Conversation
OUR LONG TERM GOALS: CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, A CONVERSATION WITH MARIE VICKLES AND WILLIAM CORDOVA
The Art Gallery, Little Haiti Cultural Complex, 260 NE 59th Terrace | Transportation Options
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION
This session is an exchange between Marie Vickles, Knight Associate Director of Education at Pérez Art Museum and curator at The Little Haiti Cultural Complex, and cultural practitioner and interdisciplinary artist william cordova. The title of their presentation is a quote from artist and Project Row Houses founder Rick Lowe. Like Lowe, both Vickles and corodva are interested in utilizing the visual arts to engage, develop and preserve their respective communities through constructive strategies that deter gentrification. They will delve into the practical reality of Inclusion, Community Building and Cultural Representation in artistic, curatorial and museum educational practices.
Marie Vickles, is the Knight Associate Director of Education, School, Outreach and Studio Programs at Pérez Art Museum Miami, an independent curator and artist living in Miami, Florida. She is also the Curator-in-Residence at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex. Marie has administered and organized arts educational programs, workshops and exhibitions across the United States and the Caribbean for over 15 years. Her work is concerned with the development of new ways to bridge connections between creativity and community engagement, with the goal of encouraging livability through the arts.
william cordova is an interdisciplinary cultural practitioner born in Lima, Peru and working between Lima, Miami, and New York City. Cordova’s work addresses the metaphysics of space and time: how objects and perception change as we move around in space. He has exhibited in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia. His work is in public collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and others.
