All Themes

Materials, Techniques, and Composition

The physical and technical dimensions of artistic production are central to this section, which focuses on the materials artists use, the methods they employ, and the formal choices they make. Composition—the arrangement of visual elements, such as line, shape, color, and space—offers insight into how artists structure meaning,

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PEOPLE

Tanya Aguiniga with a top knot, smiling and wearing glasses and a black top

Tanya

Aguiñiga

Artist, Designer, and Craftsperson

Gassia Armenian, face of a woman with short brown hair, smiling and wearing an elaborate necklace

Gassia

Armenian

Research Curator

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Close up on Helen Burgos Ellis smiling

Helen

Burgos-Ellis

Art Historian and Lecturer

César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Veronica Castillo outdoors with red shirt and glasses

Verónica

Castillo

Ceramicist, Clay Sculptor, Illustrator, and Painter

Myriam Chancy smiling outdoors

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Patrisse Cullors wearing a dark green headscarf and a light green button up shirt

Patrisse

Cullors

Artist, Author, Abolitionist

Kyrah Malika Daniels wearing a brightly colored shirt and glasses

Kyrah Malika

Daniels

Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Emory University

Faculty Co-Coordinator, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Eulalie Dulnuan wearing a white shirt and a necklace with multiple strands of beads, her hands are raised as if caught gesturing while talking

Eulalie

Dulnuan

Tourism and Cultural Officer

President of the Ifugao Intangible Heritage and Performing Arts Society

Carlee Forbes wearing a blue blazer and a striped shirt, smiling at the camera.

Carlee

Forbes

Associate Curator of African and Oceanic Art

Baltimore Museum of Art

Silvia Forni with turquoise bars, wearing a necklace of large colored balls and a black shirt

Silvia

Forni

Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director, Fowler Museum at UCLA

Cindy Weyandt outside, wearing a beige wool coat and red scarf

Cyndy

García-Weyandt

Assistant Professor

Department of Critical Ethnic Studies, Kalamazoo College

Natalie Godinez in her studio wearing a bright orange jumpsuit with images of her prints behind her

Natalie

Godinez

Artist and Educator

Co-Director, AMBOS Project

Erica Jones wearing glasses, a black shirt and white bead necklace

Erica

Jones

Senior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Marlon Martin wearing tinted glasses and looking straight at the camera

Marlon

Martin

Executive Director of Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement

Co-director of Ifugao Archaeological Project

Anjum Mir wearing a black headscarf with bookshelves behind her

Anjum

Mir

K-12 Educator

Mario Munoz Cayetano wearing a brightly colored shift and straw hat

Mario

Muñoz Cayetano

President Emeritus

Wixárika Union of Ceremonial Centers of Jalisco, Durango, and Nayarit A.C.

Diana Negrin in a casual picture, with sunglasses and a white and red striped shirt

Diana

Negrín da Silva

Associate Director, Wixárika Research Center

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Jerry Philogene wearing a black shirt against a dark grey background

Jerry

Philogene

Associate Professor, Chair of Black Studies Program

Middlebury College

Syona Puliady against a brick background, wearing glasses and smiling

Syona

Puliady

Curator of Textiles of the Eastern Hemisphere

Fowler Museum at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles

formal headshot of Matthew Robb wearing a black suitjacket and white shirt

Matthew H.

Robb

Mesoamerican Specialist

Library of Congress

Katherine Smith wearing a green top, with a piece of a Myrlande Constant artwork visible behind her

Katherine

Smith

Former Curatorial and Research Associate of Haitian Arts

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Gina Ulysse with bright red hair against a brick background

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

Anuradha Vikram, a woman with short salt and pepper hair, wearing a irredescent top, with bright foliage in the background

Anuradha

Vikram

Writer, Curator, Educator

Faculty at UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

Steven Vose wearing glasses, with a pink shirt and black suit jacket

Steven

Vose

Assistant Professor of Jain Studies, Religious Studies, and History

University of Colorado, Denver

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