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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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Performance Archive
A BODY PARTED: SHRAPNEL OF PRESENT TIME/ UN CUERPO PARTIDO: ESQUIRLAS DE TIEMPO PRESENTE By Secos y Mojados Collective: Victor Cartagena, Violeta Luna, David Molina,

April 30, 2011 An evening of spoken word with Mayda del Valle, the youngest person and the first Latina to win the individual title at

A staged reading by Anel I. Flores October 23, 2010 A hilarious dramedy chronicling the emotional story of the difficult challenges a Mexican-American is faced
By D’Lo October 2, 2010 In Ramble-Ations: A One D’Lo Show, Sri Lankan, transgendered, vegetarian, performance and hip-hop artist D’Lo weaves personal stories through poetry,
by Verbobala March 19, 2010 This DJ/VJ project built on the traditions of the sonideros of Monterrey and early Jamaican soundsystems includes global rhythms from
IMPERIAL SILENCE: UNA ÓPERA MUERTA / A DEAD OPERA IN FOUR ACTS Directed by John Jota Leaños October 23—25, 2009 Imperial Silence, a multimedia performance,
Visual Archive

POP TO THE RESCUE Work by Mitsy Ávila Ovalles, Carolyn Castaño, Las Hermanas Iglesias, and Ana Serrano June 7–August 10, 2013 Pop to the Rescue summons

April 5—May 18, 2013 MACLA’s 15th Annual Latino Art Auction Exhibition presents the very best of contemporary Latino art from the Bay Area and beyond,

ASSEMBLING THE PIECES: RECONSTRUCTING MEMORY & HYBRID IDENTITY Work by Tessie Barrera-Scharaga and Samuel Rodriguez January 16—March 16, 2013 This exhibition addresses themes of transformation,

POWER IN NUMBERS Recent work by Julio Salgado, Betty A. Davis, Ana Teresa Fernandez & Julio Cesar Morales November 2, 2012–January 5, 2013 This exhibition

CITY PORTRAITS/RETRATOS DE CIUDAD Work by Marcos Ramírez ERRE August 17—October 20, 2012 This is a solo exhibition of new work by Tijuana-based artist Marcos

EVEN THE SMALLEST CHANGE CAN BE PROFOUND Work by Efren Álvarez, Vic de la Rosa, Gregory Michael Hernandez, Monica Martinez, Gwen Mercado-Reyes, and Esteban Salazar

April 4—May 19, 2012 MACLA’s 14th Annual Latino Art Auction Exhibition presents the very best of contemporary Latino art from the Bay Area and beyond,

4th CHICANA/O BIENNIAL January 18–March 10, 2012 The Biennial is an exhibition and public forum to take inventory of and reflect on the continuously emergent

CUBAN CONNECTIONS: NEAR & FAR November 2, 2011–January 7, 2012 Highlighting several Bay Area collections, this group exhibition features Cuban artists whose work explores cultural

NAVIGATIONS OF THE FANTASTIC Work by Jose Arenas, Betty A. Davis, Veronica Felix, and Elizabeth Gomez June 3–August 13, 2011 Nature and the environment, themes