EVENT INFORMATION
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.
Museum Studies Meetup: A Conversation about Curatorial Practice with Dr. C. Ondine Chavoya
Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Vincent Price Art Museum Learning Lab at East Los Angeles College
This is a free event, but registration is required.
ELAC encourages all persons with disabilities to pariticipate in its programs. For event accomodations, please email Victor Parrat at parrav@elac.edu at least seven days prior to the event. For directions and parking information, please visit: bit.ly/visitvpam.
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 (VPAM) proudly presents Museum Studies Meetups, a monthly meetup series dedicated to connecting current and prospective students enrolled in the Museum Studies Certificate Program (MSCP) at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) to current and relevant topics in the museum field.
Museum Studies Meetups are developed 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 Alice L. Walton Foundation and the Bank of America Foundation. All exhibitions and programs are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College.
For more information about VPAM exhibitions and events, please visit: www.vpam.org.
To learn more about the ELAC Museum Studies Certificate Program, please visit: www.elac.edu/Academics/Departments/Art/Museum-Studies.