OutsmART: Self-titled Film Stills

OutsmART: Self-titled Film Stills

OutsmART: Self-titled Film Stills
Saturday, June 21
Wednesday, July 2
Saturday, July 19
Zane Bennett Collection Study Room (room 106)

Who do you want to be when you grow up? The UAM invites you to join one of our series of workshops where students will engage in conversations about self-representation and envisioning their futures. Inspired by Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills on display in Warhol & Friends, participants in the workshops will have the opportunity to study the work of Cindy Sherman, learn photography basics, use props and costumes to create a scene that reflect their aspirations for the future. Some props and costumes will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own items. After the workshop, everyone will receive a physical print of their image.

Local artist Marcus Xavier Chormicle will lead the workshop, teaching students about the work of Cindy Sherman and helping photograph each scene. Each workshop has a capacity of 20 participants, please register to secure your spot. Follow the links to register for June 21, July 2, or July 19.


This program is made possible with generous support provided by Art Bridges.

 

Artist Bio

Marcus Xavier Chormicle Headshot

Marcus Xavier Chormicle is a lens-based artist and independent curator from Las Cruces, New Mexico and lineal descendant of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. His work focuses on family, memory, and the intersection of class, race, and history in the Southwest.

He recently closed the Cristian Anthony Vallejo Memorial Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico, an art space dedicated to his late little cousin who passed away of a drug overdose in 2020. During the two year run at the gallery he curated 15 exhibitions of primarily Indigenous and Latinx artists, with exhibitions focusing on generational cycles, issues of migration, spirituality, and Indigenous ways of expressing place.

In 2023 he completed the Light Work Artist in Residency Program in Syracuse, New York, and in 2024 he completed the New Mexico Arts Fellowship and residency in Lincoln New Mexico.

In 2024 he has split his time between Las Cruces, NM and Séc-He (Palm Springs, CA), his ancestral homeland, to develop ongoing projects. This year he has shown in Phoenix, El Paso, Las Cruces, and Tucson, with plans to show in Palm Springs in March 2025. Additionally he recently co-curated an exhibition of 5 Indigenous artists at Smoke The Moon, a gallery space in Santa Fe, NM that opened during the weekend of Indian Market.

About Art Bridges:
Art Bridges Foundation is the vision of philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. Since 2017, Art Bridges has created and supported projects that bring outstanding works of American art out of storage and into communities across the United States and its territories. Art Bridges partners with a growing network of more than 240 museums of all sizes on nearly 900 projects—impacting 5.3 million people nationwide—to provide financial and strategic support for exhibitions, collection loans, and programs designed to educate, inspire, and deepen engagement with local communities. For more information, visit artbridgesfoundation.org.

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