25 Jun The Chicano Collection: Fine Art Prints by Modern Multiples
The Chicano Collection/La Colección Chicana: Fine Art Prints by Modern Multiples features archival-quality digital prints (gicleés) of paintings by 26 prominent Chicano artists, including Frank Romero, John Valadez, Patssi Valdez, and Margaret Garcia. Depicting urban life and the Chicano experience between 1969 and 2001, the exhibition is the culmination of a one-year project designed to advance Chicano art as a recognized school of American art and to increase public accessibility to it. In addition to the fine art gicleés, it includes linocut portraits of the artists by artist Artemio Rodriguez and an original 53-minute documentary about Chicano art directed by Tamara Hernandez who also produced it with by Melissa Richardson Banks and Heather Flores. Funding was raised by CauseConnect.
TOUR SCHEDULE
Pueblo, Colorado – InfoZone News Museum at Pueblo City-County Library
October 2 through November 29, 2009
Anaheim, California – The MUZEO
January 27 through May 18, 2008
Los Angeles, California – Pico House Gallery at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument
February 24 through April 10, 2007
Oxnard, California – Downtown Center for the Arts
November 19, 2006 through January 21, 2007
Fresno, California – Arte Americas
July 21 – September 30, 2006
Northridge, California – CSUN Art Galleries at California State University, Northridge
June 17 through July 9, 2006
Sacramento, California – La Raza Galeria Posada (now Latino Center of Art and Culture)
April 8 through July 9, 2006
Los Angeles, California – Boathouse Gallery at Plaza de la Raza
February 11 through March 26, 2006
Riverside, California – Riverside Metropolitan Museum
September 8, 2005 through January 15, 2006
Los Angeles, California – Boathouse Gallery at Plaza de la Raza
June 25 through August 20, 2005