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A volar entre rocas

On an orange background, bold white sans-serif text outlined in black communicates exhibition details of name, artist, and opening/closing dates. Below the text, a landscape image features a wall comprised primarily of dark grey rocks. The dark grey rocks may be lava rocks, and intermingled among them are a few lighter rocks and numerous orange-brown bricks in a large concentric formation, outlining the arc created by intersecting windows at the top left of this wall image. There are some plants visible at bottom right. Moss appears behind green leaves that contain white striations throughout, which contrast starkly with the green.

Exhibition Title: A volar entre rocas

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A volar entre rocas is an intimate processing of self, relation to place, and migration. Aspects of memory and home are raised alongside questions about land, place, and power. Mariana Muñoz Gomez brings their two homes on opposite ends of Turtle Island into relation with one another through an engagement with the natural and social histories surrounding Tyndall stone and volcanic rock as vessels of time, embodiments of movement, witnesses to history, and links between distant places. A volar entre rocas compares and contrasts experiences and knowledge surrounding the artist’s two homes by exploring feelings derived from diaspora, including considerations of memory, movement, reaching, and belonging.

Mariana developed this body of work through what they describe as a diasporic introspection: noticing when experiences in one home reminded them of another; spending time with photographs, videos, memories; and researching their homeland on the internet.

This exhibition is supported by the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

About the artist:

Mariana Muñoz Gomez (they/them) is a Mexican artist, writer, and curator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Treaty 1 Territory. Their art practice is often lens-based, involving a variety of media including text, screen prints, video art, and photography. Their practice explores place, identity, and language, and how these topics intersect with coloniality, temporality, and relationality. Mariana has been involved with various Winnipeg collectives and they are currently a managing co-editor of Carnation Zine. They were longlisted for the New Generation Photography Award in 2023.

Visit Mariana’s website at www.marianamunoz.ca 

See below for associated programming, including an open call for a two-day workshop with paid honorarium for BIPOC, a gathering “Calling Creatives de las Américas and the Caribbean”, and an artist talk!

Open Call – Applications due Thursday, September 11, 2025, 9AM (PDT).

 

This graphic promotes an open call for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour) to apply to participate in a 2-day workshop ran by Mariana. There is a dark purple banner at top and a lighter lavender purple space at centre upon which informational text and logos appear, with two photos at bottom. Bold white text at top upon the dark purple banner states the title of the workshop, “Processing Relationships to Place with Mariana Muñoz Gomez.” Black text below appears on the light lavender background reading, “2-day workshop for BIPOC with $150 paid honorarium per participant! September 19 and 20, 2025 at the Aboriginal Gathering Place (AGP), 520 E 1st Ave, Vancouver. Apply and view more information at the link in our bio!” Below text are three logos in black representing the Manitoba Arts Council, The Aboriginal Gathering Place, and the Canada Council for the Arts. The photo at bottom left is of a snow covered landscape at sunset in which a series of small shrubs in a straight diagonal line lead to a bridge and a few high rise buildings in the background. There is a large metal rectangular object in the foreground at left and the clear sky at top is a gradient of orange to blue as the sun appears behind some trees at right. The photo at bottom right shows sunlight peeking through foliage comprised of small green leaves and bright pink flowers. There is a bright blue sky and electrical lines visible at top.

Processing Relationships to Place with Mariana Muñoz Gomez.

Friday, September 19 | 2 PM to 4 PM.

Saturday, September 20 | 12 PM to 1 PM.

At the Aboriginal Gathering Place located at 520 E 1st Ave, Vancouver / Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

2-DAY WORKSHOP OPEN CALL for BIPOC with paid honorarium,

Applications are now closed.

Participants will join Winnipeg-based artist Mariana Muñoz Gomez in practicing expressing their relationships to place through writing and drawing. A selection of texts, videos, and other artworks will be shared with participants to explore in advance of the workshop starting. During the workshop, these materials will be discussed together and prompts created and received for the purpose of creating writings and drawings, which may be done independently between workshop sessions.

This workshop is open to individuals identifying as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of colour. With the intention of facilitating this workshop as a collaborative learning space, each participant selected for this two-day workshop will be paid an honorarium of $150 CAD. Applications will be reviewed and participants selected by Mariana and Audrey Siegl, with the aims of sharing decision-making and de-centering a settler perspective. We extend our thanks to Musqueam artist and activist Audrey Siegl for her consulting and for providing an opening for this workshop. 

Please note that masks will be required and provided at the workshop however, attendees will be served refreshments and masks will be taken off occasionally.

AGP ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

The AGP is mobility device accessible. There is a ramp to the left of the main/front entrance of Emily Carr University. The front doors have large buttons that may be pressed to open the front entrance doors automatically. Once inside, there is open space to navigate freely with a mobility device, and the floor is flat, polished cement. Take the first right after entering via the front doors of Emily Carr University and continue straight. The AGP entrance is two large double doors and will appear at left, after the cafeteria area.

There are single-stall non-gendered bathrooms across from the cafeteria, one of which is mobility device accessible. There are two more mobility device accessible bathrooms in gendered washrooms next door to the AGP as well.

Do you have further questions or access needs? Please email Sydney at spascal@ecuad.ca.

A volar entre rocas and related programming are presented by grunt gallery and supported by the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. This event is presented in partnership with the Aboriginal Gathering Place, Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Events

Bold white sans-serif font outlined in a dark red-brown promotes Mariana’s artist talk with details of date, time, and location included in the caption of this post. At the very bottom is smaller text reading, “Presented with support from the” above a series of white logos including the Aboriginal Gathering Place, grunt gallery, the Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. The background is an orange wall brightly lit in a gallery space with a worn wood floor and white trim. On the gallery floor at bottom, are single Tyndall stones located at left, and right. They appear to have a warm beige colour. On the orange wall background at the right of centre frame, is a square image featuring a wall made up of dark grey stones with leafy plants including a pink flower There is a red-brown brick floor in the image’s background. This photo of Mariana Muñoz Gomez’s work was taken by Darren Rigo.]

Artist Talk with Mariana Muñoz Gomez.

Friday, September 19 | 12 PM to 1 PM.

Join us at the Aboriginal Gathering Place located on the main floor of Emily Carr University of Art and Design at 520 E 1st Ave! Please email Sydney at spascal@ecuad.ca. to coordinate access needs or ask questions.

 

A promotional graphic for a casual gathering at grunt gallery hosted by Mariana. A bold orange banner at top with white text states the event’s title, “Calling Creatives de las Américas and the Caribbean.” There is a small area of orange background at top and a large area of yellow below the orange banner. Black text appears on the yellow background outlining details of time and location included in the caption of this post with additional information reading, “You’re invited to a gathering at grunt gallery! No RSVP required. Snacks and great company provided. At bottom three logos appear. grunt gallery’s logo appears in white to the left of the Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts logo in black. At top right, an outline of the world map representation of South America, the Caribbean islands, and Central America including Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama appears in a brown colour.

Calling Creatives de las Américas + the Caribbean.

Wednesday, September 24 | 5 PM to 7 PM.

At grunt gallery. #116–350 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver.

Interested in questioning popular notions of “Latin America” and latinidad, this gathering is open to artists / creatives / arts-adjacent folks who identify as having roots in the regions known as Middle America/Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

This gathering will be a low-pressure opportunity to network around our creative practices and open conversations about identity and place. Questions Mariana is interested in chatting with you about include: 

💭 How do you identify?

💭 ¿Usas el término Abya Yala?

💭 Caribbean creatives, what is your relationship with the concept of “Latin America”?

¡Ahí nos vemos!

No RSVP is required. Please scroll to the bottom of our website to view our space’s accessibility information in the footer section and email access@grunt.ca with any further access questions or needs.

Please note that masks wil be required and provided however, attendees will be served refreshments and masks will be taken off occasionally.

A volar entre rocas and related programming are supported by the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Digitized Programming:

Creative access audio tour:

Coming soon

Site map:

A PDF containing art work titles and materials. Two tactile maps have been created and are available at grunt gallery. Information about the 2D and tactile maps are available within the Creative Access Audio Tour and were used as a reference tool for self-guided movement through the show. Contact archives@grunt.ca to learn more about the tactile map.

Virtual Walkthrough:

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