https://borderlandcollective.org Borderland Collective Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:31:42 +0000 https://borderlandcollective.org en https://borderlandcollective.org/Otherwise-It-Would-Be-Just-Another-River Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:31:42 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/Otherwise-It-Would-Be-Just-Another-River Otherwise, It Would Be Just Another River 2022Otherwise, It Would Be Just Another River: Ten Years of Borderland Collective’s Practice in Collaboration and Dialogue focuses on the participatory education and socially engaged art practices of Borderland Collective over the last ten years. The book shares stories and collective knowledge about the US-Mexico border created by students, teachers, artists, and community members in an array of Borderland Collective projects through poems, prose, photographs, and drawings. Available in the North America through D.A.P. and other booksellers, in Europe at Spector Books, and in Australia at&nbsp;Perimeter Books&nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1199" width_o="1500" height_o="1199" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/911c198867e59a5eaca306d59cd2a46e802af377abc2ded8805442cfd620c6d7/BC-Book-4.jpg" data-mid="168675435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/911c198867e59a5eaca306d59cd2a46e802af377abc2ded8805442cfd620c6d7/BC-Book-4.jpg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/All-the-Sacrifices-You-ve-Made-1 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 22:13:44 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/All-the-Sacrifices-You-ve-Made-1 All the Sacrifices You’ve Made 2019-22All the Sacrifices You’ve Made / Todos Los Sacrificios Que Has Hecho is a collaboration between students and staff from the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at the University of Washington. The resulting photographs and stories exploring migrant farm worker family life in Washington are exhibited alongside items from the permanent collection of the Washington State History Museum. <img width="1136" height="672" width_o="1136" height_o="672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9048d551a6dfcc73e45bd328d00269eaf1fba46023fe535f36771bb6da8dca8/Cover.jpg" data-mid="88139856" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9048d551a6dfcc73e45bd328d00269eaf1fba46023fe535f36771bb6da8dca8/Cover.jpg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/La-Esperanza-Index Sat, 18 Jul 2020 14:50:28 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/La-Esperanza-Index La esperanza de ser yo2018/2021This project represents two weeklong workshops with middle and high school students who are part of the Migrant Education Program in West Texas. They used photography, drawing, oral histories, zine-making, and mapping projects to collectively explore and share their family histories, daily lives, and dreams for the future.&nbsp; <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/467c59ebad433b25ce38060efc9acc4f2d9d150c052c408072048d525fb7a5be/instagram-1-4.jpg" data-mid="117875301" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/467c59ebad433b25ce38060efc9acc4f2d9d150c052c408072048d525fb7a5be/instagram-1-4.jpg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/Blackwell-Index Sat, 18 Jul 2020 19:42:49 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/Blackwell-Index Blackwell School2019-20 This project activates the image and oral history archives of the Blackwell School across thirteen public locations in Marfa, Texas. The Blackwell School served as the segregated elementary school for the Hispanic population of Marfa from the 1890s until 1965.&nbsp; <img width="2500" height="2000" width_o="2500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ee070a32d1bf5190212f3430d4bca01458929df9ab4804a9ca24b51d21e3984/blackwell.jpeg" data-mid="77766919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ee070a32d1bf5190212f3430d4bca01458929df9ab4804a9ca24b51d21e3984/blackwell.jpeg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/One-to-Another-Index Sun, 19 Jul 2020 14:46:45 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/One-to-Another-Index One to Another2018 One to Another activated Artpace’s Hudson Showroom and Main Space galleries in Fall 2018, turning them into spaces of listening, critical inquiry, and participation.&nbsp;The exhibition invites viewers to contemplate their own familial migration stories within the context of larger migration narratives. <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dd28e295a2380c362008df14b0815e4caa942bfa64c2111c571c932ced96532/One-2.jpg" data-mid="77764356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/1dd28e295a2380c362008df14b0815e4caa942bfa64c2111c571c932ced96532/One-2.jpg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/Oil-land-Index Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:40:41 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/Oil-land-Index Oil-land2017-18 Guided by a critical pedagogy that interweaves inquiry, dialogue, action, and reflection, Borderland Collective collaborated with forty high school students in San Antonio, Texas on a year-long art and research project. Together, we unpacked and reflected upon historical and contemporary issues surrounding energy production, usage, and impact. <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45264f7011a8c92267cff769b410710712fadd3bfe21be7e487d8aa0e38f947d/oil_09.jpg" data-mid="77947332" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45264f7011a8c92267cff769b410710712fadd3bfe21be7e487d8aa0e38f947d/oil_09.jpg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/Border-land-Index Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:52:21 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/Border-land-Index Border-land2015-16 As a means to deconstruct the current immigration landscape in both local and global terms, the International School of the Americas (ISA) and Borderland Collective collaborated on an intensive art/research-based project during the 2015-2016 academic year. &nbsp;In this inquiry-based course, students analyzed the U.S./Mexico border through multiple historical, theoretical, and pragmatic contexts. <img width="1500" height="1199" width_o="1500" height_o="1199" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5788a0741e33de9de4d370085b7a91314d3ba747d66f29d60ec839d8dd622eca/bc_1.jpeg" data-mid="77950047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5788a0741e33de9de4d370085b7a91314d3ba747d66f29d60ec839d8dd622eca/bc_1.jpeg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/Northern-Triangle-Index Tue, 21 Jul 2020 16:19:42 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/Northern-Triangle-Index Northern Triangle 2014-18 Originally commissioned by Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, Northern Triangle is an exhibition created by Borderland Collective that opens a space for constructive dialogue and exchange around the current Central American refugee crisis along the U.S./Mexico border and the long and complicated history of U.S. intervention in which it is irrevocably entangled. <img width="2134" height="1423" width_o="2134" height_o="1423" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/295a8520066818263d6eaeb3fd4e142d7cfbea61ce1ec644033dee16e1344d93/Install_NT-3.jpg" data-mid="77952802" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/295a8520066818263d6eaeb3fd4e142d7cfbea61ce1ec644033dee16e1344d93/Install_NT-3.jpg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/Wurzbach-Manor-Index Sun, 26 Jul 2020 17:28:36 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/Wurzbach-Manor-Index Wurzbach Manor 2010-11Through work in a local public elementary school we were connected with three families living at Wurzbach Manor apartments in San Antonio, Texas: the Paw Moo family from Burma, the Niyonkuru family from Tanzania, and the Day family, Americans from New Orleans. Displaced from their native homes because of civil war, genocide and natural disaster, these families had by chance and forces beyond their control become neighbors.&nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afdb74e040f3504ab3452ceb1ac7e6692706935c3ab829acacc520ec3786dc7a/wm-2.jpg" data-mid="78384207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afdb74e040f3504ab3452ceb1ac7e6692706935c3ab829acacc520ec3786dc7a/wm-2.jpg" /> https://borderlandcollective.org/Newcomers-Index Sun, 26 Jul 2020 17:39:02 +0000 Borderland Collective https://borderlandcollective.org/Newcomers-Index Newcomers2010These photographs were made in 2010 by youth in North San Antonio, Texas, all of whom were newcomer refugees from countries such as Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda, and Burma. In collaboration with teacher and community organizer Kerry Haupert, Borderland Collective worked with nearly 80 young people over the course of a summer break and subsequent school year to explore ideas of self, family, and culture as a displaced young person.&nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1004" width_o="1500" height_o="1004" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bf5f98cb27b7e18c82458445b8cfeceadef9b36f1e97e5e9411bc968add58a1/newcomers-4.jpg" data-mid="78384479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9bf5f98cb27b7e18c82458445b8cfeceadef9b36f1e97e5e9411bc968add58a1/newcomers-4.jpg" />