Saturday, June 7 at 11am
Join us on Friday, June 7th at 11am for a compelling conversation between curator and educator Bill Kelley and artist Deanna Barahona. Together, they will explore themes of community, memory, and socially engaged art practice in Barahona’s recent work.
Barahona’s art is full of bright colors, glitter, photos, ceramic tile, and cartoons. She draws inspiration from family parties, the decorations in her childhood home, and everyday objects like Valentine’s stickers or leftover balloons. New works made for her exhibition, Stars Love Being Alone, include images from important rites of passage and cultural events. Her work honors the stories found in ordinary things and ordinary moments—especially the ways Latine families preserve culture and connection through gatherings, language, and small acts of love. Free and open to the public but RSVPs requested through SLOMA’s Eventbrite page.
About the Speakers
Through themes of collection, obsession, and symbolic expressions of love and romance, Deanna Barahona explores how architecture, adornments, and objects within the diaspora document and transmit cultural heritage across generations. She earned her BA in Studio Art from California State University, Bakersfield in 2020. In 2024, she earned her MFA in Visual Arts Candidate from the University of California, San Diego.
Bill Kelley, Jr. is an educator, curator and writer based in Los Angeles. He holds a Ph.D. in Art History, Theory and Criticism from the University of California at San Diego and a Masters in Art History from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. His current research focuses on collaborative and collective art practices in the Americas.
Stars Love Being Alone is supported by
