2018HernandezLizette

Hello everyone! My name is Lizette Hernandez and I am from Compton, CA and my family is from a small pueblo in Jalisco, MX where I spent a great deal of my childhood. My preferred pronouns are her/hers/she. I am a first generation - third year transfer student majoring in Art with a focus on ceramics but currently really interested and working with video/performance art. Being a Chicana artist, I decided to take this course in order to learn about the line of Chicana artists that have come before me and have paved the way for someone like myself.

In regards to Conditions for Producing Chicana Art, Sybil Venegas sums up the trajectory of how Chicana Artists have been able to surface in the bigger "art world" platform. I agree and appreciate Venegas' way of discussing this trajectory very thoughtfully, honestly and keeping it concise all the while. She mentions that Chicana artists are now able to be successful but I feel that the article left out some disadvantages for Chicana artists that are still prevalent in present day. Although many Chicana artists can become successful, the art world and the world at large is still highly dominated by males and more obviously white males. Even within my own artistic community, I am constantly reminded of the work that needs to be done in order for fair and equal opportunities to be had for Chicana artists. Reminders such as being invited to be part of a group exhibition and being 1 of 2 females in a long list of males. Or even just being invited to exhibitions where the whole roster of artists are all males. There is still a lot of work to be done in order to be seen and represented in the art world as a Chicana artists.