Spring 2022 Events
“Visualizing the Latinx Arts Scene in Upstate New York: A Conversation with Laudelina
Martínez and Armando Soto”
Monday, April 18, 4-5:30 pm, The Center (Case, 2nd floor)
Laudelina Martinez is the owner and director of Martinez Gallery, founded in 2001
in Troy, NY. She has curated more than 85 exhibitions for the Gallery and other venues
while conducting an ongoing public education program in the area of art and culture.
Her curatorial focus has been in presenting and advancing established and emerging
Latino artists.
Armando Soto was born in New York City and is a graduate of Pratt Institute NY. He
is a founding member of Taller Boricua and a collaborative member of the Action Alley
Project, which created a mural with the artworks of Troy area children with the color
and arrangement of the artist. For many years, he taught in lower Manhattan for a
community organization called Arts Resources for Teachers and Students that collaborated
with teachers in developing art projects within the school district.