Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 5:30pm – 6:30pm
VPAM Learning Lab
Zoom Registration: bit.ly/museummeetup11
Join us for Museum Studies Meetup: A Conversation about Curatorial Practice with Dr. C. Ondine Chavoya on Thursday, October 19th at 5:30pm in the VPAM Learning Lab! As a leading scholar in Chicanx and Latinx Art History and the co-curator of the Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens of Art exhibition at VPAM, Dr. C. Ondine Chavoya will share about his curatorial projects, research, and publications. His presentation will be followed by a question and answer segment. Museum studies, art history, and chicana/o/x studies students are highly encouraged to attend this event. Light refreshments will be provided.
This event is free, but registration is required. Pre-register for this meetup at: bit.ly/museummeetup11.
About the Guest Speaker
Dr. C. Ondine Chavoya holds the John D. Murchison Regents Professorship in Art in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, and is a 2023-24 MoMA Scholar in Residence. Previously, he was Professor of Art History and Latina/o Studies at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is the author of numerous texts on Chicanx art, media, and performance, and is a leading figure in the field of Latinx art history and visual culture. His curatorial projects have addressed issues of collaboration, experimentation, social justice, and archival practices in contemporary art. Chavoya co-organized Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972–1987 with Rita Gonzalez in 2011 and Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A. with David Evans Frantz in 2017.
About the Event Series
The Vincent Price Art Museum proudly presents Museum Studies Meetups, a monthly meetup series dedicated to connecting current and prospective students enrolled in the Museum Studies Certificate Program at East Los Angeles College to current and relevant topics in the museum field.
Museum Studies Meetups are organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum in collaboration with the Art Department and Museum Studies Certificate Program at East Los Angeles College. The event series is made possible with the generous support from the Bank of America Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation. All exhibitions and programs are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College.
To learn more about the Museum Studies Certificate Program, please visit: www.elac.edu/Academics/Departments/Art/Museum-Studies.