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Mexican/American/Mexican curated by Laura Migliorino at 801 Lofts in Minneapolis
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Mexican/American/Mexican curated by Laura Migliorino at 801 Lofts in Minneapolis

801 Washington Lofts
 Art at 801 Gallery presents our 10th Year of art shows Mexican/American/Mexican Curated by Laura Migliorino Featuring Selma Fernandez, David Maung, Jill Holslin, Jorge Santiago  Opening reception Saturday, June 20th, 2015 6pm to 9pm Show runs through September Photographer Laura Migliorino has curated a show of photographers […]

Aesthetic Dislocations: TJ in China Project Space remakes Tijuana’s Image
Border Art / Tijuana Urban Art

Aesthetic Dislocations: TJ in China Project Space remakes Tijuana’s Image

Jammed in the corner of the republic, up against the border wall with San Diego, Tijuana can feel a little claustrophobic. Not everybody sees it this way, of course. Tijuana’s condition as a border city has been celebrated in more expansive terms in recent decades as a city that thrives […]

Del Golfo al Pacífico: fotografías de migración
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Del Golfo al Pacífico: fotografías de migración

The workers of the world are on the move. And this movement has accelerated in the past ten years like nothing we have seen in human history. Around 232 million people are international migrants today, nearly 3.2% of the world’s population, living outside their country of origin. The exhibition “Del […]

Luz Tenue/Low Light: an intimate view of migration in Tijuana by David Maung
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Luz Tenue/Low Light: an intimate view of migration in Tijuana by David Maung

David Maung, a photojournalist who has lived nearly 20 years in Tijuana, has spent the past 12 years documenting the processes of migration in the region. On Friday, March 28, 2014, he presented his work at the Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), photos with intimacy and tenderness, capturing everyday moments in […]

Binational Friendship Garden in Tijuana-San Diego gets some new salvia plants
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Binational Friendship Garden in Tijuana-San Diego gets some new salvia plants

Since 2007, Dan Watman has had a dream. To use the natural environment and common friendship as a means to overcome the fear and paranoia for which the United States border wall is our most potent and odious symbol. What better way, then, but to cultivate a garden of native […]

Beauty of the elements: Arte Tecnica Reciclada
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Beauty of the elements: Arte Tecnica Reciclada

Ivan Ortiz of Arte Tecnica Reciclada captures the essential beauty of copper and stone in his jewelry, made from recycled copper and other metals. His creations of raw metal, sparkling crystals and bright coral and turquoise evoke the ancient traditions of metallurgy–and bring to mind the artisans who heat, stamp […]

A Future Memorial for NAFTA
Border Art / Border Wall

A Future Memorial for NAFTA

Happy 20th anniversary, NAFTA.  This year, we ring in the new year with a reminder of the trade agreement that has rocked the lives of millions in the US, Mexico and Canada. A group of artists commemorated this day with an installation at the San Diego-Tijuana border where the ugly […]

Rastros: fotografías de Jill Marie Holslin
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Rastros: fotografías de Jill Marie Holslin

El 13 de septiembre inauguró la exposición Rastros: fotografías del muro fronterizo por Jill Marie Holslin en el Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, Tecate. Las expo dura un mes, hasta 13 de octubre. Quiero agradecer a Pilar Silva, directora de la galería, por invitarme a exponer mis fotos allá. […]

Rastros: photos by Jill Marie Holslin June 13, 2013 Institute of Culture of Baja California
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Rastros: photos by Jill Marie Holslin June 13, 2013 Institute of Culture of Baja California

I am pleased to announce that my show “Rastros: photography of the border wall” will be showing at the Institute of Culture of Baja California from June 13 through July 8, 2013. Please join me at the opening on Thursday, June 13, at 7 PM. LOCATION: The Institute of Culture […]

In the Borderlands: National Geographic Geostories by Krista Schyler
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In the Borderlands: National Geographic Geostories by Krista Schyler

The blistering sun of our U.S.-Mexico borderlands can look forbidding at times–from a distance. But to contemplate the quiet beauty of a desert sunrise is to feel the sacred power of the earth and sky. In her recent book  Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, & the Border Wall, award-winning photographer & writer […]