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Mujeres de Maiz presents "Somos Medicina" March 8-30, 2008
Mujeres de Maiz presents
"Somos Medicina"
Celebration & 11th Year Anniversary
EXHIBIT & ART EVENTS in honor of:
International Women's Day & Women's Herstory Month
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)
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,
Gina Roman, 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.
POETRY NIGHT, Thurs. March 13th 7pm
Hosted by Cyn Da' Poet. With poetry by Alejandra Sanchez, Lynnix , Gloria Alvarez,
Xitlalic Quijosa, Deemba Debis, Marisol Crisostomo-Romo, and more!
FILM NIGHT, Fri. March 21st 7pm
Womyn Image Makers presents a night of films by women of color, curated by WIM.
Platica to follow with the filmmakers.
Films include: Nanobah Becker- "Conversion". Sonali Gulati � "Sum Total." Claudia
Mercado - "Lagrimas de Caf�." Cherien Dabis - "Make a Wish." Aurora Guerrero �
"Ixchel." Aurora Guerrero and Maritza Alvarez - "Pura Lengua."
SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOP Sat. March 22nd, 11:00am-12:30pm
Instructor: Cati de los Rios (Karateka, High School teacher)
MUJER MERCADO/HOLISTIC HEALTH WORKSHOPS, Sun. March 23rd 12pm-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 are
Free with any purchase from Artist Vendor or Workshop Facilitator** @ First Street
Studios 2026 E. First Street, Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), CA 90033
ARTIST PLATICA Wed. March 26th 7pm
Artist Platica on the theme of "Somos Medicina." Focus is on highlighting
inter-generational women artists on the "red road" or women that carry and
practice traditional, native, and indigenous ways, values in their spirituality.
Participants are veteran Chicana multi-media artists as well as those from the
emerging generation including; Yreina Cervantez, Linda Vallejo, Olivia Chumacero,
Gloria Alvarez, Marisol Lydia Torres, Claudia Mercado, and more TBA. Moderated by
Sybil Venegas, Art historian.
MUJER MUSICA NIGHT, Sat. March 29th 7pm
Mujer Musica Concert showcasing women musicians/performer/rappers on one night at
SHG. $5.00
Performers Include: Mystery Hangup , Cihuatl-Ce, Guerrilla Queenz, Lady Binx
(Texas), Eddika Organista of El Haru Kuroi, Son Mujeres, Teatro M3, Adriana Cabrera
Garcia, and more!
CLOSING CEREMONY & Caracol Marketplace Sun. March 30th 11am-4pm
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 3pm. @ At Proyecto Jardin: 1718 Bridge Street, LA (Boyle Heights),CA 90033
please visit www.mujeresdemaiz.net
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
www.mujeresdemaiz.net.
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