Celia Herrera Rodriguez Explained

Celia Herrera Rodriguez (born November 26, 1952, in Sacramento, California[1]) is an American educator, painter, and performance and installation artist.[2]

Biography

Rodriguez is originally from Sacramento, California and she was born on November 26, 1952.[3] She has taught programs including Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley for seventeen years.[4] She has also been an adjunct professor in the Diversity Studies program at California College for the Arts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Herrera Rodriguez is also the co-founder and co-director of Las Maestras Center for Xicana[x] Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Practice at UCSB, where she teaches Chicana[x] Art History and Studio Practice in the Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies.[5]

Education

Rodriguez received her B.A. in Art and Ethnic Studies from CSU-Sacramento. She also received her M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She went on to study Art History, in 1987, Theory and Criticism at the Art Institute of Chicago.[6]

Artworks

Un rezo en cuatro caminos

This work was originated presented in III Bienal Internacional de Estandartes Tijuana 2004.[7] Its title means " A Prayer on Four Roads".

The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea

This production was created by Cherrie Moraga in 2005, with Herrera Rodriguez creating the set and costume concepts.[8]

A Prayer to the Mother Waters for Peace

The multimedia performance was created in 2006 and presented at the Glass Curtain Gallery, in Chicago, Illinois.[9]

Exhibitions

Collections

Publications

Her series of artworks was published in 2011, in a collection of essays by Cherrie Moraga: “Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness, Writing 2000- 2010". Alexander, Jacqui. “Pedagogies of Crossing.” Google Books, Duke University Press, 2005[11]

Bibliography

  1. Alexander, Jacqui. “Pedagogies of Crossing.” Google Books, Duke University Press, 2005
  2. Casiano, Catherine, and Elizabeth C. Ramirez. “La Voz Latina.” Google Books, University of Illinois Press, 2011
  3. Moraga, Cherríe, and Celia H. Rodriguez. A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000-2010. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011.
  4. Perez, Laura E. “Chicana Art.” Google Books, Duke University Press, 2007

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center. en-US. May 1, 2019.
  2. Book: La Voz Latina. 9780252036224. en-US. May 1, 2019. Ramírez. Elizabeth C.. Casiano. Catherine. 2011. University of Illinois Press .
  3. Web site: CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center. en-US. May 1, 2019.
  4. Web site: Galería de la Raza: Celia Herrera Rodriguez. www.galeriadelaraza.org. May 1, 2019.
  5. Web site: CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center. en-US. May 1, 2019.
  6. Web site: Bio – Celia Herrera Rodriguez. en-US. May 29, 2019.
  7. Web site: Sola, pero bien acompanada: Celia Herrera Rodriguez. gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu. May 1, 2019.
  8. Web site: Hungry Woman… A Mexican – Celia Herrera Rodriguez. en-US. May 29, 2019.
  9. Web site: Celia Herrera Rodriguez - Prayer to Mother Waters for Peace (2006). celiahrodriguez.turnpiece.net. May 29, 2019.
  10. Web site: Sola, pero bien acompanada: Celia Herrera Rodriguez. gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu. May 29, 2019.
  11. Drawings by Celia Herrera Rodríguez A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000–2010 Books Gateway Duke University Press. read.dukeupress.edu. May 17, 2011 . en. May 29, 2019.

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