Marie Louise Trichet Gallery at Wisdom House invites the public to attend our Gallery Opening and Artist Talk as part of our Women Artists: Diverse Voices in 2021 series.

Three Latina Artists: Truth & Beauty

Presented by Rafaela Luna, Laura C. Vargas & Darlene Charneco

The Artist Talk begins at 3:30pm. Please arrive earlier to find your seat. This event is free and open to the public. We ask you register in advance to account for social distancing. Light refreshments will be provided.

Rafaela Luna is an artist born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and based in New York City. Luna graduated from The National School of Fine Art, the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, and attended City College in NYC. Her artwork explores the connection between the social environment and the human body as an object of stereotype.

Laura C Vargas: Born in 1990 in Bogota Colombia, Laura C. Vargas moved to Miami at the age of nine. She graduated in 2015 from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston with a dual degree in Fine Arts and International Relations. Her work deals with issues of femininity, politics in Latin America, Latino/a identity, and race, combining photographic and painting techniques. Recent shows includes Violence Transformed, Strategic plan 2025, and Erbaluce Mostra II. She lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia.

Darlene Charneco is a contemporary Latin-American artist whose  mixed-media mapping series looks at people, networks, homes, and communities as part of a larger organism’s growth stage. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States at venues including the Katonah Museum, the Hunterdon Museum, The Islip Art Museum, and the Parrish Art Museum and is featured in the recent book ‘The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography’ by Katherine Harmon.  She was awarded the 2017 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and her recent solo exhibition ‘FutureNurture’ was featured at PRAXIS Chelsea NYC this fall. Charneco lives and works on the East End of Long Island. She is also a part of the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection.