MARFA — This Friday, August 1, Chinati artist in residence Guadalupe Rosales will host an open studio and reading event at the Locker Plant.
Rosales is a multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, photography, video, sound, drawing and archival projects. She is best known for her community-generated, social media-based archives, including “Veteranas and Rucas” and “Map Pointz.”
Rosales conceived of the accounts in 2015 as a means to combat the under-/misrepresentation and historical erasure of Latin@/x communities in Southern California. They began with an open invitation to share personal images and memories and have amassed a social media following of over 300,000.
At the open studio event, Rosales will present a selection of these archival materials and read from her upcoming book, to be published by One World Books in June 2026, which documents both her personal and communal artistic practices.
Open Studio and Reading
Friday, August 1, 6 p.m.
Locker Plant, 135 E Oak St.
Free and open to all.