The Artist KCF looks back at an essay Scholar KCF wrote on the Elf on the Shelf in 2009.

I mention a Latino USA podcast episode in the intro - it's called The Border Has Eyes and was released on 12/8/2024.

If you'd like to watch a version of the commercial with the animation (also worthy of a rich analysis) here it is on youtube.

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https://www.latinousa.org/2024/12/08/bordereyes/

The artist contemplates the hauntings and portals to other realms via painting.

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Check out the How Do You Paint Show with Cate White referenced in the episode

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The author reminisces on the Creel family's relation to a chimp in light of the the HBO Max series Chimp Crazy.

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For those excited about the Saturday October 19, 2024 Webinar Lecture: Narrative Paintings in the Midwestern Borderlands with Dr. Kandace Creel Falcón and Dr. Erika Gisela Abad you can register here.

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