Studio Visits with Edra Soto

Please join the Bay Area Latinx Art and Activism Research Workshop  for a conversation, Q&A, studio visits and a catered meal with award–wining artist Edra Soto and the Stanford MFA Art Practice students. Soto is the recipient of the 2023 Latinx Artist Fellowship, the 2024 Public Art Dialogue Founders Award, and is currently a Lucas Artists Fellow at the Montalvo Art Center. 

About the Series

Bay Area Latinx Art and Activism (BALAA) highlights the important work of artists and provides audiences with a deeper understanding of the people and programs that have been long-time supporters of the community by inviting art workers, activists, scholars, and other stakeholders to discuss this vital history and ongoing effort. This workshop will shed light on these critical and dynamic Latinx art histories, from those that exist at Stanford University to those across the Greater Bay Area. For nearly fifty years, both campus and off-campus efforts have recognized the importance of Latinx art to social justice movements, the imagining of just and liberatory futures, and the building of cultural pride, especially when the community faced explicit forms of racism and xenophobia. BALAA works in consultation with Latinx Art Beyond Museum Walls to recover the critical art histories of grassroots initiatives. This research workshop is co-led by Dr. Rose Salseda and Javier Arellano Vences.