WHAT IS BORDER ART?
A view of Califas from San Francisco Bay
?QUE ES EL ARTE FRONTERIZO?
Una vista de Califas desde la bah¨ªa de San Francisco
Califas Panel Discussion
Saturday, November 3, 2018
11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Main Gallery
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What is ¡®Border Art¡¯? Does it make sense to talk about Border Art in the Bay Area? Where exactly is Califas? Join curators, writers, and critics for a lively round-table conversation in conjunction with?the Richmond Art Center's current exhibition . This event is free and open to the public.
Michael Dear, host and moderator, co-curator of Califas, Cal emeritus professor and author of Why Walls Won¡¯t Work: Repairing the US-Mexico Divide, hosts a round-table discussion with:
Richard C¨¢ndida Smith / emeritus professor of history at UC Berkeley, and author of Utopia and Dissent: Art, Poetry and Politics in California; and Improvised Continent: Pan-Americanism and Cultural Exchange. Contributor to Califas catalogue.
Norma ?Iglesias Prieto / member of Mexico¡¯s Sistema Internacional de Investigadores, formerly at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana, and currently professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Diego State University. Author of Emergencias: Las artes visuales en Tijuana, and contributor to Califas catalogue.
Ronald Rael?/ co-curator of?Califas, artist, professor of architecture and art practice at UC Berkeley, and author of?Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S. Mexico Boundary.
About the exhibition: Califas: Art of the US-Mexico Borderlands / El Arte de la Zona Fronteriza M¨¦xico-Estados Unidos explores representations of the US-Mexico ¡®borderlands¡¯ in contemporary art, with a special emphasis on the Bay Area. This exhibition comes at a moment when the current nationwide immigration crisis has once again focused attention on the border between Mexico and the United States.
The exhibition features works by 22 contemporary artists and collaborative groups who explore the origins of migrant memory, the consequences of boundary line fortification, the mixing of border cultures, responses to injustice and inequality, and ideas and solutions to advance the borderlands and its peoples.
Califas: Art of the US-Mexico Borderlands / El Arte de la Zona Fronteriza M¨¦xico-Estados Unidos opens to the public on Tuesday, September 11 and runs through November 16, 2018. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue featuring essays by Richard C¨¢ndida-Smith, Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Lowery Stokes Sims, and Michael Dear and Ronald Rael.?
Featured Artists: AGENCY (Ersela Kripa & Stephen Mueller), Chester Arnold, Enrique Chagoya, CRO studio (Adriana Cuellar & Marcel S¨¢nchez), Dignidad Rebelde, Ana Teresa Fern¨¢ndez, Nathan Friedman, Guillermo Galindo, Rebeca Garc¨ªa-Gonz¨¢lez, Andrea Carrillo Iglesias, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Richard Misrach, Alejandro ¡®Luperca¡¯ Morales, Julio C¨¦sar Morales, Postcommodity, Rael San Fratello, Fernando Reyes, Favianna Rodriguez, Stephanie Syjuco, David Taylor, Judi Werthein, Rio Ya?ez
The exhibition is made possible with support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation; Susan Chamberlin, Matt and Margaret Jacobson; and annoymous donors.
Top images (left to right): Ana Teresa Fern¨¢ndez, Pasando (Performance Documentation), Lead on Paper, 2018; Rebeca?Garc¨ªa-Gonz¨¢lez, La Nicarag¨¹ense, Oil on canvas, 2008; Guillermo Galindo,?Spiritual Release, Acrylic on beacon flag, 2017?
Poster image: Julio C¨¦sar Morales, Day Dreaming Series (detail), 2018. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
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About the Richmond Art Center: The Richmond Art Center is the largest visual arts center in the East Bay, delivering exciting arts experiences to young and old alike who reflect the diverse richness of our community. The Art Center features hands-on learning, well-equipped studios, Art in the Community programs and contemporary exhibitions in its galleries.
Every year, the Richmond Art Center serves thousands of students through classes and programs taught by professional artists, both onsite at the Art Center and at sites throughout Richmond. The Art Center¡¯s four galleries mount rotating exhibitions that display the works of emerging and established Bay Area artists. Artists such as Richard Diebenkorn, Richard Misrach, Wanxin Zhang, Mildred Howard, Bella Feldman, Hung Liu, William Wiley, June Schwartz, and David Park have been showcased here.
The Richmond Art Center originated in 1936, when local artist Hazel Salmi, who worked for the WPA, traversed the streets of Richmond with a suitcase packed with art supplies, eager to teach art to anyone interested. Today, everything at the Art Center continues to breathe life into Salmi¡¯s original vision: That within every person lives an artist.
Visit the Richmond Art Center¡¯s website for more information:
Contact for more information:
Amy Spencer
Exhibitions Director
amy@...
510-620-1252
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