Place-Keepers: Boricua Community Led Muralism

Moderated by Jessica Lopez Lyman, this panel features muralists Olivia Levins Holden and Colectivo Moriviví, and highlights how artivism—a combination of art and activism, solidarity movements, and mural traditions rooted in Chicanx feminism—is essential to how they work in community. Co-sponsored by the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota. This event is part of the related programming for the exhibition, Vaivén: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora, on view from September 9 – December 6, 2025 at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis.

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Left: Colectivo Moriviví, 1ro de mayo de 2018(May Day 2018) (detail), 2018. Latex and acrylic on wood panel, 8 × 40 ft. (2.4 × 12.1 m). Commissioned by Borinken ¡Me Llama! Public Art Festival and Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Chicago. Located at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, Illinois. Image Credit: Raysa Raquel Rodríguez García. Courtesy of Colectivo Moriviví.

Right: Olivia Levins Holden in collaboration with James Autio, Samie Johnson, Magdalena Kaluza, Katrina Knutson, Camila Leiva, Chaka Mkali, Juliette Myers, Nell Pierce, Crystal Price, Simone Rendon, Claudia Valentino, Mattie Weiss, and Missy Whiteman, Defend, Grow, Nurture Phillips (detail), 2019. Acrylic on Polytab and stucco, 36 × 100 ft. (10.9 × 30.4 m.) (approx.). Located at 1035 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. A project of Hope Community’s Power of Vision Mural Project with Project for Pride in Living and Minneapolis Institute of Art. Image Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art. Courtesy of Olivia Levins Holden.