Clarissa Tossin works with moving-image, sculpture and installation to propose alternative narratives for places defined by histories of colonization. She is the fall quarter visiting professor in The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies.

In her film Before the Volcanoes Sing, Clarissa Tossin traces the movement of Maya people and culture across multiple spaces and temporalities. Commissioned by EMPAC in 2019 and developed through a series of on-site and remote residencies, Before the Volcanoes Sing centers on the capacity of Maya cultural belongings, and wind instruments in particular, to give voice to Indigenous systems of knowledge.

During fall quarter 2024, Tossin will teach the undergraduate course, ART190, and the graduate seminar, ART 290D. ART 190 meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1–4 p.m.

Film screening, Before the Volcanoes Sing: Monday, Oct. 7 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., Cruess Hall, Room 1002. Doors open at 5:00.

Organized by The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program.