The Things We Carry–Las Cosas Que Llevamos

A Workers’ School Art Installation - A collaborative project between the Multicultural advocacy team at tri county health network, raíces sin fronteras and other community organizers across the state

Creativity is more than self-expression—it is a political act, a way to cultivate our collective critical consciousness and make visible the truths too often silenced. Through this project, Workers’ School members will gather and amplify the voices of Latino workers, transforming their lived experiences into a powerful, culturally grounded, and immersive art installation.

“Look what we built together.” This will be an immersive, community-built installation where Latino workers speak in their own voices, on their own terms—stories of survival, resistance, dignity, and hope. Everyday objects, voices, and testimonies become altars, portraits, and collective memory walls, transforming the space into something part gallery, part breakroom, part sacred archive. Through visual, sound, and interactive mediums, the tools, words, and truths of labor tell the story of survival and resilience. By honoring these narratives, we aim to spark community empowerment, collective healing, and truth-telling that reverberates far beyond the walls of the installation.

Visitors move through an installation that feels like a living archive of labor—opening boxes, entering booths, reading walls, looking at  portraits (without showing faces or identifying details, unless the person featured feels comfortable doing so), lifting objects. The voices of workers, layered with smells, textures, and visuals, create a multi-sensory storytelling environment. It is part gallery, part testimony, part ritual space—where each component reflects a dimension of labor: memory, confession, testimony, weight, pride, and migration.

Exhibition Dates: The Things We Carry–Las Cosas Que Llevamos will be on display from November 14th – January 2nd (Nov. 24-28 by appointment only) at Telluride Arts HQ, 135 W Pacific Ave, Telluride, CO.