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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Las Manas Tres on KPFA TONIGHT
KPFA La Raza Chronicles Tonight 7pm 94.1 www.kpfa.org
Tuesday Sept. 9, 2008
La Raza Chronicles fills the airwaves with its Spanglish enchantments with public affairs, news sin fronteras, musica y poesia. Nina Serrano interviews the dynamic poetry trio Las Manas about their original poems and spoken performance-art pieces- are you ready to be shocked with what is innovative and fresh in feminista Latina thinking? We will also hear from C`tone about the latest La Raza Chronicles Blogspot and the story of his involvement in community media. Mr Chuch brings us the buzz from the Streets of Aztlan. Emiliano Echevarria shares his expertise and fabulous collection of Musica de Cuba.
Tuesday Sept. 9, 2008
La Raza Chronicles fills the airwaves with its Spanglish enchantments with public affairs, news sin fronteras, musica y poesia. Nina Serrano interviews the dynamic poetry trio Las Manas about their original poems and spoken performance-art pieces- are you ready to be shocked with what is innovative and fresh in feminista Latina thinking? We will also hear from C`tone about the latest La Raza Chronicles Blogspot and the story of his involvement in community media. Mr Chuch brings us the buzz from the Streets of Aztlan. Emiliano Echevarria shares his expertise and fabulous collection of Musica de Cuba.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
LM3 @ La Peña Hip Hop Theater Festival
We've been working hard adding some new spices here and there to bring our fuerte flava out in full effect. This will be the culmination of a lot work on our current piece and after this we will be moving on preparing for a full length show with La Peña's experimental Teatro in June and then on to Milta's obra maestra in the fall. So don't miss this show this friday! It's going to be so much fun and we go on first so don't be late! (and FRIDAY is MILTA's B-day so lets party!)
La Peña Hip Hop Theater
Las Manas Tres, Delina Brooks & El Teatro Campesino
Friday May 16, 2008
$10 - 8pm
Las Manas Tres "Mi Espacio" pokes fun and peels back the layers of community building and relationships, speaking from the in between spaces as hi-tech aztecs, cyber mamas and spiritual beings. Delina Brooks "Beauty, The Beast", a biographical dance-theater play of poetry, song, & dance. Guerrilla Radio by El Teatro Campesino is an acto tackling media reform and the National Association of Broadcasters.
Las Manas Tres (Maya, Milta and Cruz) are hybrid poetas bringing the fuerte flava, heating the heart and melting the mind from the Bay to L.A. Their stilo is characterized by a mixture of theater, spoken word and movement, centered around themes of social justice, sexuality, motherhood and the relationship between first and third world women. Born from the Las Manas Sisterhood Circle, individually these women are accomplished in their own right. As a trio they take their creativity to new heights using sisterhood and storytelling to inspire collaborative pieces that delve into pain, injustice, love, family, community, and identity, which conjure a potent potion to fend off the plague of self-sabotage. Their newest work pokes fun and peels back the layers of community building and relationships, speaking from the in between spaces as hi-tech aztecs, cyber mamas and spiritual beings. LM3 are always ready to bring the hotness. Yaddamean?
La Peña Hip Hop Theater
Las Manas Tres, Delina Brooks & El Teatro Campesino
Friday May 16, 2008
$10 - 8pm
Las Manas Tres "Mi Espacio" pokes fun and peels back the layers of community building and relationships, speaking from the in between spaces as hi-tech aztecs, cyber mamas and spiritual beings. Delina Brooks "Beauty, The Beast", a biographical dance-theater play of poetry, song, & dance. Guerrilla Radio by El Teatro Campesino is an acto tackling media reform and the National Association of Broadcasters.
Las Manas Tres (Maya, Milta and Cruz) are hybrid poetas bringing the fuerte flava, heating the heart and melting the mind from the Bay to L.A. Their stilo is characterized by a mixture of theater, spoken word and movement, centered around themes of social justice, sexuality, motherhood and the relationship between first and third world women. Born from the Las Manas Sisterhood Circle, individually these women are accomplished in their own right. As a trio they take their creativity to new heights using sisterhood and storytelling to inspire collaborative pieces that delve into pain, injustice, love, family, community, and identity, which conjure a potent potion to fend off the plague of self-sabotage. Their newest work pokes fun and peels back the layers of community building and relationships, speaking from the in between spaces as hi-tech aztecs, cyber mamas and spiritual beings. LM3 are always ready to bring the hotness. Yaddamean?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Somos Medicina Announcement
International Women’s Day & Women’s Herstory Month
Celebration & 11th Year Anniversary
EXHIBIT & ART EVENTS
March 8th, 13th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 29th, 30th
All events at
Self Help Graphics & Art
3802 Cesar Chavez Avenue, East Los Angeles, CA 90063
(unless otherwise noted)
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 15th, 2008) --- The women of color art collective Mujeres de Maiz presents “Somos Medicina,” a month-long series of intercultural, intergenerational, and interdisciplinary art events celebrating our 11th Anniversary and 6th poetry and arts publication, in honor of International Women's Day, and Women's Herstory month; Seven events, One group exhibit, all happening throughout March 2008 Free and open to the public at historic community cultural center, Self Help Graphics & Art, Inc. (unless otherwise noted). For more information, please call (323) 359-6288 or visit http://www.mujeresdemaiz.net.
This monumental all woman production will be showcasing multi-media art, musical performances, independent films, along with holistic health workshops, and a roundtable discussion. Chicana veteran artists, community leaders, and emerging artists will be highlighting themes on women artistry, spirituality, native traditions, their relation to the earth, and urban reality.
The over 30 artists in the group show represent generations of the Chicana art movement, ranging from the indigenous focused work of Self Help Graphics co-founder and artist, Linda Vallejo, to the the politically and spiritually charged work of Yreina Cervantez and Celia Herrera-Rodriguez, both exhibiting artists in “CARA,” the ground breaking exhibition of Chicano art that is arguably the most important Chicano art exhibit of the last 20 years,
Different from both “CARA” and many current exhibits of Chicano art, “Somos Medicina” highlights the generations that have not been discussed since the prime of the Chicano art movement and its wonder years, and brings forth the women and Queer artists, so often overlooked in many of these “his”-torical exhibitions. This exhibit also highlights the “Generation X “and “Mex “ of women artists and their expressions being born from the Chicano art movement and moving forward to build a movement of their own.
This important exhibit is accompanied by a month-long series of events with all-women performers, poets, film makers, rappers, dancers, and theater artists coming together to honoring women’s herstory month and commemorate International Women’s Day in solidarity with millions of women across the world on March 8th and throughout the month.
The exhibit which opens on Saturday, March 8th at 5pm, is followed by a free live performance by women performers. A special Artist talk is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26th, with a who’s who of Los Angeles Chicana intergenerational visual and multi-media artists in a rare conversation, as these women of various generations come together to share stories, experiences, and visions.
A selection of the performing artists for the month-long series of events all listed below include; Las Manas, this generations all female spoken word collective representing the Bay area, as well as international spoken word artist and award winning poet, Gabriela Garcia Medina, and veteran Chicana poet Gloria Alvarez. Music and song performed by young women punksters, Mystery Hangup, Chicana indigenous M.C/rappers, Cihuatl-Ce, Guerrilla Queenz, and Lady Binx who hails from Texas; and women’s drum collective, recently debuting their CD, In Lak Ech. Also included in the series of events, a fresh theater performance by Teatro M3, the Queer Raza performance art of Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, and women of color film makers, Aurora Guerrero, and Claudia Mercado, and the Chicana gitana flamenca dancer and maestra, Briseyda Zarate. These not-to-be-missed performances, including artists, dates, times, and events are listed below and at http://www.mujeresdemaiz.net.
EVENT LISTING:
VISUAL & MULTI-MEDIA ART EXHIBIT March 8th-29th
Gallery Opening: Sat. 3/8, 5-7pm
"Somos Medicina" visual and multi-media art exhibit highlighting women artists. "In the spirit of our ancestors we are facilitating the creation this space/exhibit where there is dialogue about the contribution of women’s work to the decolonization and healing of our communities and selves." Invited artists include those whose work speaks of the political as well as spiritual alternatives to Eurocentric and patriarchal worldviews; embracing the "Medicina," the medicine that exists within all of us. Exhibit also open during our month of events and 3/15 and 3/22 (12-4pm).
Exhibiting Artists: Barbara Carrasco, Binx, Brenda Quintero, Carmen Kalo, Celia Herrera-Rodriguez, Dalila Mendez, Elena Esparza, Faviana Rodriguez, Gina Aparicio, Joanna “Mixpe” Ley, Lilia Ramirez, Linda Vallejo, Lucy Castro, Margaret Alarcon, Maria Castillo, Marisol L. Torres, Maritza Alvarez, Melanie Cervantes, Nayeli Guzman, Ofelia Esparza, Poli Marichal, Rachel Thorson-Veliz, Sandra de La Loza, Sara Margarita Martin, Sugey Salazar, Susana De Leon “Timoi”, Womyn Image Makers, and Yreina Cervantez.
LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT Sat. March 8th 7pm
Live Art Show with teatro, dance, and performance art and song. PREMIERE of Limited Edition Full Color Mujeres de Maiz 'Zine.
Performances by: Las Manas (Bay area), Briseyda Zarate, Cyn da’Poet, Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, Xaris, Yei Tecpatl (San Jose), Deema Debis in collaboration with Lynnix, Gabriela Garcia Medina, and In Lak Ech
EVENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD- celebrating INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY –March 8th.
Celebration & 11th Year Anniversary
EXHIBIT & ART EVENTS
March 8th, 13th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 29th, 30th
All events at
Self Help Graphics & Art
3802 Cesar Chavez Avenue, East Los Angeles, CA 90063
(unless otherwise noted)
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 15th, 2008) --- The women of color art collective Mujeres de Maiz presents “Somos Medicina,” a month-long series of intercultural, intergenerational, and interdisciplinary art events celebrating our 11th Anniversary and 6th poetry and arts publication, in honor of International Women's Day, and Women's Herstory month; Seven events, One group exhibit, all happening throughout March 2008 Free and open to the public at historic community cultural center, Self Help Graphics & Art, Inc. (unless otherwise noted). For more information, please call (323) 359-6288 or visit http://www.mujeresdemaiz.net.
This monumental all woman production will be showcasing multi-media art, musical performances, independent films, along with holistic health workshops, and a roundtable discussion. Chicana veteran artists, community leaders, and emerging artists will be highlighting themes on women artistry, spirituality, native traditions, their relation to the earth, and urban reality.
The over 30 artists in the group show represent generations of the Chicana art movement, ranging from the indigenous focused work of Self Help Graphics co-founder and artist, Linda Vallejo, to the the politically and spiritually charged work of Yreina Cervantez and Celia Herrera-Rodriguez, both exhibiting artists in “CARA,” the ground breaking exhibition of Chicano art that is arguably the most important Chicano art exhibit of the last 20 years,
Different from both “CARA” and many current exhibits of Chicano art, “Somos Medicina” highlights the generations that have not been discussed since the prime of the Chicano art movement and its wonder years, and brings forth the women and Queer artists, so often overlooked in many of these “his”-torical exhibitions. This exhibit also highlights the “Generation X “and “Mex “ of women artists and their expressions being born from the Chicano art movement and moving forward to build a movement of their own.
This important exhibit is accompanied by a month-long series of events with all-women performers, poets, film makers, rappers, dancers, and theater artists coming together to honoring women’s herstory month and commemorate International Women’s Day in solidarity with millions of women across the world on March 8th and throughout the month.
The exhibit which opens on Saturday, March 8th at 5pm, is followed by a free live performance by women performers. A special Artist talk is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26th, with a who’s who of Los Angeles Chicana intergenerational visual and multi-media artists in a rare conversation, as these women of various generations come together to share stories, experiences, and visions.
A selection of the performing artists for the month-long series of events all listed below include; Las Manas, this generations all female spoken word collective representing the Bay area, as well as international spoken word artist and award winning poet, Gabriela Garcia Medina, and veteran Chicana poet Gloria Alvarez. Music and song performed by young women punksters, Mystery Hangup, Chicana indigenous M.C/rappers, Cihuatl-Ce, Guerrilla Queenz, and Lady Binx who hails from Texas; and women’s drum collective, recently debuting their CD, In Lak Ech. Also included in the series of events, a fresh theater performance by Teatro M3, the Queer Raza performance art of Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, and women of color film makers, Aurora Guerrero, and Claudia Mercado, and the Chicana gitana flamenca dancer and maestra, Briseyda Zarate. These not-to-be-missed performances, including artists, dates, times, and events are listed below and at http://www.mujeresdemaiz.net.
EVENT LISTING:
VISUAL & MULTI-MEDIA ART EXHIBIT March 8th-29th
Gallery Opening: Sat. 3/8, 5-7pm
"Somos Medicina" visual and multi-media art exhibit highlighting women artists. "In the spirit of our ancestors we are facilitating the creation this space/exhibit where there is dialogue about the contribution of women’s work to the decolonization and healing of our communities and selves." Invited artists include those whose work speaks of the political as well as spiritual alternatives to Eurocentric and patriarchal worldviews; embracing the "Medicina," the medicine that exists within all of us. Exhibit also open during our month of events and 3/15 and 3/22 (12-4pm).
Exhibiting Artists: Barbara Carrasco, Binx, Brenda Quintero, Carmen Kalo, Celia Herrera-Rodriguez, Dalila Mendez, Elena Esparza, Faviana Rodriguez, Gina Aparicio, Joanna “Mixpe” Ley, Lilia Ramirez, Linda Vallejo, Lucy Castro, Margaret Alarcon, Maria Castillo, Marisol L. Torres, Maritza Alvarez, Melanie Cervantes, Nayeli Guzman, Ofelia Esparza, Poli Marichal, Rachel Thorson-Veliz, Sandra de La Loza, Sara Margarita Martin, Sugey Salazar, Susana De Leon “Timoi”, Womyn Image Makers, and Yreina Cervantez.
LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT Sat. March 8th 7pm
Live Art Show with teatro, dance, and performance art and song. PREMIERE of Limited Edition Full Color Mujeres de Maiz 'Zine.
Performances by: Las Manas (Bay area), Briseyda Zarate, Cyn da’Poet, Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, Xaris, Yei Tecpatl (San Jose), Deema Debis in collaboration with Lynnix, Gabriela Garcia Medina, and In Lak Ech
EVENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD- celebrating INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY –March 8th.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Somos Medicina-in Los Angeles
A Month-Long Series of
intercultural, intergenerational, interdisciplinary
ART Events
*Celebrating our 11th Anniversary, 6th ‘zine publication,
International Women’s Day, and Women’s Herstory month*
March 2008 in East L.A.
SAVE THE DATES!!
@
Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG),
3802 Cesar Chavez Ave. LA, CA 90063
unless otherwise noted.
Event Explanation and Artists Involved
VISUAL ART EXHIBIT: March 8th-29th
Visual and multi-media art exhibit themed “Somos Medicina,” highlighting women artists and their spirituality, specifically those who carry on traditional/native/indigena ways.
Exhibiting Artists will be some of those who paved the way for the new generation of Chicana artists and the emerging generation also— A NOT TO BE MISSED EXHIBITION!
Live Performance Event Sat. March 8th
Live Art Show with dance, teatro, and performance art. **Limited Edition MdM ‘Zine available HERE**
with: Teatro Crew (Las Tres M’s), Las Manas (Bay Area, featuring: Cruz, Maya & Milta), Fire Dancer Poets, Yei Tecpatl (San Jose), In Lak Ech, and more!
EVENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD- celebrating INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY –March 8th.
POETRY NIGHT: Thurs. March 13th
Hosted by Cyn Da’ Poet
With Poets: Lilia Ramirez, Alejandra Sanchez, Lenux, Deema Debis, Xitlali, Marisol Crisostomo-Romo, and more!
Film night Fri. March 21st
Womyn Image Makers presents a night of films by women of color, curated by WIM.
Platica to follow with the filmmakers.
Self-Defense Workshop Sat. March 22nd 11-12:30pm
Instructor: Cati de los Rios (Karateka, High School teacher)
This workshop provides a safe space for women of all backgrounds, ages and sizes to learn the appropriate self-defense techniques and enable them to survive and escape the dangers in their everyday lives.
Mujer Mercado/Holistic Health Workshops Sun, March 23rd 11-6pm
All mujer Mercado at First Street Studios, to include Mujeres de Maiz artists and veterana members. The Mercado will also house the HOLISTIC HEALTH workshops done by various women.
HOLISTIC WORKSHOPS FOR MUJER MERCADO
***Are Free with any purchase from Artist Vendor or Workshop Facilitator***
11:00: Doors Open
1:00-1:30- Spa Detox by Dr. Sanchez OMD, Acupuncture Plus
1:45-2:45-Natural Birth Control by Patricia Garcia
Panochas Poderosas by Patricia Garcia
Sexual empowerment and precise anatomic self- awareness
3:00-3:20- Moon Cycle Ceremonies by Dr. Elena Esparza, D.C, Just Breathe Healing
3:20-3:50- Herbal Baths by Dr. Elena Esparza, D.C, Just Breathe Healing
4:00-4:30-Dispelling the American Food Pyramid by Dr. Sanchez OMD Acupuncture Plus
4:45-5:45-Earth Medicine, Daisy Tonantzin, Yerberia Mayahuel
“Healing Through The Cultivation Of A Healthy Environment”
-Part 1 First St. Studios
Creating Spaces For Healing
-Part 2 Caracol Marketplace
Cultivating Herbs For Healing
End Time 6pm
@
First Street Studios
2026 E. First Street, Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), CA 90033
Artist talk/Platica Wed. March 26th
Artist talk/forum/platica on the theme of “somos medicina.”
Focus is on highlighting inter-generational women artists on the red road.
Music/Mujer Concert Sat. March 29th
Mujer Musica Concert showcasing women musicians/performer/rappers on one night at SHG.
With: Mystery Hangup, Cihuatl-Ce, Guerrilla Queenz, Eddika Organista of El Huru Kuroi, and more!
Closing Ceremony @ Caracol Marketplace/Jardin Sun. March 30th
Caracol Marketplace returns to its monthly home at Proyecto Jardin/Community Garden. A small closing ceremony honoring the Spring Equinox and all mujeres will take place.
@
At Proyecto Jardin
Painting by Margaret Alarcon
For More information:
Mujeres de Maiz WEBSITE
Mujeres de Maiz MYSPACE
mujrmyz@yahoo.com
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Jan. 23, 2008 UC DAVIS
For immediate release
Event Date: January 23, 2008, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Press Contacts: Lexer Chou 530.752.1426 / achou@ucdavis.edu
Sonia Montoya (530) 752-3372/ sdmontoya@ucdavis.edu
SISTER WHAT? SISTERHOOD! WOMYN WORD WARRIORS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23
7:00-9:00 PM, FREEBORN HALL, UC DAVIS, FREE
An evening of women’s voices raised in solidarity!
Davis, CA--In their first ever event collaboration, Campus Unions and the Women’s Resources and Research Center present “Sister What? Sisterhood! Womyn Word Warriors,” a spoken word event.
Held in Freeborn Hall, the event showcases four prominent women spoken word artists. Adriana Cabrera-García is a well-known transnational poet between Mexico and “el norte” who performed in 2007 Encuentro Internacional de Mujeres Poetas. and also an activist within the Chicana/o community in San José. Maya Chinchilla is a Central American poet performer, two-spirited diva, and a Renaissance woman filmmaker and activist scholar. She has several films under her belt, and is working on her first book of poetry. Chinaka Hodge is a writer and spoken word artist, and has been published in McSweeney’s anthology, My Words Consume Me and in Newsweek; and has made appearances on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. Finally, Mush is a soulful free spirit spoken word artist from the Bay Area, who sultry style of words that can transform into fierce vocal venom on call. Mush has also appeared on Def Poetry Jam, and will be starring in her upcoming one-woman play titled Regarding Women.
Spoken word is known as performance poetry, a form of literary art or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance. Unlike written poems, spoken word artists are not limited to words – they can also utilize body language and voice tone. While spoken word is often poetic in nature, it is also considered a literary form of storytelling or political commentary. Spoken word is another form of oral tradition as a catalyst for social change, according to internationally touring folk poet and progressive queer artist-activist Alix Olson, “Women, quite familiar with the tenet that ‘the personal is political,’ caught on quickly to slam poetry’s populist notion, and were more than ready to add their truth(s) to the tapestry, contributing invigorating voices of protest, reflection, and resistance…I have witnessed spoken word develop as one of the most undiluted expressions of art available to women, particularly as a vehicle for social change.”
“We hope to expose the Davis community to powerful women spoken word artists. These artists have a voice and they have so much to say about their community, issues in the world, and their own personal stories,” says Lexer Chou, program coordinator for UC Davis Campus Unions.
Campus Unions is the community center of the college that serves the students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests. By whatever form or name, a college union is an organization offering a variety of programs, activities, services, and faculties that when taken together, represents a well-considered plan for the community life of the college.
The Women’s Resources and Research Center provides educational programming to the campus community – students, faculty, and staff women about women’s issues and concerns, and promotes an understanding of the role and impact of gender in our lives and our society. The Center creates a creative working and learning environment to help women of diverse backgrounds achieve their intellectual, professional and personal goals; and advocates for women’s full inclusion, equality, and advancement.
Event Date: January 23, 2008, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Press Contacts: Lexer Chou 530.752.1426 / achou@ucdavis.edu
Sonia Montoya (530) 752-3372/ sdmontoya@ucdavis.edu
SISTER WHAT? SISTERHOOD! WOMYN WORD WARRIORS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23
7:00-9:00 PM, FREEBORN HALL, UC DAVIS, FREE
An evening of women’s voices raised in solidarity!
Davis, CA--In their first ever event collaboration, Campus Unions and the Women’s Resources and Research Center present “Sister What? Sisterhood! Womyn Word Warriors,” a spoken word event.
Held in Freeborn Hall, the event showcases four prominent women spoken word artists. Adriana Cabrera-García is a well-known transnational poet between Mexico and “el norte” who performed in 2007 Encuentro Internacional de Mujeres Poetas. and also an activist within the Chicana/o community in San José. Maya Chinchilla is a Central American poet performer, two-spirited diva, and a Renaissance woman filmmaker and activist scholar. She has several films under her belt, and is working on her first book of poetry. Chinaka Hodge is a writer and spoken word artist, and has been published in McSweeney’s anthology, My Words Consume Me and in Newsweek; and has made appearances on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. Finally, Mush is a soulful free spirit spoken word artist from the Bay Area, who sultry style of words that can transform into fierce vocal venom on call. Mush has also appeared on Def Poetry Jam, and will be starring in her upcoming one-woman play titled Regarding Women.
Spoken word is known as performance poetry, a form of literary art or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance. Unlike written poems, spoken word artists are not limited to words – they can also utilize body language and voice tone. While spoken word is often poetic in nature, it is also considered a literary form of storytelling or political commentary. Spoken word is another form of oral tradition as a catalyst for social change, according to internationally touring folk poet and progressive queer artist-activist Alix Olson, “Women, quite familiar with the tenet that ‘the personal is political,’ caught on quickly to slam poetry’s populist notion, and were more than ready to add their truth(s) to the tapestry, contributing invigorating voices of protest, reflection, and resistance…I have witnessed spoken word develop as one of the most undiluted expressions of art available to women, particularly as a vehicle for social change.”
“We hope to expose the Davis community to powerful women spoken word artists. These artists have a voice and they have so much to say about their community, issues in the world, and their own personal stories,” says Lexer Chou, program coordinator for UC Davis Campus Unions.
Campus Unions is the community center of the college that serves the students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests. By whatever form or name, a college union is an organization offering a variety of programs, activities, services, and faculties that when taken together, represents a well-considered plan for the community life of the college.
The Women’s Resources and Research Center provides educational programming to the campus community – students, faculty, and staff women about women’s issues and concerns, and promotes an understanding of the role and impact of gender in our lives and our society. The Center creates a creative working and learning environment to help women of diverse backgrounds achieve their intellectual, professional and personal goals; and advocates for women’s full inclusion, equality, and advancement.
Friday, November 30, 2007
My film in Boyle Heights Latina Film Fest
BHLIFE 2007 Program!!
My film THE LAST WORD plays on saturday afternoon (see below). Unless I can hustle a plane ticket I'm not sure I will be able to make it because I have a commitment in the bay that night...pero vamos a ver.
Much love, Maya
BHLIFE
* * * If you are interested in volunteering this year, please contact Selene at selene@casa0101.org * * *
BHLIFE 2007 - Program Schedule (subject to change)
Friday, December 7th
Boyle Heights Technology Youth Center
1600 East 4th St, Los Angeles CA.
BY INVITATION ONLY
Opening Night, 7:00p.m.
Doors Open
Screening, 8:00 p.m.
Conversations II
A Man of Two Havanas
With a childhood filled with bombings and assassination attempts on her father, the filmmaker explores her relationship with him and the Cuba he left behind. Through the prism of a daughter we explore the past, the present, and the nature of social responsibility and personal sacrifice.
Reception, 10:30p.m.
With special performance by Strangely Attractive
Saturday, December 8th
CASA 0101; 2009 East 1st St. 90033
Filmmakers Luncheon 12:00-2:00pm
Doc Program 1, 3:00-5:00pm
Little Giant
THE LAST WORD is about LAS MANAS, a fierce women of color writing circle and spoken word crew using sisterhood to create space for voices to be heard
Milagros: Made in Mexico follows the enterprising women of Guanajuato as they revive their economically fractured birthplace
Mi Corazon Program, 6:00-8:00 pm
Broken Hearts What's worse than finding out their lives are about to end in one tragic moment, all because of a promise made to a friend?
Late Bloomer
Afuera an Argentine girl who immigrates to the United States in search of a more promising life.
Blackout 3 Latina roommates and their all American neighbor remain enclosed during a Sunday night blackout.
Tomoko's Kitchen eight neighbors who have never met, suddenly are forced to come together after an apartment security system malfunctions.
Experimental Goddess, 9:00-10:00p.m.
Perrors Sin Amor
Mitosis The usual method of cell division in clay animation.
Entrega a Tiempo
Untitled Inspired by femme fatales, film noir, feminism, and the struggle against patriarchy.
Through the Water A video poem dedicated to the Aztec goddess of water
DreaMachine Lullaby A short about the Iraq war from the viewpoint of an American child
Caracol A garden snail faces the forces of nature
Chiquita Gordita La Chicana Laundry Pictures own Toy Television
Sardoodledom Sentence
Death Penalty Movie Join Ms. Pickles and the gang as they take you on a funtastical journey through the history of the death penalty!
El Segundo (Spanish) Travel through the unconsciousness and dreams of a man that ends with his own death
Reception to Follow at
First Street Studios
2026 E First St Studios Los Angeles CA
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Saturday, December 8th, at Tech Center
Boyle Heights Technology Youth Center
1600 East 4th St, Los Angeles CA.
Youth Made Program, 2:00-3:00pm
Loss of Innocence in Loisaida What happens when a young man finds out his girlfriend is the pharmacist's daughter?
My Shadows
Beauty Before Violence
Youth Workshop, 3:00-4:30pm
With Stephanie Saint Sanchez of, La Chicana Laundry Pictures
No Budget, No Problem
Cinematic Adventures Anytime Anywhere an At Any Price
To include special screening of:
Un Plato Mas Fiver Food is love but it can also be a cosmic force that
unites all Abuelitas
Death Penalty Movie
Chiquita Gordita
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Sunday, December 9th
CASA 0101; 2009 East 1st St. 90033
Early Program, 1:00-2:00p.m.
Buscate un Carrito A man is attacked by an army of shopping carts in the parking lot of a mall.
Perros Sin Amor A visual exploration of an artist's inner struggle.
Red Bird an inspiring story of friendship between a young painter WWII veteran.
Tomoko's Kitchen
Doc Program 2, 3:00-5:00p.m.
Last Cry in Havana
Closing night Program, 6:00-8:00p.m.
The Passion of the Christian L'Amour
El Segundo Travel through the unconsciousness and dreams of a man that ends with his own death.
A Few Hundred Blows Life can be lonely for a misfit who never had the chance to pop a pretty girl's bubble.
La Pared defies the Mexican concept of "Macho" as it explores the nature of human instinct and the concept of cause and effect.
Brooklyn Ciccio, weighted responsibility to take care of his dying grandfather isolates his struggles with a poverty stricken environment.
Conversations II Explores the evolution of the female role in the middle class of the Latin American society.
Isabel A man is disturbed by the strange appearances of a six-year old girl.
Awards Ceremony
Reception to follow at
Eastside Luv Wine Bar y Queso
...RESERVATIONS...
Tickets for this year's festival are:
$10 General Admission
$5 Students & Boyle Heights Residents
Saturday screenings and workshop at the Boyle Heights Technology Center: FREE
To make your reservation please visit the Casa 0101 website at www.casa0101.org and click on the "reservations" link.
Fill in your information and write the specific program you wish to RSVP for in the input box for "Event/Class Name."
My film THE LAST WORD plays on saturday afternoon (see below). Unless I can hustle a plane ticket I'm not sure I will be able to make it because I have a commitment in the bay that night...pero vamos a ver.
Much love, Maya
BHLIFE
* * * If you are interested in volunteering this year, please contact Selene at selene@casa0101.org * * *
Friday, December 7th
Boyle Heights Technology Youth Center
1600 East 4th St, Los Angeles CA.
BY INVITATION ONLY
Opening Night, 7:00p.m.
Doors Open
Screening, 8:00 p.m.
Conversations II
A Man of Two Havanas
With a childhood filled with bombings and assassination attempts on her father, the filmmaker explores her relationship with him and the Cuba he left behind. Through the prism of a daughter we explore the past, the present, and the nature of social responsibility and personal sacrifice.
Reception, 10:30p.m.
With special performance by Strangely Attractive
Saturday, December 8th
CASA 0101; 2009 East 1st St. 90033
Filmmakers Luncheon 12:00-2:00pm
Doc Program 1, 3:00-5:00pm
Little Giant
THE LAST WORD is about LAS MANAS, a fierce women of color writing circle and spoken word crew using sisterhood to create space for voices to be heard
Milagros: Made in Mexico follows the enterprising women of Guanajuato as they revive their economically fractured birthplace
Mi Corazon Program, 6:00-8:00 pm
Broken Hearts What's worse than finding out their lives are about to end in one tragic moment, all because of a promise made to a friend?
Late Bloomer
Afuera an Argentine girl who immigrates to the United States in search of a more promising life.
Blackout 3 Latina roommates and their all American neighbor remain enclosed during a Sunday night blackout.
Tomoko's Kitchen eight neighbors who have never met, suddenly are forced to come together after an apartment security system malfunctions.
Experimental Goddess, 9:00-10:00p.m.
Perrors Sin Amor
Mitosis The usual method of cell division in clay animation.
Entrega a Tiempo
Untitled Inspired by femme fatales, film noir, feminism, and the struggle against patriarchy.
Through the Water A video poem dedicated to the Aztec goddess of water
DreaMachine Lullaby A short about the Iraq war from the viewpoint of an American child
Caracol A garden snail faces the forces of nature
Chiquita Gordita La Chicana Laundry Pictures own Toy Television
Sardoodledom Sentence
Death Penalty Movie Join Ms. Pickles and the gang as they take you on a funtastical journey through the history of the death penalty!
El Segundo (Spanish) Travel through the unconsciousness and dreams of a man that ends with his own death
Reception to Follow at
First Street Studios
2026 E First St Studios Los Angeles CA
_________________________________________________________
Saturday, December 8th, at Tech Center
Boyle Heights Technology Youth Center
1600 East 4th St, Los Angeles CA.
Youth Made Program, 2:00-3:00pm
Loss of Innocence in Loisaida What happens when a young man finds out his girlfriend is the pharmacist's daughter?
My Shadows
Beauty Before Violence
Youth Workshop, 3:00-4:30pm
With Stephanie Saint Sanchez of, La Chicana Laundry Pictures
No Budget, No Problem
Cinematic Adventures Anytime Anywhere an At Any Price
To include special screening of:
Un Plato Mas Fiver Food is love but it can also be a cosmic force that
unites all Abuelitas
Death Penalty Movie
Chiquita Gordita
_________________________________________________________
Sunday, December 9th
CASA 0101; 2009 East 1st St. 90033
Early Program, 1:00-2:00p.m.
Buscate un Carrito A man is attacked by an army of shopping carts in the parking lot of a mall.
Perros Sin Amor A visual exploration of an artist's inner struggle.
Red Bird an inspiring story of friendship between a young painter WWII veteran.
Tomoko's Kitchen
Doc Program 2, 3:00-5:00p.m.
Last Cry in Havana
Closing night Program, 6:00-8:00p.m.
The Passion of the Christian L'Amour
El Segundo Travel through the unconsciousness and dreams of a man that ends with his own death.
A Few Hundred Blows Life can be lonely for a misfit who never had the chance to pop a pretty girl's bubble.
La Pared defies the Mexican concept of "Macho" as it explores the nature of human instinct and the concept of cause and effect.
Brooklyn Ciccio, weighted responsibility to take care of his dying grandfather isolates his struggles with a poverty stricken environment.
Conversations II Explores the evolution of the female role in the middle class of the Latin American society.
Isabel A man is disturbed by the strange appearances of a six-year old girl.
Awards Ceremony
Reception to follow at
Eastside Luv Wine Bar y Queso
...RESERVATIONS...
Tickets for this year's festival are:
$10 General Admission
$5 Students & Boyle Heights Residents
Saturday screenings and workshop at the Boyle Heights Technology Center: FREE
To make your reservation please visit the Casa 0101 website at www.casa0101.org and click on the "reservations" link.
Fill in your information and write the specific program you wish to RSVP for in the input box for "Event/Class Name."
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Mapping the Mission: Between Place and Memory in San Francisco's Latina/o Arts Community
DC has been great absolutely great. I spoke in two of Ana Patricia's classes yesterday and almost lost my voice from so much beautiful central american diasporic poetic dialogue. Did you know the dominant Latino Group in DC is Salvadorans? Pupusa-Eaters heaven! But tomorrow is the day. 8am east coast time this neardy hotness is going down! MC
The American Studies Association
Scheduled Time: Sat, Oct 13 - 8:00am - 9:45am Building/Room: Philadelphia Marriott / Room 415
Session Participants:
Session Organizer: Cary Cordova (Dickinson College (PA))
Chair: Cary Cordova (Dickinson College (PA))
Panelist: Yolanda Lopez (Artist)
Panelist: Maya Chinchilla (San Francisco State University (CA))
Panelist: John Leaños (Arizona State University (AZ))
Panelist: Ana Patricia Rodriguez (University of Maryland, College Park (MD))
Abstract:
To map San Francisco’s Mission District is to chart the meaning of “America Aquí.” As a pivotal site for Chicano and Latino civil rights community organizing since the 1960s, the neighborhood has served as a locus for generations of activists and artists from all parts of the Americas. As the birthplace of the widely known Galería de la Raza, the Mexican Museum, and the Mission Cultural Center, the aesthetics of the Mission have had a wide-reaching impact. Over several decades, the Mission arts scene has produced a vast array of posters, paintings, murals, films, music, multimedia projects, and performance. In the late 1990s, the rapidity of gentrification in the Mission spurred a wave of cultural production to preserve, commemorate, and historicize the meaning of the neighborhood. This roundtable panel will bring together a multigenerational mix of artists and scholars inspired by the Mission in their writing, thinking, aesthetics, activism, and practice.
All of the panelists are engaged in the use of diverse media and technologies to capture the spirit of a community in flux, but also to advocate for social change: panelist Yolanda Lopez is famous for her iconic contributions to Chicano art, from her “Self-portrait of the artist as the Virgin de Guadalupe,” to her contemporary digital murals series that mocks the trite understatement, “Women’s Work is Never Done”; panelist Rio Yañez, Lopez’s son, uses photography and animation to document the history and people of the Mission in a surreal, or “Ghetto-lomography” fashion; panelist John Jota Leaños embodies the definition of provocateur with his performances and multimedia presentations, frequently targeting the contemporary culture of surveillance and violence; panelist Maya Chinchilla is a spoken word artist and filmmaker whose work focuses on female empowerment through the arts; and both panelists Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Cary Cordova have dedicated their scholarship to documenting the many forms and twists of transnational Latino cultural production.
Our objective is to meditate on the meaning of the Mission, to explore the themes and ties that penetrate our works, and to contemplate how our creative and intellectual explorations can evolve in a place increasingly scarred by stories of physical and symbolic displacement. By bringing together different generations of scholars and artists, we will contextualize change over time, and illustrate the diverse perspectives, technologies, and methods that cross-pollinate in our work. We will contemplate the mainstream art world’s relatively recent cultivation of a “Mission School,” which both tends to displace the long trajectory of arts practices in the Mission, as well as accords the mantle of creativity to predominantly non-Latino artists. To talk about the history of art in the Mission opens the door to discussing the state of Latino and American art in the United States and the construction of Latinidad. This is a panel on the cross-currents between art and scholarship, between activism and aesthetics, between place and memory, and between the United States and the Americas.
The American Studies Association
Scheduled Time: Sat, Oct 13 - 8:00am - 9:45am Building/Room: Philadelphia Marriott / Room 415
Session Participants:
Session Organizer: Cary Cordova (Dickinson College (PA))
Chair: Cary Cordova (Dickinson College (PA))
Panelist: Yolanda Lopez (Artist)
Panelist: Maya Chinchilla (San Francisco State University (CA))
Panelist: John Leaños (Arizona State University (AZ))
Panelist: Ana Patricia Rodriguez (University of Maryland, College Park (MD))
Abstract:
To map San Francisco’s Mission District is to chart the meaning of “America Aquí.” As a pivotal site for Chicano and Latino civil rights community organizing since the 1960s, the neighborhood has served as a locus for generations of activists and artists from all parts of the Americas. As the birthplace of the widely known Galería de la Raza, the Mexican Museum, and the Mission Cultural Center, the aesthetics of the Mission have had a wide-reaching impact. Over several decades, the Mission arts scene has produced a vast array of posters, paintings, murals, films, music, multimedia projects, and performance. In the late 1990s, the rapidity of gentrification in the Mission spurred a wave of cultural production to preserve, commemorate, and historicize the meaning of the neighborhood. This roundtable panel will bring together a multigenerational mix of artists and scholars inspired by the Mission in their writing, thinking, aesthetics, activism, and practice.
All of the panelists are engaged in the use of diverse media and technologies to capture the spirit of a community in flux, but also to advocate for social change: panelist Yolanda Lopez is famous for her iconic contributions to Chicano art, from her “Self-portrait of the artist as the Virgin de Guadalupe,” to her contemporary digital murals series that mocks the trite understatement, “Women’s Work is Never Done”; panelist Rio Yañez, Lopez’s son, uses photography and animation to document the history and people of the Mission in a surreal, or “Ghetto-lomography” fashion; panelist John Jota Leaños embodies the definition of provocateur with his performances and multimedia presentations, frequently targeting the contemporary culture of surveillance and violence; panelist Maya Chinchilla is a spoken word artist and filmmaker whose work focuses on female empowerment through the arts; and both panelists Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Cary Cordova have dedicated their scholarship to documenting the many forms and twists of transnational Latino cultural production.
Our objective is to meditate on the meaning of the Mission, to explore the themes and ties that penetrate our works, and to contemplate how our creative and intellectual explorations can evolve in a place increasingly scarred by stories of physical and symbolic displacement. By bringing together different generations of scholars and artists, we will contextualize change over time, and illustrate the diverse perspectives, technologies, and methods that cross-pollinate in our work. We will contemplate the mainstream art world’s relatively recent cultivation of a “Mission School,” which both tends to displace the long trajectory of arts practices in the Mission, as well as accords the mantle of creativity to predominantly non-Latino artists. To talk about the history of art in the Mission opens the door to discussing the state of Latino and American art in the United States and the construction of Latinidad. This is a panel on the cross-currents between art and scholarship, between activism and aesthetics, between place and memory, and between the United States and the Americas.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Chapinas Unidas
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Chapinas Unidas
Date: Sep 27, 2007 11:23 AM
Looking for you !
Soon after C.U. organized its first event in March of 2007 where four womyn gave amazing testimony of their survival and strength, we did a radio interview with an all womyn radio program in Guatemala City. The radio show, Mujeres al Aire/Voces de Mujeres, received many phone calls with people wanting to hear more about Los Angeles. The truth is, with so many family members that have immigrated, many times to L.A., people in Guatemala wanted a connection to the city. And so Mujeres Abriendo Caminos developed.
CU and MAC began to work together in March of 2007. It has been 6 months, and since the beginning it has been clear that more womyn's voices need to be heard. From L.A. to Guate and beyond, MAC has been hosting our own radio segment every wednesday morning live from the Chapinas Unidas Office in Mac Arthur Park.
Past stories include:
- Interview with parents, students and principal of Charter School Semillas del Pueblo
- Yolanda Santuario and the Sanctuary Movement
- Aydee, a woman whose mother was deported 40 years ago retells her story of growing up in L.A. with her mom only as close as Tijuana.
- Interview with students from the Week long hunger strike with college students demanding immigrant rights from congress
- Interview with two 16 yr old mujeres and their experience within MS 13.
There are many womyn's stories that go untold. Chapinas Unidas and Mujeres Abriendo Caminos has been committed to tell stories of strength, survival, realities, imagination, and inspiration. Would you be interested in helping to capture these stories and have a space, an outlet where others can listen to them via RADIO ?
We need radio journalists so we can tell even more stories. Pondered at the thought before ? Not to sure what it looks like but you're open to learning ?
Learn:
Radio Broadcasting
Journalism
Hosting and Interviewing
Radio Production
Using Media to tell our stories...
With history lived daily, and endless possibilities, the stories to be told are infinite.
Interested? Have Questions? A Story ?
ChapinasUnidas@gmail.com
or send us a message.
Even if youre not based in L.A., technology exists to bring our voices together.
www.MujeresAbriendoCaminos.com
REPOST - FAAAR AND WIDE, VERTICALLY, HORIZONTALLY, CROSS CULTURALLY, INTERNATIONALLY...
From: Chapinas Unidas
Date: Sep 27, 2007 11:23 AM
Looking for you !
Soon after C.U. organized its first event in March of 2007 where four womyn gave amazing testimony of their survival and strength, we did a radio interview with an all womyn radio program in Guatemala City. The radio show, Mujeres al Aire/Voces de Mujeres, received many phone calls with people wanting to hear more about Los Angeles. The truth is, with so many family members that have immigrated, many times to L.A., people in Guatemala wanted a connection to the city. And so Mujeres Abriendo Caminos developed.
CU and MAC began to work together in March of 2007. It has been 6 months, and since the beginning it has been clear that more womyn's voices need to be heard. From L.A. to Guate and beyond, MAC has been hosting our own radio segment every wednesday morning live from the Chapinas Unidas Office in Mac Arthur Park.
Past stories include:
- Interview with parents, students and principal of Charter School Semillas del Pueblo
- Yolanda Santuario and the Sanctuary Movement
- Aydee, a woman whose mother was deported 40 years ago retells her story of growing up in L.A. with her mom only as close as Tijuana.
- Interview with students from the Week long hunger strike with college students demanding immigrant rights from congress
- Interview with two 16 yr old mujeres and their experience within MS 13.
There are many womyn's stories that go untold. Chapinas Unidas and Mujeres Abriendo Caminos has been committed to tell stories of strength, survival, realities, imagination, and inspiration. Would you be interested in helping to capture these stories and have a space, an outlet where others can listen to them via RADIO ?
We need radio journalists so we can tell even more stories. Pondered at the thought before ? Not to sure what it looks like but you're open to learning ?
Learn:
Radio Broadcasting
Journalism
Hosting and Interviewing
Radio Production
Using Media to tell our stories...
With history lived daily, and endless possibilities, the stories to be told are infinite.
Interested? Have Questions? A Story ?
ChapinasUnidas@gmail.com
or send us a message.
Even if youre not based in L.A., technology exists to bring our voices together.
www.MujeresAbriendoCaminos.com
REPOST - FAAAR AND WIDE, VERTICALLY, HORIZONTALLY, CROSS CULTURALLY, INTERNATIONALLY...
Monday, September 17, 2007
Encuentros Intimos/Close Encounters:
Dispatches from the Queer Borderlands
Friday, September 21st at 8pm
Galeria de la Raza
$ 7
Tales of trespass, transgression and desire from immigrant and first generation queer artists
Through story, dance, and theater, Bay Area artists reveal the queer sides of immigration: the intricacies of living multiple illegalities; body memories, migrations and exile; homes remembered, lost and found; deportations, criminalization and the struggle to survive these war years
Encuentros offers an unforgettable night of performance featuring:
Justin Chin, Lamya Amir, Cherry G all ete, NaR, Farita, Emanne Bayoumi and more.
With a special comedic appearance by Maceo Cabrera Estevez
OPEN MIC TO FOLLOW!
More info: info@quelaco.org or info@galeriadelaraza.org
Galería de la Raza 2857 24th St. @ Bryant San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: 415.826.8009
Friday, September 21st at 8pm
Galeria de la Raza
$ 7
Tales of trespass, transgression and desire from immigrant and first generation queer artists
Through story, dance, and theater, Bay Area artists reveal the queer sides of immigration: the intricacies of living multiple illegalities; body memories, migrations and exile; homes remembered, lost and found; deportations, criminalization and the struggle to survive these war years
Encuentros offers an unforgettable night of performance featuring:
Justin Chin, Lamya Amir, Cherry G all ete, NaR, Farita, Emanne Bayoumi and more.
With a special comedic appearance by Maceo Cabrera Estevez
OPEN MIC TO FOLLOW!
More info: info@quelaco.org or info@galeriadelaraza.org
Galería de la Raza 2857 24th St. @ Bryant San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: 415.826.8009
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
renaissance woman
I've always been a renaissance woman. I have always wanted to be all and do all. Most of my endeavors have been about promoting other people, about telling stories that don't get told, about bringing attention to work, individuals and movements. I have always wanted to be a publisher, a writer, a filmmaker, a poet, a performer, a leader, an academic, a creative being that moves mountains and shakes souls with my creative works. I am all those things and sometimes do them well...but for some reason it is so hard to do those things for myself. All of these projects would seem like they are about myself but for some reason I remain unable to move the spirits in my soul for the projects that are just about me.
I am a natural collaborator a person who naturally gravitates to people with potential and wants to help develop that potential in every way. I naturally want to help and counsel and cheerlead and coach and love...But how can I break out and do for myself, the way I really need to? A very simple example is I set the goal of publishing my first solo chap book this summer. I began dilligently. Sifting through journals and typed up poems. Took an amazing writing workshop that rocked my world and melted my face off.
I had all this energy and what did I do? I directed that towards other folks, towards making an anthology of central american poets. Again its something I've always wanted to do and is about to be completed, but where am I? wheres the energy directed at editing my work and doing what I wanted to do? Well at least its not wasted energy. And please, this is not a complaint. This is just something I need to constantly work on. Of course it would be great if I was recognized for my fabulousness and the work just fell into place but these are the struggles of the fabulously misunderstood. I'll keep working at while you all work on discovering my unrecognized genius and we'll find a happy medium.
I am a natural collaborator a person who naturally gravitates to people with potential and wants to help develop that potential in every way. I naturally want to help and counsel and cheerlead and coach and love...But how can I break out and do for myself, the way I really need to? A very simple example is I set the goal of publishing my first solo chap book this summer. I began dilligently. Sifting through journals and typed up poems. Took an amazing writing workshop that rocked my world and melted my face off.
I had all this energy and what did I do? I directed that towards other folks, towards making an anthology of central american poets. Again its something I've always wanted to do and is about to be completed, but where am I? wheres the energy directed at editing my work and doing what I wanted to do? Well at least its not wasted energy. And please, this is not a complaint. This is just something I need to constantly work on. Of course it would be great if I was recognized for my fabulousness and the work just fell into place but these are the struggles of the fabulously misunderstood. I'll keep working at while you all work on discovering my unrecognized genius and we'll find a happy medium.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Paint your world-THIS FRIDAY!
Radio 2050-Pinta tu Propio Mundo
Pinta tu Propio Mundo SIX
@ Galeria de la Raza
Friday, August 10, 2007 @ 8 p.m.
Featuring:
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Opal Palmer Adisa
Mamacoatl
Maceo Cabrera Estevez
Las Manas: Maya Chinchilla, Milta Ortiz, Cruz Grimaldo, Anayvette Martinez
Hosted by Leticia Hernandez
Featured visual artist: Chamindika
Tshirts designs and Art FOR SALE
www.chamindika.com
Six years in the running, this evening of women's art and expression presents accomplished writers, risk taking performers, and cutting edge visual artists in the heart of La Misión.
2857 24th Street @ Bryant Street
415-826-8009
$8 - $15 sliding scale/Galería members FREE
Sponsored by Poets and Writers Inc., Nicacelly, KPFA, and Global Exchange.
Pinta tu Propio Mundo SIX
@ Galeria de la Raza
Friday, August 10, 2007 @ 8 p.m.
Featuring:
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Opal Palmer Adisa
Mamacoatl
Maceo Cabrera Estevez
Las Manas: Maya Chinchilla, Milta Ortiz, Cruz Grimaldo, Anayvette Martinez
Hosted by Leticia Hernandez
Featured visual artist: Chamindika
Tshirts designs and Art FOR SALE
www.chamindika.com
Six years in the running, this evening of women's art and expression presents accomplished writers, risk taking performers, and cutting edge visual artists in the heart of La Misión.
2857 24th Street @ Bryant Street
415-826-8009
$8 - $15 sliding scale/Galería members FREE
Sponsored by Poets and Writers Inc., Nicacelly, KPFA, and Global Exchange.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
La Bomba and Las Manas on the Radio
Talking about LA BOMBA this saturday July 21,2007...Check it.
KPFA RADIO 2050
and a past show
Milta and Cruz on Radio 2050
KPFA RADIO 2050
and a past show
Milta and Cruz on Radio 2050
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
The last word
I finally uploaded a trailer for the Last word. Havent had much time to do much video but Im hoping to change that in May...Play it, rate it, comment, critque, make out with it...its less than a minute.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
The Segregated Blogosphere: Colorlines Article
I thought this was a facinating article about color and blogging. Check it.
The Segregated Blogosphere
Chris Rabb's life as a blogger started with an e-mail. For four years, he sent out an e-newsletter to thousands of names in his address book. The newsletter eventually became his blog, Afro-Netizen, which provided Rabb's commentaries on politics and news, with a focus on Black communities. Since then, Rabb has become one of the most outspoken voices on the racial divide in the blogosphere.
"As bloggers of color, we are such a smaller number of people than our white counterparts. That makes reaching the volume of traffic much harder, and the lack of social and financial capital also makes this harder," Rabb said.
People of color make up 40 percent of bloggers, but only 26 percent of Internet users. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's "Blogger" report, which was based on findings from their February through April 2006 tracking surveys, 11 percent of bloggers are Black, 19 percent are English-speaking Hispanic and 10 percent are some other race or ethnicity. read the rest here
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Women, Labor and Immigration Tuesday, March 27, 7-9 p.m.
"Women, Labor and Immigration" panel presentation with Teresa Carrillo, associate professor of Raza studies; Araceli Quezada, SF State alumna and professor of liberal arts at the San Francisco Art Institute; Maria Elena Guillen of the Service Employees International Union and Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; and moderators Deborah Gerson, lecturer in labor studies, and Julia Hua, assistant professor of women studies. Tuesday, March 27, 7-9 p.m., room 362 of the HSS building.
Friday, March 02, 2007
INCITE! Book release
I heard the event in SF was amazing! Packed and full of beautiful energy. I will be performing at the event in Oakland at Mills College March 8th with a crew of amazing performers. Im so honored to be a small part of this event.
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