Department of Art and College of Creative Studies lecturer Kim Garcia explores family history, migration, and the preservation of memory through her sculptural practice, connecting her research directly to her UCSB classroom.
How can art preserve what begins to fade? For Kim Garcia, a lecturer in the Department of Art and the College of Creative Studies, this question is central to her work. In her new exhibition, "Tender Material," she transforms personal narratives of migration and family history into layered resin sculptures that she describes as "a kind of fossil." This deeply personal research directly informs her teaching at UCSB. "A lot of my teaching is about developing what an archive means to each student," Garcia explains. "We talk about memory, collaboration and creating spaces for stories that might otherwise be overlooked."
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