Photo credit: Sean Carroll
Alexis Rosa Caldero
Craft Research Fund—Artist Fellowship
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2023
Grant Recipient
Alexis Rosa Caldero is a first generation Ecuadorian-American and Puerto Rican disentangling from the inherited experience of forced assimilation. Informed by experience with wood, education, and art direction, Caldero’s craft strives to evoke beauty, unearth story, and build connection. Their research, titled “Beyond Ergonomics: Furnishing Healing,” asks what studio furniture can learn from anti-racist, fat positive, body-centered activism. It proposes a hands-on analysis of how everyday furniture can play a role in one’s healing journey through somatic study and community building.
Location
Dearborn, MI
EDUCATION
MEDIUM
MATERIAL EXPLORATION
Grant amount
$10,000
Selected works
Alexis Rosa Caldero. Photo credit Sean Carroll
Chair prototyping. Photo credit Sean Carroll
Chair prototyping. Photo credit Sean Carroll
Chair prototyping. Photo credit Sean Carroll
Benchtop, works in progress. Photo credit Sean Carroll
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