Broken Boxes Community Event: Mario Ybarra, Jr, Sterlin Harjo, Cannupa Hanska Luger

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1-2:30 pm: FAMILY ART WORKSHOP
Shoebox Parade Float

All ages are invited to make a mini parade float to present during the DJ party with Mario Ybarra Jr. afterward. Workshop is free with purchase of museum admission.

2-4 pm: COMMUNITY GATHERING
Mario Ybarra Jr.: Nuevo Complexican

Shake off the week with a daytime Día de los Muertos celebration at Albuquerque Museum featuring Mario Ybarra Jr., an acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist and culture worker. Dance to old-school R&B records that inspired Ybarra Jr.’s parade float titled Music My Mom Played While Cleaning the House. Local food trucks, music, community art making and more!

5-8 pm: CONVERSATION & FILM
Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger 

Award-winning Seminole/Muscogee filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs) will introduce a screening of his Indigenous artist focused documentary film, Love and Fury. Following the screening there will be a live audience recording of the Broken Boxes podcast series Long Con, an ongoing conversation between Harjo and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Mario Ybarra Jr., a Los Angeles-based conceptual artist and activist, combines street culture with fine art to reflect Mexican-American experiences. His work examines excluded social norms, often focusing on complete environments, histories, and narratives. He is the founder of Slanguage Studio, and has significantly impacted his community through art education. His work has been exhibited internationally including at the Tate Museum in London, and in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, among many others. He holds an MFA from the University of California Irvine.

Sterlin Harjo, a Seminole/Muscogee filmmaker from Oklahoma, co-created the acclaimed TV series Reservation Dogs and has directed multiple feature films and documentaries exploring Indigenous experiences. A founding member of the 1491s, a Native sketch comedy troupe, Harjo has received numerous awards for his work in film and television. His film Love and Fury is a tribute to Indigenous artists, community, activism, and friendship.

Cannupa Hanska Luger, born on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, creates monumental installations, sculptures, and performances to communicate urgent stories about 21st-century Indigeneity. Luger incorporates ceramics, steel, fiber, video, and repurposed materials to activate speculative fiction, engage land-based actions of repair, and practice empathetic response through social collaboration. His work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among many other venues, including the 2024 Whitney Biennial.

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