https://www.jstor.org/stable/27771138
This journal article is about how library design and architecture should promote accessibility and inclusivity. My artist, Connie Arismendi, did an installation for the Austin Public Library. She created an aluminum plate screen wall in the style of “papel picado.”
https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/1999-12-10/74954/
This newspaper article from 1999 is an interview with Connie Arismendi. She talks about how fabric and Mexican home altars serve as inspiration for her mixed media installations. She uses her work to explore her spirituality, emotions, and experiences as a woman. Arismendi says she does not begin her work with a concept, but rather is inspired by the objects and materials that attract her. Her work aims to provoke emotional reactions in her viewers. She had been encouraged to assimilate into American culture, but now attempts to reclaim her cultural heritage and works with “retablos” and “milagros.” In 1999, she had a display at the Galeria Sin Fronteras, so I will look for the exhibition catalogue in my later research.
https://art.state.gov/personnel/connie_arismendi/
This website is from the US Department of State because Arismendi’s art is displayed at a US embassy in Belize. It also provides biographical info such as Arismendi’s educational background which includes “a BFA from The University of Texas and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.” Additionally, it says she formed Arismendi Garanzuay Studio
with another artist in 2005.
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