Writing & Publications
Strings on Me:
Ethan Gill at Left Field Gallery
Ethan Gill, Entangled Hand, 2020.
LUM ART MAGAZINE, March 2021
“Pinocchio’s agentive dilemmas seem to have taken up some recent brain space for San Francisco- and Chicago-based artist Ethan Gill, palpable in a series of new oil paintings for Strings on Me, his latest solo show at Left Field Gallery in Los Osos. […]”
Contemporary Craft, Collective Care: Tanya Aguiñiga
Tanya Aguiñiga, Metabolizing the Border, 2020.
LUM ART MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 2020
“I recently spent a Friday afternoon in Baja California with Los Angeles-based artist, designer and craftsperson Tanya Aguiñiga, sweating under the sun as we set up camp on the edge of the Sea of Cortez. Virtually, that is. […]”
Tactile and Verse: Textural at the Arts Fund
Juan Manuel Perez Salazar, Matcha, 2016.
LUM ART MAGAZine, DECEMBER 2019
“The swirls and swipes of soil, pigment and paint that comprise Perez Salazar’s mandalas invoke echoes of the repetitive gestures of care involved in manual labor: pushing soil to sow fields, smoothing mortar to adhere tiles, burnishing a surface until it shines. In this way, the artist invites the viewer to celebrate these daily practices as sacred meditations that create a constant, collective connection to the divine. […]”
Latina Peer Discussions of Language Brokering
Language, Race, and Affect in Latinx Youth Learning 2018
In this book chapter, I discuss the importance of using pedagogies and curricula that center the experiences and emotions of Latinx/e youth who interpret and translate for their families, peers, and colleagues at home, work, and school.
Sociolinguistic Justice in the Schools: Students as Linguistic Experts
Mary Bucholtz, Audrey Lopez, Alina Mojarro, Shawn Warner, Chris Vanderstouwe, 2014.
Language & Linguistics Compass, 2014
In this paper, we propose and define the concept of “sociolinguistic justice” by exploring a community-engaged, academic outreach program in California. This program guides youth of diverse linguistic, ethnoracial, and economic backgrounds in carrying out creative research and art-based projects in their peer groups, families, and local communities.