Artist Conversation with Consuelo Jimenez Underwood

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Artist Conversation with Consuelo Jimenez Underwood

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Celebrated artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood discusses craft, textile art, her creative process, and her Chicana and Huichol heritage. Underwood is joined in conversation by Nora Atkinson, the Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Underwood’s artwork tells powerful stories centering on borders and identity from her American, Mexican, and Indigenous perspectives. By combining traditional fiber art techniques with untraditional materials such as barbed wire and safety pins, Underwood’s large-scale installations and weavings explore border crossings—from the physical crossing of the US-Mexico border to social, spiritual, and artistic borders as well. This program was part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s annual Director’s Circle Dinner in 2022. The Director’s Circle is a philanthropic community committed to supporting SAAM’s mission to advance American art and craft. To learn more, visit https://americanart.si.edu/support/circle 00:00 Introduction by Stephanie Stebich, Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum 05:28 Conversation with artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood and curator Nora Atkinson

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32 min 39 sec

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2022-11-07T14:21:53.000Z

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Conversations and talks

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Art, American

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