CHRISTINA PATINO SUKHGIAN HOULE

LAS IMAGINISTAS

Composed of Celeste De Luna, Nansi Guevara and Christina Patino Sukhgian Houle, Las Imaginistas are a socially engaged art collective based in the Rio Grande Valley. The trio have worked together and independently attacking a wide range of community development issues including immigration, housing, women's rights, racial justice and education.

In addition to being practiced artists De Luna, Houle and Guevara are all experienced educators and activists working in collaboration with their community to advance justice and equity. Las Imaginistas prioritize skill sharing, community voice and radical imagination. Using their skills as printmakers, healers, performers and designers they attack civic problems at the local, city and state level. With residents, activists, planers and educators they are building today towards a better, co-created, equitable tomorrow.

Their project Taller de Permiso (Permission Workshop) was awarded an Artplace America Creative Placemaking grant in 2017. The project will run through 2019.

Las Imaginistas are 2018 Blade of Grass Fellows. Their project Hacemos La Ciudad will launch in early summer 2018.

LAS IMAGINISTAS VISUAL WORK SAMPLES

TALLER DE PERMISO VIDEO

Taller de Permiso is a two year arts and community development initiative funded by ArtPlace America to take place in 2018 and 2019. The program will decode municipal permitting processes and highlight the cultural resources and ingenuity of residents in the Buena Vida Neighborhood of Brownsville Texas.

(ESPAÑOL) TALLER DE PERMISO

Taller de Permiso es una iniciativa de artes y desarrollo comunitario de dos años financiada por ArtPlace America para llevarse a cabo en 2018 y 2019. El programa decodificará los procesos de permisos municipales y resaltará los recursos culturales y el ingenio de los residentes en el Barrio Good Life de Brownsville, Texas.

Read more about Las Imaginistas here and check out Neta's coverage of Taller de Permiso here!