Inside the New York Graphic Workshop with Ursula Dávila-Villa

Friday, October 16, 2026 

ISLAA Thursdays: Inside the New York Graphic Workshop with Ursula Dávila-Villa
Presentation, conversation, and audience Q&A 

5:00 PM-6:30 PM
(register here↗)

Titled “Researching and Reframing the New York Graphic Workshop: Methodology, Challenges, and Curatorial Perspectives,” this talk by art historian Ursula Davila-Villa will explore the research and curatorial process behind the exhibition The New York Graphic Workshop (2008–09), which she co-curated at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin from. Focusing on the methodological questions, practical challenges, and interpretive decisions that shaped the project, the talk will reflect on what it meant to research and exhibit an artistic movement whose historical significance had yet to be fully recognized or contextualized.
This program is organized in conjunction with The New York Graphic Workshop: Towards Total Art at ISLAA. Davila-Villa’s talk will be followed by a conversation, a reception, and an opportunity to visit the exhibition. The event is free and open to the public, with advance registration.

About the Speaker

Ursula Davila-Villa is the co-founder of Davila-Villa & Stothart (DVS). DVS work alongside artists, their families and galleries to develop sustainable and actionable legacy strategies that prioritize the unique needs of the artist or estate. DVS specifically aims to support the artistic legacies of historically marginalized or unconventional artists.
Davila-Villa previous roles include being a Partner at Alexander Gray Associates gallery (2012–2017) and Associate Curator of Latin American Art at The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin (2005–2012). In 2012, she served as a co-curator of El Panal/ The Hive: Third Poli/Gráfica Triennal of San Juan de Puerto Rico. She has served as a juror for United States Artists, the National Endowment for the Arts, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Artist Pension Trust, and the II Texas Biennale.
Davila-Villa holds an MA in museum studies from New York University and a BA in architecture and urbanism from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, and the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. She previously served on the boards of Visual AIDS, Women Studio Workshop, and ArtTable. She is a co-Trustee of the Lorraine O’Grady Trust and currently serves as a board member of VoCA and is part of the advisory board of the Frank Bowling Foundation.