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April First Friday! | Clothing as Canvas: Workshop with Maria de Los Angeles & InTandem

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A woman stands in a dry, grassy field under a bright blue sky, wearing a long, voluminous skirt made from a collage of colorful fabrics. The skirt features bold graphics including the word "LOVE," American flag motifs, yellow sections, and a large black and white illustration of a figure resembling the Virgin Mary. She is also wearing a white t-shirt with red and white striped sleeves. In the background, there are wind-sculpted evergreen trees and rolling hills under a clear, cloudless sky.

About the artist

Maria de Los Angeles is a Mexican-born American artist who addresses migration, belonging, and identity through her drawing, painting, printmaking, and wearable sculptures. De Los Angeles holds an MFA from Yale School of Art (2015), a BFA from Pratt Institute (2013), and an Associate Degree from Santa Rosa Junior College (2010). She has been an Artist in Residence at the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, MASS MOCA, El Museo del Barrio, LACMA, Monira Foundation, and Schneider Museum of Art within Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University. Solo exhibitions at Schneider Museum of Art (2018 & 2019), the Museum of Sonoma County (2019), and Goggleworks (2022). Public murals include Glen Ellen, California (2021), Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (2022), Santa Rosa Junior College (2023), and the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts 2023). Her artwork is in the permanent collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Museum of Sonoma County, the Marcus Collection, San Diego Mesa College, Smith College, and the Jack Leissring Studio. Maria is currently a Critic and Assistant Director of Graduate Studies in Painting and Printmaking at the Yale School of Art. She lives and maintains a studio in Jersey City.

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InTandem is a student-run fashion show at Colby College. Students work collaboratively to create immersive experimental performances where fashion meets traditional art-making, music, and theater.

The Lunder Institute for American Art awards fellowships to emerging, mid-career, and senior practitioners whose work expands the contours of American art. Fellows engage the Colby College community through residencies, academic collaborations, public programs, and research in the Colby Museum collection.