"But it is probably not as dirty as it was for co-curators Alyssarhaye Graciano and Olivia Esparza when they helped artist rafa esparza create an adobe floor for From Their Hands to Ours, a new exhibition at MACLA's downtown San Jose gallery. They made mud and incorporated straw and manure, and the artist ultimately left the shoes he was wearing embedded in the adobe."
"From Their Hands to Ours, which opened Dec. 5 and runs through March 8, is a collaboration between Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA) and the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga. Graciano is MACLA's visual arts curator and Olivia Esparza is Montalvo's Marcus Curatorial Fellow. The other artists involved, in addition to rafa esparza, are Estefania Ajcip, Miguel Arzabe, Edra Soto and Arleene Correa Valencia."
An exhibition at MACLA in downtown San Jose features a collaborative installation centered on an adobe floor constructed from mud, straw and manure, with the artist embedding his shoes in the hardened material. The show runs from Dec. 5 through March 8 and results from a collaboration between Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana and the Montalvo Arts Center. Co-curators Alyssarhaye Graciano and Olivia Esparza assisted in the installation. Participating artists include rafa esparza, Estefania Ajcip, Miguel Arzabe, Edra Soto and Arleene Correa Valencia. Several works engage themes of identity, place and ancestral inheritance, and visitors can walk around the adobe perimeter.
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