MACLA, Montalvo come together for Latino artists' exhibit

"Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, or MACLA, in downtown San Jose and Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga are collaborating on a multimedia exhibit showcasing generational knowledge and stories. For From Their Hands to Ours, five Latino artists use familiar materials in new ways and reimagine traditional crafts to tell their personal narratives, creating a dialogue between the past and present."

"Estefania Ajcipis is a Long Beach artist whose work draws from her Guatemalan upbringing and touches on her relationship with her father to trace a journey of longing, migration and resilience. Miguel Arzabe is an Oakland artist who deconstructs paintings and puts them back together in a way that is reminiscent of Bolivian textile practice. Rafa esparza from Los Angeles reflects on his Chicano heritage through adobe brick-making, a reference to his father, to explore themes of family, labor and home."

MACLA in downtown San Jose and Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga present From Their Hands to Ours, a multimedia exhibit showcasing generational knowledge and stories. Five Latino artists repurpose familiar materials and reimagine traditional crafts to convey personal narratives linking past and present. Estefania Ajcipis draws on her Guatemalan upbringing and her relationship with her father to trace longing, migration and resilience. Miguel Arzabe deconstructs and reconstructs paintings with echoes of Bolivian textile practice. Rafa esparza uses adobe brick-making to explore family, labor and home. Edra Soto examines diasporic identity and colonial histories tied to Puerto Rican migration in Chicago. Arleene Correa Valencia turns immigrant experience into visual explorations of belonging and identity. The exhibit runs through March 8 at MACLA, 510 S. First St., San Jose. Vitalant will host a Dec. 22 blood drive at Cambrian Park Church of the Nazarene, noon-4:30 p.m., with donor incentives and the Big $20,000 Giveaway; appointments at vitalant.org or 877-25-VITAL.

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