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The Mixed Meanings of Adobe in Rafa Esparza’s Hermila (2023)
Lee esta entrada en español. By Angela Pastorelli-Sosa, Postdoctoral Fellow in Latinx Art In 2024, the MFAH acquired Rafa Esparza’s work, Hermila (2023), a painted portrait of the artist’s mother on an adobe panel, which depicts her walking toward the viewer with a warm smile and a machete in her hand. The artist worked from […]
¡Aquí Estamos!: Latinx Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The ICAA is pleased to introduce the 2025-2026 ¡Aquí Estamos!: Latinx Art at the Museum of Fine Arts fellow cohort, supported by the Mellon Foundation and Terra Foundation for American Art. Under the mentorship of the ICAA and the Museum’s curatorial, conservation, and learning and interpretation departments, fellows will conduct research on archival materials, works in […]
¡Aquí Estamos!: Latinx Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The ICAA and MFAH are working to address this absence via the ¡Aquí Estamos! Latinx Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. This multi-year, institution-wide initiative aims to transform this emergent field by opening critical pathways for the increased visibility and study of Latinx art and artists within a major encyclopedic museum.
Announcing the 2024-25 ¡Aquí Estamos! and Latinx Papers Project Fellows
The ICAA is thrilled to announce the first cohort of the ¡Aquí Estamos! and Latinx Papers Project fellows, supported by the Mellon Foundation and Terra Foundation for American Art. Based in Curatorial, the ICAA, Conservation, and Learning and Interpretation departments, the fellows will contribute to research on archival materials, potential acquisitions, and collection objects, as […]