Fri October 12, 2018
Honoring our Ancestors by Fighting for the Future: Día de los Muertos 2018 Exhibition Unveiling
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Now in its 19th year, SOMArts’ Día de Los Muertos exhibition is one of the most internationally diverse Day of the Dead celebrations in the United States. Over the years, this group exhibition has brought together a wide variety of perspectives to honor, remember, and celebrate the dead.
Since its inception, Día de Los Muertos at SOMArts has offered a space for collective mourning, healing, and refusing to forget the people and places who have been lost. Merging traditional altars with contemporary installations, Dia de los Muertos continues to be a multigenerational gathering of remembrance while imagining the possibilities of the future. Now more than ever, it is imperative that our creative practices be rooted in social action that inspire a better world for generations to come.
Curated by Rio Yañez and Carolina Quintanilla, this year’s theme, Honoring our Ancestors by Fighting for the Future, reflects on how those we’ve lost have shaped our creative and political work. How does the wisdom and work of the dead show us a path and means to a better future? What about your past must you take to your future?
The exhibition unveiling, Friday, October 12, 6–9pm, $12–15 sliding scale admission with a multimedia dance performance by La Mezcla and Dia de los Muertos inspired artist market.
Exhibiting ArtistsAdrian AriasAdriana GarciaApril Martin CharlandAzucena HernandezCandi FarliceCarla CalettiChoppy OshiroCj grossmanCynthia TomDavid TafollaDean and Juliet MacCannellElena-Maria BeyElizabeth AddisonElizabeth BensonElizabeth RojasHowie KatzJohn MayneJosephine TorioKathy de RosasKeiko KuboKristian KabuayKristiana ChanLia TealdiLibby PalomaLilli Lanier and Rachel Anne PalaciosMara Lea BrownMarco RazoMaya ChinchillaMichael DingleMichelle Bonilla GarciaMiranda BergmanMonique LopezNancy HomNick GomezOlivia ArmasPatricia MontgomeryPatrick PiazzaRio YanezRosario SoteloSarah DavisShizue SeigelSusan MathewsVeronica RuedaVictor-Mario ZaballaYohana Junker
RELATED EVENTS
Remembrance and Resistance: Día de los Muertos ExhibitionOn view Friday, October 6–Thursday, November 9, 2017Extended gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday 12–7pm, Saturday 11am–5pm & Sunday 11am–3pm
Technotihuacan at Dia de los MuertosFriday, October 25, 6–9 pm$12–15 sliding scale admissionJoin artists Rob Fatal and DJ Bianca Oblivion as they use DJing and art remixing to create digital murals exploring the intersections of contemporary Latinx life
Closing EventThursday, November 9, 6–9pm$7–10 sliding scale admissionThe final opportunity to view and interact with the altars features live music and interactive installations
Image credit: Photo by Rio Yañez.
ABOUT THE CURATORS
Rio Yañez, born and raised in San Francisco, is a curator, photographer, activist and graphic artist. As an artist he has exhibited his work from San Francisco to Tokyo and created artwork installations for Jean Paul Gaultier’s touring exhibit The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. His Bay Area solo exhibitions include Pocho Adventure Club at Galería de la Raza in San Francisco, Cholas to Picasso: The 3D Artworks of Rio Yañez at Asterisk Gallery, Bubblegum Crisis at Ginger Rubio Salon and Pochos & Pixels at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Multicultural Center.
Yañez is a curator of more than 10 exhibitions. As with his curatorial work, a part of Yañez’ visual art practice is dedicated to exploring how Chicano and Asian Youth have used social media to exchange aesthetics and language. In addition to creating graphic art, Yañez is a founding member of The Great Tortilla Conspiracy, the world’s first and only tortilla art collective. As a tortilla artist he silkscreens art and political graphics onto tortillas using edible inks and serves them to eat to the public as interventionist performance art. Yañez' recent projects include self-publishing board games designed around Chicano pop culture icons and a collaborative series of portraits with activist and performer April Flores.
ABOUT SOMArts CULTURAL CENTER
SOMArts Cultural Center, founded in 1979, cultivates access to the arts within the Bay Area by collaborating with community-focused artists and organizations. Together, we engage the power of the arts to provoke just and fair inclusion, cultural respect and civic participation.
SOMArts plays a vital role in the arts ecosystem by helping activate the arts citywide. We do this by providing space and production support for non-profit events, as well as fairs and festivals throughout the Bay Area, and offering a robust program of art exhibitions, classes, events and performances that are affordable and accessible to all. SOMArts’ exhibition programs receive critical support from the San Francisco Arts Commission and The San Francisco Foundation, and are sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts.
SOMArts is located at 934 Brannan Street—between 8th and 9th—within 2 blocks of 101, I-80, Muni lines and bike paths. For public information call 415-863-1414 or visit somarts.org. Stay connected by following us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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Since its inception, Día de Los Muertos at SOMArts has offered a space for collective mourning, healing, and refusing to forget the people and places who have been lost. Merging traditional altars with contemporary installations, Dia de los Muertos continues to be a multigenerational gathering of remembrance while imagining the possibilities of the future. Now more than ever, it is imperative that our creative practices be rooted in social action that inspire a better world for generations to come.
Curated by Rio Yañez and Carolina Quintanilla, this year’s theme, Honoring our Ancestors by Fighting for the Future, reflects on how those we’ve lost have shaped our creative and political work. How does the wisdom and work of the dead show us a path and means to a better future? What about your past must you take to your future?
The exhibition unveiling, Friday, October 12, 6–9pm, $12–15 sliding scale admission with a multimedia dance performance by La Mezcla and Dia de los Muertos inspired artist market.
Exhibiting ArtistsAdrian AriasAdriana GarciaApril Martin CharlandAzucena HernandezCandi FarliceCarla CalettiChoppy OshiroCj grossmanCynthia TomDavid TafollaDean and Juliet MacCannellElena-Maria BeyElizabeth AddisonElizabeth BensonElizabeth RojasHowie KatzJohn MayneJosephine TorioKathy de RosasKeiko KuboKristian KabuayKristiana ChanLia TealdiLibby PalomaLilli Lanier and Rachel Anne PalaciosMara Lea BrownMarco RazoMaya ChinchillaMichael DingleMichelle Bonilla GarciaMiranda BergmanMonique LopezNancy HomNick GomezOlivia ArmasPatricia MontgomeryPatrick PiazzaRio YanezRosario SoteloSarah DavisShizue SeigelSusan MathewsVeronica RuedaVictor-Mario ZaballaYohana Junker
RELATED EVENTS
Remembrance and Resistance: Día de los Muertos ExhibitionOn view Friday, October 6–Thursday, November 9, 2017Extended gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday 12–7pm, Saturday 11am–5pm & Sunday 11am–3pm
Technotihuacan at Dia de los MuertosFriday, October 25, 6–9 pm$12–15 sliding scale admissionJoin artists Rob Fatal and DJ Bianca Oblivion as they use DJing and art remixing to create digital murals exploring the intersections of contemporary Latinx life
Closing EventThursday, November 9, 6–9pm$7–10 sliding scale admissionThe final opportunity to view and interact with the altars features live music and interactive installations
Image credit: Photo by Rio Yañez.
ABOUT THE CURATORS
Rio Yañez, born and raised in San Francisco, is a curator, photographer, activist and graphic artist. As an artist he has exhibited his work from San Francisco to Tokyo and created artwork installations for Jean Paul Gaultier’s touring exhibit The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. His Bay Area solo exhibitions include Pocho Adventure Club at Galería de la Raza in San Francisco, Cholas to Picasso: The 3D Artworks of Rio Yañez at Asterisk Gallery, Bubblegum Crisis at Ginger Rubio Salon and Pochos & Pixels at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Multicultural Center.
Yañez is a curator of more than 10 exhibitions. As with his curatorial work, a part of Yañez’ visual art practice is dedicated to exploring how Chicano and Asian Youth have used social media to exchange aesthetics and language. In addition to creating graphic art, Yañez is a founding member of The Great Tortilla Conspiracy, the world’s first and only tortilla art collective. As a tortilla artist he silkscreens art and political graphics onto tortillas using edible inks and serves them to eat to the public as interventionist performance art. Yañez' recent projects include self-publishing board games designed around Chicano pop culture icons and a collaborative series of portraits with activist and performer April Flores.
ABOUT SOMArts CULTURAL CENTER
SOMArts Cultural Center, founded in 1979, cultivates access to the arts within the Bay Area by collaborating with community-focused artists and organizations. Together, we engage the power of the arts to provoke just and fair inclusion, cultural respect and civic participation.
SOMArts plays a vital role in the arts ecosystem by helping activate the arts citywide. We do this by providing space and production support for non-profit events, as well as fairs and festivals throughout the Bay Area, and offering a robust program of art exhibitions, classes, events and performances that are affordable and accessible to all. SOMArts’ exhibition programs receive critical support from the San Francisco Arts Commission and The San Francisco Foundation, and are sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts.
SOMArts is located at 934 Brannan Street—between 8th and 9th—within 2 blocks of 101, I-80, Muni lines and bike paths. For public information call 415-863-1414 or visit somarts.org. Stay connected by following us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Now in its 19th year, SOMArts’ Día de Los Muertos exhibition is one of the most internationally diverse Day of the Dead celebrations in the United States. Over the years, this group exhibition has brought together a wide variety of perspectives to honor, remember, and celebrate the dead.
Since its inception, Día de Los Muertos at SOMArts has offered a space for collective mourning, healing, and refusing to forget the people and places who have been lost. Merging traditional altars with contemporary installations, Dia de los Muertos continues to be a multigenerational gathering of remembrance while imagining the possibilities of the future. Now more than ever, it is imperative that our creative practices be rooted in social action that inspire a better world for generations to come.
Curated by Rio Yañez and Carolina Quintanilla, this year’s theme, Honoring our Ancestors by Fighting for the Future, reflects on how those we’ve lost have shaped our creative and political work. How does the wisdom and work of the dead show us a path and means to a better future? What about your past must you take to your future?
The exhibition unveiling, Friday, October 12, 6–9pm, $12–15 sliding scale admission with a multimedia dance performance by La Mezcla and Dia de los Muertos inspired artist market.
Exhibiting ArtistsAdrian AriasAdriana GarciaApril Martin CharlandAzucena HernandezCandi FarliceCarla CalettiChoppy OshiroCj grossmanCynthia TomDavid TafollaDean and Juliet MacCannellElena-Maria BeyElizabeth AddisonElizabeth BensonElizabeth RojasHowie KatzJohn MayneJosephine TorioKathy de RosasKeiko KuboKristian KabuayKristiana ChanLia TealdiLibby PalomaLilli Lanier and Rachel Anne PalaciosMara Lea BrownMarco RazoMaya ChinchillaMichael DingleMichelle Bonilla GarciaMiranda BergmanMonique LopezNancy HomNick GomezOlivia ArmasPatricia MontgomeryPatrick PiazzaRio YanezRosario SoteloSarah DavisShizue SeigelSusan MathewsVeronica RuedaVictor-Mario ZaballaYohana Junker
RELATED EVENTS
Remembrance and Resistance: Día de los Muertos ExhibitionOn view Friday, October 6–Thursday, November 9, 2017Extended gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday 12–7pm, Saturday 11am–5pm & Sunday 11am–3pm
Technotihuacan at Dia de los MuertosFriday, October 25, 6–9 pm$12–15 sliding scale admissionJoin artists Rob Fatal and DJ Bianca Oblivion as they use DJing and art remixing to create digital murals exploring the intersections of contemporary Latinx life
Closing EventThursday, November 9, 6–9pm$7–10 sliding scale admissionThe final opportunity to view and interact with the altars features live music and interactive installations
Image credit: Photo by Rio Yañez.
ABOUT THE CURATORS
Rio Yañez, born and raised in San Francisco, is a curator, photographer, activist and graphic artist. As an artist he has exhibited his work from San Francisco to Tokyo and created artwork installations for Jean Paul Gaultier’s touring exhibit The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. His Bay Area solo exhibitions include Pocho Adventure Club at Galería de la Raza in San Francisco, Cholas to Picasso: The 3D Artworks of Rio Yañez at Asterisk Gallery, Bubblegum Crisis at Ginger Rubio Salon and Pochos & Pixels at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Multicultural Center.
Yañez is a curator of more than 10 exhibitions. As with his curatorial work, a part of Yañez’ visual art practice is dedicated to exploring how Chicano and Asian Youth have used social media to exchange aesthetics and language. In addition to creating graphic art, Yañez is a founding member of The Great Tortilla Conspiracy, the world’s first and only tortilla art collective. As a tortilla artist he silkscreens art and political graphics onto tortillas using edible inks and serves them to eat to the public as interventionist performance art. Yañez' recent projects include self-publishing board games designed around Chicano pop culture icons and a collaborative series of portraits with activist and performer April Flores.
ABOUT SOMArts CULTURAL CENTER
SOMArts Cultural Center, founded in 1979, cultivates access to the arts within the Bay Area by collaborating with community-focused artists and organizations. Together, we engage the power of the arts to provoke just and fair inclusion, cultural respect and civic participation.
SOMArts plays a vital role in the arts ecosystem by helping activate the arts citywide. We do this by providing space and production support for non-profit events, as well as fairs and festivals throughout the Bay Area, and offering a robust program of art exhibitions, classes, events and performances that are affordable and accessible to all. SOMArts’ exhibition programs receive critical support from the San Francisco Arts Commission and The San Francisco Foundation, and are sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts.
SOMArts is located at 934 Brannan Street—between 8th and 9th—within 2 blocks of 101, I-80, Muni lines and bike paths. For public information call 415-863-1414 or visit somarts.org. Stay connected by following us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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Since its inception, Día de Los Muertos at SOMArts has offered a space for collective mourning, healing, and refusing to forget the people and places who have been lost. Merging traditional altars with contemporary installations, Dia de los Muertos continues to be a multigenerational gathering of remembrance while imagining the possibilities of the future. Now more than ever, it is imperative that our creative practices be rooted in social action that inspire a better world for generations to come.
Curated by Rio Yañez and Carolina Quintanilla, this year’s theme, Honoring our Ancestors by Fighting for the Future, reflects on how those we’ve lost have shaped our creative and political work. How does the wisdom and work of the dead show us a path and means to a better future? What about your past must you take to your future?
The exhibition unveiling, Friday, October 12, 6–9pm, $12–15 sliding scale admission with a multimedia dance performance by La Mezcla and Dia de los Muertos inspired artist market.
Exhibiting ArtistsAdrian AriasAdriana GarciaApril Martin CharlandAzucena HernandezCandi FarliceCarla CalettiChoppy OshiroCj grossmanCynthia TomDavid TafollaDean and Juliet MacCannellElena-Maria BeyElizabeth AddisonElizabeth BensonElizabeth RojasHowie KatzJohn MayneJosephine TorioKathy de RosasKeiko KuboKristian KabuayKristiana ChanLia TealdiLibby PalomaLilli Lanier and Rachel Anne PalaciosMara Lea BrownMarco RazoMaya ChinchillaMichael DingleMichelle Bonilla GarciaMiranda BergmanMonique LopezNancy HomNick GomezOlivia ArmasPatricia MontgomeryPatrick PiazzaRio YanezRosario SoteloSarah DavisShizue SeigelSusan MathewsVeronica RuedaVictor-Mario ZaballaYohana Junker
RELATED EVENTS
Remembrance and Resistance: Día de los Muertos ExhibitionOn view Friday, October 6–Thursday, November 9, 2017Extended gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday 12–7pm, Saturday 11am–5pm & Sunday 11am–3pm
Technotihuacan at Dia de los MuertosFriday, October 25, 6–9 pm$12–15 sliding scale admissionJoin artists Rob Fatal and DJ Bianca Oblivion as they use DJing and art remixing to create digital murals exploring the intersections of contemporary Latinx life
Closing EventThursday, November 9, 6–9pm$7–10 sliding scale admissionThe final opportunity to view and interact with the altars features live music and interactive installations
Image credit: Photo by Rio Yañez.
ABOUT THE CURATORS
Rio Yañez, born and raised in San Francisco, is a curator, photographer, activist and graphic artist. As an artist he has exhibited his work from San Francisco to Tokyo and created artwork installations for Jean Paul Gaultier’s touring exhibit The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. His Bay Area solo exhibitions include Pocho Adventure Club at Galería de la Raza in San Francisco, Cholas to Picasso: The 3D Artworks of Rio Yañez at Asterisk Gallery, Bubblegum Crisis at Ginger Rubio Salon and Pochos & Pixels at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Multicultural Center.
Yañez is a curator of more than 10 exhibitions. As with his curatorial work, a part of Yañez’ visual art practice is dedicated to exploring how Chicano and Asian Youth have used social media to exchange aesthetics and language. In addition to creating graphic art, Yañez is a founding member of The Great Tortilla Conspiracy, the world’s first and only tortilla art collective. As a tortilla artist he silkscreens art and political graphics onto tortillas using edible inks and serves them to eat to the public as interventionist performance art. Yañez' recent projects include self-publishing board games designed around Chicano pop culture icons and a collaborative series of portraits with activist and performer April Flores.
ABOUT SOMArts CULTURAL CENTER
SOMArts Cultural Center, founded in 1979, cultivates access to the arts within the Bay Area by collaborating with community-focused artists and organizations. Together, we engage the power of the arts to provoke just and fair inclusion, cultural respect and civic participation.
SOMArts plays a vital role in the arts ecosystem by helping activate the arts citywide. We do this by providing space and production support for non-profit events, as well as fairs and festivals throughout the Bay Area, and offering a robust program of art exhibitions, classes, events and performances that are affordable and accessible to all. SOMArts’ exhibition programs receive critical support from the San Francisco Arts Commission and The San Francisco Foundation, and are sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts.
SOMArts is located at 934 Brannan Street—between 8th and 9th—within 2 blocks of 101, I-80, Muni lines and bike paths. For public information call 415-863-1414 or visit somarts.org. Stay connected by following us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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