Radio Aluna Teatro

“We assume that people understand their own history, but so often that’s not the case.” - Armando Minjarez Armando Minjarez is a Mexican interdisciplinary artist, designer and community organizer. His artistic practice is guided by themes of displacement, collaboration and empowerment to open spaces for the development of social change strategy and creative expression.  In this interview we chatted about community organizing in Kansas’ rural communities, how he produced the biggest mural ever made, and designing public space.    SHOW NOTES  Kansas’ history of resistance includes Carrie Nation, John Brown, Dodge City and Billy the Kid  Parral, Chihuahua and Ulysses, Kansas have more in common than you might think  Day of the Dead and Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, traditional Mexican holidays  Del Norte Studio, Armando’s ceramics studio  The Horizonte Project, which produced North America’s largest mural designed by Colombian visual artist Gleo  Armando is currently exhibiting a new work ‘Technotitlan’ in Pap