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Rachel Heidenry

Rachel Heidenry is an art writer, educator, and curator currently based in Santa Barbara, California. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary art from the United States and Latin America, as well as the history of community mural movements.

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The Monumental Impact of a Judy Baca Mural in Los Angeles

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry May 2, 2021April 30, 2021

“The work has become timely, but it has always been important,” said Baca of “The Great Wall of Los Angeles.”

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An Exquisite Tribute to Terry Adkins, Maker of Monumental Sonic Sculptures

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

Reverberating through the Pulitzer’s iconic building, Adkins’s works carry the potential of sound, and remain alluring even in silence.

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Stirring Video Art Questions the Notion of “Freedom”

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry November 4, 2020November 5, 2020

Borders of Freedoms / Contornos de Libertad presents video work by six artists living in El Salvador and its diaspora.

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What Happens After the Mural of a Controversial Figure Is Removed?

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry August 19, 2020November 5, 2020

For more than 20 years, a monumental mural of former Philadelphia Mayor, Frank Rizzo, existed in the city’s Ninth Street Market. On June 7, 2020, it was officially painted over.

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During Pandemic, Artist-Parents Reflect and Get Creative With Their Kids

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry May 8, 2020August 17, 2020

Edgar Arceneaux, Shaun Leonardo, Mckendree Key, and other artists share the creative methods they are using to engage and educate their children.

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Finding Connections Between a 1960s Artist Commune and an Ancient Mayan Community

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry March 4, 2019August 17, 2020

Beatriz Cortez has created a space that feels both freshly futuristic and profoundly ancient.

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A Vibrant Arts Community Bridges Two Cities Separated by a Contentious Border

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry November 16, 2018August 17, 2020

A cultural community has emerged in San Diego and Tijuana that recognizes where the cities diverge but also where they overlap.

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Nina Chanel Abney’s Intricately Dense and Critically Clear Painting

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry October 15, 2018August 17, 2020

The Chicago-born artist’s work is as entrenched in political discourse as it is in pop culture.

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Reinstalling a Transcendent TV Artwork by Nam June Paik Decades Later

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry July 12, 2018August 17, 2020

The master of media art created works that are constructed out of TV sets and recording devices that are no longer manufactured and, needless to say, generally irreplaceable.

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The Japanese-American Painter Who Chronicled Early 20th-Century Life in the US

Avatar photo by Rachel Heidenry April 17, 2018August 17, 2020

Chiura Obata’s stirring paintings invite us to consider the representation of persecution and distress from the point of view of an immigrant in the early 20th century.

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