About the Author

Ann Murdy is a photographer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA, the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, IL, the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica, CA, and Museo Chicano in Phoenix, AZ , among others.

About the Contributors

Denise Chávez is a performance artist, novelist, and teacher whose work celebrates the border corridor of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and northern Mexico. Her novel, Face of an Angel (1994), won the American Book Award, and her book, The King and Queen of Comezón (2014), won the 2015 International Latino Book Award and New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for fiction.

Cesáreo Moreno has been the visual arts director of the National Museum of Mexican Art since 1995 and was named the museum's first full-time curator in 2004. Moreno has conducted research on the Mexican holdings of museums throughout Mexico and the U.S. He has curated and/or coordinated numerous exhibitions and served as a juror and panelist for numerous groups including the National Endowment for the Humanities, Illinois Arts Council, and Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.