CORN MANDALA COLLABORATIVE ART INSTALLATION
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OCTOBER 25-30, 2026. The Edge. Duke Library. West Campus
CORN MANDALA.
Guest Artist, Jorge Taylor Rojas (U.S/Mexico – based in Salt Lake City, Utah) will lead the collaborative installation of his latest edition of CORN MANDALA. A design commissioned for GROUNDING AMERICA will take place at Duke University Libraries, THE EDGE HALL. (In connection with the Day of the Dead Celebration). Contact us to help build the MANDALA.
Jorge Rojas (b. Morelos, Mexico) is a recognized curator, artist, performer, and museum educator based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
“We Are the Corn”
The connection between humans and corn began about 10,000 years ago, when early people in Mexico began domesticating a wild grass called teosinte, creating the edible grain we now know as maize, or corn (maíz in Spanish). Beyond just a food source, maize holds deep spiritual, healing, and artistic significance across the Americas and beyond.
Rojas’s experience as an artist and educator often intersects with his interests as a curator, shaping exhibitions that reflect on interpretation, institutional critique, social and racial justice, and the role of cultural and mediated forms of communication. He has dedicated most of his curatorial practice to promoting, nurturing, and cultivating the vision of giving voice to plants, as well as to the diverse talents of emerging and mid-career BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and immigrant artists.
Followed by a Lunch/Reception. The Edge Lounge. 1:00 p.m.
https://sites.duke.edu/corncottoncoaltobacco/events/
Part of :
GROUNDING AMERICA: CORN | COTTON | TOBACCO | COAL
Thanks to: Duke Climate Commitment, We the People, Duke Campus Farm, RePlant (WG plant humanities), FHI, Romance Studies, Nicholas School of the Environment, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Duke University Libraries, and Artist Studio Project Publishing.
CORN MANDALA.
Guest Artist, Jorge Taylor Rojas (U.S/Mexico – based in Salt Lake City, Utah) will lead the collaborative installation of his latest edition of CORN MANDALA. A design commissioned for GROUNDING AMERICA will take place at Duke University Libraries, THE EDGE HALL. (In connection with the Day of the Dead Celebration). Contact us to help build the MANDALA.
Jorge Rojas (b. Morelos, Mexico) is a recognized curator, artist, performer, and museum educator based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
“We Are the Corn”
The connection between humans and corn began about 10,000 years ago, when early people in Mexico began domesticating a wild grass called teosinte, creating the edible grain we now know as maize, or corn (maíz in Spanish). Beyond just a food source, maize holds deep spiritual, healing, and artistic significance across the Americas and beyond.
Rojas’s experience as an artist and educator often intersects with his interests as a curator, shaping exhibitions that reflect on interpretation, institutional critique, social and racial justice, and the role of cultural and mediated forms of communication. He has dedicated most of his curatorial practice to promoting, nurturing, and cultivating the vision of giving voice to plants, as well as to the diverse talents of emerging and mid-career BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and immigrant artists.
Followed by a Lunch/Reception. The Edge Lounge. 1:00 p.m.
https://sites.duke.edu/corncottoncoaltobacco/events/
Part of :
GROUNDING AMERICA: CORN | COTTON | TOBACCO | COAL
Thanks to: Duke Climate Commitment, We the People, Duke Campus Farm, RePlant (WG plant humanities), FHI, Romance Studies, Nicholas School of the Environment, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Duke University Libraries, and Artist Studio Project Publishing.
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