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The Schemel Forum - Transforming Spaces-Public Art and Community Engagement

Thursday, 05 October, 2023

Michelle Angela Ortiz is a visual artist, skilled muralist, community arts educator, and filmmaker who uses her art to represent people and communities whose histories are often lost or co-opted. Through community arts practices, painting, documentaries, and public art installations, she creates a safe space for dialogue around some of the most profound issues communities and individuals may face. Ortiz has designed and created over 50 large-scale public works nationally and internationally. She has led art for social change public art projects in Costa Rica & Ecuador and as a Cultural Envoy through the US Embassy in Fiji, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Venezuela, Honduras, and Cuba. 

Michelle Angela Ortiz, is a 2021 Art is Essential Grantee, a 2020 Art for Justice Fund Grantee, a Pew Fellow, Rauschenberg Foundation Artist as Activist Fellow, and a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist National Fellow.

Brennan Hall, Rose Room, 509 • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Contact:

Brooke Leonard

Phone: 5709414700
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Brennan Hall, Rose Room (509)

320 Madison Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510