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Adriana Katzew is an artist, teacher, and scholar. Her photography-based art practice reveals her deep interest in social documentary, history, and marginalized voices. Her work strives to unearth stories and memories of people, moments and places, addressing societal conditions and issues of social justice. Through her images she captures an often voiceless segment of society, and seeks to uncover the individual narratives and humanity of each subject. Adriana is Professor of Art Education at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Adriana’s teaching and research focus on community engagement, social justice, and Latinx activism through the visual arts. Adriana’s research also focuses on arts-based approaches to interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

Industry Experience

Selected Exhibitions:

• 2022 – A New World / Un Nuevo Mundo, Gorse Mills Gallery. Solo exhibition
• 2017 – Selections, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• 2013 – Community Table: Building Relationships through Art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• 2010 – Selections, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• 2008 – Y Se Repite, En Foco New Works Photography Awards Winners, El Taller Boricua Galleries, New York, NY
• 2007 – Passport to Paradise? Cuidado: Border Crossings, University of Vermont

Selected publications, Presentations & Media:

• 2022 – Unearthing Stories of Immigration Through a Creative Lens. Keynote Speaker, Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference.
• 2021 – Narrating Belonging: The Art of Memory. Artist Talk. Brandeis HBI Project on Latin American Jewish & Gender Studies.
• 2016 – Katzew, A. & Archambault, A. (2016). “Approaching Interdisciplinarity in a School of Art and Design.” In J. Hoffmann Davis (Ed.) Discourse and Disjuncture: The Arts in Higher Education
• 2015 – Balliro, B. & Katzew, A. (2015). “Awakening Presence In Art Teacher Training.” Visual Arts Research, 41 (1), 84-95
• 2013 – Katzew, A. (2013). “The Barrio Mobile Art Studio: The History of an Art Education Programme for Chicana/os and Mexican Immigrants in Los Angeles.” Visual Inquiry, 2 (3), 247-261
• 2011 – Katzew, A. & De Katzew, L. (2011). “Visual Culture and Art in Activism.” In M. Berta-Avila, J. López Figueroa & A. Tijerina Revilla (Eds.), Marching Students: Chicana and Chicano Activism in Education, 1968 to the Present. University of Nevada Press

Awards, Recognitions, Honors:

• 2022 – Unearthing Stories of Immigration Through a Creative Lens. Keynote Speaker, Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference.
• 2020-21 – Community Creative Fellowship (Inaugural Fellow)
• 2016 – Texas Jewish Historical Society Grant
• 2015 – MassArt Faculty Foundation Fellowship