Bio

Raquel de Anda is an independent curator and cultural producer raised on the US-Mexico border (Laredo, TX).  Since the Spring of 2022, she has helped co-design the Frontera Culture Fund, an initiative of the Mellon Foundation that directly supports the cultural and artistic life of Borderlands communities on both sides of the political border. The initiative has been shaped by a series of site visits and listening tours, ensuring that the experience of Borderlands artists and cultural leaders is front and center.

De Anda began her career as Associate Curator at Galería de la Raza, a contemporary Latino arts organization in San Francisco, CA (2003-2010).  Her work spans a variety of practices including curating exhibitions at museums, galleries, and alternative art spaces, producing film-based projects and public interventions, and supporting cultural organizing for mass mobilizations.

Recent exhibitions include Let’s Get Free: The Transformative Art and Activism of the People’s Paper Co-op (Philadelphia, PA), Like The Waters We Rise: Climate Justice in Print (New York, NY) Shattering the Concrete: Artists, Activists and Instigators (Project Row Houses, Houston, TX),  and overseeing creative production for the historic People’s Climate March (NYC), with hundreds of artists and 400,000 people participating.  

De Anda's work has received numerous awards, including the Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship as part of her work with the People's Climate Arts collective and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture's Transcultural Remittance Award.  Her work has been covered in media outlets including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Huffington Post, and the Washington Post.  De Anda received an MS in Design and Urban Ecologies at Parsons, School of Design, with a focus on integrating cultural equity in the field of arts and culture.  

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