Earth as Living Element: An Artist Lecture with Jackie Amézquita is part of the programming for Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s (SBMA) current exhibit Accretion: Works by Latin American Women.
Amézquita will discuss her distinctive practice at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15 in SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St.
The talk is free to attend for SBMA members, students and teachers; $10 for non-members. Get tickets at tickets.sbma.net.
Amézquita’s works often examine the physical, political and emotional implications of migration.
On display in Accretion, the piece “Oro Negro” (“Black Gold”) illustrates that the migrant experience does not end once the border is crossed but persists in the experience of existing amidst discriminatory planning and zoning politics.
Amézquita, who is from Quetzaltengo, Guatemala, lives and works in Los Angeles. An artist with a multidisciplinary practice, her research is articulated through the use of biomaterials and forms associated with pre-Columbian cultures.
Amézquita creates public performances, installations, and objects that fuse indigenous mythologies with contemporary community engagement.
Amézquita received her MFA from UCLA in 2022 and her BFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, in 2018.