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“The Latinx Artist Fellowship aims to support their potential for greater recognition while opening pathways for future institutional support and the development of important professional relationships.”
– Mellon Foundation. “US Latinx Art Forum Announces New Latinx Artist Fellows.” June 17, 2024
”This year, four artists and two collectives won in the visual arts category… and Fronterizx Collective, which consists of Gabriela Muñoz and M. Jenea Sanchez.”
”Self-portraits move viewers beyond mere abstractions of these women’s lives and desert habitats. In one, we see the words “brownmilking a future” printed with a viscous material across Muñoz’s chest. In another, cactus spines protrude from Sanchez’s bare shoulder.”
“The exhibition features a timely look at four Indigenous women artists who speak to issues on both sides of the U.S. border. Their practice is guided by contemporary issues of identity, self-determination, human rights, and the impacts on the human experience.”
– UNM Newsroom. Maxwell presents art by Indigenous women. October 18, 2021.
“Early on, they envisioned it as an opportunity to shift viewer perspectives on Latinx identity, but as Sanchez and Muñoz labored together through the process of creating the exhibition, their own gaze shifted as well—and their collaboration became more expansive.”
“The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting an artistic perspective on women and the division of labor that reaches across the U.S. Mexico Border.”
Arizona PBS. SMoCA’s new exhibit reflects on women and the division of labor. April 30, 2021.
“…these works also accomplish something else beyond merely showing: depicting their subjects with grace and dignity, they hold space for the women to be active contributors to their own representation and craft bold counter-narratives to the forces that seek to diminish their humanity.”
