Selected Work

Explore projects that reflect the range of our teaching, curatorial practice, cultural programming, and community collaborations.

Art Across Dimensions: Latin American Women Artists in Resistance

Curator | Princeton Public Library | 2025

An exhibition highlighting Latin American women artists and artistic responses to identity, heritage, and resistance.

Princeton Young Achievers Student Exhibitions

Curator & Teaching Artist | Arts Council of Princeton / Princeton Young Achievers

Annual exhibitions presenting students' creative exploration of family, identity, cultural heritage, and belonging, including Alas y Raíces.

Student paintings and monarch butterflies on a gallery wall

LIBRE

Teaching Artist & Collaborative Installation | Princeton Young Achievers / Princeton Public Library | 2018

A student-created monarch butterfly installation exploring migration and cultural heritage.

Princeton Piano Project: Life and Culture

Collaborative Artists: Verónica Olivares-Weber & Oscar Torres-Reyna

A public piano design inspired by Mexican heritage and Día de Muertos, created through the Arts Council of Princeton's Piano Project.

Día de Muertos Installations

Installation Artist & Cultural Program Collaborator

Original and collaborative ofrendas developed for cultural celebrations, exhibitions, and community settings.

Ofrenda installation

Museum & University Workshops

Guest Artist & Workshop Developer

Artmaking experiences that connect artistic techniques with museum collections, exhibitions, cultural history, and interpretation.

A workshop at the Lewis Center for the Arts

Festival Cultural Latino

Founder & Organizer | Established 2014

An annual celebration connecting performers, artisans, families, and community partners through Latin American arts and culture.

Danzantes at the Festival Cultural Latino

What students and Verónica have made

Winged jaguar alebrije
Winged jaguar alebrije
Ofrenda for Día de los Muertos
Ofrenda for Día de los Muertos
Sugar skulls drying after a workshop
Sugar skulls drying after a workshop
A freshly made sugar skull
A freshly made sugar skull
Sugar Skull Workshop, Princeton University
Sugar Skull Workshop, Princeton University
Building a giant piñata
Building a giant piñata
Monarch butterfly, repujado
Monarch butterfly, repujado
Danzantes at the Festival Cultural Latino
Danzantes at the Festival Cultural Latino
Clay vase with flowers
Clay vase with flowers
Dragon alebrije
Dragon alebrije
Verónica with cempasúchil and cockscomb
Verónica with cempasúchil and cockscomb
Two hearts in embossed metal
Two hearts in embossed metal
Tapete of marigolds and colored sand
Tapete of marigolds and colored sand
Winged heart in papier-mâché
Winged heart in papier-mâché
Mariachi at the Festival Cultural Latino
Mariachi at the Festival Cultural Latino
Bird alebrije
Bird alebrije
Embossing a tin flower
Embossing a tin flower
Sacred heart in embossed metal
Sacred heart in embossed metal
Ofrenda installation
Ofrenda installation
Cartonería workshop
Cartonería workshop
Clay rose
Clay rose
Anatomical hearts in papier-mâché
Anatomical hearts in papier-mâché
Folklórico dancers at the Festival Cultural Latino
Folklórico dancers at the Festival Cultural Latino
Heart with rose, repujado
Heart with rose, repujado
Ofrenda with a marigold and sand tapete
Ofrenda with a marigold and sand tapete
Giraffe alebrije
Giraffe alebrije
Piñata cones in tissue paper
Piñata cones in tissue paper
Piñata workshop
Piñata workshop
Winged heart, repujado
Winged heart, repujado
Installing an ofrenda
Installing an ofrenda
Clay vessel
Clay vessel
Winged heart in tin and paint
Winged heart in tin and paint
Verónica at work on a mural
Verónica at work on a mural
Cartonería workshop
Cartonería workshop
Building the tapete
Building the tapete
Clay pyramid
Clay pyramid
Papier-mâché bear
Papier-mâché bear
Piñata workshop
Piñata workshop
Cartonería workshop
Cartonería workshop