Originally intended to support regional artists by providing exhibition space at no charge, this naive impetus has grown to a complicated understanding of cultural systems. sheri crider actively seeks to expand the critical capacity of art making by employing strategic curatorial practices and programming to undermine structural inequities in the art world. The last five years alone, exhibitions and programming showcased the work of near exclusively queer and underrepresented communities.The Sanitary Tortilla Factory has been solely supported through sweat equity and an occasional artist grant.