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ARTIST'S
RECEPTION
Saturday Sept. 9th, 2006. 3 to 7 pm.
Meet
the artists at this reception featuring the music of Conjunto
Los Pochos. The exhibit will be surrounded by a sound art
installation designed by the curator. Come and share in the
discussions, surprises, and unique home-style food and drink!
Luján,
founder of the Mental
Menudo Discussion Forum
for Latino artists, describes the purpose of Pronouncing
Diversity as follows:
"In the sixties, the Latino community mounted a challenge
to being second-class citizens. This resulted in the use
of the term 'Chicano' as a descriptive banner of defiance
against racism, colonization and economic slavery. Many
Spanish-speaking cultural groups in the U.S.A. who experienced
similar difficult acculturation patterns joined in this
multiple cultural-social attitude and movement. Since that
time, significant social strides have been made, and Latinos
have moved from isolated and insulated communities into
mainstream society.
Our contemporary social circumstance suggests the need
for a forum between those who experienced those previous
cultural and political transformations and those who did
not - or have not yet done so. Connecting our communities,
especially artists, is thought to be a necessary objective
for the building, and positive validation of our evolving
social status. This Chicano art exhibit presents artworks
that refer to a complex cultural diversity and to the Mental
Menudo process of constructive dialogue among artists."
Directions
& Contact Information
The
Center
for the Arts
is located in Eagle Rock, California, at 2225 Colorado Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA. 90041. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday,
11 am to 6 pm and Saturdays, 10 am to 3 pm. Click
here for a map
giving directions to the Center. Contact: Jenny
Krusoe
at the Center, or phone: 323-226-1617.
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