Christian Guerra
Santa Monica, CA
Ask Me About: Competitive Selection Processes for Public Art Projects, Addressing Implicit Bias, Managing Historical Public Art Collections, Public Art Documentation, Public Art Collection Planning
Christian Guerra is graduate of The University of Texas, she was an Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (ICCAE) fellow and scholar, where she developed her passion in global perspective, human rights, advocacy, & cultural narrative. She interned at the Rubin Center of Contemporary Art working with artists such as Mark Bradford and youth artists from El Paso, Texas, and C.D. Juarez where she first experienced art as a powerful tool for dialogue and social change. She earned her Master's of Science in Library and Information Sciences, with a focus on Archives and Cultural Institutions from Simmons College; her research focused on social historical narrative reflected in publicly commissioned art. She oversaw the physical and intellectual care, custody, and maintenance of over 500 works of public art owned by the City of Boston for six years. She recently became a 2018 National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) Leadership Fellow.
She is now focusing on the City of Santa Monica's' Percent for Art (PFA) for both public and privet development, managing the City of Santa Monica’s’ public art and art bank collections, lead the Annenberg Community Beach House exhibition program, overseeing the temporary public art programs, and developing new initiatives. An important part of her role is to advocate on behalf of the collection for resources, act as the liaison to communities, works to safeguard artist’s rights, and prioritize cultural equity in relation to City’s public art program.
