Lunch with Creatives: Alumni Series - Consuelo (Chelo) Montoya

USC Roski School of Art and Design

Join Roski School of Art and Design's Professor Suzanne Lacy in a lunchtime discussion with alum Consuelo Montoya (MA Public Arts Studies)

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Take a break and join Dean Haven-Lin Kirk as she introduces Professor Suzanne Lacy and Consuelo (Chelo) Montoya (MPAS &#x27;08) for Lunch With Creatives: Alumni Series. Engage in an hour of conversation around timely topics and issues with art and design professionals that have unusual and diverse practices in the creative realm. This series features Roski School alumni to discuss their trajectory out of school, current practice, and how our shared values are still present in their work. Consuelo (Chelo) Montoya (MPAS &#x27;08) an artist, educator, and event producer specializing in community engagement strategies. She is the Assistant Vice President of Adult Education and Public Programs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where she oversees the music, film, docent and public programs. She previously served as Director of Education and Public Programs at the California African American Museum. Under her leadership there, she contributed to the exponential growth of the museum’s attendance through a dynamic offering of public programs. Her Radical Self Care annual series received national recognition by the American Alliance of Museums in their 2019 Trends Watch publication. She was the founding administrator and faculty member in the Master of Public Practice program at Otis College of Art and Design where she contributed to the development of the program over the course of a decade. Chelo received her undergraduate degree in Fine Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her M.A. in Public Art Studies from the University of Southern California focused on arts administration and community-based arts. She earned a second masters, an MFA in Graphic Design at Otis College of Art and Design, with much of her work dedicated to issues around water and climate change. Her creative practice is largely inspired by her experience growing up in a rural community in the Central Valley of California. Chelo sits on the Board of Trustees executive committee of the Vincent Price Art Museum. She was appointed to the California Arts Council by the Speaker of the Assembly, Anthony Rendon, in March of 2020 for a four year term.<a href="https://yujisakuma.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Zoom meeting instructions are at the bottom of the Eventbrite e mail confirmation and will also be emailed the evening prior to the event.

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