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BORDERLINES: Spaces of Convergence is a series of exhibitions, residency opportunities and open calls, including exhibitions at the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery (New York, NY), Casa Otro Gallery in Mesilla, NM, and The Bishop Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
BORDERLINES: Spaces of Convergence is a series of exhibitions, residency opportunities and open calls, including exhibitions at the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery (New York, NY), Casa Otro Gallery in Mesilla, NM, and The Bishop Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
It includes collaboration between Parsons School of Design with educational institutions from the US-Mexico Borderplex including New Mexico State University (NMSU), Dona Ana Community College (DACC), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and El Paso Community College (EPCC).
It includes collaboration between Parsons School of Design with educational institutions from the US-Mexico Borderplex including New Mexico State University (NMSU), Dona Ana Community College (DACC), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and El Paso Community College (EPCC).
The aim of this series of events is to engage local and interlocal communities. All exhibition spaces will invite viewers to reconsider the world around them and question the boundaries that define and divide while fostering opportunities to bridge, braid, and intersect.
The aim of this series of events is to engage local and interlocal communities. All exhibition spaces will invite viewers to reconsider the world around them and question the boundaries that define and divide while fostering opportunities to bridge, braid, and intersect.
ARTIST MENTORS
ARTIST MENTORS
Sharbani's Bio
Sharbani's Bio
Born in India, Sharbani graduated in visual communications from the country’s premier institute for industrial design, the National Institute of Design, followed by a two-year apprenticeship in clay at the Golden Bridge Pottery, a production pottery and clay art center in Pondicherry, India. She is a founding member and co-curator of the Indian Ceramics Triennale, a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and Artaxis. She has exhibited in the United Kingdom, China, Greece, Israel, United States, Australia, Taiwan, and India. She has contributed articles to Art India, Ceramic Art & Perception, Ceramics Ireland, and New Ceramics. An active participant in international clay conferences, she has moderated discussions on cultural appropriation and presented a photo documentary on traditional Indian image-making techniques at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and in Australia. Das Gupta currently works out of her studio in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Nathan's Bio
Nathan's Bio
With an MFA in painting and a passion for humanitarian work in marginalized communities around the world over the past two decades, being a New York City wedding photographer was the last thing Nathan imagined himself doing. Having just returned to the States from a stint in West Africa 10 years ago, it was a chance reunion with a friend, fellow photographer Ira Lippke, that set this whole wedding photography journey in motion. What started initially as a strategic partnership with a friend to finance his passion projects, led to a gratifying career applying the same passion and empathy to the documentation of humans on the most present and connected day of their lives. While Nathan’s eye for light and composition is second nature, it’s his intuition for capturing the humanity and connection of any given moment that makes his work distinct.For more than a decade, Nathan has had the great privilege of working alongside some of the world’s most talented planners and designers, photographing spectacular celebrations in iconic venues around the world. However, it’s never been the prestige or the publicity that has driven his work. It’s a consistent vision and passion for both creating and documenting human connection that bridges his various artistic projects. Whether working from his New York studio or his residency and gallery in New Mexico, volunteering around the world or photographing your wedding, Nathan applies the same curiosity, empathy and professionalism to all he does.
Isadora's Bio
Isadora's Bio
Isadora Stowe is a multi-media American visual artist whose artwork focuses on the narrative of environment translated and coded into complex psychological landscapes. Her strong interest is in visual narratives, created out of symbolic code, or personal syntax, that explore memory as it relates to the construction, negotiation and interpretation of the sense of self.
Stowe grew up in the southwest border region, living and working in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. She credits these experiences with a heightened awareness of geographical and political boundaries; and a fascination with the exploration of identity of self in her work.
Stowe grew up in the southwest border region, living and working in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. She credits these experiences with a heightened awareness of geographical and political boundaries; and a fascination with the exploration of identity of self in her work.
Laura's Bio
Laura's Bio
My artwork presents concepts of repetition, deconstruction, transformation, interference, ephemeral art, and the exploration of concepts that are usually taken for granted: time, life experiences, objects, and memories. I mainly work on large-scale format or art installation, transcribing these abstract ideas into mark-making, patterns, and deconstructive drawing.I explore the idea of how we make our time count in life. I began working with this idea by creating large-scale abstract compositions that focus on the concept of “making every second count.” Throughout my career, this evolved into a series of art installations presented outside of gallery spaces to dedicate art accessibility to areas that have limited access to art.My work focuses on collaborative work with local communities to create community art installations, as well as work with local engineering students from the EM lab who work developing some of the most ambitious and revolutionary technologies happening today using the latest hybrid 3D printing techniques. With the purpose to promote and empower local accomplishments, and local talent that represents the community. Collaboratively I develop educational workshops and art installations that combine concepts of art with science, promote community participation, and belongingness.As an artist, my goal is to create change through immersive interactive and community art installations and to make art accessible. Where members of the community from all backgrounds and demographics are able to enter a safe space where they feel free to express themselves, by taking selfies, write messages, or participate in creating a larger art piece.
Matthew's Bio
Matthew's Bio
Matthew Villarreal is an artist, community advocate, and educator from El Paso, TX with over 16 years of experience working with students of color and first-generation college students. Matthew is currently an Assistant Professor of Art, Design, and Social Justice and an Assistant Dean for Art and Design Education at Parsons School of Design. Before joining Parsons in 2019, Matthew worked as a high school teacher and college-access administrator in various Title I schools. His creative practice blends pedagogy, artmaking, and activism with the aim of building space for whole communities to deepen community confidence and creative capacity via workshops, exhibitions, and exchanges. Matthew is a current AICAD BIPOC Academic Leadership Institute Fellow, a 2022-23 AAM Museum Education Fellow, recently exhibited work during Fashion Week Brooklyn, Winter 2023, and has an upcoming show at the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery in New York City.
LEAD PROJECT CURATOR
LEAD PROJECT CURATOR
Leslie's Bio
Leslie's Bio
Leslie Moody Castro lives between Mexico City and Austin, Texas. Moody Castro earned a Master’s degree in 2010 at the University of Texas at Austin in Museum Education and Museum Studies. During her time in Austin she co-found Co-Lab projects, curated independently at spaces such as Women and Their Work and Mexic-Arte Museum, and worked at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Lora Reynolds Gallery, and Artpace San Antonio. Her most recent independent curatorial projects have been collaborative and international in scope, linking the vibrant visual arts world between Mexico City and Texas, and continually attempting to provide an incubation space for both artists and visitors to find common ground. Moody Castro remains committed to expanding the world of visual arts across borders by creating by initiating moments of international connections and conversations, and has dedicated her professional career to opening the doors between Mexico and Texas. Throughout the next year Moody Castro has committed to projects and exhibitions at Co-Lab Projects, Texas State University, CentralTrak Dallas, Contemporary Art Month San Antonio, and The Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
PROJECT TIMELINE
PROJECT TIMELINE
Spring 2024
Students from Parsons (including Parsons Scholars Program) will be invited to apply for a 2-week residency opportunity at Casa Otro in Mesilla, New Mexico, or at Borderland Arts Initiative in El Paso, TX. Simultaneously, students from borderland colleges and universities will be able to apply for a 2-week residency opportunity at Borderland Arts Initiative and The Bishop Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
Summer 2024
One student from the Border region will be the artist in residence at The Bishop Gallery, one student from Parsons will be the artist in residence at Casa Otro, and one (or more) students from either location will be the artist in residence at Borderland Arts Initiative. Each residency site will provide studio space and/or support toward the creation of new work along with opportunities to collaborate with artists and lead out a workshop and an artist talk during their time in residence.
Fall 2024
An open call for time-based, 2D, and 3D student work will go out Fall 2024 to students from Parsons (including Parsons Scholars Program), NMSU, DACC, UTEP and EPCC. The solicitation of the open call will include a virtual info session regarding how to apply and will be shared via Parsons/The New School news blasts and social media accounts, and the appropriate avenues for announcements that all other partners use.
Students will submit digital files (via a google form) of up to 3 works that strongly relate to the updated curatorial statement(s) Leslie Moody Castro constructs for the exhibitions. Work submitted must fit the following constraints:
Time based works: video or audio no longer than 5 minutes, to be viewed on a digital projector
2D works: any medium on any surface but must be able no larger than 16”x20”x2” for shipping
3D works: must be able to fit in a USPS flat rate priority mailbox, and must have clear, easy to follow instructions for installation and display.
Installation proposals will not be selected
Winter 2024-2025
Exhibitions containing work from pre-selected working artists, along with the work from students selected for residency opportunities and the open call will be on display at Parson’s Aronson Gallery, Casa Otro, Borderland Arts Initiative, and The Bishop Gallery. Each exhibition site will be uniquely curated by a curatorial team lead out by Leslie Moody Castro which will make final selections of work and finalize the layout.
Public Programming during the run of each show will also be shared by all participating institutions. Programming can include virtual artist panels, viewing nights for selected video work, and workshops lead by artists open to students and the wider public.
December 2024 | Casa Otro Exhibition
Programming will include:
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, English Department Poetry Readings engaging with the themes of the exhibition.
Participating artist Isadora Stowe, Professor at EPCC, will present an art workshop for the local community about “building your own narrative Syntax”
The Student Artist is residence will present a workshop engaging the local community.
University of Texas at El Paso, 4307 Feminist Philosophy Course will engage in a dialogue project of the work citing visual rhetoric and its philosophical implications and present a panel discussion in the gallery.
January/February 2025 | El Paso/Juarez Exhibition TBD
Programming will likely include the following:
Selected Student Video Work Viewing Night
Showcases or recapping of the pilot visual arts ensemble program “Access to Multi-Media Art” (AMMA)
Exhibition Note: The focus of this exhibition will be on showcasing student work, particularly those selected as BAI artists in residence over the summer.
February 2025 | Parsons’ Aronson Gallery Exhibition
Programming will include:
Selected Student Video Work Viewing Night| All short videos/time works selected for the exhibition will be previewed in the Kellen Auditorium, with a short student introduction between each work.
Participating Artist Isadora Stowe, Professor at EPCC, will lead a creative workshop focused on “building your own narrative Syntax”
Virtual Panel with participating Artists + Open discussion regarding the general theme of the exhibition
TBD 2025 | The Bishop Gallery Exhibition
Programming on site is to be determined.
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