Transcultural Bridges and Political Activism: Mexico and the Graphic Arts, 1929-1956

Travel may still be limited but you can still visit early 20th century Mexico with the help of a Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art curator, who will take us on a fascinating journey of artworks produced in response to the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). You'll learn why printmaking flourished as artists addressed what happened to the ideals of the Revolution and see imagery that attacked fascism and imperialism, promoted labor and indigenous rights, and expressed a renewed interest in cultural traditions.

Cheryl Hartup is Curator of Academic Programs and Latin American & Caribbean Art at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon.  An art historian specializing in the art of Latin America and the Caribbean, Cheryl holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies and a certificate in museum studies from New York University, and an M.A. in art history from the University of Texas at Austin.

Prior to coming to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in 2016, she held curatorial positions at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art in New York City, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Miami Art Museum, now the Pérez Art Museum Miami. From 2005 to 2012, she served as chief curator at the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico. 

Wendy Echeverría García is a second-year student at University of Oregon majoring in Latin American Studies and Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and minoring in Spanish and Latinx studies as well as pursuing a certificate in secondary educational foundations. For the past eight months she has been assisting Cheryl with the exhibition Nuestra imagen actual / Our Present Image: Mexico and the Graphic Arts, 1929-1956.