Lunch-time conversation with Pedro Alonzo. Reservations encouraged but not required. An independent curator based in Boston, Massachusetts, Alonzo has organized numerous exhibitions of contemporary art and culture. These include Viva la Revolución: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape (2010) at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Dr. Lakra (2010) at the ICA/Boston; and Generations UsA (2007) at the Pinchuk Arte Centre in Kiev, Ukraine. He co-curated Spank the Monkey (2006) at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England and Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand (2009) at the ICA/Boston. Alonzo has developed projects and organized exhibitions with many artists including Miguel Calderon, Quisqueya Enriquez, Rineke Dijkstra, FAILE, Rivane Neuenschwander, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Paula Santiago, Dan Graham and Marcos Ramirez “Erre”. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the Instituto Technologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico in 1995. This event will take place in the upper lobby of the Carling-Sorenson Theater. Attendees are encouraged to take advantage of the free parking in nearby Trim lot.