Author: Rose Viviano

1. GABRIEL GARCIA ROMAN: Queer Icons

   Born in Zacatecas, Mexico and raised in Chicago, this now New York City based artist, Gabriel García Román began his ongoing ‘Queer Icons’ series in 2011. This portrait series honors members of the Queer Trans community of Color, specifically activists, community organizers, poets and artists;…

2. FROM WHERE WE STAND: Photographs from The Stand’s Annual South Side Photo Walk

   The South Side Newspaper Project, a collaboration of neighborhood residents and Syracuse University, has given voice to the South Side community of Syracuse since its founding in 2010. The annual summer Photo Walk is its largest annual community event, bringing together photographers of all skill…

3. THE STRUGGLE TO CONNECT: A Call and Response Conversation on Race and Gender by Women Artists, Curated by Vanessa Johnson

   This exhibition was developed from conversations between exhibit curator Vanessa Johnson and the late Marie Summerwood, local activist and ArtRage volunteer. While all women are oppressed as women, there has been an uneasy “her-story” between women of color and white women in the feminist movement….

4. ROBIN HOLDER: USA United States of Anxiety/We’re In It Together

   Robin Holder is a biracial, contemporary artist based in New York/New Jersey. Her research based, mixed technique works are saturated with cultural references that reveal the conflicts of our human experience. Holder’s work, exploring societal access alongside lack of empowerment, provides unique opportunities for challenging…

5. LIVING IN LIMBO: Portraits from the Border by Bill McLaughlin

   Artist Bill McLaughlin of New Berlin, NY traveled to Tijuana, Mexico in December 2019 to photograph the migrants and asylum seekers left stranded at the border. They were stranded due to the January 2019 abrupt change in US immigration policy informally known as “Remain in…