Venue

: The Wyncote NW Forum
: 1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.)
Seattle, 98101 United States + Google Map

Organizer

: University of Washington Office of Public Lectures
Phone: (206) 543-5900
Email: lectures@uw.edu
: View Organizer Website

Note: A livestream will be available for this event.

Presented by the University of Washington Office of Public Lectures. For questions about this event, please contact lectures@uw.edu.

Martha Gonzalez sits and poses in front of a black background, wearing a black turtleneck and a colorful patterned skirt.

Rentals

UW Public Lectures welcomes back UW alumna Dr. Martha Gonzalez, a Chicana artivista, musician, feminist music theorist, and Associate Professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College. The event will offer a lyrical journey through her creative ideas and reflections on art as activism.

Dr. Martha Gonzalez is a Chicana artivista (artist/activist) musician, feminist music theorist, and Associate Professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College. Born and raised in Boyle Heights, Dr. Gonzalez has received various fellowships including a Fulbright Garcia-Robles, Ford Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson, USA Fellowship as well as the MacArthur Fellowship. Her academic interests have been fueled by her own musicianship as a singer/songwriter and percussionist for the Grammy Award-winning band Quetzal.

Most recently, Dr. Gonzalez’s tarima (stomp box) and zapateado dance shoes were acquired by the National Museum of American History and are on permanent display in the “One Nation Many Voices” exhibit. Her first manuscript, Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles was published by the University of Texas Press in 2020 and was recently translated into Spanish language by Interpec.

Sponsoring Departments: The Graduate School, Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, The College of Arts and Sciences, Simpson Center for the Humanities, School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology