by Randall Goffin
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Seventeen artists form Puerto Rico and 13 from the Bay Area produce and exchange artwork as part of a national coalition of political artists. This poster exchange project is presented by Mission Gráfica, whose mission has helped bridge artists in Latin America and the East Bay for thirty years.
The Mission Culture Center for Latino Arts is holding true to their original mission by promoting and developing Latino cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of the Chicano, Mexican, Central and South American, and the Caribbean people.
The complete works of the ‘Art of Democracy’ total more than 50 displayed collections of political graphics that will appear in galleries, universities and libraries up until the election, inspiring awareness. The opening reception for our area was scheduled at the Mission Culture Center for Latino Arts, on Friday Oct. 3. For more information or to get a complete list of exhibit locations, please visit www.artofdemocracy.org or call 415-821-1155.
City Hall celebrates Hero’s of Latino Heritage month 2008
The Latino Community Foundation and the San Francisco Latino Heritage Committee invite you to celebrate Latino Heritage Month with Mayor Gavin Newsome at San Francisco’s City Hall. The ceremony will honor commendable Latino citizens and organizations including president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, the United Farm Workers, the Latina Breast Cancer Foundation, QueLaCo, Univision Community Relations, Incubator Kitchen for low-income entrepreneurs and artist Carolina Echeverria to name a few.
The celebration will take place at The Rotunda, San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place in San Francisco on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m. To RSVP please call 415-554-6622.
Performance Art by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and La Poncha Nostra
SF Camerawork hosts a two-part series of participatory performance art events led by artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña and La Pocha Nostra. The exhibition is titled ‘I feel I am free but I know I am not.’ The event incorporates an edgy mix of ‘radical performance karaoke,’ elaborate costuming, photographers, political imagery, religious iconography, pop culture, and even plans to incorporate audience members, including, but not limited to, Bay area officials and politicians. The cover is $5 at the door, $2 for seniors and free for SF Camerawork’s members.
This two-part event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. and again on Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Both parts take place at SF Camerawork, 657 Mission St., 2nd floor. For more information about being part of this event please visit www.sfcamerawork.org or call 415-512-2020.
The Immigrant Experience with MamacoAtl, Paul Flores, and Los Nadies
This unique collection of spoken word and hip hop artists, rock and Afro-Cuban rhythms is what has come to be expected from La Peña’s Immigration Series. The artists are some of the newest and hottest on the Latin music scene. The musical series is a collaboration with several groups including The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, working to provide an artistic platform for the immigrant experience. The cover charge is $10 in advance or $12 at the door on Saturday Oct. 11 at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. For more information visit www.lapena.org or call call 510-849-2568.
