Brown Genius

The Mestiza Project was created in the spring of 2017.  Artists who identity with Mestiza/o, LatinX, Latina/o, Chicana/o, XicanX, Indigenous, and mixed races and cultures were invited to co-create the Mestiza Project.  We did not know who would show up, what would unfold, or what the end result would be.  Writers, poets, musicians, drummers, and interested community members gathered for a day of improvisational readings, jam sessions, drum circles and collaborations. The Mestiza Project features Zay Rios, Ric Urrutia, Yuzo Nieto, Yaneis Autumn, Kimberly Ming, Yasmin Mercedes, Bianca Mikahn, Joshua Abeyta, Diego Florez, Molina Speaks, Sheree “lovemestiza Brown, and more.  The Project was recorded by Jesus Rodriguez and Sly “SG” Guevara, and produced by Rodney Sino-Cruz.The Mestiza Project - Denver was arranged by Molina Speaks to reflect a stream-of-consciousness journey through Mestiza/o time and space. 

Brown Genius hosts professors Santiago Guerra, Ph.D. and Karen Roybal, Ph.D. Both professors teach for the Department of Southwest Studies at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. Dr. Roybal and Dr. Guerra co-planned a Mestiza Futures Symposium with Molina Speaks and Sheree Brown in the fall of 2018. 

Afrofuturist, hip-hop artist and community educator Ill Se7en joins us to talk about the roots of culture, black and brown aesthetics, and constructs of race and color.  This discussion stretches across personal, intercultural, and cross-cultural dimensions. https://soundcloud.com/ill-seven