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In the Studio: José Torres-Tama

José Torres-Tama is a New Orleans-based artist and Fall 2020 Artist-in-Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center. This interview was filmed at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, November 2020. Learn more about his work at torrestama.com.

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