Selected Press
2020
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Artfix Daily News
Crystal Bridges Announces $17.5M Gift from Windgate Foundation to Champion American Craft (November 11, 2020) Read the Full Article |
2019
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Courtney Lindwall, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), onEarth
Weaving Beauty into the Borderlands (September 16, 2019) Read the Full Article |
2017
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KPCC Public Radio, Los Angeles, CA.
Why this professional artist enlisted the help of public school students instead of gallery assistants (December 4, 2017) Coverage of student collaboration for Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Latino Artists, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CA. Read the Full Article |
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National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
NALAC Master Artist Grant (March 08, 2017) Consuelo is honored to be a 2016 recipient of a NALAC Master Artist Grant, to fund mentorship of LA artist, Sheila Rodriguez, in the creation of collaborative new work for Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Latino Artists, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood at Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CA in partnership with Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty initiative. Read the Full Article |
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El Observador
Need and Thread, the art of Consuelo Jimenez Underwood (April 21, 2017) An artist that uses needlework to express the plight of people and earth. Read the Full Article |
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2016
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The Washington Post
These stories of displaced families are told in fabric, needle and thread (August 4, 2016) Read the Full Article |
2015
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Syracuse.com
Immigration and border politics through the eye of a weaver (November 17, 2015) All of Underwood's work is visually engaging and conceptually compelling, which makes it easier to begin a conversation on the topic of border control. "If I can remove the anger and hatred when it comes to this nationalist view of the border, then I am winning," Underwood said. Read the Full Article |
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Reno Gazette-Journal
Artists moving beyond the borders of tradition (March 26, 2015) Read the Full Article |
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Reno News and Review
Mother lands: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood (March 5, 2015) From a distance, her art is a thing of beauty. But under the surface, the artist's murals, quilts and woven rebozos belie the cultural agitation and environmental consequences that come with imposed borders. Read the Full Article |
