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Community Engagement

​Over the years, I've been privileged to partner with several artists, businesses, and organizations to help promote visual arts initiatives.

 

I've advocated and assisted in setting up gallery exhibitions, public art installations, public events, and festivities in the City of Burnsville, Lakeville, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Brooklyn Center.

 

I've also coordinated events for economic revitalization in East Lake Street through CLUES Arts and Culture Department thanks to their funders: Bush Foundation, Knight Foundation, St. Paul and Minnesota Foundation, Mardag Foundation, Mcknight Foundation, Ford Foundation, City of St. Paul’s Cultural STAR, City of Minneapolis’ Violence Prevention, Minnesota State Arts Board, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and Minnesota Humanities Center.

Burnsville Fire Muster: Kidz Korner and Artist Demo during Block Party

ART FETE XXXVI, XXXVII & XXXVIII - Celebrating the heART of the City 

Art Fete art exhibit at the Ames Center gallery encouraged high school artists to participate, creating a youth category presented by long-standing art advocate Jeanne Fournier (1927-2022)

BVAS & the City of Burnsville. Public Art events during Art and All That Jazz & Fire Muster Kidz Korner Festivities 

As a visual artist, community engagement, and event organizer, providing intergenerational experiences to underrepresented groups, including the elders, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ community, is one of my most significant accomplishments.

2020 brought a new set of challenges. To help overcome some of them, I promoted the Rainbow Campaign to instill ESPERANZA (hope) in the community by inviting children and their families to color rainbows and then place them in their windows. In collaboration with CLUES Arts and Culture Department, artist Flor Soto's paper flower-making skills created this public art installation outside gallery walls.

Until the COVID-19 restrictions lifted, we invited the community via social media to pick materials for a six-month online art cohort.

I served, facilitated and lead as the Arts and Culture Engagement Coordinator at CLUES to promote resilience and wellness for the City of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

I organized socially-distanced outdoor events with the Entre Mujeres (Between Women) Youth Program leader to complete a youth mural in the Summer of 2020 at CLUES, St. Paul.

The mural described society's acceptance of shaming women at a young age and encouraged them to raise a healthier inner voice. 

Art creation in collaboration with Monica Vega, Flor Soto, & E. Lake St community members. Installation @ Chicago and E. Lake Street, Minneapolis.

Served as leader in charge for Celebrating our Shared Waters for the Phalen Creek Project installation at the Swede Hollow Park 

CLUES Mural Apprenticeship program with several Latin artists: Cadex Herrera, Raquel Calles, Xena Goldman, Jessica Estrada, Mirella Espino, Gustavo Lira,Claudia Valentino and many more.

Panamanian News with Artist Aristides Urena Ramos mural

From 2017 - 2020 I had the pleasure of serving as Burnsville Visual Arts Society's President.

Art design by Chris Price and BVAS Board through Fire Muster’s Kidz Korner.

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Collaboration and Partnership

  • Multiple artists and community participants

  • City of Burnsville

  • Burnsville Fire Muster

  • Art and All That Jazz

  • Burnsville Visual Arts Society

  • Northrup King Building Studio

  • CLUES

  • City of Minneapolis Great Street

  • Midtown Global Market

  • Chicano Latino Studies Departments (UMN)

  • Lake Street Businesses

  • Camino

  • COPAL / Radio Jornera

  • EL Colegio High School

  • Minnesota Humanities Center

  • Mexican Museum of Mexican Art

  • Weisman Art Museum

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