ASU Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series: Cara Romero

Cara Romero (b. 1977, Inglewood, CA) is a contemporary fine art photographer. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX. Romero’s identity informs her photography, a blend of fine art and editorial photography, shaped by years of study and a visceral approach to representing Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory, collective history, and lived experiences from a Native American female perspective. Maintaining a studio in Santa Fe, NM, Romero regularly participates in Native American art fairs and panel discussions and was featured in PBS’ Craft in America (2019). Her award-winning work is included in many public and private collections internationally. Married with three children, she travels between Santa Fe and the Chemehuevi Valley Indian Reservation, where she maintains close ties to her tribal community and ancestral homelands. Romero will discuss her photography and ideas regarding Indigenization, embodying notions of reciprocity, kinship, and Indigenous worldviews. This lecture is presented in collaboration with the ASU-LACMA Master's Fellowship program and their Navigating Change in Museums lecture series, JEDI, and it is co-sponsored by The Humanities. This lecture will be both in-person and via Zoom. Moderator ASU-LACMA Master's Fellow and Assistant Curator Heard Museum Velma Kee Craig. Follow this link for Zoom or to learn more about the artist https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/visiting-artist-and-scholar-lecture-series-cara-romero