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News & Press Releases
October 2025: MACLA and Montalvo Arts Center Present: From Their Hands to Ours
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August 2025: MACLA Presents: Inebria me an experimental opera by San Cha
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May 2025: MACLA and San Jose Jazz Present: ¡WEPA! FEST 2025
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January 2025: MACLA Presents: Esto No Tiene Nombre Performed by Denice Frohman
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October 2024: MACLA presents Undocumented Americans: A Conversation with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, moderated by José Antonio Vargas
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August 2024: MACLA presents Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind, stories and songs from the epic novel Their Dogs Came with Them by Helena María Viramontes. Performance created by Martha Gonzalez and Virginia Grise, Directed by Kendra Ware.
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May 2024: MACLA and San Jose Jazz Present: Día de San Juan Salsa Fest Celebrating Puerto Rican Culture
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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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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.
April 2014: Community Supported Art (CSA) Program launches April 7, 2014.
March 2014: MACLA co-initiating “What’s your Stance on Arts and Culture in San Jose?”
Latino Art Now! 16th Annual Auction + Exhibition, opens March 7, 2014.
February 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.
January 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
Latin Standards by Marga Gomez February 9-11, 2018 Latin Standards Written and Performed by Marga Gomez (GLAAD Award, 2017 “Best of the Bay Award Comedy”)
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.
Songs of Strength, Songs of Regret Saturday, November 18, 2017 Click here for tickets! Inspired by Greek mythology and drawing on the personal stories of
MACLA Presents an Exclusive First Reading of “Ask A Mexican,” Friday, September 22, 2017 7pm Reception (Doors Open) 7:30pm Opening Remarks by Anthony J Garcia
MACLA Presents DJ Latinidad's Latino Dance Party, Friday-Sunday, February 17-19, 2017 Tickets: DJLatinidadatMACLA.eventbrite.com From the dance party music of the Boogie Down Bronx to the
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
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
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
MACLA’s Candy & Chrome Car Show, curated by Marcos Gaitán of Hightone Car Club in conjuction with MACLA. Held outside MACLA at Parque de los
’57 Chevy featuring Ric Salinas of Culture Clash March 10 – 13, 2016 Castellano Playhouse Ric Salinas of Culture Clash stars in this hilarious one-man comedy
Visual Archive
DE ESPERANZA Y DE LOCURA/OF HOPE AND MADNESS Work by Erika Harrsch, Miguel Luciano, Esperanza Mayobre, Favianna Rodriguez, and Judi Werthein August 28—October 26, 2013
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