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October 6 Westheimer: COMPOSING A CONCEPTUAL PLATE A conceptual art exercise inspired by Casa de Cambios
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Tue, Oct 6, 2026
2:40 PM – 4:10 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Makerspace, Robinson Communication Center
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Westheimer session description:
If an experience, memory, or migration story could be served as a meal, what would you put on the table?
This interactive workshop looks at the experience of migration through the metaphor of a meal. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of movement (migration) based on their own personal experiences, family histories, or stories they have heard. Participants will work with artist Gil Rocha to express those experiences in the form of a “meal.” Through drawing, painting, photography, collage, printmaking, maps, postcards, letters, text or : sculpture, found objects, clothing, personal objects, handmade objects. Participants may also draw from poetry, literature, sound, music, recorded voices, video, smell, soil, plants, water, packaging, or actual food.
Facilitator/presenter bio:
Gil Rocha is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and community leader based in South Texas. Born in Laredo, TX, he currently serves as Board President of the Laredo Center for the Arts, where he collaborates with other community members to foster cultural engagement through exhibitions, workshops, and public programming. Over the past 25 years, Rocha has also contributed as an educator and panelist at various art institutions. Rocha’s artistic practice spans through painting, collage, sculpture, assemblage, installation, mixed media and writing. Grounded in rasquache aesthetics and the complex dualities of the U.S.-Mexico border, his work examines the act of crossing—physically, culturally, and psychologically—while challenging fixed notions of identity, place, and belonging. He earned his Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2006), a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio (1999), and educator certification from Texas A&M International University (2002).