Featuring the artworks of six Latine artists, La voz que clama del desiertois Latinx Arts Network’s first visual art exhibition of 2026. Hailing from St. Louis, Kansas City, and Chicago, the featured voces (voices) represent a sample of the artists’ practices and experiences in an increasingly hostile United States. Some of these “voices” are resounding with grief and condemnation as read in the plaintive poses beneath the earth of la frontera (the border) in Garcia Cruz’s Imaginary Borders: The Cost of the American Dream. Other voices are soft in contemplation and stillness as in Winona Muñoz’s Of the Fruit. Hilsaca’s El Cadejoevokes Latin American legends of the opposing lupine duo that either protect travelers or stalk and devour them. Rea’s photographs, in turn, spotlight moments of joy and revelry around some of the queer havens for latinos in the Chicago area. Finally, both Chávez and Estrada’s prints take a more prophetic tone, either encouraging steadfastness among la gente (the people) or extolling the means of salvation for humanity in general through mutual aid and socializing resources. Whether placid or apocalyptic, each artwork in La voz que clama del desiertoasserts a message worth heeding.
Featuring artists
La voz que clama del desiertois organized for Latinx Arts Network by Miriam Ruiz and Vivian Garcia Cruz.
The mission of Latinx Arts Network (LXAN) is to support Latino/a/e/x creatives and their communities while promoting Latinx arts and culture in the St. Louis region.
This exhibition is generously supported by The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis.
