Rebel Legacy: The Abstract in Latino Art
Pharmaka
101 West 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Exhibition Dates: June 12- July 31, 2008
Reception: June 12, 6-9pm
A show curated by Kathy Gallegos, Director of Avenue 50 Gallery. Participating artists: Linda Arreola, Magda Audifred, Sam Baray, Roberto Delgado, Val Echavarria, CiCi Segura González, Lorenzo Hurtado, Zelman Lara Medina, Ramon Ramírez, Oscar Sanabria.
For additional information, visit www.pharmaka-art.org.
GEORGE YEPES/CHEECH MARIN/"DOUBLE SHARP"
Galería ChimMaya
5283 E. Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90022
Date: June 8, 2008, 3-7pm
George Yepes: New Work, exhibit of original paintings
Cheech Marin: Book Signing, Chicano Visions/The Chicano Collection
"Double Sharp": Natasha Rubin & Maria Demina, Preview reception for LACMA concert
For additional information, email info@chimmaya.com.
Carmen Lomas Garza Primary Center Naming Celebration
Carmen Lomas Garza Primary Center
2750 Hostetter Street
Los Angeles, CA 90023
Date: June 12, 2008, 9-10am
Artist Carmen Lomas Garza has been honored by the community of East Los Angeles, California, and the Los Angeles Unified School District by the naming of a new school the Carmen Lomas Garza Primary Center. This comes as a result of teachers using her children's bilingual picture books for curriculum development since the first book was published in 1990.
The Carmen Lomas Garza Primary Center is a ten-classroom school that serves approximately 200 pre-kindergarten through second grade students. The majority of the student population is of first, second, and third generation Mexican Americans.
A Naming Celebration will be held on June 12, 2008, 9:00- 10:00AM. The school is located on 2750 Hostetter Street (the cross street is South Soto Street one block north of East Olympic Boulevard), Los Angeles, CA 90023-4332. Please let Garza know if you plan to attend (email address below).
In appreciation of this honor Garza donated two large fine art prints to the school for permanent display in the main office and library. The school has more wall space in the halls and she is donating additional prints that the school will frame to their specifications. The school welcomes donations of funds for framing and school improvement. Checks should be made out to: L.A.U.S.D.- Carmen Lomas Garza Primary Center. The check must be accompanied with a note that states, "This donation is for the framing of the Garza art prints and school improvement." The note directs the center to use the money for picture framing and to use any extra funds towards school improvement items such as a new bookshelf or a lunch bench.
For additional information, contact lasecretaria@carmenlomasgarza.com.
Expressions Graphics 25th Anniversary Benefit Art Auction
La Majada Restaurant
226 Harrison St.
Oak Park, IL
Dates: June 1, 2008, 4-7pm
Artists & Donors: René Arceo. Dorothea Bilder, Tomas Bringas, Audrey Brown, Carlos A. Cortez, Christi Dallam, Gerardo de la Barrera, Nicolás de Jesús, Steve Fisher, Carol Friedle, Tony Galigo, Alfred Gockel, Suzanne Halstead, Rich Huff/Laura Huff, Beverly Keys, Diana Narocki, Laura Myntti, Marcia Palazzollo, Jennifer Paolinelli, Ruth Patzloff, Victoria Peel, Maryallen Ponsford, John Putnam, Reynaldo Santiago, Janet Schill, Gabriel Trinidad, Benjamín Varela, Claude Villeneuve, Izumi Yoshitani, W. Winkowski
4:00pm, The Photography of Milton Rogovin's "Forgotten Ones." Presentation by Mark Rogovin
5:00pm Live Auction
For additional information, contact renearceo@comcast.net.
Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90036
Dates: April 6 - Sept. 1, 2008
Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement is the largest exhibition of cutting-edge Chicano art ever presented at LACMA. Chicano art, traditionally described as work created by Americans of Mexican descent, was established as a politically and culturally inspired movement during the counterculture revolutions of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This exhibition explores the more experimental tendencies within the Chicano art movement—ones oriented less toward painting and declarative polemical assertion than toward conceptual art, performance, film, photo- and media-based art, and "stealthy" artistic interventions in urban spaces. The exhibition includes approximately 125 works in all media, including painting and sculpture as well as installation, conceptual, video, performance art, and intermedia works that incorporate film, digital, and sound art. Artists featured are photographer Christina Fernández, who documents the poetic and "phantom" in the urban landscape; Mario Ybarra Jr., who creates performances, site-specific installations and intermedia works; the “intermedia synaesthesia” of the seminal conceptual art group Asco; and the New York-based artist Nicola López, who creates dramatic installations with drawings that extend from the wall into the gallery.
For additional information, visit www.lacma.org.
Chupacabras! Artists Reinterpret the Myth
The National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 West 19th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Dates: January 25 - July 20, 2008
The legend of the Chupacabras has penetrated the Latino and American myth/reality landscape for almost two decades. In this exhibition, Chicago artists re-explore the lasting impact that the Chupacabra sightings have had on the Latin American and North American psyche.
Participating Artists: Judithe Hernández, Luis de la Torre, Patricia Acosta, Cirilo Esquivel, Ricardo Gonzales, Salvador Jiménez, Miguel Cortez, Juan Compean, Ricardo Compean, and Antonio Pazaran
For additional information, contact judithe@jhnartestudio.com.
Arte Latina: ROAR
BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
116 Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
San Antonio, TX 78204
Dates: April 3 - June 8, 2008
Gallery Hours: Noon - 6pm, Wed. - Sun.
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, UTSA present multimedia work of Latina artists and writers.
Latina artists occupy a unique place in the world of artistic expression. Frequently, their work focuses on gender, sexuality, class and race. Even as Latino artists gain acceptance in the mainstream, Latinas remain underrepresented. Arte Latina: ROAR shows the depth and excitement of Latina expression.
Latina artists often face the challenge of being excluded from mainstream venues, or worse, given only a token inclusion. The themes of Arte Latina: ROAR will resonate well beyond National Women's Month, featuring the work of artists, sculptresses, seamstresses, photographers, videographers and writers.
Curated by Arturo Almeida, Art Specialist, The University of Texas at San Antonio.
For additional information, visit bluestarart.org, or call (210) 227-6960.
Con La Tinta de Mi Sangre: Arthur López
Parks Gallery
127 Bent Street
Taos, NM-87571
Exhibition Dates : June 14 - July 07, 2008
Opening Reception: June 14, 2008, 5pm
The young Santa Fe santero has created new ways to depict traditional saints and holy figures. His bultos include nontraditional images that address contemporary issues and explore Hispanic folklore.
For more information contact Steve Parks at 505.751.0343.