2023-2024 Full Archive List
Fall 2023
October 11, 2023 - November 2, 2023
¡Honoring Home as Praxis! Día de Muertos Vigil
animArte Programming
Co-Sponsored by California Arts Council and California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives // UCSB Special Collections at Davidson’s Library
Día de Muertos - ¡Honoring Home As Praxis! This year’s Día de Muertos community altar was initially conceived by Maestra Celia in collaboration with UCSB California Ethnic & Multicultural Archives (CEMA) exhibition of Self Help Graphic prints, entitled “La Cultura Cura.”Building the altar in the Ethnic Studies Library served as a reminder of the original intention of Movimiento-era artists and cultural workers who first brought Día de Muertos to Latinx communities some fifty years ago. It was a way to provide a home-ground—a tactile connection to the spirits, ancestors, and relatives of this continent and its history.To this day, the practice of making the altáres provides an opportunity to heal the disconnections that colonial removal, forced migrations, and separation of our families have inflicted on our bodies and consciousness.
October 11, 2023
Mantel and Caleveritas Literias Workshop with Vanessa Saldaña
October 18, 2023
Papel Picado Workshop with John Jairo Valencia
October 19-22, 2023
Altar Building at the Community Arts Workshop in Santa Barbara
October 25, 2023
“Cultura Cura” Opening Exhibition and Altar Exhibition at the UCSB Davidson’s Library Special Research Collections and Ethnic Studies Research Collections Library
November 2, 2023
Vigil and Ofrenda Night at the Ethnic Studies Research Collections Library
Latinx Public Voice continues . . . with invited Chicanx Artists and Writers, including Juan Felipe Herrera, Lorna Dee Cervantes and Judy Baca – dates TBD. (Part of “The Road Home - Xicanx World View” —UCSB Faculty Research Grant.)
October 31, 2023
The Latine Public Voice
Co-Sponsored by The Chicano Studies Institute, The Multicultural Center, The Department of English, and Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.
Curated by Cherríe Moraga, who also served as interlocutor. This series was taught concurrently with her graduate course in English, by the same name.
This Fall LMC’s "Latine Public Voice” Series returned beginning with a special emphasis on California-based poets and cultural critics whose politicization emerged in the earlier days of the Chicano and feminist movements.Curated by Maestra Moraga, conversations include discussions of guests’ creative/critical process, public engagement, and their historical and contemporary contributions to Chicanx public thought and activism.The Fall Season featured, U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, and cultural critic/activist scholar, Rosa-Linda Fregoso.
October 31, 2023
Featuring RosaLinda Fregoso
April 22, 2021
Featuring Juan Felipe Herrera
Winter 2024
Winter Quarter 2024
Artist in Residence - Dalila Méndez
Co-sponsored by the California Council for Arts and Luis Leal Endowed Chair
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the First Doctoral Program in Chicana and Chicano Studies: A Mellon Foundation Affirming Multivocal Humanities Initiative. Dalila Paola Méndez is an Indigenous Guatemalan/Salvadoran queer artist based in Los Angeles. She was raised in an Armenian/Arab/Guatemalan/ Salvadoran household. She credits Barnsdall Art Park classes for igniting her love for both photography and painting.
February 21, 2024
Public Talk: Enseñanzas y Elementos
February 23, 2024
Cuatro Elementos Workshop at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
March 6, 2024
The Latine Public Voice
Co-Sponsored by The Chicano Studies Institute, The Multicultural Center, The Department of English, and Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.
Curated by Cherríe Moraga, who also served as interlocutor. This series was taught concurrently with her graduate course in English, by the same name.
This Fall LMC’s "Latine Public Voice” Series returned beginning with a special emphasis on California-based poets and cultural critics whose politicization emerged in the earlier days of the Chicano and feminist movements. Curated by Maestra Moraga, conversations include discussions of guests’ creative/critical process, public engagement, and their historical and contemporary contributions to Chicanx public thought and activism. The Winter Season featured, Sandra Cisneros.
March 6, 2024
Featuring Sandra Cisneros
Spring 2024
In progress…