Lagrimas Para Siempre: "La Llorona" Artist Talk + Opening Reception Saturday, February 12

*La Llorona Unfabled:* *Stories to (Re)tell* *To Little Girls* Artist talk + opening reception Saturday, February 12	"The exhibition responds “to issues of gender, class, identity, and migration in an effort to re-craft cultural narratives into feminist and Latina perspectives. Which is not to say the exhibition won't speak to all women. ‘It isn’t about brown, white, rich, poor,’ Ana Teresa Fernandez affirms. ‘It is about the self, learning to find your true voice and talents and making that voice the thing which sustains you in life." – San Francisco Bay Guardian Using the Mexican folktale of La Llorona (“the wailing/weeping woman”) as its departure point to explore issues of immigration, female sexuality, and cultural paradigms, artists Ana Teresa Fernandez, Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez, Geraldine Lozano, Rosario Sotelo, and Tanya Vlach present a series of video-based projects that examine how Latina immigrants view themselves and speak to the feelings of nostalgia, loss, personal transformation and renewal associated with the migrant experience. *This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Creative Work Fund. Additional support was provided by the Zellerbach Family Fund.* + Artist talk with all participating artists: Saturday, February 12 @ 2pm + Opening reception: Saturday, February 12 @ 7:30pm - featuring drinks specials and a raffle courtesy of The Winery SF (wine tasting, barrel sample, and tour, $250 value) Exhibition runs through Saturday, April 16 For more info >> RSVP on Facebook >> __________________________________________
Lunada 2011 kickstarts Friday, February 18 7:30pm	The waxing Spring Season begins next week for a Lunada made for the memory books. An evening of poetry, music and visual art, “Fronteras Reales e Imaginarias / Jeux Sans Frontiers / Juegos sin Fronteras” promises a fantastic season opener for 2011’s Lunada calendar. Guest curated by Cesar Barragan, featured poet Rafael Jesús González will be reading from his new book of moon poems La musa lunática / The Lunatic Muse, and visual artists Joaquin Alejandro Newman and Sean Levon Nash will be featured in a live collaboration. Hosted by Sandra Garcia Rivera. Friday, February 18 @ 7:30 pm $5 entrance; free with food dish to share, or free with Galeria membership For more info on performers >> RSVP on Facebook >> __________________________________________
Artist Spotlight Ana Teresa Fernandez	It’s not without good reason Ana Teresa Fernandez is in high demand: with two exhibitions opening within weeks of each other as a lead artist, Fernandez’s work is highly becoming some of the most sought-after nationwide. With a new extensive interview now out about her incorporating hyper-realism and a high attention to detail in her work, Fernandez’s piece “Untitled (Performance documentation at San Diego/Tijuana border)” is for sale as part of Galeria de la Raza’s 40th Anniversary Print Portfolio series as either a stand-alone piece or together with four additional prints. For more info >> Artist website >> __________________________________________
Community Partners Happenings + News	Galeria welcomed Sacramento’s Royal Chicano Air Force to the table in January, and between the personal video message from Jose Montoya to the anecdotes Ella Diaz and Stephanie Sauer dished, RCAF solidified itself once again as a force to be reckoned with. See a photo gallery here >> ___ SFSU’s Fine Art Gallery welcomes Mexico: Política y Poética, a modern and contemporary works on paper and animations show featuring the works of Miguel Calderon, Jose Clemente Orozco, Jose Guadalupe Posada, and many others, with the program dedicated to the re-opening of San Francisco’s Mexican Museum. Opening reception – Thursday, February 17 @ 4:30pm; San Francisco State University, Fine Arts Gallery: 1600 Holloway Ave. For more info >> ___ Kearny Street, Intersection for the Arts, and AMATE: Women Painting Stories are combining forces for the 8th Annual Interdisciplinary Writers Lab (IWL) 2011. Twelve students will be selected to participate in the literary program, which will involve a series of workshops, a public reading, and an online anthology publication – submissions being accepted now! For more info >> __________________________________________
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