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fotografía de dos estudiantes entrevistando a la artista Bárbara Fluxá

Entre Artistas y Restauradoræs: una Metodología Experimental en torno a Nuevos Formatos de Intra-Acción

Esther Moñivas Mayor es profesora e investigadora en la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, donde imparte las asignaturas de conservación de nuevos medios en el Máster Universitario en Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural. Desde 2019 es Investigadora Principal del proyecto “Entre artistas y restauradorӕs”.     El proyecto “Entre artistas y… Read more »

A painting called Complementary Feeding II, showing two women at a DJ booth.

“Who Cares?” An Interview with Hungarian Artist Andrea Fajgerné – Part 2

Contributing author Caitlin Swindell is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. She has held curatorial positions at the Denver Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville, worked as an art consultant in Santa Fe, NM, and completed internships at various institutions, including the Museum… Read more »

Photo of Andrea Fajgerne's Catalyst of the Housewife, 2022 at Godot Institute of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary

“Who Cares?” An Interview with Hungarian Artist Andrea Fajgerné

Contributing author Caitlin Swindell is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. She has held curatorial positions at the Denver Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville, worked as an art consultant in Santa Fe, NM, and completed internships at various institutions, including the Museum… Read more »

A photo of Mildred Howard and Lori Fogarty

VoCA’s Access & Accessibility Survey

  What do the terms ‘access’ and ‘Accessibility’ mean to you? How do you imagine expanded access to VoCA’s programming? VoCA recognizes that there are always ways we can be and do better; we continually seek to improve accessibility and usability across our programs for current network members, as well as colleagues we have yet… Read more »

Two men sit at a table in front of a seated audience.

VoCA Receives Support for Spanish-Language Artist Interview Workshops

  We are thrilled to announce that thanks to generous support from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), VoCA is now offering a selection of our Artist Interview Workshops entirely in Spanish. “The commissioning and preservation of first-hand accounts from cultural producers in Latin America is… Read more »

"Companion Species: Ferocious Mother and Canis Familiaris" by Marie Watt

VoCA Announces Support for a new Native Voices series

  Today, we share some exciting news: the Terra Foundation for American Art has awarded VoCA a $100,000 grant to support a new series of programs focusing on the work of contemporary Native American artists! VoCA’s Native Voices series will include a dedicated series of VoCA Talks, Artist Interview Workshops, an issue of VoCA Journal, and partnerships with organizations that… Read more »

30 Second Portrait: John Cage @1981-82

KNOCKING ON MNEMOSYNE’S DOOR: PART 4

This week’s returning author, Marshall Reese, is an artist working in new technologies, video, installations, artists books and limited editions. He has worked in collaboration with Nora Ligorano as LigoranoReese for over two decades. This blog post is part of periodic series from Reese that focuses on “outsider archivists,” people who highlight the tensions between… Read more »

A photo of a neon sculpture

20:20 Exhibition at Murray Art Museum Albury

This week, we welcome contributing authors Michael Moran and Emily Mulvihill. Michael Moran is the Curator, Murray Art Museum Albury and has previously held roles with Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia; Sydney, Whitecube, London; and served as a Director of the artist run initiative Firstdraft, Sydney between 2005 and 2007…. Read more »

A photo of a person watching Kerry Tribe's video The Last Soviet

A Conversation with Kerry Tribe: Exploring Cognizance and Interaction

This week’s contributing authors are undergraduate students Sarah Abeywardena and Ashlynn Braisted, both pursuing a BS in Computer Science and Design, Caeli Jackson, pursuing a BSBioE in Bioengineering and Biochemistry, and Jessica Xing, pursuing a BFA in Design, at Northeastern University. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate Professor of… Read more »

An artwork titled Mosque Lamp and Prayer Green from Laws of Antiquities by Baseera Khan

A Conversation with Patricia Dellorfano

Contributing authors Olivia Wang, Ashley Kromah, Maya Read, and Katherine Brady all attend Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Olivia is a first-year student studying design. Ashley is a second-year student studying Game Art and Animation. Maya is a fourth-year student studying Philosophy and Economics. Katherine is a fifth-year student studying Business Administration and Marketing. VoCA… Read more »

A photo of Jerri Allyn and Elyla (Fredman Barahona) and Christian Lord in Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities at Tufts University Art Galleries, 2022

An Intergenerational Conversation About Activist Art & the Contemporary Experience with Curator Abigail Satinsky – Part 2

Contributing authors Angelina Chau, Tristan Phan, Maha Sidi, and Alice Vilenski are first-year students at Northeastern University in Boston. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, Gloria Sutton’s Spring 2022 Honors Seminar, The Art of Visual Intelligence at Northeastern University. This interdisciplinary course combines the… Read more »