Press Room

Click on the archives below for past programs, (including press releases), and/or contact us at info@maclaarte.org for additional information.

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 2014Unmasked, an exhibition on real and re-imagined superheoes, opens August 27, 2014.
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May 2014Cosmos Codex, commissioned work by Vargas-Suarez UNIVERSAL, opens May 2, 2014.

Apr 2014Community 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

Performance Archive

Yissy García and Bandancha

Yissy García and Bandancha Sunday, December 3, 2017, 7pm Be a part of the San José debut of international award-winning percussionist Yissy García and her acclaimed jazz cubano band, Bandancha.

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Sandra Antongiorgi in Concert

MACLA Presents Sandra Antongiorgi Friday-Saturday, November 11-12, 2016, 8pm Sunday, November 13, 2016, 1pm Tickets at SandraAtMACLA.eventbrite.com With Opening Performance by María José Montijo   MACLA/Movimiento de Arte

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We Gon’ Be Alright: Jeff Chang

A Conversation on Resegregation + the Movement for Racial Justice Now with Jeff Chang Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 6pm Tickets at JeffChangAtMACLA.eventbrite.com Moderated by Queena Kim

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C2SV at MACLA, Thu-Sat, Oct 6-8, 2016

On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 10am, in conjunction with C2SV: Creative Convergence Silicon Valley, MACLA hosts a FREE Cultural District Forum in the Castellano Playhouse moderated by Jessica Cusick (Cusick

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Visual Archive

Force129

Have you ever seen these pieces while going to MACLA’s gallery or during a First Friday Art Walk? Ever wondered who it’s by or want

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Shelter/Refugio

Shelter/Refugio Exhibition Jun 2 – Aug 13, 2017 The history of the United States has been one of migration, of refuge and shelter. To commemorate

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Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition Exhibition Sep 2 — Nov 13, 2016 Aaron De La Cruz, Adrian Esparza and Linda Vallejo construct, unravel, and mark to re-encounter the familiar. Read

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6th Chicana/o Biennial

November 20, 2016 (San José, CA)—MACLA/ Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana presents its much-anticipated 6th Chicana/o Biennial, opening December 2, 2016 and will

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