Month: August 2023

BORDERLINE: Chicano Voices Speak

Contemporary printmaking, EN / By Carlos Barberena

“BORDERLINE: CHICANO VOICES SPEAK OPENING RECEPTION: AUGUST 23, 5PM-8PM Open to Public: AUGUST 22, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 TENNESSEE VALLEY MUSEUM OF ART The word ‘Chicano(a)’ was first used as a derogatory term used towards lower income Mexicans living in the United States. Though originally used as a classist and racist slur, by the …

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Carlos Cortez 100 AÑOS

Contemporary printmaking, Visual Arts / By Carlos Barberena

CARLOS CORTEZ 100 AÑOS RUBIN & PAULA TORRES GALLERYOPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2:00PM – 4:00PMOpen to Public: AUGUST 13, 2023 – FEBRUARY 18, 2024NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART This centennial exhibition celebrates the legacy of Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl (1923-2005), one of Chicago’s most important social justice artists working in the 20th century. Often a poet, often …

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