Cal State Northridge Professor Named a National Latinx Artist Fellow

NORTHRIDGE, CA -- California State University, Northridge Central American and transborder studies professor Beatriz Cortez has been named a Latinx Artist Fellow by the U.S. Latinx Art Forum.

The honor came with a $50,000 award to support her work as an interdisciplinary artist and sculptor.

“It was unexpected,” Cortez told CSUN Today for an article published on the university's website. “When they told me I had been named a Latinx Artist Fellow, I was amazed. The money will allow me to make more art."

"I am in the company of people I have admired so much for so long — artists who have worked so hard to give visibility to Latinx people and their different cultural background. I am so honored,” she added.

The U.S. Latinx Art Forum was founded in 2015 to support the creation of a more equitable art world by championing artists and arts professionals dedicated to Latinx art through research, studio practice, pedagogy and writing.

Three years ago, the organization launched the Latinx Artist Fellowship to provide direct support to artists. Cortez is one of 15 members of the fellowship’s newest cohort.

She is the chair and a founding faculty member of CSUN’s Department of Central American and Transborder Studies, the only such program in the country, and teaches in the College of Humanities.

CSUN's full story about her can be read at https://csunshinetoday.csun.ed...