Reyes Ramirez in Residence April 2024

We are pleased to announce Reyes Ramirez as our April 2024 Speculative Play and Just Futurities resident scholar.

During his residency, Reyes intends to expand his latest curatorial project, The Houston Artist Speaks Through Grids. This project explores the use of grids in contemporary Houston art, literature, history, and politics through a virtual exhibition, incorporating methods for outreach beyond traditional exhibition models. Reyes is preparing a series of essays on the ways Houston artists use the grid, working to understand the history, effects, and futures of the urban landscape in relation to urban planning, gentrification, and institutional racism. A virtual exhibition of works currently included in the project can be viewed at www.thastg.com. 

About Reyes Ramirez

Reyes Ramirez (he/him) is a Houstonian organizer, educator, curator, and writer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. He authored the short story collection, The Book of Wanderers (2022), a 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist from University of Arizona Press’s Camino del Sol series. He is also the author of the poetry collection, El Rey of Gold Teeth (2023) from Hub City Press. Reyes has been honored as a 2020 CantoMundo Fellow, 2021 Interchange Artist Grant Fellow, 2022 Crosstown Arts Writer in Residence, 2023 Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow, and 2023 Dobie Paisano Fellow. He has been awarded grants from the Houston Arts Alliance, Poets & Writers, and The Warhol Foundation’s Idea Fund.  A virtual exhibition of works currently included in the project can be viewed at www.thastg.com. 

Speculative Play and Just Futurities is made possible through the generous support of the Mellon Foundation. SPJF is a collaboration between the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute, the Center for Africana Studies and Culture, and the Ray Bradbury Center. Learn more about the program here.