MEET SHELLYNE RODRIGUEZ
“I am an educator. I am an organizer. Which is to say I am interested in thinking alongside and sharing knowledge with those I engage with. That I am an artist is just part of it.”
Location: Bronx, New York
Disciplines: Drawing, Sculpture/installation, Zines/book arts
Shellyne Rodriguez is an artist, educator, writer, and community organizer based in the Bronx. Her practice utilizes text, drawing, painting, collage and sculpture to depict spaces and subjects engaged in strategies of survival against erasure and subjugation.
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What interests you about mentoring?
“I am an educator. I am an organizer. Which is to say I am interested in thinking alongside and sharing knowledge with those I engage with. That I am an artist is just part of it. I am down to meet this moment with a person engaged in thinking alongside others and in how that informs one's practice.”
Given your experience and interests, what kind of emerging artist do you feel best positioned to support?
“Someone who is skeptical of the art world. Career networkers need not apply.”
Is there something we didn’t ask that you would like prospective applicants to know?
“I propose a question: What does it mean for you to be an artist at this moment in time?”
This Mentor is open to working with Fellows either remotely or in-person!