Alum Athena LaTocha's Work Featured in New York Times

Athena LaTocha stands outside in front of a green wall. She wears a denim jacket and a long black skirt, and her chin-length hair partially obscures the left side of her face as she looks off to the side

The artist Athena LaTocha in Downtown Brooklyn. Image courtesy of Sabrina Santiago for The New York Times

The artist Athena LaTocha in Downtown Brooklyn. Image courtesy of Sabrina Santiago for The New York Times

A recent New York Times article explores the artwork of Athena LaTocha (BFA 1992) and highlights her newest projects, a 55-foot long installation at the BRIC House titled In the Wake of…  and a companion piece showing in the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) Greater New York exhibit. Working with natural elements such as lead, wood, and earth, LaTocha’s latest projects feature soil from Green-Wood Cemetery and imprints of Manhattan schist bedrock striated by glaciers, and she speaks about her deep dive into what shapes the terrain of New York City.

“I see what humans are doing,” LaTocha tells the Times. She’s determined to delve into “the history of New York, of the Lenape, and going back to pre-human times.”

Read more about LaTocha’s work and process here.

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