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SUMMARY:These Americas\\, HCUAP Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the artistic trajectory of three visiting artists
  in the HCUAP Visiting Artists in Residence Program whose work differentl
 y reflects on the experience of the Americas as a plural place with vibra
 nt histories: Tomas Ives\\, from Santiago Chile\\, Ish Muhammad of Indian
 a and New York\\, and Gloria “Gloe” Talamantes\\, a first-generation 
 Mexican-American living in Chicago. With different backgrounds in style w
 riting\\, printmaking\\, graphic design and journalism\\, all three visit
 ing artists do high impact work connected to communities in the public re
 alm. \\nHemispheric Conversations: Urban Art Project (HCUAP\\, pronounce
 d\\, “hiccup”) seeks to create platforms for conversation and educati
 on about urban art production (graffiti\\, street art and muralism\\, amo
 ng other genres) to explore aesthetic and historical connections between 
 post-industrial cities. Beginning in 2016 they have sustained programming
  that focused on the intercultural exchange between the post-industrial c
 ities like Pittsburgh\\, Chicago\\, Mexico and León Guanajuato Mexico.\\
 nDoors open at 5 p.m.\\nIsh Muhammad is a self-taught artist. Born in New
  York City\\, Ish has called Indiana home for over four decades. Muhammad
 ’s work is post-graffiti abstract expressionism and his works have been
  exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries\\, museums\\, mura
 ls and site-specific installations. He maintains residency at the Lovelac
 e House in Gary\\, Indiana and a satellite studio in Hammond\\, Indiana. 
 Muhammad earned his bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Pu
 rdue University.\\nGloria “Gloe” Talamantes is a first-generation Mex
 ican-American mixed media artist\\, youth worker\\, graffiti writer and c
 ultural worker. Her art consists of mural painting\\, documenting\\, cura
 ting and organizing to promote community building and self-awareness thro
 ugh healing-centered practices. She has self-funded murals across Chicago
  through the Brown Wall Project\\, a project created in response to graff
 iti erasure in Chicago. Talamantes has produced public art programming\\,
  international mural residencies and exchanges for artists who intentiona
 lly work on civic and justice initiatives through arts integration. She h
 as created murals\\, community engagement projects\\, public speaking eng
 agements and workshops for various institutions and non-profit organizati
 on across the country. Talamantes is a former artist in residence with th
 e Museum of Contemporary Art’s School Partnership for Art and Civic Eng
 agement (SPACE) and is a program director at the Back of the Yards Neighb
 orhood Council. She believes that art is a universal language that can be
  used to learn\\, grow and heal.\\nTomas Ives is a Santiago\\, Chile base
 d muralist\\, printmaker\\, community organizer and graphic designer. He 
 says of his work: “I create through illustration\\, motion graphics\\, 
 brand design\\, mural art and printmaking. My inspiration comes from popu
 lar art and stories\\, struggles and movements that push us to transform 
 the world around us. For me\\, every project begins with people—listeni
 ng\\, connecting and understanding—so that the result carries identity\
 \, meaning and a spark of change.” He has given talks in Santiago\\, Be
 rlin and Pittsburgh and painted murals all over the world.\\nhttps://www.
 gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/pittsburgh/events/i-these-americas-i-
 hcuap-artist-talk-2026-09-25
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URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/pittsburgh/events/i-these-americas-i-hcuap-artist-talk-2026-09-25
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