- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/chicano-artists/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:06:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host 鈥楨stamos Aqui鈥 exhibit as part of community reading program /news-archive/2017/09/18/estamos-aqui/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:06:08 +0000 /news/?p=67814 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host 鈥楨stamos Aqui鈥 exhibit as part of community reading program]]> The 鈥淓stamos Aqui (We Are Here)鈥 exhibit will be on display in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Art Gallery III from Oct. 11 to Nov. 10. The exhibit is part of the National Endowment of the Arts Big Read program, which encourages communities to engage in reading programs and events that broaden understanding of the world and region. Big Read will run from Tuesday, Sept. 19, to Friday, Nov. 3, and will feature presentations, book discussions, film screenings, and related arts programming. Ottenheimer Library is the only library in Arkansas to receive the grant for the program this year. In 1993, Chicano painter and printmaker Sam Coronado of Coronado Studios provided his workspace and equipment for an Artist-in-Residence program in Austin, Texas, where underrepresented artists could learn serigraphy. The residency featured artists from diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds, but was especially known for fostering contemporary printmaking within the Mexican-American and Latino community. The resulting portfolio of prints speaks to the duality of Latino and Chicano artists living and working across the United States and in other countries, exploring their celebrations, sorrows, challenges, popular culture, and personal experiences. The serigraphs feature family and religious symbols, political motifs, Mexican 鈥淟ucha Libre鈥 wrestling matches, video and performance art, neighborhood themes, and Mexican graphic traditions.
Delilah Montoya's 2007 screenprint, "Los Dos Corazones."

Delilah Montoya’s 2007 screenprint, “Los Dos Corazones.”

鈥淔eaturing vivid colors and sometimes startling imagery, the works in 鈥楨stamos Aqui鈥 encourage audiences to ask questions about the nature of cross-cultural exchange and discover how artists find their voice through personal stories and experiences that become part of the artistic process,鈥 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Gallery Director Brad Cushman said. Curated by Cushman, 鈥淓stamos Aqui鈥 is a traveling exhibit that has visited 17 venues in 10 states from 2013 to 2017. The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Art Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Building. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501.569.8977. In the upper right photo,聽Quintin Gonzalez’s 2007 screenprint, “Chicano 15,” is among the works that will be on display in the “Estamos Aqui” exhibit at the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Art Gallery.聽]]>