Between Worlds: Women artist collective contemplates liminal spaces. The Art Galleries at TCU present Entre Mundos featuring the latest work by Nuestra Artist Collective.

On-view at Moudy Art Gallery: January 16 -30, 2025

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 16 from 5-7 pm
Artist talk with a special activity: Saturday, January 25 from 1-4 pm.

In Entre Mundos, the Collective focuses on the broader concept of Nepantla – a space for anyone who has ever felt caught between worlds, identities, or expectations. Inspired by the writings of Gloria Anzaldúa and her concept of Nepantla, this exhibition explores “in-between spaces”—the liminal and transformative realms where identities, cultures, and experiences intersect. Nepantla is a Mexican indigenous Nahuatl word meaning “a space between two bodies of water, the space between two worlds.” For the artists Nepantla serves as a lens through which they examine the complexities of assimilation, migration, and belonging. This exhibition demonstrates how art can illuminate the complexities of the human experience, celebrating the beauty and tension of existing entre mundos—between worlds.

In addition to exhibiting collaborative and individual works, the Collective presents new interactive experiences for viewers to reflect on their own realities and participate in adding to a changing site-specific installation that represents a liminal space within the gallery.

On November 25, enjoy an afternoon of performances featuring Sara Herrera and Nuestra Artist Collective at Kinfolk House in Fort Worth, Texas. The event will take place from 2 PM to 3:30 PM.

Performances:
"3208: A Performance by Sara Herrera"
Sara Herrera's work is inspired by her family, Tejana roots, daydreaming as a little girl and growing up in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. Through each piece she creates, there is a taste of home, vulnerability and nostalgia.

Herrera's solo piece, 3208, is an homage to her beloved childhood home and to her hometown. Through movement, storytelling, and an ice-cold beer, 3208, sheds light on childhood memories growing up in Fort Worth and in a vibrant Latino community.
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"La Enorme Distancia"
Installation and performance by members of Nuestra Artist Collective. Performers Sara Herrera and Tina Medina will activate an artwork featuring projections by Tesa Morin and Lupita Murillo Tinnen.

As part of the Equity in the Arts Fellowship at Talley Dunn Gallery, Nuestra Collective invited Latine artists to share a meal and have the opportunity to develop community through trust and kinship.

From Talley Dunn Gallery:

MISSION

Talley Dunn Gallery strongly believes in creating opportunities for racial equity in the arts community. The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship strives to foster the development of Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color in North Texas, whose artmaking forms the backbone of our cultural landscape. In line with Talley Dunn Gallery’s longstanding commitment to anti-racism in our community, the gallery pledges to provide the fellowship with a minimum of $30,000 of funding over five years with the hope that it continues indefinitely. This fellowship will be just one component of a larger vision for programming and resources the gallery will invest in supporting Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color.

Eliana Miranda joins Dr. Judy Roher, Dr. Christina Leza, Dr. Patrisia Gonzales and Artist Karla García in the panel People, Land & Ancestors: Ending Colonial Violence and Building Relationships at the U.S.-Mexico Border to discuss the work of Nuestra Collective.

Miranda’s presentation focuses on specific artworks from this project that speak about themes such as Xicana identity, climate migration, relationship to landscape (spiritual, political, social, civic), labor, and physical/psychological boundaries. In addition to these exhibitions, it will reflect on experiences of connecting with local communities through the events that coincided. These events created opportunities to work with organizations such as Break Bread Break Borders, Human Rights Initiative, and Refugee Services of Texas. Furthermore, the collective was allowed to address important issues in a collaborative way by learning from one another through studio visits and group discussions including an academic discussion with Texas Tech University about Xicana and Latina identity.

From TDG: Talley Dunn Gallery is honored to announce the 2023 – 2024 Equity in the Arts Fellowship has been awarded to Nuestra Collective. The gallery is excited to recognize and support this group of talented artists: Michelle Cortes Gonzales, Tesa Morin, Melissa Gámez Herrera, Eliana Miranda, Lupita Murillo-Tinnen, Karla García, Tina Medina, and Sara Herrera.

Nuestra Collective aims to build connections that support our communities and create art projects and exhibitions that explore the intersections of identity, culture, and politics in Texas.

The Fronteriza project focuses on women artists in Texas contemplating the U.S.-Mexico border through their art. The nine participating artists include Michelle Cortez Gonzales, Melissa Gámez-Herrera, Karla García, Sara Herrera, Tina Medina, Analise Minjarez, Eliana Miranda, Tesa Morin, and Lupita Murillo Tinnen. Each artist brings a different perspective from uniquely personal experiences depicted in various media and techniques, such as ceramics, fibers, textiles, painting, drawing, photography, video, and performance.

The Dallas Observer | by DESIREE GUTIERREZ

Even if you're nowhere near it, the U.S.-Mexico border is inescapable in Texas. Nearly every aspect of Texas life has been touched by the history, politics and economics that have been influenced by the close proximity to the border. Dallas’ Nuestra Artist Collective will explore border relations through the often omitted lens of Latina artists with its inaugural exhibition, Fronteriza.

KERA | By Elizabeth Myong | Arts Access

The exhibition, which features the work of nine Texas women artists, explores the borderlands and the nature of being "in-between." It's open to the public at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center through Nov. 4.

The show will feature nine women artists whose work explores concepts surrounding the United States/Mexico border.

“While some of the artists in the exhibition grew up in the Texas borderlands, others find border issues to be relevant in their work because of the proximity of Texas to Mexico,” a media release states.

In conjunction with our art exhibit Fronteriza, Nuestra Artist Collective is proud to present Conchas y Conversaciones, a healing conversation with Nuestra artists and Claude and Maissa who work with Break Bread Break Borders- a “food for good” company, where refugee women from war-torn countries are economically empowered by cooking for a living. Attendees will be able to hear stories from Claude and Maissa and tell their own stories about borders and immigration.

October 21, Friday, 6:30pm to 8pm
223 Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208
Free and open to the public.

Join Nuestra Artist Collective at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center for a market-style event at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center. Art, books, food, apparel, remedies, and human rights information will be available.

Flores Bakehaus
Human Rights Initiative
Whose Books
RAYO Planning
Pinky’s Summer
International Rescue Committee
Emily and Carlos Don Juan
La Luna Green
That’s my Hood

Watch our conversation with Dra. Leslie Sotomayor, Texas Tech University, and Dra. Kristen Sperry Garcia, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Learn about Nuestra Artist Collective and our artist practices. We loved reading: Anzaldua, G. (2016). Border Arte: Neplanta, El Lugar de la Frontera. In I. Hernandez-Avila and N.E. Cantu (Eds.), Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art (pp. 23-32). University of Texas Press. The ebook is available via TTU Library access. You must login with your e-raider to gain access.

Video duration: 1:45 hr.