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Finding Your Voice: Art, Ancestry, & Divine Timing
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Your Art Is A Spell
Season 1 Episode 7
Join host Edgar Fabián Frías for an inspiring conversation with Eva Aguila, a Mexican-American interdisciplinary artist and co-founder of Coaxial Arts Foundation. In this episode, Eva shares her journey from hiding her artistic passions from her immigrant parents to creating a groundbreaking nonprofit space for experimental artists in Los Angeles.
Eva discusses her transformation from supporting other artists to reclaiming her own creative practice, the challenges of running a DIY arts organization, and her upcoming solo exhibition "Vino de Sangre" at the Vincent Price Art Museum (opening April 26, 2025). Discover how ancestral connections, divine timing, and overcoming fear have shaped Eva's path as she explores the 500-year history of colonization through the lens of wine production.
This conversation delves into finding your authentic voice, recognizing spiritual guidance, and creating art as an act of resistance. Eva's story inspires us to honor our true calling, even when faced with cultural expectations, burnout, and self-doubt.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction to Eva Aguila
3:42 Eva's journey and relationship with art
7:15 Creating Coaxial Arts Foundation
12:30 From DIY to institutional funding
17:45 Dealing with burnout in arts organizing
22:10 Transitioning to personal art practice
26:30 Graduate school experience as an older student
31:45 Upcoming exhibition "Vino de Sangre"
38:20 Researching 500 years of colonization history
42:50 Exhibition details and art mediums
48:15 Closing thoughts and how to connect
To learn more about Eva:
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Learn more about Eva's upcoming solo exhibition opening on 4/26/2025 at VPAM Arts in East Los Angeles:
https://vincentpriceartmuseum.org/exhibitions-vino-de-sangre.html
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