Art, Cartography, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
In this lecture, artist and scholar Sandy Rodriguez will discuss her research as it relates to her forthcoming solo exhibitions at The Huntington and New York’s Hispanic Society Library. Her ongoing series “Codex Rodriguez-Mondragón” comprises maps and paintings that explore the intersections of history, social memory, contemporary politics, and cultural production. Rodriguez—recipient of the Latinx Art Fellowship (2024) and the Jacob Lawrence Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2023)—will also highlight several of the collections and archival materials that she engages with while at The Huntington, including maps of the Americas and rare books related to the U.S. Mexico Borderlands.
This is the Hannah and Russel Kully Distinguished Fellow Lecture and is part of The Huntington Research 2025-2026 "Active in the Archive" lecture series.
Know Before You Go
- A post-lecture reception will take place in front of the lecture hall at the Rose Hills Foundation Garden Court at 7 p.m.
- Doors to the lecture hall will open at 5:30 p.m.
- If you are visiting the gardens during the day and plan to stay for the lecture, please note that all guests must clear the grounds when The Huntington closes at 5 p.m.
Top image: Sandy Rodriguez (American, b. 1975), Rodriguez-Mondragón’s Federal Indian Boarding Schools Map of the United States and Child Migrant Detention Centers, 2022–26. Hand-processed watercolor and 23K gold on amate paper. Collection of the artist. (C) Sandy Rodriguez