Author: Claudia Pretelin

Claudia Pretelin is an art historian, independent curator, and art promoter based in Los Angeles, California. Her academic work has specialized in the field of photo history and contemporary art and it has been published in magazines such as Alquimia, Revista de Arte y Diseño, La Palabra y El Hombre, and Terremoto.

En mi casa – meet painter Daisy Velasco

Claudia Pretelin

Daisy VelascoEn Mi Casa September 6 -October 4, 2025 Blue Roof Residency7329 S. Broadway Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90003 This summer, Claudia Pretelin, founder and curator of Instruments of Memory, was invited by the Blue Roof residency to participate in an inspiring mentorship program designed to support artist-in-residence Daisy Velasco. Velasco, a talented first-generation Mexican-American painter, creates evocative works “that explore the intricate intersections of family, tradition, and psychological drama.” She describes her artistic process by saying, “In my narrative paintings, I draw from the emotions stirred by a chaotic…

MEMORIAS Y RESISTENCIAS | FOTOSEPTIEMBRE – MEXICO, 2024

Claudia Pretelin

Como parte de las actividades del Festival Fotoseptiembre 2024 organizado en México por el Centro de la Imagen, Instruments of Memory y el Museo de las Mujeres Costa Rica presenta MEMORIAS Y RESISTENCIAS: MUJERES | ARTISTAS| HISTORIAS AFROLATINAS Y CARIBEÑAS, un proyecto que reúne el trabajo curatorial de Claudia Mandel Katz (Argentina-Costa Rica), Claudia Pretelin (México-Estados Unidos) y Sussy Vargas Alvarado (Costa Rica). Esta muestra presentada con el apoyo del Centro Queretano de la Imagen incluye la obra de diecisiete autoras contemporáneas de más de diez países en Latinoamérica y…

CRAFTING MEMORIES: A CONVERSATION WITH HOLLY JERGER

Claudia Pretelin

Holly Jerger. Photo: Symrin Chawla *Special thanks to Sarah E. Webb for editing this interview For the past seventeen years, Holly Jerger has been the  Senior Exhibitions Curator at Craft Contemporary, founded as a museum to reveal the potential of craft to educate, captivate, provoke, and empower. Recently, she joined Cal State University, Northridge, as their new Art Galleries Director. In this interview, Jerger reflects on her first encounters with art, her time and collaborative work at Craft Contemporary, and her influences and ideas on memory.  As a curator, Holly…