upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Michelle Angela Ortiz

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2017 Window of Opportunity Grant – $1,500

  • Neighborhood: Bella Vista / South Philadelphia
  • Discipline: Visual Arts

Michelle Angela Ortiz (ACG ’13, ’12, ’05, LTA ’08) has been invited by Taller Puertorriqueño to create a solo exhibition in May, her first solo exhibition in six years. Michelle has the opportunity to collaborate with an animator and video mapping projectionist to create some of the content of the exhibit. Quizás Mañana will examine memory and the act of narrative retelling through the creation of visual artifacts and installations.

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