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Memphis Cartonera Project Exhibit & Workshop

Saturday, April 23, 6-9 pm Opening Reception

Sunday, April 24, 12-5 pm Exhibit & Workshop

Celebrate with Memphis Cartonera!

Come learn about the fast-growing “Cartonera” movement from South America, and its revolutionary new way to think about art and literature’s place in our lives.
We are a cooperative publishing house dedicated to democratizing literature and art, to foster literacy, and to work in sustainable ways.
Join us for our exhibit and workshop and:
• Learn about the origins of Cartonera publishing in Latin America, and now in Memphis
• Meet the local artists and organizations spearheading the project (Centro Cultural Latino, Latino Memphis, Cazateatro, Danza Azteca Quetzalcoatl, Refugee Empowerment Program, and Caritas Village)
• See original works and hand-made editions of the classics
• Paint, read, and make your own Cartonera book
• Enjoy Enedyi’s Tamales and aguas frescas, paletas from La Michoacana, and other South American treats

Organized by Rhodes College + Centro Cultural Latino, Latino Memphis, Cazateatro, Danza Azteca Quetzalcoatl, Refugee Empowerment Program, Caritas Village

 

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Community Mural Talk with Guisela Latorre

Presented by UrbanArt Commission and Crosstown Arts in partnership with Caritas Village, Hope Gallery & Centro Cultural:

Join us for a presentation on muralism in international contexts with visiting scholar Guisela Latorre from the University of Ohio Department of Art/Department of Gender Studies. Her talk will explore her research around Chicana/o murals in California and muralism and graffiti in post-dictatorship Chile.

Guisela Latorre specializes in modern and contemporary U.S. Latina/o and Latin American art with a special emphasis on gender and women artists. Her first book titled Walls of Empowerment: Chicana/o Indigenist Murals from California (U. of Texas Press 2008), explored the recurrence of indigenist motifs in Chicana/o community murals from the 1970s to the turn of the millennium. Her other publications include “Border Consciousness and Artivist Aesthetics: Richard Lou’s Performance and Multimedia Artwork” in the American Studies Journal (2012), “New Approaches to Chicana/o Art: The Visual and the Political as Cognitive Process” in Image & Narrative (2010), and “Icons of Love and Devotion: Alma López’s Art” in Feminist Studies (Spring/Summer 2008). Latorre’s recent research activities include the co-editorship of the feminist journal Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies and work on a second book project of the graffiti and mural movement in Chile during the post-dictatorship era. She teaches classes on Latina/Chicana feminism, visual culture and Latina/o art.

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Tamale Fest

Tamale Fest 2015 is the first annual fundraising event for Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis. The festival will have main stage live entertainment, a tamale team cooking contest, a tamale tasting tent, a kids’ activity corner, art vendors, food trucks and a photo booth.

The purpose of the Tamale Fest is to share and celebrate Latino culture, bring people together for a positive cultural experience and to raise money to allow Centro Cultural to expand their programs and administration.

Centro Cultural was founded in 2011 and has been operating as a 100% volunteer-run organization. Accomplishments to date include over 60 cultural workshops taught, 13 showcases celebrated, 6 art exhibits produced, collaboration with Dixon Gallery and Gardens produced the first contemporary Latino Art exhibition in Memphis, current development of a book based on immigrant stories in Binghamton and over 5000 hours of volunteer time given.

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