Site-specific Exhibition and Installation by artist Tim Gonchoroff

River Pierce Foundation announces free event featuring acclaimed artist Tim Gonchoroff and

archaeologist Edward Gonzalez-Tennant

San Ygnacio, TX, January 10, 2026 – As part of its continuing programming supported by the Mellon Foundations Humanities in Place Grant, the River Pierce Foundation presents a site-specific exhibition and installation by artist Tim Gonchoroff taking place Saturday, January 24, 2026 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at the Trevino-Uribe Fort located at 604 Trevino St, San Ygnacio, Texas. The event will also include a free lunch, film screening, presentation, and panel discussion featuring archaeologist Edward Gonzalez-Tennant.

Tim Gonchoroff is a fiber and mixed media artist originally from Appalachian Virginia. His work focuses on traditional crafting processes including natural dyeing, weaving, carpentry, and many others as a conduit for investigating and documenting particular elements in environments that are products of an anthropogenic ecology.

Gonchoroff’s work has been exhibited at spaces including the Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA; Small Projects, Tromsø, Norway; Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin; and Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY. He is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Gonchroff’s exhibit and installation will include functional sculptures and immersive spaces that delicately engage with the historic 19th-century architecture of the Trevino-Uribe Fort.

Edward Gonzalez-Tennant is an Assistant Professor of Historical Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University. His work utilizes geographic information systems, 3D modeling, geophysics, and remote sensing to address complex social issues including the intersections between power and violence in the past and present as well as the ways landscape and memory work to celebrate certain histories while erasing or otherwise obfuscating others. He regularly partners with descendant communities, their allies, and the public as part of his practice.

The event is free and open to the public and is supported by the Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit riverpierce.org or call 956-765-5784.