X as Intersection:  / Working with Nature   Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 4 pm

X as Intersection: 
Working with Nature  

Wed, Oct 22, 2025
4 pm

A cascade of black rocky forms contrasts against a grid of light-colored and cool-toned swirling shapes.
A cascade of black rocky forms contrasts against a grid of light-colored and cool-toned swirling shapes.

Frances Gallardo, Work from Aerosoles (Aerosols), 2022. 12 1/4 × 17 5/8 in. (31.1 × 44.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing and Print Committee. © Frances Gallardo 

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Animal and plant life, weather, and ecology are central to the artistic practices of Nancy Friedemann‑Sánchez, Frances Gallardo, and Angel Lartigue. Through the lens of scientific inquiry, their work explores themes of biodiversity, climate change, and the complex relationships between humans and the environment. This conversation delves into how each artist integrates the natural world into their creative process. 

This conversation is moderated by Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Josh T. Franco, Associate Director of Special Projects, US Latinx Art Forum. 

This program is part of X as Intersection, a four-part hybrid public program series featuring conversations with fellows from the fifth cohort of the Latinx Artist Fellowship, an initiative of the US Latinx Art Forum.  

Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish provided by Babilla Collective.   

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez grew up in Colombia as the child of a Colombian and a United States citizen and migrated to the U.S. as an adult. Her art is about the curious and intense experience of having physically migrated yet still having a piece of herself rooted in Colombia. Friedemann-Sánchez lives and works in Lincoln, Nebraska. 

Frances Gallardo was born and raised in Puerto Rico and is currently based in Ithaca, New York. Her interdisciplinary practice examines the cultural, geopolitical, and historical complexities of the Caribbean meteorological landscape through an eco-poetic lens. Since childhood, Gallardo has been fascinated with atmospheric events such as hurricanes and, despite the chaos they cause, she sees beautiful forms, musical compositions, colors, and movement. 

Angel Lartigue is a curator and artistic researcher whose work explores the relationship between the body and land through the use of “putrefaction,” matter as raw material. This concentration has led her to experiment with archaeological processes of decomposition in artworks, incorporating fungi, insects, and even odors captured during fieldwork. Lartigue has been awarded grants for collaborative projects through the Idea Fund (2022, 2021) and U.S. Latinx Art Forum’s CHARLA Fund (2021).  

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X como intersección: Trabajando con la naturaleza

La vida animal y vegetal, el clima y la ecología son elementos centrales en las prácticas artísticas de Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Frances Gallardo y Angel Lartigue. A través del lente de la investigación científica, su trabajo explora temas como la biodiversidad, el cambio climático y las complejas relaciones entre los seres humanos y el medio ambiente. Esta conversación profundiza en cómo cada artista integra el mundo natural en su proceso creativo. 

Esta conversación está moderada por Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator en el Whitney Museum of American Art, y Josh T. Franco, director asociado de Proyectos Especiales del US Latinx Art Forum.

Este programa forma parte de X como intersección, una serie híbrida de programas públicos de cuatro partes que presenta conversaciones con becarios del quinto cohorte del Latinx Artist Fellowship, una iniciativa del US Latinx Art Forum. 

Interpretación simultánea en español a cargo del Babilla Collective. 

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez creció en Colombia como hija de una colombiana y un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos, y emigró a los Estados Unidos siendo adulta. Su arte trata sobre la curiosa e intensa experiencia de haber emigrado físicamente, pero seguir teniendo una parte de sí misma arraigada en Colombia. Friedemann-Sánchez vive y trabaja en Lincoln, Nebraska. 

Frances Gallardo nació y creció en Puerto Rico y actualmente reside en Ithaca, Nueva York. Su práctica interdisciplinaria examina las complejidades culturales, geopolíticas e históricas del paisaje meteorológico del Caribe a través de una lente eco-poética. Desde su infancia, Gallardo ha estado fascinada por los fenómenos atmosféricos como los huracanes y, a pesar del caos que provocan, ella ve en ellos hermosas formas, composiciones musicales, colores y movimiento. 

Angel Lartigue es una curadora e investigadora artística cuyo trabajo explora la relación entre el cuerpo y la tierra mediante el uso de la “putrefacción”, la materia como materia prima. Esta concentración la ha llevado a experimentar con procesos arqueológicos de descomposición en obras de arte, incorporando hongos, insectos e incluso olores capturados durante el trabajo de campo. Lartigue ha recibido becas para proyectos colaborativos a través del Idea Fund (2022, 2021) y el CHARLA Fund del U.S. Latinx Art Forum (2021).

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