Latino Cartographies : Mapping the Past and Future of Houston’s Latino Art
Saturday, April 1, 2023
5:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Latino cARTographies is an interactive and portable digital experience that displays the work of more than 180 Latino visual and performing artists from around the Houston area. With just a swipe of a finger, users can navigate a 75-inch interactive and bilingual wall-mounted display board that features 2,000 pieces of art, 17 art organizations, and 80 local landmarks that all speak to the importance of Houston’s Latino history. Told through narrative text, images, videos, maps, music, and QR codes, users can scroll through Houston’s many diverse neighborhoods while reading about a piece of art and its artist on a pop-up screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTwy2MJ7SJs
Contact Info:
Dr.
Pamela
Quiroz
Center
for
Mexican-American
and
Latino/a
Studies
University
of
Houston
paquiroz@central.uh.edu
- Location
- Houston Scottish Rite, 2401 Bellfort Ave.
- Cost
- Free