In Conversation: Maria de Los Angeles & Gabriela Mejía

Arte en Español 2025

Acompaña a la artista y educadora invitada María de Los Ángeles y a la artista radicada en Carbondale Gabriela Mejía en un diálogo enriquecedor que explorará la inmigración, la cultura y la herencia en la comunidad latina. Esta conversación destacará cómo el arte sirve como un puente para compartir experiencias, identidades y comprensión, ofreciendo una mirada a las historias personales y colectivas que dan forma a nuestras comunidades.

Los asistentes tendrán la oportunidad de escuchar directamente a las artistas sobre sus prácticas creativas, perspectivas culturales y las maneras en que su trabajo refleja y enaltece la herencia latina. La charla invita a la reflexión, al diálogo y a una apreciación más profunda del papel del arte en la creación de vínculos y comunidad.

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Beginning our Arte en Español Celebration is a conversation with visiting artist and educator Maria de Los Angeles and Carbondale-based artist Gabriela Mejia. They will explore immigration, culture, and heritage in the Latino community. This conversation will highlight how art serves as a bridge for shared experience, identity, and understanding, offering insight into the personal and collective stories that shape our communities.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear directly from the artists about their creative practices, cultural perspectives, and the ways in which their work reflects and uplifts Latino heritage. The discussion encourages reflection, dialogue, and a deeper appreciation of the role of art in fostering connection and community.

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Fecha / Date: Domingo, 2 de Noviembre, 2025 / Sunday, November 2, 2025
Hora / Time: 3:00–4:00 PM
Lugar / Location: Aspen Art Museum

Para más información:
education@aspenartmuseum.org
970-925-8050

For more information:
education@aspenartmuseum.org
970-925-8050

AAM education programs are made possible by the Questrom Education Fund, the Fintzi Ferder Fund for Education, Andrea and James Gordon, and the Arts Education Circle at the Aspen Art Museum

Support for Education Workshops is provided by the Melva Bucksbaum and Mary and Patrick Scanlan Education Workshop Fund

Admission to the AAM is free, courtesy of Amy and John Phelan

About Maria de Los Angeles
Maria De Los Angeles is a Mexican-born, American artist who addresses migration, belonging, and identity through her drawing, painting, printmaking, and wearable sculptures. She 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). Maria was awarded the Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize by the Yale School of Art in 2015 and the William Aguilar Cultural Award in 2023, by the AHHE American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Inc. for her artwork and her role within her communities.

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). Group exhibitions at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, LACMA, Self Help Graphics, and the San Diego Mesa College. Her artwork was on view in We the People: The Radical Notions of Democracy at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Public murals include Glen Ellen, California (2021), Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (2022), Santa Rosa Junior College (2023), the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts 2023) and the Harmon Guest House (2024). Her artwork is in the permanent collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Museum of Sonoma County, the Green Family Art Foundation, 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 for the Painting and Printmaking Program at the Yale School of Art. Her work will be on view in 2025 at the Sun Valley Museum of Art, and in 2026 at the Fairfield University Art Museum, CT and Mission College, CA. De Los Angeles lives and maintains a studio in Jersey City. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Artnet, New York Magazine, HelloGiggles, and The Observer. IG @delosangelesart

About Gaby Mejia
Born in Honduras and based in the Roaring Fork Valley, Gabriela Mejía is a multidisciplinary artist, muralist, musician, and cultural educator dedicated to creating spaces of connection, belonging, and creative empowerment. Through her bilingual arts and community projects under the name GEMART, she bridges cultures and generations, inviting participants to explore identity, storytelling, and collaboration through visual art, music, and movement.

Gabriela’s large-scale murals can be found throughout the valley, created in partnership with organizations such as Carbondale Arts, Voices, and the Roaring Fork Audubon Society. Her work celebrates diversity and the natural world, blending vibrant color, symbolism, and cultural motifs to honor heritage and collective expression.

In addition to her visual art, Gabriela is a long-time Polynesian dancer and musician, leading sound healing ceremonies and creative workshops that explore rhythm, embodiment, and the medicine of artistic expression. She continues to inspire youth and adults alike through teaching, mentorship, and community collaborations that celebrate the power of art to heal, unite, and transform.