ENGAGE US! Art for Social Change - Digital Tour and Retrospective
Video by Astrid Bridgwood (Gallery Assistant, Fall 2022-Spring 2023).
This Spring semester, our rotating galleries saw an exhibition titled “ENGAGE US! Art for Social Change,” which centered Charlotte-based Latin-American artists and activists and presented a vibrant and contemporary gallery of mixed-media work that incorporated both art and technology. Featured artists include Irisol Gonzalez, Rosalia Torres-Weiner, Edwin Gil, and Nico Amortegui, each of whom investigated their personal histories, immigrant backgrounds, and unique experiences through bright and engrossing work that invites a viewer to look closer.
Gallery Assistant Astrid Bridgwood guides us on a digital walk-through tour of the exhibition in our Bank of America and Loevner Galleries below; also included in the exhibition was artist Rosalia Torres-Weiner’s short film “The Magic Kite,” embedded from her YouTube channel for audience convenience below, as well.
Above: “ENGAGE US! Art for Social Change,” in the Loevner Gallery featuring artists Edwin Gil and Nico Amortegui.
Above: “ENGAGE US! Art for Social Change,” in the Bank of America Gallery, featuring artists Irisol Gonzalez and Rosalia Torres-Weiner.
Above: Rosalia Torres-Weiner’s short film “The Magic Kite,” featured in the Bank of America Gallery (shown in gallery on digital screen).
Astrid Bridgwood is a student of Art History, Philosophy, and Arts Leadership & Administration currently serving as a Gallery Assistant for the Department of Art, Design, and Music, with ongoing projects focusing on liberal arts education at Black Mountain College. In her free time, she writes and publishes poetry (read more here) and hopes to pursue a career as a Professor of Art History.