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CURRENT EXHIBITION: “Crude Reflections/Cruda Realidad”

Featuring photography by Lou Dematteis

Now through Saturday, November 5

Thank you to all who attended the opening reception for "Crude Reflection," as well as the artist talk hosted in collaboration with Amazon Watch. Lou Dematteis’s stunning documentary photography illustrates both the devastation and uplifting campaign for justice in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where oil drilling has impacted rainforest communities and indigenous nations.

"Everywhere I turned, it seemed, I encountered people with cancer, birth defects and other serious health problems.

I was determined to help give voice to the people who are living this tragedy and to their fight to force Chevron, who bought

Texaco in 2001, to clean up the contamination and compensate its victims. I hope that the photographs and testimonies in

'Crude Reflections: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest' help do that."

--artist statement

Read El Tecolote's review of the show! In English or In Spanish

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PACHANGA 2011: Ten Years In The Making

Saturday, November 19

You’re invited! We are five weeks away from Galeria’s annual fundraiser, and we're bringing a little funk this year with a 1970s theme

in attire and music. This year's Pachanga will showcase works for sale from over 50 artists, feature a live and silent auction,

no-host bar, hors d’oeuvres, and disco, salsa, and Latin funk music provided by DJ Aztec Parrot – sure to be a Pachanguero for the memory books. Dust your platform shoes, bell bottoms, and hot pants!

Early bird presale tickets go on sale Wednesday, October 26 at a special price of $15.

Don't miss out! All proceeds will benefit Galeria de la Raza.

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OCTOBER PROGRAMS: Calendar

Dia de los Muertos: Galeria welcomes back the Sugar Skull Gallery

As the fall moves into the city bringing Indian summers, hot days at the park, and Halloween, it also brings sugar skulls into the

mix. Galeria is happy to announce another partnership with the Sugar Skull Gallery in hosting sugar skull demos,

decorating parties, and family workshops. Check out the calendar for dates and how to register.

City Studio: Fridays 4pm-7pm, through December 15

Galeria de la Raza and the San Francisco Art Institute are offering free workshops on Friday through the end of year for youth

aged 10-16 to introduce and hone media skills in fostering creativity. The course, titled "Design=Power: Redefining The Codes Of Public Discourse," uses media (graphics, audio, video, photography), and students work together to develop content and learn graphic software and equipment. Students are required to create, edit, manipulate and produce their own projects, with an eye towards the neighborhoods in which they live. Apply online here, or drop-in during session hours.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mexican Museum fundraiser: La Catrina, Keeping The Spirits Alive

Tickets are now on sale for the Mexican Museum's Dia de los Muertos fundraiser at the Concourse Exhibition Center

on
Saturday, October 29. Dancing, entertainment, and a costume contest will all be apart of the night.

For more information and tickets >>

Build Your Own Altar: The Marigold Project

Mission-based non-profit organization The Marigold Project is looking for volunteers and participants for this year's

Dia de los Muertos

celebration in Garfield Park (located on Harrison & 25th Streets).

For information and submission forms >>

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FUNDERS

Galeria de la Raza's programs are made possible by:

The San Francisco Arts Commission, Grants For the Arts/Hotel Tax Fund, The California Arts Council, a state agency;

the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Fleishhacker Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Foundation,

NALAC Fund for the Arts/Nescafé Clásico, Zellerbach Family Fund, Union Bank Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation,

and Galeria members.

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