“Working from Home features new commissions from five artists––Miguel Fernández de Castro, Nazafarin Lotfi, Mark McKnight, Nicole Miller, and Rocki Swiderski––and two poets––Dot Devota and Raquel Gutiérrez––who are all connected to Tucson and the surrounding bi-national region. Each contributor has a unique perspective on this moment of pandemic and protest as well as on the local landscape by virtue of currently or recently living, working, or quarantining in the area. The premise of the exhibition is centered on directly supporting the creation of new objects and ideas as well as underscoring the essential work artists and poets perform, especially during moments of social and cultural crisis.

Altogether, the diverse works in the show speak to the present in profound and varied ways. While the exhibition is not explicitly thematic, there are many overlapping strategies, subjects, and ideas present in the artworks––forming an organic network of interconnection and meaning. New work produced by these notable artists, in this particular time and place, creates a rich ground for viewers to contemplate the many complex issues that mark our moment.

Working from Home is organized by MOCA Interim Director and Curator Laura Copelin with support from Wylwyn Reyes, Morah Riedl, and Wesley Creigh.”

MoCA Tucson