Creative Conversations: Mark Menjívar in conversation with Chelsea Jones

FotoFest Biennial 2024 artist Mark Menjívar joins FotoFest Learning Program director Chelsea Jones for a conversation focused on “Looking Up (Voices from Jack Yates High School)” (2023), Menjívar’s new site-specific work created in collaboration with FotoFest’s Learning Program and students from Houston’s Jack Yates High School. Exhibited at George Bush International Airport Terminal E, Menjívar’s work is presented as an assemblage of large-scale images captured by Jack Yates High School students. Overlaying each of the images is a text penned by students responding to the question “What kind of school do you want to attend?” using the prompt “I am for a school that . . .” The responses range from a vision for schools that prioritize cleanliness and safety to schools that make space for empathy and understanding.