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What does it mean to slow down to connect, with ourselves and each other? What does it mean to allow vulnerability to breathe as our superpower and not our weakness?

What does it mean to belong within the body, soul, community, and the valleys of Earth? This quest has been a process of slowing down and space to fully acknowledge the importance of healing the body, mind, and soul, meanwhile, it is a process and things take time. In collaboration and conversation with Leda Muhana and David Iannitelli from Moviemento Group, we will be sharing our ways of navigating the world, which continue to encourage and empower our healing journeys as we seek to live an inspired life. 

We will begin by connecting and exchanging deep dialogue to build a space of collective trust and respect. Then we will move to create intimate objects/amulets with earth’s minerals. For me, it’s all in the feeling when my hands grasp the clay. My mind goes blank, and my fingers get their own brain translating thoughts into things that be heard and felt. 

To further connect with our body, mind, and soul, we will transition to Em(bodied) led by Leda and David. In which we will be exploring diverse sources, types, and forms of movement. Through movement, we can amplify and enrich our self-awareness and create new dimensions of embodiment. This can have implications for well-being and art making.

When life is moving so fast, I hope this project can be a place of reflection and connection. A space where we can just show up and be our authentic and unapologetic selves. A space where we can get to know others and find that we have things that connect the beating hearts. We will be connecting while letting our inner child be free and cared for. Throughout the event, I will be sharing works that reflect how I use art-making to process the world and find ways of healing. So please enjoy this time that you allowed yourself to show up for.

Alejandra Cuadra embraces clay, wood, mixed media, and her proud Latina sensibility as she weaves, braids, and knots together her history—what was, what is, and what is to come. Feeling neither from here nor there, Cuadra seeks to reconnect to her roots in Peru. She threads together meditations on identity, displacement, traditions, belonging, and a desire for freedom. Her installations reflect her quest—what it means to belong within the body, soul, community, and the rooted valleys on earth. Through her works, she seeks to create a space where we can hear and feel aspects of the human heart that connect us all.

Cuadra holds a BFA in sculpture with a minor in public engagement from Maine College of Art & Design, where she was a Warren Public Engagement Fellow and received a Pillars Student Award. She also holds an associate degree from Cape Cod Community College. Transplanted from her homeland of Peru, she can never forget where she came from and she works to reclaim her sense of belonging in the U.S. Cuadra has attended residencies at Yale Norfolk School of Art, Monson Arts, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, and Ellis Beauregard Foundation. She is continuing her creative path honoring her apprenticeship with Steve Kemp and Matthew Kemp while being a part of Mudflat’s Technical Education Program. She currently lives and is finding roots in the Greater Boston community.

At Cross roads, Sitting on Uncertainty, Redefining Identity (2018)

Como canta los Ríos de la Luna. Aluminum, Uprooted roots, wire, sentiments of belonging.