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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/f32276eb-3177-46f5-a133-0551bcf6dd40/IMG_5398.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/de52ed3c-0a68-4e19-b753-0ccde3b8ec15/IMG_5432.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/62b2f854-b17d-4f20-acf2-fd2152d75135/IMG_5407.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8ee3dd08-f8ec-4d38-83e3-7cd0a95dae6f/IMG_5058.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed a field trip to the Center for Public Secrets to deepen our understanding of Lee Roy Chapman’s activism and historical work. Chapman often credited his former teacher, Eddie Faye Gates, (an activist, historian, and community archivist as a guiding force.) With HCAR stewarding the Eddie Faye Gates Collection, this visit offered a meaningful opportunity to connect their legacies. 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This collection honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, who dedicated her life to documenting the lived experiences of Black Oklahomans and preserving stories often left out of mainstream history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8bdb3064-ac51-4ac5-9670-ac81068d6e63/IMG_4790+%281%29.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the viewing of archival materials from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection for a members event at the Gilcrease Museum (2025). This collection honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, who dedicated her life to documenting the lived experiences of Black Oklahomans and preserving stories often left out of mainstream history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/373528ff-ceec-4090-b1a1-bdf8711d5558/IMG_4817.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the viewing of archival materials, including oral histories and video interviews from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection for a members event at the Gilcrease Museum (2025). This collection honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, who dedicated her life to documenting the lived experiences of Black Oklahomans and preserving stories often left out of mainstream history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/50d4b0e9-e5b6-4c3e-ba2f-bf71b45442ee/IMG_4830.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the discussion and panel Q&A featuring historians, artists, and researchers at the Gilcrease Museum. The program was accompanied by a viewing of archival materials from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/952d6dda-8daa-401a-9c27-12a107010348/Untitled+design.png.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Promotional photo for a coed Tulsa Girl Power workshop in collaboration with local barber and artist Trent Martin. Tulsa Girl Power is a hands-on skills initiative I lead that empowers women through practical learning (from car care to negotiation, and self-defense) creating community-driven spaces for confidence and independence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/bde6d3f9-45e4-4abb-b544-15d1c2f8986c/IMG_4773.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the viewing of archival materials from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection for a members event at the Gilcrease Museum (2025). This collection honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, who dedicated her life to documenting the lived experiences of Black Oklahomans and preserving stories often left out of mainstream history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/5c069644-13dc-40cc-8b10-a884b3d23d2d/Screenshot+2025-02-02+at+2.13.51%E2%80%AFPM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Leading an education program at the Art Institute of Chicago. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/432f9c25-5cf9-4460-b747-b014819a80f9/IMG_1599.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out As part of my Community Action Fellowship in rural Cuyama Valley in California, I got to teach critical thinking and expression to middle school students. Here I was talking about buttons as a political, self-expression tool. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/695c883c-1f6a-458c-8b8c-dc7f64eeefc1/IMG_0850.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/12f6eec0-d965-4e50-9ec3-709de40b3a7c/IMG_0704.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). Attendees work on creating zines as part of the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/769e56bf-ee1c-407d-84b0-d02ff54c1bcf/IMG_0848.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/bf384873-6152-4cc9-9551-f237d83ed5cd/IMG_0845.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/f9cdc960-3da1-4ea1-a41c-34a61c33cf6a/IMG_0751.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). Attendees explore archival material from the collection as part of the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/cae23196-caa8-4780-8fd7-f7a6f15c9880/IMG_0856.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/42093f54-08b9-4a08-ab87-6534d730bd58/IMG_0851.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/7c138893-dbcc-4919-b231-f8f562d30c43/IMG_0853.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/4dbbfcd2-6b0b-401e-8613-264b362ac6f4/IMG_7546.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Speaking at SXSW 2024 in Austin, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/a603175d-918e-42e2-b230-100c8deffc27/IMG_7538.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Hosted a meet-up at SXSW in Austin TX, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/bb867894-0346-4eac-9299-c38ff62cfc8e/D8BB723E-2ECA-4F7E-8EE6-DF2C6DDC6BD8.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Organized a Galentines Event in collaboration with a local boutique in Tulsa, OK, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/a43562c7-dd25-4e4a-a975-43afd9a30de2/AFE50CCC-63E7-433C-A067-44B63AFA55CA.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Galentines Event in collaboration with a local boutique in Tulsa, OK 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/c3a68796-527e-49bb-8d2d-bdbe7a54acc7/da-event_52455610335_o+%281%29.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Leading an immigrant-artist community event in New York City. October 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8679ac39-615c-45d7-8647-226fa471c310/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.34.30+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I put together this Immigrant-artist event in Atlanta and hired a immigrant-owned taco truck and hosted a panel inside MINT Gallery in May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/59d98377-fb19-47ea-a6ae-b98f98ed7b07/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.33.21+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out The 2023 Define American Fellows and myself during and outing at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/6a11a63c-1db4-449f-99ed-6dc4dea83d53/Drew+Arrieta-16.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Managed an event in Minneapolis in July of 2023. All of the Define American Alumni joined to participate on a research study focused on immigrant artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/0803198d-b770-49cf-90bb-906a57596ed5/da-event_52455685888_o.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I put together a immigrant artist panel and event at USAGI, in New York City in October 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/52665308-c9f2-4f38-8eeb-f93cc2ff4dac/Screenshot+2023-03-09+at+2.04.31+PM.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Artwork by the Cuyama Valley High School Students in response to our Money Mindset session in Cuyama Valley. February, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/9a210877-2b0d-4844-924e-0ef9bc1cb7cd/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.41.18+PM.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I put together this Immigrant-artist event in Atlanta and hired a taco truck and hosted a panel inside MINT Gallery in May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8541f650-b2b3-4529-bb5e-d9960e2fc898/da-event_52455161326_o.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Leading an immigrant-artist community event in New York City. October 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/903d7e43-d600-4ecf-86a1-4f6c3dd5bea0/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.34.49+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Introducing the 2023 Define American Fellows to Atlanta-based artist and former Define American fellow Yehimi Cambron as she showed us her BMW Stadium mural commission, a mural dedicated to immigrant communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/926588e5-3b79-4401-8134-b8724029c928/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.41.00+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Leading the orientation for the 2023 Define American Fellows in Atlanta, May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/0c535299-1215-4172-9bd4-542fd0d8cd2b/5468E6C6-3265-4CE2-A472-39C6F4CBE7BD.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I put together this Immigrant-artist event in Atlanta and hired a immigrant-owned taco truck and hosted a panel inside MINT Gallery in May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/453afde4-7230-4316-a391-151785b90c9d/Screenshot+2023-03-09+at+2.04.18+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Artwork by the Cuyama Valley High School Students in response to our Money Mindset session in Cuyama Valley. February, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/17d7a404-8db9-4693-b6b1-f2829d0b9b5e/Screenshot+2023-03-09+at+2.03.40+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Learning how to grow our own food, from grapes, pomegranates, garlic, etc. Cuyama Valley, February 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/a94019de-1b0b-4b90-9832-51307b87ed40/Screenshot+2023-02-09+at+9.03.35+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out At Blue Sky Center as part of my fellowship in the rural town: Cuyama Valley. Population: 500. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/641d3346-5af1-4b89-95e4-40a5c50870af/823E5929-6222-4D11-8203-7E44651DA4DC.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This is a fun picture of the time I took my class on a field trip to the Art Institute in September 2022. For many this was their first time ever visiting a museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/81db6a0d-c880-46c9-8e40-2cf507a3b703/Screenshot+2022-09-15+at+2.40.18+AM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I was featured in Newcity’s Fall Arts Edition in September 2022. I was interviewed by Kerry Cardoza on my practice as a pay transparency advocate and experience as an arts worker in Chicago. Read here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/5cfdc870-31f4-48e2-93ba-e98e9dc4dc22/FCA6E95D-6745-4C1F-BE22-B4BD765D2EE8.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Picture of the last day of class at the ODISEA program. ODISEA provides college-level coursework for adults who haven’t had the chance to attend college. I taught critical thinking and writing and focused on the theme of celebrating our failures. The class was taught entirely in Spanish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/d0f640b7-a294-4566-bf1c-0a486c2d927d/IMG-9666.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Field trip for my ODISEA class at the Art Instiute of Chicago. ODISEA provides college-level coursework for adults who haven’t had the chance to attend college. I taught critical thinking and writing and focused on the theme of celebrating our failures. The class was taught entirely in Spanish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/62cf5ffe-c59d-457b-90c4-e1b0844d6d10/IMG-9150.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Pay Transparency at the Art Institute for the Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows. I gave a workshop on Pay Transparency and negotiation for the Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows at the Art Institute in August, 2022. This is the first time a museum has invited me to speak to their Summer Interns about my project, Pay Transparency. This took place in Chicago, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/48efa7c1-b68e-4502-aa79-68b0899a7a57/Montes+1.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out At the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Workshop on the importance of transparency and learning to advocate for yourself as a young adult. This workshop took place in 2022 in Springfield, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/9f423513-f1b5-4182-b226-801c8cb243af/277525159_10159713035290460_2945594502772660175_n.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement Leading a public tour at the Art Institute of Chicago. Leaning forward to listen to a young visitor’s comment about a work of art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/361869a2-697b-4d3b-a3bd-d752af10668d/274679400_10159689898220460_1321004071575515303_n.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement Leading a docent training program at the First Nations Museum in Oklahoma City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/c63d4aa1-590b-4bac-bad0-0b0870ee620c/img_4603.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I participated in a series of distance-learning tours at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. These sessions were designed for students whose schools cannot afford field trips to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. I gave these tours in both English and Spanish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/4b5e95dc-5283-430e-b3b0-5c1e11f3ea31/IMG-9397.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement In February 2020 I coordinated a public program called “Anti-Valentines” at Hyde Park Art Center. These are some of the activations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8dd24097-19c5-40df-adbb-d4430d61ea63/IMG-8837.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement In February 2020 I coordinated a public program called “Anti-Valentines” at Hyde Park Art Center. These are some of the activations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/738eb57b-2ccd-49f0-8e99-ab2e7ee1eb7f/Merida5.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement This was during the last day of my very first program! I taught an art history class for incarcerated women at the CERESOFE penitentiary in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico. This took place in 2014 and in these photos all the women have gathered to receive their diplomas of completion. I wanted them to feel like they had accomplished something special by participating in the workshop so I printed certificates with their names and had a little party to celebrate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/26f9249b-583b-4781-8f5e-137369911531/DSC02228.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This was a tour I gave for Chicago Public School Teachers so they could incorporate art into their curriculum and teaching. This was during the exhibition of Takashi Murakami in 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/866419bc-c6e0-4517-8bf1-fca01677c729/Screen+Shot+2021-03-30+at+9.57.33+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out In the Summer of 2019 I collaborated with the nonprofit GirlForward though their Safe Spaces program designing a workshop for refugee teenage girls in Chicago. The workshop focused on women in art history and included a field trip to the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago as well as a visit to three different murals in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/86a3d923-6e24-4026-a666-d079fda81d8d/IMG-4733.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This was a 2019 high school tour during my time as a museum educator at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/512b0b2d-8d66-4df4-9806-e3a511c91d24/Merida7.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement This was during the last day of my very first program! I taught an art history class for incarcerated women at the CERESOFE penitentiary in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico. This took place in 2014 and in these photos all the women have gathered to receive their diplomas of completion. I wanted them to feel like they had accomplished something special by participating in the workshop so I printed certificates with their names and had a little party to celebrate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/86ef441f-01ce-489b-a2c5-ac7960802b2c/Screen+Shot+2021-03-30+at+10.04.26+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This was me giving a workshop in 2019 on the importance of pay transparency and what it is like to work in the arts and culture as an emerging Latinx professional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/a353f116-a026-4ba0-abd0-a8500692ccda/Screenshot+2022-11-13+at+9.15.13+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This was a special tour because these Northwestern students were “first-generation'“ students like myself. During our time together I showed them the collection of the Art Institute where I am an adjunct lecturer. I highlighted artists of color from our collection and we had a great conversation about the works of art and what it is like to work in a museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/f816638a-7893-46c7-a674-dfd5b41ddec1/Screen+Shot+2021-11-11+at+9.42.02+AM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement This was my very first program! I taught an art history class for incarcerated women at the CERESOFE penitentiary in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico. This took place in 2014 at the penitentiary in the background of this picture. The project was self funded and was also possible through donations via a kickstarter campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/20970b24-ca61-4e89-9f24-f18e0a6ebdfc/IMG_5264.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/f32276eb-3177-46f5-a133-0551bcf6dd40/IMG_5398.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/de52ed3c-0a68-4e19-b753-0ccde3b8ec15/IMG_5432.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/62b2f854-b17d-4f20-acf2-fd2152d75135/IMG_5407.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8ee3dd08-f8ec-4d38-83e3-7cd0a95dae6f/IMG_5058.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed a field trip to the Center for Public Secrets to deepen our understanding of Lee Roy Chapman’s activism and historical work. Chapman often credited his former teacher, Eddie Faye Gates, (an activist, historian, and community archivist as a guiding force.) With HCAR stewarding the Eddie Faye Gates Collection, this visit offered a meaningful opportunity to connect their legacies. November, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/028f4267-5431-4c8b-b7a8-ecbb79ddc3f3/IMG_5022.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/15b5eeb7-5ef2-481b-a853-007f65bb9dea/IMG_5036.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/2eb09d1c-d22b-4b2f-8bb3-4904a0b02ed6/IMG_5055.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/51d644d9-ef85-4d38-9b47-a3719d06d5a5/IMG_3425.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out 2025 participants from a Tulsa Girl Power automotive workshop gaining hands-on car care skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/7582186d-7d79-4647-b276-d9cefbe1291f/A6AEC344-A759-487B-B89A-061A217240BF.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out 2025 participants from a Tulsa Girl Power automotive workshop gaining hands-on car care skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/c31385a8-272b-47fa-8831-b1023a13381e/IMG_4799.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the viewing of archival materials from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection for a members event at the Gilcrease Museum (2025). This collection honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, who dedicated her life to documenting the lived experiences of Black Oklahomans and preserving stories often left out of mainstream history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8bdb3064-ac51-4ac5-9670-ac81068d6e63/IMG_4790+%281%29.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the viewing of archival materials from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection for a members event at the Gilcrease Museum (2025). This collection honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, who dedicated her life to documenting the lived experiences of Black Oklahomans and preserving stories often left out of mainstream history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/373528ff-ceec-4090-b1a1-bdf8711d5558/IMG_4817.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the viewing of archival materials, including oral histories and video interviews from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection for a members event at the Gilcrease Museum (2025). This collection honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, who dedicated her life to documenting the lived experiences of Black Oklahomans and preserving stories often left out of mainstream history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/50d4b0e9-e5b6-4c3e-ba2f-bf71b45442ee/IMG_4830.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the discussion and panel Q&A featuring historians, artists, and researchers at the Gilcrease Museum. The program was accompanied by a viewing of archival materials from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/952d6dda-8daa-401a-9c27-12a107010348/Untitled+design.png.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Promotional photo for a coed Tulsa Girl Power workshop in collaboration with local barber and artist Trent Martin. Tulsa Girl Power is a hands-on skills initiative I lead that empowers women through practical learning (from car care to negotiation, and self-defense) creating community-driven spaces for confidence and independence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/bde6d3f9-45e4-4abb-b544-15d1c2f8986c/IMG_4773.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I managed the viewing of archival materials from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection for a members event at the Gilcrease Museum (2025). This collection honors educator and historian Eddie Faye Gates, who dedicated her life to documenting the lived experiences of Black Oklahomans and preserving stories often left out of mainstream history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/5c069644-13dc-40cc-8b10-a884b3d23d2d/Screenshot+2025-02-02+at+2.13.51%E2%80%AFPM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Leading an education program at the Art Institute of Chicago. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/432f9c25-5cf9-4460-b747-b014819a80f9/IMG_1599.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out As part of my Community Action Fellowship in rural Cuyama Valley in California, I got to teach critical thinking and expression to middle school students. Here I was talking about buttons as a political, self-expression tool. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/695c883c-1f6a-458c-8b8c-dc7f64eeefc1/IMG_0850.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/12f6eec0-d965-4e50-9ec3-709de40b3a7c/IMG_0704.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). Attendees work on creating zines as part of the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/769e56bf-ee1c-407d-84b0-d02ff54c1bcf/IMG_0848.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/bf384873-6152-4cc9-9551-f237d83ed5cd/IMG_0845.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/f9cdc960-3da1-4ea1-a41c-34a61c33cf6a/IMG_0751.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). Attendees explore archival material from the collection as part of the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/cae23196-caa8-4780-8fd7-f7a6f15c9880/IMG_0856.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/42093f54-08b9-4a08-ab87-6534d730bd58/IMG_0851.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Tulsa Hidden Heroines – Supported by the Artist Creative Fund in collaboration with the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/7c138893-dbcc-4919-b231-f8f562d30c43/IMG_0853.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/4dbbfcd2-6b0b-401e-8613-264b362ac6f4/IMG_7546.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Speaking at SXSW 2024 in Austin, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/a603175d-918e-42e2-b230-100c8deffc27/IMG_7538.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Hosted a meet-up at SXSW in Austin TX, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/bb867894-0346-4eac-9299-c38ff62cfc8e/D8BB723E-2ECA-4F7E-8EE6-DF2C6DDC6BD8.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Organized a Galentines Event in collaboration with a local boutique in Tulsa, OK, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/a43562c7-dd25-4e4a-a975-43afd9a30de2/AFE50CCC-63E7-433C-A067-44B63AFA55CA.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Galentines Event in collaboration with a local boutique in Tulsa, OK 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/c3a68796-527e-49bb-8d2d-bdbe7a54acc7/da-event_52455610335_o+%281%29.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Leading an immigrant-artist community event in New York City. October 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8679ac39-615c-45d7-8647-226fa471c310/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.34.30+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I put together this Immigrant-artist event in Atlanta and hired a immigrant-owned taco truck and hosted a panel inside MINT Gallery in May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/59d98377-fb19-47ea-a6ae-b98f98ed7b07/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.33.21+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out The 2023 Define American Fellows and myself during and outing at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/6a11a63c-1db4-449f-99ed-6dc4dea83d53/Drew+Arrieta-16.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Managed an event in Minneapolis in July of 2023. All of the Define American Alumni joined to participate on a research study focused on immigrant artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/0803198d-b770-49cf-90bb-906a57596ed5/da-event_52455685888_o.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I put together a immigrant artist panel and event at USAGI, in New York City in October 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/52665308-c9f2-4f38-8eeb-f93cc2ff4dac/Screenshot+2023-03-09+at+2.04.31+PM.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Artwork by the Cuyama Valley High School Students in response to our Money Mindset session in Cuyama Valley. February, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/9a210877-2b0d-4844-924e-0ef9bc1cb7cd/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.41.18+PM.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I put together this Immigrant-artist event in Atlanta and hired a taco truck and hosted a panel inside MINT Gallery in May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8541f650-b2b3-4529-bb5e-d9960e2fc898/da-event_52455161326_o.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Leading an immigrant-artist community event in New York City. October 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/903d7e43-d600-4ecf-86a1-4f6c3dd5bea0/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.34.49+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Introducing the 2023 Define American Fellows to Atlanta-based artist and former Define American fellow Yehimi Cambron as she showed us her BMW Stadium mural commission, a mural dedicated to immigrant communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/926588e5-3b79-4401-8134-b8724029c928/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+5.41.00+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Leading the orientation for the 2023 Define American Fellows in Atlanta, May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/0c535299-1215-4172-9bd4-542fd0d8cd2b/5468E6C6-3265-4CE2-A472-39C6F4CBE7BD.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I put together this Immigrant-artist event in Atlanta and hired a immigrant-owned taco truck and hosted a panel inside MINT Gallery in May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/453afde4-7230-4316-a391-151785b90c9d/Screenshot+2023-03-09+at+2.04.18+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Artwork by the Cuyama Valley High School Students in response to our Money Mindset session in Cuyama Valley. February, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/17d7a404-8db9-4693-b6b1-f2829d0b9b5e/Screenshot+2023-03-09+at+2.03.40+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Learning how to grow our own food, from grapes, pomegranates, garlic, etc. Cuyama Valley, February 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/a94019de-1b0b-4b90-9832-51307b87ed40/Screenshot+2023-02-09+at+9.03.35+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out At Blue Sky Center as part of my fellowship in the rural town: Cuyama Valley. Population: 500. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/641d3346-5af1-4b89-95e4-40a5c50870af/823E5929-6222-4D11-8203-7E44651DA4DC.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This is a fun picture of the time I took my class on a field trip to the Art Institute in September 2022. For many this was their first time ever visiting a museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/81db6a0d-c880-46c9-8e40-2cf507a3b703/Screenshot+2022-09-15+at+2.40.18+AM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I was featured in Newcity’s Fall Arts Edition in September 2022. I was interviewed by Kerry Cardoza on my practice as a pay transparency advocate and experience as an arts worker in Chicago. Read here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/5cfdc870-31f4-48e2-93ba-e98e9dc4dc22/FCA6E95D-6745-4C1F-BE22-B4BD765D2EE8.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Picture of the last day of class at the ODISEA program. ODISEA provides college-level coursework for adults who haven’t had the chance to attend college. I taught critical thinking and writing and focused on the theme of celebrating our failures. The class was taught entirely in Spanish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/d0f640b7-a294-4566-bf1c-0a486c2d927d/IMG-9666.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Field trip for my ODISEA class at the Art Instiute of Chicago. ODISEA provides college-level coursework for adults who haven’t had the chance to attend college. I taught critical thinking and writing and focused on the theme of celebrating our failures. The class was taught entirely in Spanish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/62cf5ffe-c59d-457b-90c4-e1b0844d6d10/IMG-9150.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out Pay Transparency at the Art Institute for the Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows. I gave a workshop on Pay Transparency and negotiation for the Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows at the Art Institute in August, 2022. This is the first time a museum has invited me to speak to their Summer Interns about my project, Pay Transparency. This took place in Chicago, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/48efa7c1-b68e-4502-aa79-68b0899a7a57/Montes+1.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out At the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Workshop on the importance of transparency and learning to advocate for yourself as a young adult. This workshop took place in 2022 in Springfield, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/9f423513-f1b5-4182-b226-801c8cb243af/277525159_10159713035290460_2945594502772660175_n.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement Leading a public tour at the Art Institute of Chicago. Leaning forward to listen to a young visitor’s comment about a work of art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/361869a2-697b-4d3b-a3bd-d752af10668d/274679400_10159689898220460_1321004071575515303_n.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement Leading a docent training program at the First Nations Museum in Oklahoma City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/c63d4aa1-590b-4bac-bad0-0b0870ee620c/img_4603.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out I participated in a series of distance-learning tours at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. These sessions were designed for students whose schools cannot afford field trips to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. I gave these tours in both English and Spanish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/4b5e95dc-5283-430e-b3b0-5c1e11f3ea31/IMG-9397.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement In February 2020 I coordinated a public program called “Anti-Valentines” at Hyde Park Art Center. These are some of the activations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/8dd24097-19c5-40df-adbb-d4430d61ea63/IMG-8837.jpeg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement In February 2020 I coordinated a public program called “Anti-Valentines” at Hyde Park Art Center. These are some of the activations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/738eb57b-2ccd-49f0-8e99-ab2e7ee1eb7f/Merida5.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement This was during the last day of my very first program! I taught an art history class for incarcerated women at the CERESOFE penitentiary in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico. This took place in 2014 and in these photos all the women have gathered to receive their diplomas of completion. I wanted them to feel like they had accomplished something special by participating in the workshop so I printed certificates with their names and had a little party to celebrate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/26f9249b-583b-4781-8f5e-137369911531/DSC02228.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This was a tour I gave for Chicago Public School Teachers so they could incorporate art into their curriculum and teaching. This was during the exhibition of Takashi Murakami in 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/866419bc-c6e0-4517-8bf1-fca01677c729/Screen+Shot+2021-03-30+at+9.57.33+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out In the Summer of 2019 I collaborated with the nonprofit GirlForward though their Safe Spaces program designing a workshop for refugee teenage girls in Chicago. The workshop focused on women in art history and included a field trip to the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago as well as a visit to three different murals in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/86a3d923-6e24-4026-a666-d079fda81d8d/IMG-4733.JPG Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This was a 2019 high school tour during my time as a museum educator at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/512b0b2d-8d66-4df4-9806-e3a511c91d24/Merida7.jpg Social Sculpture + Public Engagement This was during the last day of my very first program! I taught an art history class for incarcerated women at the CERESOFE penitentiary in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico. This took place in 2014 and in these photos all the women have gathered to receive their diplomas of completion. I wanted them to feel like they had accomplished something special by participating in the workshop so I printed certificates with their names and had a little party to celebrate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/86ef441f-01ce-489b-a2c5-ac7960802b2c/Screen+Shot+2021-03-30+at+10.04.26+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This was me giving a workshop in 2019 on the importance of pay transparency and what it is like to work in the arts and culture as an emerging Latinx professional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/a353f116-a026-4ba0-abd0-a8500692ccda/Screenshot+2022-11-13+at+9.15.13+PM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement - Make it stand out This was a special tour because these Northwestern students were “first-generation'“ students like myself. During our time together I showed them the collection of the Art Institute where I am an adjunct lecturer. I highlighted artists of color from our collection and we had a great conversation about the works of art and what it is like to work in a museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5825cf99e6f2e10b8b63520b/f816638a-7893-46c7-a674-dfd5b41ddec1/Screen+Shot+2021-11-11+at+9.42.02+AM.png Social Sculpture + Public Engagement This was my very first program! I taught an art history class for incarcerated women at the CERESOFE penitentiary in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico. This took place in 2014 at the penitentiary in the background of this picture. 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