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MoCP Director Rod Slemmons presents work by outstanding Latin American artists in Resiliencia

January 28, 2010 | Details | Comments (0)

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Don't miss the exhibition Resiliencia, organized by the Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with AECID, PhotoEspaña, the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago, Next Art Fair, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago.

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A committee designated by PhotoEspaña selected 40 projects out of 342 entries to participate in the portfolio exhibit in Mexico City and Lima. Exhibition curator Claudi Carreras and the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, Rod Slemmons, present the work of 10 young artists who participated in the 2009 edition of PHE Discoveries in Latin America.

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Resiliencia opens February 4 at 6pm and is on view until March 31 at the Instituto Cervantes, 31 W Ohio St.

Read on for more information Resiliencia and related events, or email chicago@cervantes1.org.

On the Road Curators interviewed on "American Art, American City" site

October 7, 2008 | Details | Comments (18)

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How did the photographs commissioned by the US government as part of the Farm Security Administration affect the cultural landscape of their time? How are they relevant today? Check out this interview with MoCP Director Rod Slemmons and Manager of Education Corinne Rose about the current exhibition on view, On the Road, on the Terra Foundation's website for their citywide initiative American Art, American City.