SPEAKER
CONFERENCES/PANELS
2023
Forthcoming
Speaker, “Self Help Graphics at Fifty: A Cornerstone of Latinx Art and Collaborative Artmaking Book Event,” University of Minnesota, Online, November 9.
Forthcoming
Keynote Speaker, “Claudia Zapata in Conversation with Jesus De La Rosa: A Rasquache Guide to the Art World,” Texas Association of Schools of Art Annual Conference 2023, Kingsville, October 20.
Forthcoming
Panelist, Fall Season Celebration: Malaquias Montoya and the Legacies of a Printed Resistance, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis, Davis, CA, October 1.
Panelist, “A Celebration of Self Help Graphics at Fifty,” Caltech-Huntington Program in Visual Culture, Pasadena, CA, May 11.
Panelist, “¡Printing the Revolution!,” Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, April 27.
2022
Moderator, “Enter the Burning Art Museum? Latinx Art histories as American or Latin American?,” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 5.
Keynote Speaker, The Power of Print Resistance, Revolution, & Resilience, Mid America Print Council (MAPC) Conference, Kent State University, Kent, OH, October 14.
2022
Panelist, Double Take Online: Feast Your Eyes, Chuck Ramirez’s Breakfast Tacos, from the series Seven Days, with Steve Velasquez, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Online, May 25.
Moderator, Exhibition Talk: ¡Printing the Revolution! with E. Carmen Ramos and Ester Hernandez, Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX, April 23.
MOderator, Paper Forum: Collecting the Revolution, Conversation with Drs. Harriett and Ricardo Romo, Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX, March 30.
2021
Moderator, “Creating in a Digital Sphere with Julio Salgado and Michael Menchaca,” ¡Printing the Revolution! Virtual Conversation Series, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Online, May 13.
Moderator, “Spirituality and Indigeneity within Chicanx Art with Yreina D. Cervántez and Enrique Chagoya,” ¡Printing the Revolution! Virtual Conversation Series, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Online, April 15.
2020
Panelist, “Keywords: A Vocabulary of Empathy and Emotion,” Museums Association 2020 Conference, Online, November 4.
“Chicanx Artists and the Shareable Graphics Practice,” Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 5.
2019
“LET’S GET WEIRD: The Puro Chingón Collective Release Party as Happening, Performance and Placemaking,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 23
“Desert Visions: The Digital Eye and Augmented Reality Viewing in Zeke Peña’s A Nomad in Love,” Latino Art Now! 2019, University of Houston, Houston, TX, April 4-6.
Moderator, “Don’t Mess with Tejanas: Texan Feminist Artists and Zine Publishing as Resistance,” Latino Art Now! 2019, University of Houston, Houston, TX, April 4-6.
2018
“Let’s Get Weird: El Mundo Zurdo as a Designer Toy,” El Mundo Zurdo: Borderlands 1987-2017,Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, May 17-19.
“Cholas on the Gram: LACMA’s Instagram Artist Residency and Guadalupe Rosales’ Chicana/o Digital Communities,” College Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, February 21-24.
2017
"Keyword American, Art, Museum: Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art," Digital Frontiers, Denton, TX, September 22.
“The Semiotics of the United Farm Workers: The 'Wrath of Grapes' campaign and the 'poisonous grapes’,”College Art Association, New York, NY, February 12-15.
2016
Invited Speaker, "Latinx Matrix Artist Panel," Full Court Press Print Symposium, Corpus Christi, TX, October 6.
Invited Speaker, “Chingozine: D.I.Y. and alternative spaces for Latino artists," Society for Photographic Education Conference, Hunt, TX, October 15.
"Las postales de la serie Triple Ejecucion de Walter Horne: Muerte en la Frontera," Arte, Arquitectura, Politica en America Latina (s. XIX-XX), Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru, September 29.
Panelist, “Beyond the Elevator Pitch: Writing a Successful NEA Grant,” American Alliance of Museums, Washington D.C., May 28.
2015
Co-Moderator, POC/Queer/Women in Zines, Staple! Independent Media Expo, Austin, TX, March 8.
2013
“Exhibiting Archives: The Mexican American and Latin@ Collections on Display,” The Mexican American Archival Enterprise at the Benson Latin American Collection: An Historical Appraisal, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, April 18-19.
2012
“Bats in Pre-Columbian Art,” San Antonio Bat Symposium, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, October 14.
2010
“Carmen Lomas Garza: Cultural Creations of Family and Remembrance,” Texas Art Education Conference, Austin Children’s Museum Austin, TX, November 10-13.
2009
“The Transformation and Remembering of Coyolxauhqui in the Works of Alma Lopez,” National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Meetings, New Brunswick, NJ, April 8-12.
“Calakmul Women” Maya Meetings Conference Graduate Research Poster Session, Austin, TX, February 27.
LECTURES
2023
“Latine/x and Chicanx Artists in Web3,” HAA 2023 Lecture Series: Art in the Longue Durée, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, May 18.
“Radical Printing Chicano and Latinx Graphics since 1965,” Art History Speaker Series, California State University, Stanislaus, Online, May 9.
“Latine/x and Chicanx Artists in Web3,” University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Art History, Los Angeles, CA, May 2.
“Decolonizing Museums,” Charlene Villaseñor-Black University of California, Los Angeles, Departments of Art History and Chicana/o and Central American Studies, Los Angeles, April 17.
“The Texas Farm Workers Union (TFWU) in Chicano Art.” Chicano/a Art Humanities Lecture Series #8, Mexic-Arte Museum, Online, March 29.
2022
INVITED ARTIST SPEAKER, "On Making (Art) Work: Latinx Art Production and Curatorial Practice, A Conversation with Claudia Zapata." Trinity College, Hartford, CT, May 6.
“Chicano Curatorial Methodologies and the Crisis Strategies of ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.” Scratchpad Lecture Series, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, April 22.
2021
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” George Washington University, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Online, November 8.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Kenyon College, Department of Art History and American Studies, Online, October 28.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Amanda Guzman, Trinity College, Department of Anthropology, Online, September 20.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” The University of Vermont, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute-OLLI, Extended University, Online, July 21.
Co-speaker with E. Carmen Ramos, “¡Printing the Revolution! In Conversation with E. Carmen Ramos and Claudia Zapata,” PORTAL, The National Portrait Gallery, Online, July 13.
Co-speaker with E. Carmen Ramos, “¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” The University of Texas at El Paso, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute-OLLI, Extended University, Online, July 8.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Ondine Chavoya, Vassar College, Department of Art, Online, May 21.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Race & Social Justice in the Arts Speakers' Series, Texas Tech University, School of Art, Online, April 30.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Tess Korobkin, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Online, April 27.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Nika Elder, American University, Department of Art, Online, April 22.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Julia Fernandez, Denison University, Department of Art History & Visual Culture, Online, April 8.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Ancient Worlds, Contemporary Selves Smithsonian Scholars Explore Intersectionality, Smithsonian Affiliations, Online,March 24.
Co-speaker with E. Carmen Ramos, “¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Paulina Banas, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Department of Art History, Theory & Criticism, Online, March 9.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Rose Salseda, Stanford University, Department of Art & Art History, Online, March 3.
Co-speaker with E. Carmen Ramos, “¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Print Council of America, Online, February 25.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Robb Hernandez, English Department, Fordham University, Online, February 24.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Alma lopez, Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Online, January 12.
2020
Claudia Zapata in conversation with Michael Menchaca,” El Museo del Barrio, Online, October 22.
Co-speaker with E. Carmen Ramos, “Urgent Images: Chicanx Graphic Arts, 1965—Now.” Print Study Day: Prints and Politics, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) IFPDA, Online, October 9.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” J.V. Decemvirale, Museum Studies, Syracuse University, Online, October 1.
Co-speaker with E. Carmen Ramos, “¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now,” Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C., January 30.
2019
INVITED artist SPEAKER, “Our Curated Scene: DIY Publishing, Zines & Archives Panel,” The Latinx Project, New York, NY, October 8
2018
INVITED artist SPEAKER, "PURO CHINGÓN COLLECTIVE," INTRO TO WOMEN'S STUDIES, DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO, TX, APRIL 19.
2016
“Professional Development in the Arts,” Sandria Hu, Department of Art & Design, University of Houston-Clear Lake, May 5.
“Walter Horne's 'Triple Execution' Postcards: Death on the Border," Southern Methodist University, Clements Center Monthly Daytime Lecture Series, Dallas, TX, February 17.
2015
Invited artist Speaker, "Puro Chingón Collective," Art as Activism, Gender and Sexuality Center Program, University of Texas at Austin, austin, TX, March 10.
“Walter Horne’s ‘Triple Execution’ Postcards: Death on the Border,” Research Day, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, February 25.
2014
"Curators Getaway: Collecting Latin American Art" Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, TX, September 19.
“Chicano Art,” Black Art, Brown Art: Contemporary African American, Latino, and Mexican American Art, Dr. Cherise Smith, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX, April 8.
2013
“The Business of Art Lecture Series: Claudia Zapata: The Chicano Landscape,” Museum of the Southwest Lecture, Midland, TX, October 13.
Invited artist Speaker, "Puro Chingón Collective," POC Zine Riot Tour, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, October 6.
Invited artist Speaker, "Puro Chingón Collective," Hybrid Arts Summit at the Fusebox Festival, Austin, TX, April 20.
2012
“The History of Day of the Dead” Sigma Lambda Beta’s Day of the Dead Celebration, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX, November 1.
“Curator’s Talk: The Road to 31K Portraits for Peace,” University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, September 8.
2010
“Maize is our Life: Curatorial Presentation,” Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX, April 11.
2009
“Mesoamerican Art,” Austin Community College, Anna Desormeaux, Austin, TX, December 1.
“Gender and Art,” Mexican-American Cultural Center, Austin, TX, June 23.
“Bats in Pre-Columbian Iconography,” Beyond Tradition Jewelry and Gallery, Austin, TX, August 20.
2008
“Aztec and Maya Revival Exhibition,” University of Texas A&M at Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, June 25.
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