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Rigoberto Gonzalez and the Politics of Painting Migration

Season 4 Episode 11 | 23m 37s

In 2019, artist Rigoberto Gonzalez painted a large-scale painting depicting immigrants crossing the border in south Texas. That painting grew popular, won an award, traveled the world, even got to hang in the Smithsonian. Now, he couldn’t show his work there if he tried. His work was singled out by the White House as an example of artworks and exhibitions deemed “objectionable” or “divisive.”

Aired: 10/21/25
Sponsored in part by the Rutland Regional Medical Center and the Vermont Arts Council
Extras
Using his voice, platform, and power to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community with courage and clarity,
The great responsibility that comes with telling our ancestors’ stories truthfully — flaws and all.
What it means to command a space long dominated by white men.
Margaret Cho is back on tour with her bold, unapologetic take on the state of society.
The Vermont Public CEO on public media funding cuts and the future.
A conversation with sexologist Tyomi Morgan in front of a live audience
A long-overdue conversation about the intersectionality of racism, aging and menopause.
Losses and heartbreak led a theatre director to uprooting his home, his craft and his identity.
Joseph as a person and to dig into questions about his life, his views on mental health treatment.
The crushing anxiety of a Haitian American and being Black in America with a child on the way.
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