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Galería América The Institute for Latino Studies presents: Dialogues on the Americas As a complement to the national conference "Transnationalism, Transnation, Translation: A Dialogue on the Americas," April 15-17, 2007, at the University of Notre Dame, this exhibition draws on images by artists from the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA), as well as a number of Bay-Area artists, to explore the rich cultural heritage of the Americas. The MCCLA was established in 1977 by California Bay-Area artists and community activists, who sought to create a platform from which to promote, preserve, and develop Latino cultural arts that celebrate the tradition and experiences of disparate peoples of the Americas, including those of Mexico (specifically the Chicano people), Central and South America, and the Caribbean. In keeping with its view of artistic expression as crucial to the well-being and cultural development of healthy communities, the MCCLA is committed to making the arts as accessible as possible. The exhibition emphasizes the interrelated history and experiences of the peoples of the Americas through a visual iconography that both links these disparate cultures and outlines their complicated and convoluted history in the New World. Featuring a colorful and varied slate of images, Dialogues on the Americas suggests multiple possibilities for engagement among the many cultures of the Americas and highlights the points of convergence between them. In focusing on the importance of dialogue, the exhibition speaks in profound ways to a history of cultural contact and encounter stretching from the 15th century to the present. Bringing forward deep yet often silent (or silenced) cultural realities, it insists on dialogue to combat the often violent results of cultural difference and its encounters, affirming that understanding, tolerance, faith, and love must, and can only, come from the heart. Cyraina Johnson-Roullier The Galería América is open daily, Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. For more information about the Institute for Latino Studies visit our web site at latinostudies.nd.edu |
View Other Galería América shows: Diez Ańos: Arte de ILS & IUPLR ILS Student Exhibition Arteologist: Archeology of Memory 35 Years of Photography Maceo Montoya: Retratos y Cuentos Segura Publishing Company: Fine Art Prints Calaveras y Huesos: Día de los Muertos (Skeletons and Bones: Day of the Dead) Images of Immigrant Communities: A Photographic Exhibition Dialogues on the Americas Consejo Nactional de Talleres Portfolio, Creando Fuerza Del Corazón del Pueblo (From the Heart of the People) Aztlán y más allá (Aztlán and Beyond) The Camera's Eye: Photographic Works by Javier Hernández The Spirit of Memory/El Espíritu del Recuerdo El Pueblo Unido: Poster Art of Global Awareness Nuyorican Realities: Works from Spanish Harlem Interior Conversations Elements of Womanhood Pasatiempos de La Frontera Strength & Struggle; Portraits of Women Myths, Symbols and Colors' silk screen prints by Calixto Robles La vida mexicana: The Graphic Art of Leopoldo Méndez Southern Darkness, Southern Light: Photographs of Latin America Espiritu Digital (Digital Spirit) |
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