The Latinx Library: Reimagining the Collection

Mayela Rodriguez

This exhibition showcases a growing collection of cartonera-style "Latinx Readers" made by the University of Michigan's Latinx community. Responding to the lack of a clearly defined Latinx studies collection in the library system, the mobile library is housed within the high-traffic lobby of Shapiro Library on Central Campus.

As part of this exhibition, the artist is leading several cartonera-making workshops. Full details can be found here:

• The Latinx Library: Cartonera-making Workshops / Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
• The Latinx Library: Cartonera-making Workshops / Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
• The Latinx Library: Cartonera-making Workshops / Thursday, March 21, 2019, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
• The Latinx Library: Cartonera-making Workshops / Thursday, April 4, 2019, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
• The Latinx Library: Cartonera-making Workshops / Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Image: Cartonera-style Latinx Readers featured in the Latinx Library. Courtesy of Mayela Rodriguez.

Website: Mayela Rodriguez

On view at Shapiro Undergraduate Library (First Floor Lobby)

This work is featured as part of Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library, an exhibition of site-specific installations, performances, interventions, and events in U-M libraries, curated by Stamps Dean Guna Nadarajan in partnership with the University of Michigan Library.