Border/Arte Supports Women and Femme Collectives in the Borderlands and amplifies the voices of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, queer, non-binary, and API artists by fostering place-based, binational art installations, discussions, and political gatherings. Our work supports women and femme collectives, highlighting their creativity across various art forms—from multimedia installations to theater, dance, poetry, and readings—within the dynamic US/Mexico borderlands.
Through these cultural interventions, Border/Arte addresses critical issues like migration, race, gender, climate change, water rights, Indigenous land rights, and displacement. By collaborating with communities in the Sonoran Desert and Colorado River Delta, including Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales, Agua Prieta, San Luis, and Mexicali, we provoke meaningful conversations and drive social change through art.
Through these cultural interventions, Border/Arte addresses critical issues like migration, race, gender, climate change, water rights, Indigenous land rights, and displacement. By collaborating with communities in the Sonoran Desert and Colorado River Delta, including Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales, Agua Prieta, San Luis, and Mexicali, we provoke meaningful conversations and drive social change through art.
Sept 17 - 20, 2024
Arts Research Investigation: DELTA
Continued research with Indigenous artists and cultural workers along the Colorado River with CRIT - Colorado River Indian Tribes learning about land and water politics along the river.
Sept 21 - 28, 2024
Residency, New York City
Attendance at the Creative Time Summit and collaboration with Art2Action to collaborate with artists and cultural workers focused on water and borders.
October 23 - 28, 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
October 29 - Nov. 4, 2024
Arts Research Investigation: DELTA
Meeting with artists and cultural workers in Tunis, Tunisia. Study of "Tunisia Migration Corridor" and migration politics and aesthetics in the Mediterranean.
Location: Sfax, Tunisia
Arts Research Investigation: DELTA
Continued research with Indigenous artists and cultural workers along the Colorado River with CRIT - Colorado River Indian Tribes learning about land and water politics along the river.
Sept 21 - 28, 2024
Residency, New York City
Attendance at the Creative Time Summit and collaboration with Art2Action to collaborate with artists and cultural workers focused on water and borders.
October 23 - 28, 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
October 29 - Nov. 4, 2024
Arts Research Investigation: DELTA
Meeting with artists and cultural workers in Tunis, Tunisia. Study of "Tunisia Migration Corridor" and migration politics and aesthetics in the Mediterranean.
Location: Sfax, Tunisia
November 14 - 17, 2024
Artist Trip to El Pinacate & 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.
Artist Trip to El Pinacate & 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.
November 18 - 29, 2024
Workshop with Cucapah Language School
Visual arts and language art installation in Poza de Arvizu with Cucapah teacher and youth in the San Luis, MX. This work is part of Border/Arte's DELTA project.
March 3 - 7, 2025
Binational Arts Residency
Collaboration with The Poetry Center Tucson for the Arts Residency featuring poet Divya Victor. 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
Special thank you to LISC Phoenix, Wend Foundation, Mass LIberation AZ, ReFrame Youth Arts Center for support.