As part as the exhibit: Lo que es, es lo que ha sido / What It is, Is What Has Been: Selections from the ASU Art Museum’s Cuban Art Collection. May 6th - Sep 17, 2023. Steele and Rineberg galleries, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ. USA; hear from the artist in conversation with Olga Viso, exhibition curator of Juan Francisco Elso: Por América and PhxArt curator-at-large and senior advisor on curatorial affairs, and Julio César Morales, executive director and co-chief curator of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson

Presented in Whiteman Hall

Discover the life and practice of Cuban contemporary painter, printmaker, and installation artist Sandra Ramos, who explores nationality, gender, and identity in her work by drawing from her own experiences living in and migrating out of Cuba.
At 6 pm, join PhxArt for viewings of eight animated short films by Ramos that examine the complexities of daily life, migration, and gender politics in Cuba during the Special Period. Ramos created the series in the years leading up to her 2014 exile. In them, the protagonists imagine many pathways to survive and escape.
Following the screenings, hear from the artist in conversation with Olga Viso, exhibition curator of Juan Francisco Elso: Por América and PhxArt curator-at-large and senior advisor on curatorial affairs, and Julio César Morales, executive director and co-chief curator of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson.