Conversations about the border and migration often focus on violence, militarization, and human and drug trafficking.
That’s truer than ever as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office and uncertainty abounds over how his administration’s decisions will affect migrant and border communities.
As words swirl, artists on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are expressing their views with paint, photography, theater, music and poetry.
As part of her master’s thesis, University of Arizona journalism student Kendal Blust profiled four art activists who use their creativity to tell more nuanced stories about the border.
These women are taking action through their art, countering divisive and simplistic narratives with their own stories of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and migration.
Read about them and their work on Pages C4-5.
