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The Border Chronicle is a news outlet founded by veteran border journalists Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller.
🎙️ What does it mean to make and curate art at the crossroads of two nations? In the latest episode of The Border Chronicle podcast, Gabriela Rangel, executive director of Tucson’s Museum of Contemporary Art and a Venezuela-born curator who has worked at institutions from Houston to Buenos Aires, sits down with Caroline Tracey for a wide-ranging conversation on art, place, and urgency. Rangel reflects on how the concept of Latin American art didn’t actually originate in Latin America, the necessity of politics in art, and what it means to live and work in the Sonoran Desert borderlands. As she puts it, “water, ecosystems and immigration these are issues that contemporary art has adopted in their concerns... Contemporary art is about what’s happening in the present.”
Listen to the new podcast episode at theborderchronicle.com linked in comment below. 🔗🦂
05/26/2026
“Ishkash*taa” is a Somali word meaning working cooperatively together, chosen by the refugee teenagers who helped found this Tucson organization in the early 2000s.
The Ishkash*taa Refugee Network harvests citrus from 150+ Tucson properties each season, splitting food between refugee families and local food banks, pantries, and tribal communities. They serve around 200 individuals, impacting roughly 1,000 people through harvesting, gardening, art, and a monthly African drum circle.
But the families they serve are under growing pressure, refugees have lost access to SNAP benefits, and green card and citizenship processes are on hold.
“Once you get to know someone personally who is a refugee, you’re less likely to fall for misinformation or demonizing immigrants as a group.” — Amelia Natoli, Development Director
Read the full Q&A at the borderchornicle.com linked in comments below.🦂🔗
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