ESTETICA SOCIAL:
Diasporic Narratives
During Hispanic Heritage Month and Chicago Artists Month, six artists from the Latina/o diaspora, based in Chicago, Kentucky, St. Louis, and Mexico and originally from Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama will exhibit art work at the President's Gallery located on the campus of Chicago State University.
CSU curator Joyce Owens Anderson and guest curator Jesus Macarena-Avila are happy to present an exhibition showing a range art forms by Latinos including digital photography, painting, installation and prints.This September and October the President's Gallery will be filled with art work by artists of the Latino diaspora. The reception and opening day is September 10, 2008 from 2pm to 5pm co-sponsored by the Latino Resource Center (Leticia Carrillo). It runs through November 3, 2008.
“Social aesthetics have a long tradition in Latin American and Latino/a artistic narratives; the exhibition presents three generations of artists whose cultural heritages belong to Guatemala, (the) Dominican Republic, Panama and Mexico. This multi-media exhibition features works by Latin American and Latino artists residing in the Midwest: Lucia A. Gomez (Chicago, Illinois), Diane Kahlo (Lexington, Kentucky), Jesus Macarena-Avila (Chicago, Illinois), Francisco Mora, deceased (Cuernavaca, Mexico), Giselle Mercier (Chicago, Illinois) and Fabio Rodriguez (St. Louis, Missouri)".
Guest curator: Jesus Macarena-Avila
With support from the Latino Resource Center.