Photos by Georgia Attla, Communication Design, Certificate in Digital Marketing, '24, Britney Dougi, Native American & Indigenous Studies + Studio Art, '24
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 2 from 4:30 - 6 p.m.
The Art Gallery at Fort Lewis College is honored to welcome Janet Diaz Muro and her exhibition Hay Comida en la Casa. Diaz is a first-generation Mexican-American Chicana artist whose work addresses issues of migration, immigration, labor rights, identity, and social injustice.
Diaz’s hometown of Salinas, CA is considered a bread basket as it has a long history of rich agriculture with produce that makes its way onto kitchen tables around the world. Intertwined with US farming practices, an immigrant workforce labors in extreme conditions in order to achieve the “American Dream.” As a first-generation “Mexican-American,” Diaz has witnessed these struggles firsthand. She says “The journey these people have endured is at its purest form part of the moral fabric of the United States”. Often unnoticed and considered expendable, Diaz’s work aims to bring light to this community and showcase their important role in our daily lives. Hay Comida en la Casa is her new series of lithograph prints highlighting the day to day agriculture labor that most often goes unseen.
Diaz graduated from Arizona State University with a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking. Currently, she resides in Veracruz, Mexico, and is the lead master lithographer at La Ceiba Grafica.
This exhibition and events are generously sponsored by the Ballantine Visiting Artist Fund.