Artists in Conversation: Arleene Correa Valencia

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Join Berkeley Art Center online for an Artists in Conversation with artist Arleene Correa Valencia, moderated by curator Adrianne Ramsey.

A﻿rleene Correa Valencia sits down with "Rabbit Hole" curator, Adrianne Ramsey for an online Artists in Conversation.A﻿bout the artist:Arleene Correa Valencia is a Mexican artist living and working in Napa, California. In 2020 she received her MFA from California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Correa Valencia was awarded a regional Emmy award for her feature REPRESENT by KQED Arts. She is a recipient of Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals, which she has used to work and study since 2012. Correa Valencia is one of four children originally from Arteaga, Michoacán, Mexico. Her family migrated to the United States in 1997 and established themselves in California’s wine country, Napa Valley. Her upbringing and migration narrative are the inspiration behind her practice which she uses to explore her identity as a registered “illegal alien.” A﻿bout the curator:Adrianne Ramsey is an independent curator, writer, and arts editor. She has organized exhibitions for Root Division, Berkeley Art Center, and USC Roski Galleries, and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of GIRLS Magazine, an online publication that interviews femme-identifying contemporary artists, art professionals, curators, and writers about art, politics, and their individual practices. Her writing on contemporary art and culture has appeared in several publications and exhibition catalogues, and her recent achievements include being the Outstanding Graduate Student, M.A. Program at USC's Roski School of Art and Design (May 2023), Inaugural Artist Power Center Artist of the Month (July 2022), and a 2020 YBCA 100 Honoree. She is also Director of Communications of Art Into Acres, a non-profit environmental, art, and land conservation initiative, and holds both a B.A. in Art History and M.A. in Curatorial Practices from the University of Southern California.

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