stories of us brings together public projects and studio works that span Michelle Angela Ortiz’s 25-year career for the first time, Michelle Angela Ortiz '00: STORIES OF US explores how the artist’s pioneering collaborative approach centers stories of family, immigration, and community as powerful tools of visibility and resistance. Ortiz’s work in Philadelphia and around the world reveals how individual narratives and collective experience become inextricable from one another in the pursuit of freedom, dignity, and belonging in the face of oppression. From intimate works reflecting on her familial heritage to publicly sited largescale interventions, Ortiz—a celebrated Moore alum—questions and reclaims whose stories are told, believed, and venerated. By doing so, she asks us to become active participants in the production of history through the lens of our own experiences.
This exhibition is curated by Erica F. Battle, BATTLE Projects, for The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Artist and Curator Talk- Wednesday, October 21st at 6 pm
Las Madres de Berks Screening & Panel- Monday, November 16th at 6 pm
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND LOCATED AT THE GALLERIES AT MOORE, 1916 RACE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19103
PHOTO CREDIT: COLIBRI WORKSHOP