9, 2024
Conference
Mediterranean Crossings: Rotating the Politics of Migration in the Mediterranean Space.
Location: Morocco
March 3 - 7, 2025
Binational Arts Residency
Collaboration with The Poetry Center Tucson for the Binational Arts Residency #6 featuring poet _______________. Residency will engage with poets at the US/MX border and with a curated Living Room Sessions, an intimate salon for sharing and convivencia.
Location: Tucson, AZ + Nogales, Son