Founders
The Team
Jenelle Esparza is a multidisciplinary artist and fifth-generation Tejana, born in the coastal city of Corpus Christi, TX. Esparza received the 2024 U.S. Latinx Art Forum Fellowship and has exhibited nationally at institutions such as The DePaul Art Museum in Chicago, IL, and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR. In 2023, Esparza participated in the Fountainhead Residency in Miami, FL, and in 2018, she was selected from the Texas open call for the summer Artpace International-Artist-Residence Program. She has also received numerous honors, including the 2015 NALAC Artist Grant. Esparza’s artwork was recently acquired and included in the permanent collection of the San Antonio Museum of Art. In addition, Esparza is the Head of the Education Department at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.
Rigoberto Luna is an independent curator from San Antonio, TX, dedicated to championing Latinx artists across Texas. Luna has curated numerous exhibitions, notably serving as Curatorial Assistant and Exhibitions Coordinator for the 2021 Texas Biennial. He has participated as a guest juror or panelist for distinguished organizations across Texas, such as the Rockport Center for the Arts, K Space Contemporary, Art League Houston, Houston Arts Alliance, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures. In 2023, Luna launched the traveling exhibition Soy de Tejas: A Statewide Survey of Latinx Art at Centro de Artes in San Antonio. He co-organized John Guzman: Flesh and Bone at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston and the traveling group exhibition Son de Allá y Son de Acá at Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA. In 2024, Luna curated José Villalobos: Diseñando Masculinidades at ArtYard in Frenchtown, NJ. His upcoming project, Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands, is slated to open in July 2025 at the Tucson Art Museum.