Artist-In-Residence – Paula Lovo hosts Tardeadas

A Familiar Place is an exploration of the spaces we find intimate and joyful. It can be a friend’s backyard, your grandma’s kitchen, a placita, and cinema at the same time. It’s a place to gather in conversation and learn from one another. Inspired by my own internal research on shared experiences, family origins, and how to preserve the different characters that make up a community, A familiar place is a spot where you can feel at home. With music, dance, film, and collaboration- there is an opportunity for all to find joy in the bitter winter.

A Familiar Place es una exploración de los espacios íntimos y alegres que encontramos. Puede ser en el patio de un amigo, la cocina de tu abuelita, en una placita y el cine al mismo tiempo. Es un lugar para reunirse, conversar y al mismo tiempo aprender unos de los otros. Inspirándome en mi propia reflexión interna sobre mis experiencias compartidas, orígenes familiares y cómo preservar los diferentes personajes que componen una comunidad, un lugar familiar es un lugar donde puedes sentirte como en casa. Con música, danza, cine, y colaboración, existe una oportunidad para que todos encuentren alegria en el duro invierno.

Paula Lovo is an artist, educator, and film programmer from the Southside of Milwaukee.

Her work delves into intergenerational relationships and all its complexities, spaces that create community and those who build it, folklore, and memories. She primarily works in writing and film/video to capture her stories and is inspired heavily by the women in her family. Working towards creating accessible art spaces, she helps program low-cost, all-ages, multilingual film programming.Paula invites both English and Spanish speakers into the process of co-creating art with her during the three-month residency program.

As part of her residency, Lovo will create work in the Arts @ Large gallery and share her process with local students during field trips and with the general public during Master Classes and a Community Conversation. Details of the public programs will be announced on the Arts @ Large website and social media in the coming weeks.