Associate Professor Jerry Flores curates new exhibition by artist Huíchu Kuákari at CDRS
Broadening access to the Kaxúmbekua (way of life): Saving P’urhépecha culture across English speaking countries
March 3, 2023, 1-3pm, in CDRS (MN3230) and via Zoom
This inaugural exhibition marks the beginning of the new CDRS Art-in-Residence program, a pilot program that will host artists and their works at CDRS each year. Curators Jerry Flores (Professor, Department of Sociology, UTM) and Elizabeth Parke (CRIS) bring together 20 original works of art by P’urhépecha teacher, community elder and artist Huíchu Kuákari. Kuákari’s work is a testament to his P’urhépecha heritage, an Indigenous culture from the Michoacán region in central Mexico. Since the arrival of European colonizers over 500 years ago, the community has fought to keep their Kaxúmbekua (way of life) and Purhe (language) alive and well (Chamoreau, 2009).
Learn more on the CDRS website here.
Also, read about the exhibition on Mississauga.com - Acclaimed Indigenous Mexican artist chosen to be first artist-in-residence at University of Toronto Mississauga