Mildred Beltré
When I think about the final resting place for my work, I imagine it in conversation with the ideas of people I admire, in this case, Hilton Als, Mailk Gaines, Thelma Golden, bell hooks, and Robin DG Kelley. The people pictured here (some of which have influenced my thinking and work) only begin to cover the great thinkers and makers I’d like my work to be in conversation with, but it’s surprisingly difficult to find images of people doing slide talks. For instance, I really wanted to find a photo of Fred Moten to insert my work into…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq_IIwueqPU
http://www.bellhooksinstitute.com/#/new-gallery/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq_IIwueqPU
http://www.bellhooksinstitute.com/#/new-gallery/
http://www.history.ucla.edu/faculty/robin-kelley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--gim7W_jQQ
https://vimeo.com/116111740
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--gim7W_jQQ
https://vimeo.com/116111740
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Golden
https://www.ted.com/talks/thelma_golden_how_art_gives_shape_to_cultural_change
https://www.ted.com/talks/thelma_golden_how_art_gives_shape_to_cultural_change
Mildred Beltré is an artist living and working in New York City. Her works in print and drawing examine facets of social change. Her current work involves using self-portrait and text based work to explore race, social interaction, desire, and the simultaneous but opposing concepts of hypervisibility and invisibility. Beltré is the co-founder of the Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine, an ongoing socially engaged collaborative art project in Crown Heights, Brooklyn that addresses gentrification and community building through art-making.
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