Join us for an evening at JSMA where we will be joined by Museum Director Maryanna Ramirez for a guided tour of the exhibition Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths. This thoughtfully curated exhibition examines how cartography—traditionally seen as a tool for objective navigation—can be reinterpreted as a medium for artistic inquiry, personal history, and critical reflection.
Featuring an impressive roster of artists including Brenda Mallory, Rick Silva, and Enrique Chagoya, the exhibition explores how maps shape our social and political understanding of the world. Through diverse media, these artists interrogate the power dynamics inherent in mapmaking, from colonial legacies to the urgent data of climate change. We invite you to join the Contemporaries for this insightful walkthrough, where we will consider how these artistic "maps" can serve as tools to help us see and think about our environment and identity anew.