Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Ph.D. is an art historian and curator focused on modern and contemporary US Latinx, Caribbean and African-American art. She is also a Senior Program Officer in Creativity and Free Expression at Ford Foundation, where she supports a variety of arts grantees in New York and nationally. Previously, she was Curator at El Museo del Barrio where she organized numerous exhibitions, including the museum’s 45th anniversary exhibition and two versions of The S-Files/La Bienal, El Museo’s biennial exhibition of emerging artists (now La Trienal), PRESENTE! The Young Lords in New York (2015), and Antonio Lopez: Future, Funk Fashion (2016), among many others. In her work as curator at Jersey City Museum, she organized solo retrospectives of significant New Jersey artists including Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Unmaking, and Chakaia Booker, Jersey Ride. Her curatorial work and research explores modern and contemporary art of the Americas, with a particular focus on US Latinx art. Dr. Aranda-Alvarado has taught courses in the Art Department at the City College of New York, in the MA program at Hunter College’s Art Department and at the Institute of Fine Arts. Her writing has appeared in various publications including catalog essays for several museums. She is a huge fan of Times Square and Hello Kitty. @artyrocio @100latinxartists
