Praxis

Artefactos is an initiative of Miguel Limon, Artist and Educator based in Chicago, native to the Southside. Image-making, decolonial educational practice, youth work, and community-based transformation are key values for this pursuit. As a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary entity, Artefactos seeks to engage the public through three main channels, (1) the Arts, (2) Education, and (3) Cultural Work. Pulling from various experiences in Administration and Education in Museums, Schools, Community Organizations, and Higher-education, bridging communities with resources and avenues for Liberation and a just society is the exigence for Artefactos.

Scope of Work

  • Values

    - Action

    - Visibility

    - Transformation

    Applications

    - Diverse Representations

    - Personal and Collective Healing

    - Memory and History

    - Latinx and Chicanx Imaginations

    - Environmental Justice

    - Celebration of Arts in Chicago

  • Values

    - Decolonization, Liberation, and Equity

    - Innovation

    Applications

    - Interdisciplinary Teaching

    - Youth Development and Agency through Critical Mentorship

    - Student Centered

    - Culturally relevant and responsive teaching

    - Trauma-Informed Teaching

    - Social Emotional Learning

    - Professional Development and Adult Education

    - Research-based practices

    - Place-based Learning, Supporting marginalized communities locally

    - Play

  • Values

    - Community Building + Needs

    - Cultural Preservation

    Application

    - Transformative and Restorative Justice Practices

    - Collective Meaning Making

    - Production and Archiving of material cultural by Black and Brown communities

    - Community Dialogues and Organization

FY23 Vision & Action

  • • Production and implementation of youth arts education programming

    • One-off partnerships and strategic opportunities for space activations and public programs

    • Personal Arts Practice

    • Education and mentorship research in Higher Education

    • Museums & community-based organization administration

    • Advisory and Professional development for humanities undergraduate students

  • - Develop project design identity

    - Expand on disciplinary dimensions

    - Curate/Produce place-based exhibitions or events

    - Exhibit work in 3-5 spaces

    - Finding and building an active art-making space

  • - Produce educational programming framework with alignments defined

    - Create and offer a la cart educational offerings for corporate/ institutional partners

    - Develop research project exploring arts education and cultural institutions

  • - Facilitate partnerships and strategic opportunities between artists, educators, and organizations, intended to support long-term goals

    - Develop and employ community-based programs relevant to public needs

    - Strengthen the identity of Artefactos Limon LLC

    - Develop an assessment and revision plan for Arts, Education, and Cultural work sectors

    - Identify and capture development and funding opportunities

Meet the Founder

Miguel is an artist native to Chicago’s southside. With perspectives on urban youth, Latindad, and environmental justice, notions of memory, trauma, and decoloniality are of valuable consideration for Miguel. His work in conceptual photography often includes the depictions of Latinx migrant narratives, Chicanx practices, mental illness, and heritage. To do so, he employs methods of portraiture, documentation, and contemporary archive, using imagery to address the dynamism of the Latinx/Xicanx experience. In producing these images, Miguel wishes to variegate the perception of Latinx communities and use his practice as a means for collective and personal healing.