Internationally renowned artists create paintings, beadwork, photographs, films and more to reveal the complex relationships in their personal lives and the cultures they move between.

Four contemporary artists look inside and outside their immediate circles…

A group of acclaimed contemporary artists use history, science, and politics…

Four contemporary artists breathe new life into some of humanity’s oldest artforms…

Finding inspiration outside the studio, a group of acclaimed contemporary artists use history, science, and politics as the raw material to create potent sculptures, paintings, drawings, and public works.

Art in the Twenty-First Century Borderlands tells how contemporary art can challenge preconceived notions of the U.S.-Mexico border. The program features artists who see the border as an open wound, theatrical stage, political podium, studio and contradictory landscape that features both ugliness and beauty.