"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. One of the surprising aspects of the piece is that visitors can walk around the hardened perimeter."
""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."
""I think you can look at this exhibit and see that focus on tradition and cultural heritage is on clear display," said San Jose City Councilmember Anthony Tordillos, who attended a preview reception Dec. 4. "'From Their Hands to Ours' is all about exploring the ways the tradition, stories and knowledge that are passed down throughout the generations inform the way that we can show up and navigate the world.""
An exhibition at MACLA in downtown San Jose features works by rafa esparza, Estefania Ajcip, Miguel Arzabe, Edra Soto and Arleene Correa Valencia that engage ancestral knowledge and cultural identity. The show includes an adobe floor created with mud, straw and manure, with the artist's shoes embedded and a hardened perimeter that visitors can walk around. Pieces reference Chicano heritage, Puerto Rican fences and Bolivian textile traditions. The exhibition opened Dec. 5 and runs through March 8 as a collaboration between Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana and Montalvo Arts Center. MACLA is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., with free admission.
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