2023 Arizona Artist Awards Exhibition Opening Celebration
July 19, 2023
5:00pm - Artist Reception, Great Hall
6:30pm - Artist Talk with 2023 Scult Award recipient Fronterizx Collective, Whiteman Hall
TICKETS: Free for members, $5 general admission
Join us in celebrating the exhibition openings for the 2023 Arlene and Morton Scult Artist Award and the 2023 Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards recipients with a reception in Great Hall followed by an artist talk with the 2023 Scult Award recipient, Fronterizx Collective, as they discuss their work and process.
The 2023 Arizona Artist Awards recipients are:
Fronterizx Collective, 2023 Arlene and Morton Scult Artist Award
Yaritza Flores Bustos and Alejandro Macias, 2023 Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artist Award
About the Artists:
Jenea Sanchez and Gabriela Muñoz, of Fronterizx Collective, began working together in 2019. Their practice is rooted in their experiences as women of color who grew up in the liminal culture between Mexico and the United States. Their projects and collaborations uplift the labor of women and center movements of social justice and racial equity. From their first project, weaving a site-specific community offering into the US/Mexico border fence titled Tapiz Fronteriza de La Virgen de Guadalupe, they have collaborated with borderlands communities in the creation of nourishing spaces that provide opportunities to make visible the abundance and creativity found in the borderlands. Through skill-sharing and mutual aid, Fronterizx Collective develops projects and artworks that center the experiences of women of color and explore issues of power, labor, and transnational feminisms. Their social practice centers participatory budgeting and program design processes. They work in video, printmaking, paper-making, installation, performance, sculpture and socially engaged practice that centers community voices.
They are recipients of the 2020–2021 NALAC Catalyst for Change Award, the 2019–2020 Mellon-Fronteridades Creative Scholar Fellowship at the UofA’s Confluence Center, the Intercultural Leadership Institute and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture’s Leadership Institute. Their work has been exhibited internationally at the Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, MOCA Tucson, the Barrick Museum of Art, The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, the University of Arizona Art Museum, Juniata Museum of Art, The Latino Museum of History, Art, and Culture, the Mexican Consulate in Douglas, and the United States/Mexico border fence, among others.
Yaritza Flores Bustos (b. 1997) migrated from Michoacán, México at a young age alongside her family. They established a home and grew in Maryvale, the Westside of Phoenix, something she states with pride. Her interdisciplinary practice works across mediums to develop a new archive in which the multiple languages her community utilizes within survival are venerated.
Alejandro Macias (b. 1987) was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S./ Mexico border, Alejandro Macias received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Brownsville in 2008, and a Master of Fine Arts in 2-D Studio Art from the University of Texas - Pan American in 2012. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including notable residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Chateau d’Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France, The Studios at MASS MoCA, Wassaic Project, and CALA Alliance. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Arizona School of Art in Tucson, AZ.
Arizona Artist Awards are made possible by the Arlene and Morton Scult Artist Award and the Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artists Award with additional support from Cattryn Somers and Michael Cafiso.
Fronterizx Collective is organized by Phoenix Art Museum. The exhibition is made possible through the generosity of the Cohn Fund for Arts and Culture, a founding gift of the Phoenix Art Museum Education and Engagement Excellence Fund.
The 2023 Lehmann Emerging Artist Award Recipients is organized by Phoenix Art Museum. The exhibition is made possible through the generosity of the Cohn Fund for Arts and Culture, a founding gift of the Phoenix Art Museum Education and Engagement Excellence Fund.
All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by the Opatrny Family Foundation, with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.
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Celebración de los Premios artísticos de Arizona 2023
July 19, 2023
5 PM – Recepción para artistas, Great Hall
6:30 PM – Conferencia con los ganadores del Premio Scult del 2023 Fronterizx Collective, Whiteman Hall
BOLETOS: Gratis para Miembros | $5 para el público en general
Acompáñanos a celebrar la inauguración de las exposiciones del Premio artístico Arlene y Morton Scult del 2023 y del Premio Sally y Richard Lehmann para artistas emergentes del 2023 con una recepción en Great Hall seguida de una conferencia con los ganadores del Premio Scult del 2023, mientras discuten su obra y proceso.
Los ganadores de los Premios artísticos de Arizona del 2023 son:
Fronterizx Collective, Premio artístico Arlene y Morton Scult del 2023
Yaritza Flores Bustos y Alejandro Macias, Premio Sally y Richard Lehmann para artistas emergentes del 2023
Acerca de los artistas:
Janea Sanchez y Gabriela Muñoz, de Fronterizx Collective comenzaron a trabajar juntas en el 2019. Su práctica tiene raíces en sus experiencias como mujeres de color habiendo en la cultura liminal entre México y los Estados Unidos. Sus proyectos y colaboraciones elevan la labor de las mujeres y centran los movimientos de justicia social y equidad racial. Desde su primer proyecto, Tapiz Fronteriza de La Virgen de Guadalupe, han colaborado con las comunidades fronterizas en la creación de espacios que nutren y que brindan oportunidades para visibilizar la abundancia y creatividad que se encuentra en la frontera. Mediante el intercambio de habilidades y la ayuda mutua, Fronterizx Collective desarrolla proyectos y obras de arte que centran las experiencias de las mujeres de color y exploran cuestiones de poder, labor y feminismos transnacionales. Su práctica social se centra en procesos participativos de elaboración de presupuestos y diseño de programas. Trabajan en video, grabado, fabricación de papel, instalación, performance, escultura y práctica socialmente comprometida que centra las voces de la comunidad.
Su obra ha sido exhibida internacionalmente en el Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, MOCA Tucson, el Barrick Museum of Art, The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, el Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Arizona Art Museum, Juniata Museum of Art, The Latino Museum of History, Art, and Culture, el Consulado mexicano en Douglas, y la franja fronteriza entre los Estados Unidos y México, entre otras.
Yaritza Flores Bustos (n. 1997) emigró de Michoacán, México a una edad temprana junto a su familia. Establecieron un hogar y crecieron en Maryvale, el lado oeste de Phoenix, algo que ella afirma con orgullo. Su práctica interdisciplinaria trabaja a través de diversos medios para desarrollar un nuevo archivo en el que se veneran los múltiples lenguajes que su comunidad utiliza para sobrevivir.
Alejandro Macias (n. 1987) nació y se crió en Brownsville, Texas, a lo largo de la frontera entre EE. UU. y México. Alejandro Macias recibió una Licenciatura en Artes de University of Texas at Brownsville en el 2008 y una Maestría en Artes con enfoque en arte 2-D de University of Texas - Pan American en el 2012. Ha recibido numerosos premios y reconocimientos, incluyendo residencias notables en Vermont Studio Center, Chateau d'Orquevaux en Orquevaux, Francia, The Studios at MASS MoCA, Wassaic Project y CALA Alliance. Actualmente se desempeña como profesor asistente de pintura y dibujo en University of Arizona School of Art en Tucson, AZ.