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Diego Marcial Art
- Opening Reception: Friday, September 6, 2019
- From 6:30 to 8:30 pm
- Ch'in Kana Exhibit Space (3rd Floor)
- Free Admission
- Runs through October 25th
Ancient myths and legends intermingle with today's issues to inspire Diego Marcial’s art. An intricate explosion of color and texture in paintings, masks, woodcuts, and book illustrations.
Gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday from 3 to 8:30 pm, and Saturday from 10 am to 4:30…
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Off The Wall: Print Sale
- Opening Reception: Friday, August 9, 2019
- From 6:30 PM to 9 PM
- Main gallery (1st Floor)
- Free Admission
- Closing Reception & Panel: September 20th
Over the past 45 years, Mission Gráfica Printmaking Studio and La Raza Silkscreen Center/La Raza Graphics became two of the most prolific and influential Latinx Printmaking studios in the United States. These studios have been a unique and valuable resource for Bay Area artists to print functioning as hubs that produced posters and prints that reflect communities of the times.
The combined collections of these two studios represent approximately 4,000 prints and posters, many of which will be for sale in this exhibition. Collectors will be able to purchase prints…
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Off The Wall: Closing Reception and Artist Panel
- Friday, September 20, 2019
- From 7 to 9 pm
- Main Gallery (2nd floor)
- $5 Admission
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts is honored to host a panel discussion featuring artists whose connection to Mission Gráfica contributed to its archive becoming one of the most fascinating Latinx & Chicanx print and poster collections in the US and abroad.
Artist Panel: Juan Fuentes, Alexandra Blum, Calixto Robles, Alyssa Aviles, and guest panelist Lincoln Cushing will talk about Bay Area Chicano & Latino poster workshops that preceded and were contemporaneous with Mission Gráfica. Moderate by Jesus Barraza.
People dancing to Jaranon Y Bochinche
Performance by Jaranon Y Bochinche
Performance by Jaranon Y Bochinche
People dancing to Jaranon Y Bochinche
Public at the reception
Peruvian tamales
Explaining the artwork at De Cajón
Public at the reception for De Cajón
Public at the reception for De Cajón
Public at the reception for De Cajón
Organización
Tradición Peruana…
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Jagah // Jadoo
- Opening: Friday, May 17, 2019
- From 6 PM to 9 PM
- Main Gallery (2nd Floor)
- Runs from May 13 to May 25, 2019
Curated by Natasha Dangond, Vasudhaa Narayanan, Madhvi Trivedi-Pathak, and Shannon Prasad.
Jagah // Jadoo (Magic Place) creates an opportunity for artists to reimagine narratives that have been erased by collective hxstories of colonization. Through music, dance, and visual art, the evening long showcase followed by a three weeklong exhibition, aims to cultivate and claim a space for South Asian artists across disciplines, identities, and geographies, in one magic place.
Jagah's focus is to weave together themes of geography, sense of belonging, and nonlinear diasporic experiences. The Sanskrit word translating to "place" is the manifestation…
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Sólo Mujeres: Rebozos Mexicanos
- Opening: Friday, March 15, 2019
- From 6:30 PM to 9 PM
- Main Gallery (2nd Floor)
- $5 Admission
- Runs through: April 27, 2019
Guest curator: Veronica Solis.
Textiles have traditionally been associated with women throughout time and have undergone many changes that adapt to them. Textiles have long been compartmentalized within the domestic realm, so visibility of textiles in male-dominated art institutions have been minimal. In commemoration of women’s contribution to the art of textiles, we present our 32nd Sólo Mujeres exhibition, Rebozos Mexicanos, at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts main gallery.
The Mexican “rebozo” (shawl) in particular has become an emblematic piece that emerged as a cultural symbol recognized not only in Mexico but…
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Mission Gráfica Exhibition & Print Sale
- Opening: Friday, March 15, 2019
- From 6:30 PM to 9 PM
- Inti Raymi Gallery (2nd Floor)
- $5 Admission
- Runs through: April 27, 2019
For 40 years Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts has supported the advancement of women artists by promoting their voices through the arts.
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Solo Mujeres, Mission Gráfica Printmaking Studio presents a selection of prints and posters for sale, made by women or about women, that were produced at Mission Gráfica.
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Rostros de Mujer (Faces of Woman)
- Opening: Tuesday, March 7, 2019
- From 6:30 PM to 9 PM
- Ch'in Kana Gallery (3rd Floor)
- Free Admission
- Runs through: May 24, 2019
The invited artists celebrate the strength, influence, and creativity of women through their art, sharing a complimentary of inspiration.
Women in the arts have always played a pivotal role in shaping new meaning, whether in painting, music, sculpture, theater, or etc. Either as a subject or as an observer, women are a reminder of the great creative spirit.
Dulce Lopez, Jhovany de la Ala, Roberto Marosi, give us part of their work of how they capture women in their expression and translate them, women musicians, women artists, and women in their own words.
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