"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 a multimedia exhibit titled "From Their Hands to Ours" that showcases generational knowledge and personal narratives. Five Latino artists reimagine traditional crafts and use familiar materials in new ways to create dialogue between past and present. Estefania Ajcipis draws on her Guatemalan upbringing and relationship with her father to trace longing, migration and resilience. Miguel Arzabe deconstructs and reconstructs paintings with references to Bolivian textile practice. Rafa Esparza uses adobe brick-making to examine family, labor and home. Edra Soto and Arleene Correa Valencia explore diasporic identity, colonial histories, belonging and immigrant experience. The exhibit runs through March 8 at MACLA, 510 S. First St., San Jose.
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