2025
Feb 19 - 23, 2025
Artist Research Trip: Colorado River Delta, Sonora, MX
Artists, cultural organizers, and curators research will engage in a 5-day investigation along along the Colorado River from CRIT to Santa Clara del Golfo, MX meeting with artists and cultural workers in Mexicali and Cucapah Nation.
March 3 - 7, 2025
Divya Victor 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
March 25, April 22, May 20, June 13 , 2025
Climate Justice Film Series: Water / Border/ Migration
A monthly film series exploring the intersection of climate change and the US-Mexico border through Black and Indigenous lenses. It delves into the environmental devastation, displacement, and cultural resilience faced by marginalized communities, highlighting their struggles, activism, and profound connection to the land in the face of systemic injustice. All films are open to the public and free. 6:30 pm.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
April 29 - May 8, 2025
Panama Artist-Research Trip
Visit and research focused on the histories of Afro-Indigenous artists as they engage in water and labor rights in Panama.
Locations: Panama City, Panama Canal, Darien Gap.
October 7 - 17, 2025
Alabama Civil Rights and Artist Retreat
Alabama is both a birthplace of freedom struggles and a stronghold of white supremacy. As these forces resurge today, we’re returning to the sites of civil rights resistance—both iconic and lesser-known—to learn from past strategies and strengthen our response now.
Through a feminist, intersectional lens, this research trip centers the everyday spaces—safe houses, schools, kitchens, and rural meeting halls—where women, queer organizers, and communities built disciplined, collective power. Their legacy offers strategic insight for confronting today’s white supremacist and authoritarian tactics.
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2024
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
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, 2024
Community-Driven Practices toward Climate Resilience
Panel with Indigenous leaders from across Arizona and the US/MX borderlands to discuss cultlural and community mutual aid to support people against the impacts of climate change.
More info: Federal Reserve Bank of New York
June 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
June 13 - 19, 2024
Border/Arte in residency at MOCA Tucson
Site visits with artists and research at the US/MX border with artists in Sells, Nogales, Sasabe, and Tucson. Photographic documentation of natural well-water along the border as part of the Delta project.
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
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.
November 23, 2024
Center for Imagination in the Borderlands
Celebrating poet, novelist and essayist Hala Alyan’s latest poetry collection, The Moon That Turns You Back, whose poems take stock of who and what can displace you from home and from your own body—and, conversely, the kind of resilience, tenacity, and love that can bring you back into yourself and into the context of past and future generations.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Feb 19 - 23, 2025
Artist Research Trip: Colorado River Delta, Sonora, MX
Artists, cultural organizers, and curators research will engage in a 5-day investigation along along the Colorado River from CRIT to Santa Clara del Golfo, MX meeting with artists and cultural workers in Mexicali and Cucapah Nation.
March 3 - 7, 2025
Divya Victor 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
March 25, April 22, May 20, June 13 , 2025
Climate Justice Film Series: Water / Border/ Migration
A monthly film series exploring the intersection of climate change and the US-Mexico border through Black and Indigenous lenses. It delves into the environmental devastation, displacement, and cultural resilience faced by marginalized communities, highlighting their struggles, activism, and profound connection to the land in the face of systemic injustice. All films are open to the public and free. 6:30 pm.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
April 29 - May 8, 2025
Panama Artist-Research Trip
Visit and research focused on the histories of Afro-Indigenous artists as they engage in water and labor rights in Panama.
Locations: Panama City, Panama Canal, Darien Gap.
October 7 - 17, 2025
Alabama Civil Rights and Artist Retreat
Alabama is both a birthplace of freedom struggles and a stronghold of white supremacy. As these forces resurge today, we’re returning to the sites of civil rights resistance—both iconic and lesser-known—to learn from past strategies and strengthen our response now.
Through a feminist, intersectional lens, this research trip centers the everyday spaces—safe houses, schools, kitchens, and rural meeting halls—where women, queer organizers, and communities built disciplined, collective power. Their legacy offers strategic insight for confronting today’s white supremacist and authoritarian tactics.
____________________________________
2024
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
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, 2024
Community-Driven Practices toward Climate Resilience
Panel with Indigenous leaders from across Arizona and the US/MX borderlands to discuss cultlural and community mutual aid to support people against the impacts of climate change.
More info: Federal Reserve Bank of New York
June 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
June 13 - 19, 2024
Border/Arte in residency at MOCA Tucson
Site visits with artists and research at the US/MX border with artists in Sells, Nogales, Sasabe, and Tucson. Photographic documentation of natural well-water along the border as part of the Delta project.
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
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.
November 23, 2024
Center for Imagination in the Borderlands
Celebrating poet, novelist and essayist Hala Alyan’s latest poetry collection, The Moon That Turns You Back, whose poems take stock of who and what can displace you from home and from your own body—and, conversely, the kind of resilience, tenacity, and love that can bring you back into yourself and into the context of past and future generations.
Location: Phoenix, AZ