Call for portfolios
Independent curator Mariana Muñoz Gomez seeks portfolios from artists who have roots in the region known as Latin America, are queer, and are based in or are from the Prairie provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba). Art practices may include and are not limited to the following artistic mediums: performance art, sound art, installation, video, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, jewelry, ceramics, and painting.
Working towards curating an exhibition in Fall 2026 at Latitude 53, Mariana is researching the following topics:
- Identity formation among queer Latinxs* in the Prairies
- Identity expression among queer Latinxs* in the Prairies
- The impact of living in the Prairies on the identities of queer Latinxs*
*Mariana is approaching this project with the desire to get away from relying on terms including “Latin American,” “Latinx,” and their derivatives with the recognition that “Latin America” is a descriptor imposed on a vast, culturally diverse region. This umbrella term homogenizes and flattens identities throughout the region of Latin America, contributing to anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism and systems. This call for portfolios is open to people born in the region known as Latin America as well as people from this diaspora who were born abroad.
Mariana will collect portfolios until the end of March. To share your portfolio with Mariana, email marianamunoz.art@gmail.com with the following:
- Your portfolio:
- Your website, and/or
- Your art instagram, and/or
- A PDF containing images of selected artwork, and/or
- Any other way you’d like to share your portfolio
- Additional information:
- Your biography
- You may choose to include statements about your art practice as a whole or about selected artworks
- You may choose to include your CV
- You may choose to include 2-3 reviews, interviews, etc about your practice or your artwork
About Mariana:
Mariana is a Mexican artist, writer, and curator based in Winnipeg. They are a queer person of colour. Their curatorial experience includes co-curating window winnipeg, an alternative exhibition space, from 2018-2023 and a curatorial residency at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq (2021-22). Learn more about Mariana through their website: marianamunoz.ca
About Latitude 53:
Currently located on the ground floor of the historic McLeod Building in downtown amiskwacîwâskahikan, just steps from where the gallery first opened 50 years ago, Latitude 53 is one of Canada’s oldest artist-run centres dedicated to supporting artists. The gallery exhibits local, national and international work, showcasing artists engaged with contemporary culture.
Founded in 1973, Latitude 53 is one of Canada’s oldest artist-run centres dedicated to supporting contemporary artists. Latitude 53 has presented significant exhibitions by notable Canadian artists in the formative stages of their careers, including Lyndal Osborne (1974), Rita McKeough (1980), Janet Cardiff (1989), George Bures Miller (1989), Micah Lexier (1989), Diana Thorneycroft (1991), Kent Monkman (1994), Luis Jacob (2002), Jon Sasaki (2009), Brenda Draney (2010), Jason de Haan (2011), Luther Konadu (2018), Bridget Moser (2019) and Lauren Crazybull (2020).
Learn more about Latitude 53 at www.latitude53.org
