When:
Monday, April 29, 2024
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM CT
Where: Crowe Hall, 1132, 1860 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Council for Race and Ethnic Studies
Group: Council for Race and Ethnic Studies
Category: Academic
with DIANA SOLIS
Bio: Diana Solís (she/they) is a Mexican-born photographer, multidisciplinary artist, and educator whose diverse practice spans painting, illustration, public murals, and installation. Rooted in Mexican and Chicano culture, Solís draws inspiration from memory, cautionary tales, oral histories, and queer narratives to explore concepts of place, identity, and belonging.
With a focus on documentary photography, Solís has built an extensive visual archive documenting LGBTQ+ Latinx and feminist communities and movements across Chicago and Mexico City.
TALK DESCRIPTION:
In her talk, “Latina History is Chicago History,” Diana Solís (She/They) will discuss her work as a documentary photographer and community organizer in Chicago during the late 1970s with Mujeres Latinas en Accíon (MLEA). Solís will delve into the making of the 1979 Festival de Mujeres, one of the first and only Latina Feminist Street Festivals in the city. The festival was sponsored by Mujeres Latinas en Acción and co-organized by Diane Avila, MLEA health coordinator, and Solís. The talk will end with her current work as lead artist for the Chicago Monuments Project: Latina Pilsen Legacies.