Adriana Zavala/ALAA Keynote Lecture

6 pm on March 7th at the National Museum of Mexican Art (1852 W 19th St.)

Adriana Zavala’s lecture will examine works by artists across the American hemisphere that thematize how bodies and borders have been racialized both in historical perspective and with regards to our contemporary times. Her lecture will explore how racialization as a form of social differentiation and disequilibria cannot be separated from the critical study of geopolitical power, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and religion. As a scholar of both Mexican and U.S. Latinx art and visual culture, Zavala will address the necessity of intersectional scholarship and praxis, and the importance of generosity and care in these troubled times. Zavala is a long-time member of the Association of Latin American Art and is founding director of the U.S. Latinx Art Form (uslaf.org), a 501c3 that generates and support initiatives that advance the vitality of U.S. Latinx art.