In many ways, for me, the political and sociolinguistic risks of putting ASL on the walls of an art museum feel tempered by the power of the ekphrastic conceit.
Oropeza was named KOCO 5’s and Quail Creek Bank’s November Teacher of the Month. Sky 5 Pilot Chase Rutledge surprised Oropeza and spoke with him about being named the November Teacher of the Month.
The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.