An Interview with Libertad O. Guerra

Activist Estates (installation detail) commissioned by Libertad O. Guerra as the last exhibit she produced at the Loisaida Center; curated by Nandini Bagshee, 2018.

Libertad O. Guerra is an urban anthropologist, curator, and cultural organizer/producer. Her work has taken place in a range of geographic, social, and urban contexts, including Puerto Rico, Canada, Berlin, and in New York City, from neighborhoods in the Bronx to the Lower East Side (LES) where she has recently taken on the position as Executive Director of The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Education Center (The Clemente) after serving as the Director and Chief Curator at the Loisaida Center since 2014. 

Alva Mooses reached out to Libertad to discuss her long commitment to such critical cultural centers, the opportunities she envisions for Latinx artists with her new role at The Clemente, and the ways in which this all relates to her larger trajectory. 

The bulk of this interview for Latinx Spaces was conducted a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was updated on 3/30/2020 to more closely reflect the present critical moment.

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