Inaugural Wisconsin Conference on Latino Arts and Culture highlights a range of electric artists, performers, speakers and scholars

The keynote lunch address on May 3 was “Voces Unbound: Immigration, protests, and the Power of Community Art” with UW-Madison professor Dr. Armando IbarraOn May 2, a large protest for immigrant and worker rights occurred in Madison’s state capitol. Ibarra used the chance to give a real-time actualization on the subject. The lunch address looked at the intersection of scholar activism, art and artivism. The prime example Ibrarra examined was Voces De La Frontera’s Voces de Los Artistas and the signs created in a community workshop prior to the protests in Milwaukee and Madison.

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Madison 365 | Inaugural Wisconsin Conference on Latino Arts and Culture highlights a range of electric artists, performers, speakers and scholars

Features: Professor Armando Ibarra