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News & Press Releases
2015
March 2015: MACLA presents its 17th Latino Art Now! Exhibition
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January 2015: MACLA presents ¡Ser!, the award-winning theater performance by Karen Anzoategui, directed by Marcos Nájera.
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2014
September 2014: Jeff Chang reads from his latest book, Who We Be: The Colorization of America, on October 23, 2014. Discussion with KQED follows.
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August 2014: Unmasked, an exhibition on real and re-imagined superheoes, opens August 27, 2014.
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May 2014: Cosmos Codex, commissioned work by Vargas-Suarez UNIVERSAL, opens May 2, 2014.
Apr 2014: Community Supported Art (CSA) Program launches April 7, 2014.
Mar 2014: MACLA is co-initiating “What’s your Stance on Arts and Culture in San Jose?” on April 23, 2014, 7:00 p.m. at the San José Repertory Theater.
Latino Art Now! 16th Annual Auction + Exhibition, opens March 7, 2014.
Feb 2014: MACLA is co-sponsoring this February’s Center for Literary Arts lecture, featuring novelist Cristina García in conversation with Andrew Sean Greer. Ms. García has published six highly-acclaimed novels, including Dreaming in Cuban, a finalist for the National Book Award. A reading and book signing is on February 5, followed by the lecture on February 6 at 1:00 pm. This event is organized by The Center for Literary Arts in San José and the Department of World Languages and Literatures at San José State University.Visit litart.org for details.
Jan 2014: Our Senior Curator, Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, participates in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ ConVerge event, an evening of performance and conversation that explores cross-disciplinary collaboration and generative platforms in art-making today. www.ybca.org/converge
Video Archive
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
2013 PEAPOD ADOBE YOUTH VOICES ACADEMY
Film: Rhythm of a Refugee (2013 Adobe Aspire Awards, 1st Place Best Collaboration Project)
Film: Be the One
Music Video: Polaroids & Films (2013 Adobe Aspire Awards, Best Music Video)
Film: Make the Call (2013 Adobe Youth Voices 2013 Film Camp. Best Production Award)
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![Get your tickets today for "Ghostly Labor" by Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcla! – a powerful exploration of labor's history in the US-Mexico borderlands. This groundbreaking performance combines the art forms of Tap Dance, Mexican Zapateado, Son Jarocho, and Afro-Caribbean movement.
📅 Saturday, September 30th
🚪 Doors Open at 7:00 PM
💃 Performance at 7:30 PM
📍 Location: MACLA, 510 South First Street
🎟️ Tickets: [Link in Bio]
Through mesmerizing polyrhythmic movement and an original score, "Ghostly Labor" takes you on a journey to uncover the legacy of systemic labor exploitation. It's a celebration of the resilience and unity found in collective resistance.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to witness a work in progress that promises to leave you inspired and moved.
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Performance Archive
About Yosimar Reyes is a nationally-acclaimed Poet and Public Speaker. Born in Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in Eastside San Jose, Reyes explores the themes of
About Maribel Martínez is a Queer Chicanx of P’urhépecha heritage. She is a brainiac, storyteller, guerrera that dreams of shapeshifting. By day, she works in public policy. After hours, she
About Born and raised in Cuba, DJ Leydis combines contemporary hits with a distinct fusion of Latin flavors, R&B classics, and roots reggae blends. Involved in the
About Ivan AKA Ivan Del Acordeon – Born and Raised in ESSJ (East San Jose) started writing and performing music at the age of 13. By 19
Artist Talk and some Stand-Up Storytelling with writer, performer, and stand-up comedian, Baruch Porras-Hernandez! Baruch (@baruchporrashernandez) discussed the creation of the We Can Be Heroes
Playwright Mercedes Floresislas, who has been commissioned by MACLA, through the Gerbode Foundation, to write a new play, shared her writing process and told us
Please join MACLA for Salsa Solo Foot Work and Choreography, led by Chiquy Mejia! Practice, learn individual salsa steps, and make choreography to show off
Mónica María’s music reflects her Californian roots mixed with traditional, earthly and contemporary sounds of Latin America. A vocalist, multi instrumentalist and composer, her songs
Friends, join playwright, performer and poet Paul S. Flores for MACLA’s “Stories From La Sala,” Friday, April 3, for a live poetry reading and poetry
Noches de Baile: In Lak’ech Dance Academy Dance, watch, learn and play with In Lak’ech Dance Academy and DJ Wonway Posibul! Club MACLA hosts an evening of salsa
Visual Archive
Presents: Ghostly Labor by Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcla at The Castellano Playhouse PLAYBILL GHOSTLY LABOR About Ghostly Labor, by Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcla delves into
About Patty Botello was born in Los Ángeles, California. At the age of three, she learned how Piñatas were created from her next-door neighbor and
About Dignidad Rebelde is a creative collaborative space organized by artists Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes who are based in Halchis, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Jalquin Chochenyo Ohlone,
About Anna Lisa Escobedo, She/Her/Ella/Ellas. She is a visual artist, muralist, cultural worker, networker, and event & program producer. At YBCA, she helps design and implements
@j.duh took over our Instagram @macla_sanjose to share more about his work, live painting, and answered questions about his art and inspiration. Visit @MaclaSanjose
Artist Pilar Agüero-Esparza (IG: pilar.aguero.esparza) took over our Instagram page and shared her creative space from home and showed us a few paintings she’s been
Join us this Wednesday, April 22nd on Instagram Live for a drawing tutorial lead by artist Carlos Rodriguez! (IG @carlosrmk). Find the supply list below! Time: 30 minutes
We had the pleasure of having artist Arleene Correa Valencia (www.correavalencia.com) take over our IG Live and shared about her process and inspiration behind her
Join us this Wednesday, April 15th on Instagram Live for your chance to make you very own pineapple pinata alongside artist Patty Botello (IG @pbotelloart)! Find
Artist Cruzita Mendoza Fonseca took over our Instagram Live on April 1st, 2020, for another installment of Stories from La Sala and walked us through
