Panel Discussion with Sandy Rodriguez
Join us for a panel discussion with Sandy Rodriguez and invited guest speakers about her latest exhibition, Sandy Rodriguez: Tierra Insurgente.
Sandy Rodriguez: Tierra Insurgente is the first New York City solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based Chicana artist Sandy Rodriguez. The exhibition brings Rodriguez’s contemporary practice into dialogue with rarely exhibited maps, manuscripts, globes, and codices from the Hispanic Society’s historic collection.
Rodriguez works on handmade amate bark paper using natural pigments derived from minerals, plants and insects, as her art is rooted in Indigenous Mesoamerican tlacuilo (painter-scribe) traditions. Her paintings, maps and codices collapse centuries of history into a single visual field, connecting early anticolonial uprisings with contemporary struggles around migration, policing, racial justice, and climate crisis.
This event is free of charge but RSVP is required. Guests are encouraged to arrive early to view the exhibition.
PANELISTS:
Sandy Rodriguez – Los Angeles-based Chicana artist and researcher. Her work consists of maps and paintings at the intersection of history, social memory, contemporary politics and cultural production.
Diana Magaloni – Deputy Director at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Head Curator of the Department of Art of the Ancient Americas and Director of the museum’s Conservation Center. Specialist in Mesoamerican art and curatorial practice.
Veronica Pesantes – Writer, connector, thought leader, visionary, producer, curator, advisor, and art educator. Founder of Miami Art Hang and Decolonizing Project. Specialist in Latinx art and activism.
Ryan Pinchot – Exhibition Co-Curator and Senior Educator at the Hispanic Society. Specialist in Latin American visual culture, decoloniality, and environmental humanities.