Guillermo Gómez-Peña, a performance artist, writer and MacArthur fellow, is artistic director of San Francisco-based Pocha Nostra, a multidisciplinary arts organization for artists exploring issues of globalization, immigration, intercultural identity, border culture, the politics of language and new technologies.
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Culture
An Open Letter from an Artist to a Mexican Crime Cartel Boss
Globalization has gone wrong in Mexico.
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
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Culture
Disclaimer
Notes on the death of the American artist
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
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Culture
Radical Changes
Guillermo Gómez-Peña