Showing posts with label latino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label latino. Show all posts
8/31/18
11/8/17
!QUEER CALIFAS TEA PARTY!
PRESENTS
!QUEER CALIFAS TEA PARTY!
(artist~rick castro)
(artist~rick castro)
CLOSING EVENT FOR
QUEER CALIFAS: LATINX ART
DECEMBER 9TH
5PM
TEA & SWEETIES WILL BE SERVED
HOSTED BY RICK CASTRO
WALK-THRU WITH CURATOR
RUBEN ESPARZA
(artist~ "chino" rodriguez)
$10 COVER
RESERVATIONS~
PLUMMER PARK/LONG HALL
7377 SAN MONICA BLVD
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046
(LIMITED PARKING: SOUTH AND NORTH LOT)
(LIMITED PARKING: SOUTH AND NORTH LOT)
(artist~ "chino" rodriguez)
(artist~ angelo alessandro rodarte)
Queer Califas 2017
There is a thread that connects Latinx people.
There is a thread that connects Latinx people.
It is a strong soulful link, which is indelible.
A lineage that carries the rhythm of varied cultures.
Many are newcomers to this country cutting new paths.
Some from centuries-long histories from both colonizer and the colonized—
with Spanish and Portuguese surnames cloaking indigenous and African heritage.
(artist~rick castro)
Latino(a) art culture is not monolithic; there is not one story or one identity. “Latino(a)” as a category encompasses many cultures, identities, origins, and histories with many subsets, in this case a queer Latinx perspective. Spanish and Portuguese are gendered languages, which means that every noun has a gender. While some nouns keep their gender when they become plural, others change based on the gender composition of a given group of people. Some members of Latin American communities claim this gendered language reinforces patriarchal and heterosexist norms.
(artist~"chino" rodriguez)
Many Queer Latinx artists respond to the current pointed political moments or continue in their varied art practices moving beyond identity, place, or zeitgeist. A shared history connected through common language(s)—all taking a part in a queer cultural awakening with a surging desire to tell their stories. Time will tell how it weaves into the broader lineage of LGBTQ history.
The twenty-plus (multi-generational) Artists included in this exhibition, Queer Califas, express their artistry in real time—some with a fixed lens to the past and others' sights set to the future.
The artists list includes:
(artist~rick castro)
Latino(a) art culture is not monolithic; there is not one story or one identity. “Latino(a)” as a category encompasses many cultures, identities, origins, and histories with many subsets, in this case a queer Latinx perspective. Spanish and Portuguese are gendered languages, which means that every noun has a gender. While some nouns keep their gender when they become plural, others change based on the gender composition of a given group of people. Some members of Latin American communities claim this gendered language reinforces patriarchal and heterosexist norms.
(artist~"chino" rodriguez)
Many Queer Latinx artists respond to the current pointed political moments or continue in their varied art practices moving beyond identity, place, or zeitgeist. A shared history connected through common language(s)—all taking a part in a queer cultural awakening with a surging desire to tell their stories. Time will tell how it weaves into the broader lineage of LGBTQ history.
The twenty-plus (multi-generational) Artists included in this exhibition, Queer Califas, express their artistry in real time—some with a fixed lens to the past and others' sights set to the future.
The artists list includes:
Laura Aguilar,
Marcel Alcala,
Maritza Amezcua,
Enrique Castrejon,
Rick Castro,
Ben Cuevas,
Gregorio Davila,
Diego Eduardo,
Cleonette Harris,
Carolina Hicks aka SBTL CLNG
, Rigo Maldonado
, Roy Martinez aka Lambe Culo
, Miguel Angel Reyes,
Angelo Alessandro Rodarte,
Manuel Rodrigues aka Sad Boy,
Daniel “Chino” Rodriguez,
Joey Terrill,
Rommy Torrico,
With support from the City of West Hollywood, WEHO Arts
(artist~miquel reyes)
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Ruben Esparza is an artist and independent curator based in West Hollywood.
Esparza’s practice spans painting, drawings and digital work, mixing it with elements of Conceptualism, ethnicity and Queer Culture.
His curatorial work focuses on under-represented artists primarily in the queer and ethnic communities.
(artist~sad boy)
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Ruben Esparza is an artist and independent curator based in West Hollywood.
Esparza’s practice spans painting, drawings and digital work, mixing it with elements of Conceptualism, ethnicity and Queer Culture.
His curatorial work focuses on under-represented artists primarily in the queer and ethnic communities.
11/6/17
RICK CASTRO @ HARD ART
RICK CASTRO- ART BOOTH TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR HECTOR SILVA.
Hector Silva, is one of the greatest erotic artists in Los Angeles.
His drawings, are famous across the globe and his artwork portfolio, is endless.
Hector himself, is a beautiful, gentle, charismatic and super sexy man, who has donated a lot of his work to help many different causes and to help and support other people when they needed it.
Once again, we are back to support a Brother In Need.
B.I.N. is a program, run by members of the leather community, dedicated to protecting, supporting and helping those individuals who have contributed to the well being of our great Los Angeles leather community.
We act by organizing events with other groups to raise funds, to help the person or people in need.
Hector has been fighting Cancer for the last 3 years with a great success, until recently, when his cancer returned, putting him in a place where he is not able to work for the next year.
We are stepping up and taking action.
n ART FAIR and EXIBITION by Hector Silva
Rough Trade Gear and B.I.N. bring to you,
"HARD ART"
Erotic Art Fair & Exhibition.
Join us for a good time with friends, lots of art, music, demos, performances, food, drinks, vintage leather sale/trade, live nude drawings and all the toys and goodies from
Rough Trade.
Meet Hector, along with some of his sexy models.
Gather and bring your used leather, be a model, do a demo, have drink or two.
Acquire some new art or an original art piece from Hector.
All funds will go directly to Hector Silva’s cancer fight fund.
If you have any kind of donation, art, leather, gear, performance, BDSM demo, money or want to volunteer during the event,please contact Leo Iriarte, Esteban Jimenez or Adrian Bernal here on Facebook.
This promises to be the event of the decade.
DONT MISS OUT.
Rough Trade Gear in Silverlake.
Nov. 11. 2017
Noon-6pm.
3915 Sunset Blvd
L.A. Ca 90029
(323)660-7956
10/31/17
9/4/16
BEING GAY CHICANO IN THE 1970S LOS ANGELES
i grew up in this area, went to ALL the clubs mentioned here, and knew/know the writer- james rojas.
we even went to the paradise ballroom together.
his memory of those days is spot on-RC
From the Eastside to Hollywood: Chicano Queer Trailblazers in 1970s L.A
by- James Rojas
In order to find our identity, we had to leave the Eastside.
The Chicano Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Stonewall uprising had empowered queer Chicano youth like myself to embrace our newfound sexual freedom.
The Chicano student movement, especially,
had instilled in us a sense of pride. In the wake of these heady events, we had the confidence to access another Los Angeles, a city our parents couldn’t.
East Los Angeles during the mid-1970s offered few safe spaces for people like us. But Hollywood did.
From 1975 to 1982 were the explosive, underground disco years in L.A., and for the first time in the city’s history predominantly gay and straight Chicano youth flooded Hollywood’s dance floors.
Being “out” back than was to learn how to negotiate the physical and social landscape in order to find safety – unlike today where people come “out” to their families, friends, coworkers, or even in cyberspace. To meet the demands of LA’s queer youth, 18-and-over dance bars opened up in underutilized retail stores fronts, mini-malls, or warehouses in commercial zones. Many of these places were small – on the order of 3,000 square feet – which created an intimate, social atmosphere.
READ MORE-
4/18/16
LATIN QUEER FESTIVAL @ THE VILLAGE
Visual Art
Location: Advocate & Gochis Galleries (part of the Los Angeles LGBT Center)
Exhibit will run: April 22 to May 21, 2016.
Free Opening Reception: 7-10 p.m. on Friday, April 22
Free Opening Reception: 7-10 p.m. on Friday, April 22
In addition, a program of artists’ videos will be shown in the Advocate & Gochis Galleries throughout the festival.
Co-Curators: Enrique Castrejon, Artist, and Katie Poltz, Curator of Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Advocate & Gochis Galleries
Featured Artists
- Yukiko Avila – photography
- Jamie Blair – photography
- Rick Castro – photography
- Ruben Esparza – mixed media, photography-based
- Erica Friend – painting
- Gabriela Hidalgo – photography
- Marlon Ivory – wood burning
- Martha Martinez – stencils, printmaking
- Martin Matamoros – painting, drawing
- Miguel Reyes – photography
- Julie Rodriguez – photography
- Hector Silva – drawing/painting, prints
Erica Friend Corona de Calaveras
Ruben Esparza Floral Mist Memory
Rick Castro
Yukiko Avila Sunday Morning Ride
9/14/15
TRUE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY~ IS SEPTEMBER 16TH
PRESENTS
TRUE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
(ARTIST~ LALO UGALDE)
FEATURING ARTWORKS BY
LALO UGALDE
RAYMOND SANDOVAL
LEE FRANK PEREZ VARGAS
RAYMOND SANDOVAL
LEE FRANK PEREZ VARGAS
RICK CASTROKENT ART
AND MORE
SEPTEMBER 16TH
7PM TILL 9PM
(ON DISPLAY THRU OCTOBER 2ND)
$5 COVER
NO HOST BAR
ROMANTIC PATIO
(ARTIST~ LEE FRANK PEREZ VARGAS)
MANY CELEBRATE CINCO DE MAYO THE WAY THEY CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS,
THANKSGIVING & HALLOWEEN, WITHOUT ANY REAL CONNECTION TO
THE HISTORIC DATES OF THE ACTUAL EVENTS.
SEPTEMBER 16TH IS THE TRUE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY~
This is celebrated on September 16, 1810.
Hidalgo y Costilla’s "cry of independence"
has become emblematic of Mexican independence.
Grito de Dolores
¡Mexicanos!
¡Vivan los héroes que nos dieron la patria y libertad!
¡Viva Hidalgo!
¡Viva Morelos!
¡Viva Josefa OrtÃz de Dominguez!
¡Viva Allende!
¡Viva Galeana y los Bravo!
¡Viva Aldama y Matamoros!
¡Viva la Independencia Nacional!
¡Viva México! ¡Viva México! ¡Viva México!
Mexicans!
Long live the heroes that gave us the Fatherland (and liberty)!
Long live Hidalgo!
Long live Morelos!
Long live Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez!
Long live Allende!
Long live Galeana and the Bravos!
Long live Aldama and Matamoros!
Long live National Independence!
Long Live Mexico! Long Live Mexico! Long Live Mexico!
LALO UGALDE & RICK CASTRO
5/7/15
THERESA GOES TO CLUB TEMPO
9/28/14
10/2/13
9/3/13
MODEL RIGHT NOW~ DANIEL SISNIEGA
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