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         <title>Performance Crafting: Felt Me</title>
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         <title>AMBOS: 96 Deaths</title>
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         <title>AMBOS: Quipu Fronterizo/Border Quipu</title>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-06 21:41:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>AMBOS: Tensión</title>
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         <title>Felt Emotions</title>
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         <title>Emotions Seen</title>
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         <title>Tanya Aguiñiga</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Introduction</p>]]></description>
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         <title>97 Deaths</title>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-06 22:34:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The Toll</title>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-06 22:37:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Border Connections</title>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-06 22:38:31 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>     Tanya Aguiñiga was born in San Diego, California in 1978 and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California where she balances her work in the studio with her life as a parent. She obtained a BA at San Diego State University and&nbsp;an MFA in furniture design from Rhode Island School of Design. Aguiñiga has be recognized as a United States Artists fellow and is an awardee of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Creative Capital grant, and the Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities. Her work has not only been recognized in awards but through her ability to hold exhibitions in major art museums like the Smithsonian. Aguiñiga is further recognized by underserved communities for her multi-faceted impact on the border.&nbsp;</p><p>     Growing up in Tijuana meant she had to cross the border daily to attend school. This taxing experience led to a divided sense of self-identity for Aguiñiga. Feeling like she did not inherently belong to either side of the border became the focus of many of her works. She utilizes her skills as an artist to create performances, furniture, and works of art that bring awareness to&nbsp;personal and shared experiences of binational citizens. &nbsp;</p><p>     Aguiñiga’s career focuses on the lives effected by the U.S-Mexico border. Using a variety of textiles, she tackles the injustices faced and their inevitable consequences. Creating collaborative pieces across the community or in small groups allows Aguiñiga to invite others into a safe space to learn about each other and express emotions that are otherwise internalized. During increased tensions surrounding the border in 2016, she created the project AMBOS, Art Made Between Opposite Sides. It was founded as a space to incite discussions surrounding the border and those who fall into the in-between of nationalities.&nbsp;</p><p>     AMBOS has evolved over the years to encompass more than just pro-migrant discussions. It has become a driving force of collaborative work in documenting the happenings of the border, activism, and mutual care for others. It has touched communities beyond the border through Aguiñiga’s work in indigenous, Alaskan, and underserved communities.&nbsp;Her overall goal is the same no matter what community she serves; raise awareness and generate healthier relationships among communities. However, her work along the border is a big focal point due to the government's dehumanizing policies.&nbsp;</p><p>     Each of these pieces connect to the Aguiñiga’s focus on the border, its effect on her and others, and her goal to bring attention to political and human rights issues that surround it. The first piece will act as an introduction to the  beginning of her focus on the border. Finishing that wall with another felting piece leading into the next section focusing on the effects the border has on Aguiñiga and others. Which will lead into the effects on youth and advocacies for international support and community before continuing to the final wall. The final wall is intended to leave the viewer sitting with the realization of the very real lives that are affected throughout the previous sections. It is too easy to be ignorant of issues that do not actively affect you or the people around you.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“About.” AMBOS. Accessed April 6, 2025</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Tanya Aguiñiga: Crafting Lineage | Art21 ‘Extended Play.’” YouTube, October 27, 2021.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Sculptor &amp; Fiber Artist Tanya Aguiñiga, CROSSROADS Episode.” YouTube, October 30, 2014.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-07 05:44:18 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>The AMBOS project “96 Deaths” took place on September 1st, 2017. This photo was captured during the strikes on the border wall in Sasabe, Arizona. Each strike is accompanied by the name of an individual who lost their life due to militarization of the border wall since the start of the year.&nbsp;The victims include men, women, and children from all age groups. AMBOS utilized the Humane Borders database that has been operating since 1981 to calculate the deaths and record the names that were honored during the performance. The audio recording has become a part of an annual reproduction of “Until There Are No More Deaths” an original score written by Glenn Weyant.&nbsp;As each strike rings out and each name is called, the weight of life hangs in the silence between. &nbsp;</p><p><br/></p><p>Since this performance in 2017, the total number is 4,373 as of April 6th, 2025, with 1,419 deaths occurring from 2017 to 2025. &nbsp;</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Migrant death mapping. Accessed April 6, 2025</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-09 01:32:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>5 Fast Facts</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Aguiñiga studied under a deaf, Japanese American artists named Wendy Maruyama, she was one of the first women to get a masters in furniture design.</p></li><li><p>AMBOS: Quipu Fronterizo/Border Quipu is part of the permanent collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).</p></li><li><p>Aguiñiga's exploration of color and texture in her pieces represents her Mexican side while the clean lines and minimalistic forms represent he American side.</p></li><li><p>Aguiñiga learned to backstrap weave (portable loom technique using material tied around the waist) from Mayan women in Chiapas (Southern Mexico)</p></li><li><p>Her grandparents lived in America but her parents chose to raise Aguiñiga in Mexico so she could have a better connection to the culture.</p><p><br/></p></li></ul><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Tanya Aguiñiga: Crafting Lineage | Art21 ‘Extended Play.’” YouTube, October 27, 2021.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Sculptor &amp; Fiber Artist Tanya Aguiñiga, CROSSROADS Episode.” YouTube, October 30, 2014.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-29 13:11:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Theme</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>The overall goal of this presentation, is to highlight Tanya Aguiñiga's art that best represents the struggles caused by the U.S.-Mexico border. It goes through struggles of identity, community, vulnerability, and mortality.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-29 13:30:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>After completing her work along the border for AMBOS: Quipu Fronterizo/Border Quipu, Aguiñiga wanted a way to make her physical and emotional pain visible. She created Metabolizing the Border to be a visual and physical embodiment of the daily toll that the border wall takes on her. She created shoes of glass that broke as she walked, A glass snorkle that made it difficult to breathe, a glass head piece that forced the wearer to only see through the slants of pieces of the border wall, glass orbs that made hearing difficult, and all while being weighted down and holding a flashlight that symbolizes the torch from the Statue of Liberty.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Stratton, Shannon R. 2019. “Object Lessons.” </sub></sup><em><sup><sub>American Craft</sub></sup></em><sup><sub> 79 (3): 48–55.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Dowling, Susan, and Susan Sollins. “Tanya Aguiñiga in ‘Borderlands’ - Extended Segment | Art21.” YouTube, October 6, 2020.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-29 13:38:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Aguiñiga's "Tensión" was a performance piece by her and artist Jackie Amézquita. Both artists learned to backstrap weave, Aguiñiga from Mayan women in Chiapas (Southern Mexico) and Amézquita from Guatemala. This performance represented both connection and tensions between the two side of the border but also between the two identities that Aguiñiga has to face. They are tied together through the border fence, with Aguiñiga being in Douglas, Arizona and Amézquita in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. This performance was done while under constant surveillance from the U.S. Border Patrol. </p><p><br/></p><p>"Their tension and support became crucial in one another’s weaving. This site is of particular significance because it is the town where Amézquita attempted to enter the US illegally as a teenager to reunite with her mother."</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-29 13:40:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>"Performance Crafting: Felt Me" put Aguiñiga into the role of the object. She had previously been known for creating felted pieces and wanted to explore the possibilities of what she could create. For her, this piece was about the experience and trust that came from such an intimate project. At times it was overwhelming and uncomfortable as she was completely felted head to toe over the course of multiple hours. She had to transition from standing to laying down on a table. The water would become so cold that she would begin to feel sick occasionally. Once her face had been completely covered, Aguiñiga had been fully one with the piece. When she was cut out of the wool, it took on its own life and allowed her to have a deep understanding of herself as an artist through multiple perspectives.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Performance Crafting: Tanya Aguiñiga | Artbound | PBS SoCal.” YouTube, November 5, 2012. </sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-29 13:41:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>This piece focused on the actions of traveling across the border daily for Tanya Aguiñiga and many others. Her routine started at 3:30 am when she would go with her dad to make it to school by 8:00 am. She took two buses to the border to wait in line, then she would walk across the border to take a trolley to the train station, then she took a train to the town her school was in, and then she would take another bus to the school.&nbsp; She expresses that she would have liked it if someone had checked in with her to ask if she was okay during these times. Aguiñiga explains that crossing the border for work is necessary for survival even though not many people address it. A lot of the people crossing the border are U.S. citizens, have green cards, and pay taxes. All these circumstances became the reason why Aguiñiga created AMBOS. She wanted to be the voice that asked others if they were okay. One of the ways she did that was through the border quipu (A quipu is an Andean, a pre-Columbian organizational system). They went car to car and gave people postcards that asked them to write a small reflection of what their thoughts were when they crossed the border. The postcards had two strings on them and asked them to make a knot that represented their emotions and then through the joining of the knots, they would be able to see themselves in connection with the larger community that is all around them feeling the same things. They took three years to travel across the U.S. - Mexico border and engaged with over 10,000 people.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“A Brief But Spectacular Take on Using Craft to Push Back on Injustice.” YouTube, July 19, 2023.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-29 13:43:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>"Hammer Museum's Family Day: Art Beyond Borders" was a project that allowed kids from the U.S. side of the border to leave notes for kids on the Mexico side of the border. This allowed the children to express their feelings and form a sense of connection. This piece shed light on many of the emotions, experiences, and hopes that are shared between the two sides. Through this project, Aguiñiga was able to encourage kids to be creative. It allowed them to participate in impactful art in a way they otherwise might not get to.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Dowling, Susan, and Susan Sollins. “Tanya Aguiñiga in ‘Borderlands’ - Extended Segment | Art21.” YouTube, October 6, 2020.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-29 13:47:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Aguiñiga's "Grapple" performance was a confrontation between her and the fence that separates Tijuana and San Diego. She uses a shirt to grapple the fence for a long time. she stated that:</p><p><br/></p><p>“My impotent and shaky grip attempt to reconcile the work we are doing with AMBOS and take ownership of this physical and emotional space. The border fence, especially this particular stretch of fence, has haunted my memories, as it was absent most of my childhood and left a marked scar on my small town of Playas de Tijuana when it was installed. The fence is a permanent reminder that we are not wanted, that we are less than, that we are what gets filtered out. It is a stigma we invisibly carry the rest of our lives, as we find our place in the world navigating the liminal.”</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>El objetivo general de esta presentación es destacar el arte de Tanya Aguiñiga que mejor representa las dificultades de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Aborda las luchas de identidad, comunidad, vulnerabilidad y mortalidad.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>     Tanya Aguiñiga nació en San Diego, California, en 1978 y se crio en Tijuana, México. Actualmente vive en Los Ángeles, California, donde equilibra su trabajo en el estudio con su vida como madre. Obtuvo una licenciatura en la Universidad Estatal de San Diego y una maestría en Bellas Artes en diseño de muebles de la Escuela de Diseño de Rhode Island. Aguiñiga ha sido reconocida como becaria de United States Artists y ha sido galardonada con la Asociación Nacional de Artes y Culturas Latinas, la beca Creative Capital y la beca Americans for the Arts Johnson para artistas que transforman comunidades. Su trabajo no solo ha sido reconocido en premios, sino también por su capacidad para realizar exposiciones en importantes museos de arte como el Smithsonian. Aguiñiga es además reconocida por las comunidades marginadas por su impacto multifacético en la frontera.</p><p>     Crecer en Tijuana significó que tenía que cruzar la frontera a diario para asistir a la escuela. Esta experiencia agotadora condujo a un sentido dividido de identidad propia para Aguiñiga. Sentir que no pertenecía inherentemente a ninguno de los dos lados de la frontera se convirtió en el foco de muchas de sus obras. Utiliza sus habilidades como artista para crear performances, muebles y obras de arte que concientizan sobre las experiencias personales y compartidas de los ciudadanos binacionales.</p><p>     La carrera de Aguiñiga se centra en las vidas afectadas por la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Utilizando una variedad de textiles, aborda las injusticias que se enfrentan y sus inevitables consecuencias. Crear piezas colaborativas en la comunidad o en pequeños grupos le permite a Aguiñiga invitar a otros a un espacio seguro para aprender unos de otros y expresar emociones que de otro modo estarían internalizadas. Durante el aumento de las tensiones en torno a la frontera en 2016, creó el proyecto AMBOS, Arte Hecho Entre Lados Opuestos. Fue fundado como un espacio para incitar debates sobre la frontera y quienes se encuentran en el punto intermedio entre nacionalidades.  </p><p>     AMBOS ha evolucionado con los años para abarcar más que solo debates a favor de los migrantes. Se ha convertido en un motor de trabajo colaborativo para documentar los acontecimientos de la frontera, el activismo y el cuidado mutuo. Ha llegado a comunidades más allá de la frontera a través del trabajo de Aguiñiga en comunidades indígenas, de Alaska y marginadas. Su objetivo general es el mismo, independientemente de la comunidad a la que sirva: crear conciencia y generar relaciones más saludables entre las comunidades. Sin embargo, su trabajo a lo largo de la frontera es un gran punto de atención debido a las políticas deshumanizadoras del gobierno.</p><p>     Cada una de estas piezas se conecta con el enfoque de Aguiñiga en la frontera, su efecto en ella y en otros, y su objetivo de visibilizar los problemas políticos y de derechos humanos que la rodean. La primera pieza servirá como introducción al inicio de su enfoque en la frontera. Este muro se completará con otra pieza de fieltro que dará paso a la siguiente sección, centrada en los efectos de la frontera en Aguiñiga y otros. Esta última se centrará en los efectos en la juventud y la defensa del apoyo internacional y comunitario, antes de continuar con el muro final. Este último muro busca que el espectador se dé cuenta de las vidas reales que se ven afectadas en las secciones anteriores. Es muy fácil ignorar problemas que no te afectan activamente ni a ti ni a quienes te rodean.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“About.” AMBOS. Accessed April 6, 2025</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Tanya Aguiñiga: Crafting Lineage | Art21 ‘Extended Play.’” YouTube, October 27, 2021.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Sculptor &amp; Fiber Artist Tanya Aguiñiga, CROSSROADS Episode.” YouTube, October 30, 2014.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Aguiñiga estudió con Wendy Maruyama, una artista sorda de ascendencia japonesa. Fue una de las primeras mujeres en obtener una maestría en diseño de muebles.  </p></li><li><p>AMBOS: Quipu Fronterizo forma parte de la colección permanente del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles (LACMA).  </p></li><li><p>La exploración del color y la textura de Aguiñiga en sus piezas representa su lado mexicano, mientras que las líneas limpias y las formas minimalistas representan su lado estadounidense.</p></li><li><p>Aguiñiga aprendió a tejer en tela de cintura (técnica de telar portátil que utiliza tela atada alrededor de la cintura) de mujeres mayas en Chiapas (sur de México).</p></li><li><p>Sus abuelos vivían en Estados Unidos, pero sus padres decidieron criar a Aguiñiga en México para que pudiera tener una mejor conexión con la cultura.</p><p><br></p></li></ul><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br></p><p><sup><sub>“Tanya Aguiñiga: Crafting Lineage | Art21 ‘Extended Play.’” YouTube, October 27, 2021.</sub></sup></p><p><br></p><p><sup><sub>“Sculptor &amp; Fiber Artist Tanya Aguiñiga, CROSSROADS Episode.” YouTube, October 30, 2014.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>El proyecto AMBOS “96 Muertes” tuvo lugar el 1 de septiembre de 2017. Esta foto fue capturada durante los ataques al muro fronterizo en Sasabe, Arizona. Cada ataque va acompañado del nombre de una persona que perdió la vida debido a la militarización del muro fronterizo desde principios de año. Las víctimas incluyen hombres, mujeres y niños de todas las edades. BOTH utilizó la base de datos Humane Borders, que opera desde 1981, para calcular las muertes y registrar los nombres que fueron homenajeados durante la actuación. La grabación de audio se ha convertido en parte de una reproducción anual de “Hasta que no haya más muertes”, una banda sonora original escrita por Glenn Weyant. Con cada ataque y cada nombre pronunciado, el peso de la vida pende en el silencio. </p><p><br></p><p>Desde esta actuación en 2017, el número total es de 4373 al 6 de abril de 2025, con 1419 muertes ocurridas entre 2017 y 2025.</p><p><br></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br></p><p><sup><sub>Migrant death mapping. Accessed April 6, 2025</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Aguiñiga's "Felt Chairs" were created while she was working on her thesis for graduate school. She wanted to take a piece of furniture and make it something completely opposite while still visually being identifiable. From that idea, Aguiñiga took the uninviting, cold, and hard folding chair and made it soft. Hand felting each chair takes hours and can become painful over time. However, once the chair's felt skin was complete, it could never be folded away again. This created a great symbolism for her Mexican-American identity. Having a dull, almost rigid, experience with the grey metal but being wrapped in the playful colored wool that refuses to be hidden was parallel to the harsh U.S. in contrast to the bright life of Mexico. </p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Performance Crafting: Tanya Aguiñiga | Artbound | PBS SoCal.” YouTube, November 5, 2012. </sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Lovelace, Joyce. 2011. “Artist without Borders.” </sub></sup><em><sup><sub>American Craft</sub></sup></em><sup><sub> 71 (2): 48–55.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Sculptor &amp; Fiber Artist Tanya Aguiñiga, CROSSROADS Episode.” YouTube, October 30, 2014.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Las "Sillas de Fieltro" de Aguiñiga surgieron mientras trabajaba en su tesis de posgrado. Quería convertir un mueble en algo completamente opuesto, pero visualmente reconocible. A partir de esa idea, Aguiñiga transformó la silla plegable, fría, dura y poco atractiva, en una pieza suave. Fieltrar a mano cada silla lleva horas y puede resultar tedioso con el tiempo. Sin embargo, una vez terminada la piel de fieltro, ya no se podía plegar. Esto creó un gran simbolismo para su identidad mexicoamericana. Experimentar una experiencia aburrida, casi rígida, con el metal gris, pero envuelta en la lana de colores vibrantes que se resiste a ocultarse, era un paralelo a la crudeza de Estados Unidos, en contraste con la vibrante vida de México.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Performance Crafting: Tanya Aguiñiga | Artbound | PBS SoCal.” YouTube, November 5, 2012. </sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Lovelace, Joyce. 2011. “Artist without Borders.” </sub></sup><em><sup><sub>American Craft</sub></sup></em><sup><sub> 71 (2): 48–55.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Sculptor &amp; Fiber Artist Tanya Aguiñiga, CROSSROADS Episode.” YouTube, October 30, 2014.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>"Performance Crafting: Felt Me" puso a Aguiñiga en el papel del objeto. Anteriormente, era conocida por crear piezas de fieltro y quería explorar las posibilidades de su creación. Para ella, esta pieza se centraba en la experiencia y la confianza que surgían de un proyecto tan íntimo. A veces, era abrumador e incómodo, ya que la afieltraron completamente de pies a cabeza durante varias horas. Tenía que pasar de estar de pie a tumbarse sobre una mesa. El agua se enfriaba tanto que a veces empezaba a sentir náuseas. Una vez que su rostro estuvo completamente cubierto, Aguiñiga se fundió plenamente con la pieza. Al ser recortada de la lana, esta cobró vida propia y le permitió comprenderse profundamente como artista desde múltiples perspectivas.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“Performance Crafting: Tanya Aguiñiga | Artbound | PBS SoCal.” YouTube, November 5, 2012. </sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Tras completar su trabajo en la frontera para AMBOS: Quipu Fronterizo/Border Quipu, Aguiñiga buscó una manera de visibilizar su dolor físico y emocional. Creó Metabolizando la Frontera para plasmar visual y físicamente el desgaste diario que el muro fronterizo le impone. Creó zapatos de vidrio que se rompían al caminar, un esnórquel de vidrio que dificultaba la respiración, un casco de vidrio que obligaba a quien lo usaba a ver solo a través de los fragmentos inclinados del muro fronterizo, esferas de vidrio que dificultaban la audición, todo ello mientras sostenía una linterna que simbolizaba la antorcha de la Estatua de la Libertad.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Stratton, Shannon R. 2019. “Object Lessons.” </sub></sup><em><sup><sub>American Craft</sub></sup></em><sup><sub> 79 (3): 48–55.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Dowling, Susan, and Susan Sollins. “Tanya Aguiñiga in ‘Borderlands’ - Extended Segment | Art21.” YouTube, October 6, 2020.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>"Día Familiar del Museo Hammer: Arte sin Fronteras" fue un proyecto que permitió a niños del lado estadounidense de la frontera dejar notas para niños del lado mexicano. Esto les permitió expresar sus sentimientos y crear un sentido de conexión. Esta pieza arrojó luz sobre muchas de las emociones, experiencias y esperanzas compartidas entre ambos lados. A través de este proyecto, Aguiñiga logró animar a los niños a ser creativos. Les permitió participar en arte impactante de una manera que de otra manera no podrían.</p><p><br/></p><p><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Dowling, Susan, and Susan Sollins. “Tanya Aguiñiga in ‘Borderlands’ - Extended Segment | Art21.” YouTube, October 6, 2020.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Esta pieza se centró en las acciones de viajar a través de la frontera diariamente para Tanya Aguiñiga y muchos otros. Su rutina comenzaba a las 3:30 a.m. cuando iba con su papá para llegar a la escuela a las 8:00 a.m. Tomaba dos autobuses hasta la frontera para esperar en la fila, luego caminaba a través de la frontera para tomar un tranvía hasta la estación de tren, luego tomaba un tren hasta el pueblo en el que estaba su escuela y luego tomaba otro autobús hasta la escuela. Ella expresa que le hubiera gustado que alguien se hubiera puesto en contacto con ella para preguntarle si estaba bien durante estos momentos. Aguiñiga explica que cruzar la frontera para trabajar es necesario para la supervivencia, aunque no muchas personas lo aborden. Muchas de las personas que cruzan la frontera son ciudadanos estadounidenses, tienen tarjetas de residencia y pagan impuestos. Todas estas circunstancias se convirtieron en la razón por la que Aguiñiga creó AMBOS. Quería ser la voz que les preguntara a los demás si estaban bien. Una de las formas en que lo hizo fue a través del quipu fronterizo (Un quipu es un sistema organizativo andino, precolombino). Fueron de coche en coche repartiendo postales a la gente, pidiéndoles que escribieran una breve reflexión sobre sus pensamientos al cruzar la frontera. Las postales tenían dos hilos y les pedían que hicieran un nudo que representara sus emociones. Al unir los nudos, podrían verse conectados con la comunidad que los rodea y que siente lo mismo. Tardaron tres años en cruzar la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México e interactuaron con más de 10,000 personas.Unidos y México e interactuaron con más de 10,000 personas.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>“A Brief But Spectacular Take on Using Craft to Push Back on Injustice.” YouTube, July 19, 2023.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>La performance "Grapple" de Aguiñiga fue una confrontación entre ella y la valla que separa Tijuana de San Diego. Usa una camiseta para forcejear con la valla durante un largo rato. Declaró:  </p><p><br/></p><p>“Mi impotente y tembloroso intento de reconciliar el trabajo que realizamos con AMBOS y apropiarme de este espacio físico y emocional. La valla fronteriza, especialmente este tramo en particular, ha atormentado mis recuerdos, ya que estuvo ausente durante la mayor parte de mi infancia y dejó una profunda huella en mi pequeño pueblo, Playas de Tijuana, cuando se instaló. La valla es un recordatorio permanente de que no somos queridos, de que somos menos, de que somos lo que se filtra. Es un estigma que cargamos invisiblemente el resto de nuestras vidas, mientras encontramos nuestro lugar en el mundo navegando por lo liminal”.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>"Tensión" de Aguiñiga fue una pieza de performance realizada por ella y la artista Jackie Amézquita. Ambas artistas aprendieron a tejer en tela de cintura: Aguiñiga, de mujeres mayas de Chiapas (sur de México), y Amézquita, de Guatemala. Esta performance representó tanto la conexión como las tensiones entre ambos lados de la frontera, pero también entre las dos identidades que Aguiñiga debe enfrentar. Están unidas por la valla fronteriza: Aguiñiga reside en Douglas, Arizona, y Amézquita en Agua Prieta, Sonora, México. Esta performance se realizó bajo vigilancia constante de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos. </p><p><br/></p><p> "Su tensión y apoyo mutuos fueron cruciales en el tejido de la otra. Este sitio es de particular importancia porque es el pueblo donde Amézquita intentó ingresar ilegalmente a Estados Unidos cuando era adolescente para reunirse con su madre".</p><p><br/></p><p><sup><sub>Aguiñiga, Tanya. Tanya Aguiñiga. Accessed April 7, 2025.</sub></sup></p>]]></description>
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