During your visit to MARN on Friday night, celebrate the closing reception of the current exhibition, ‘Chicano Power,’ a juried exhibition from LA REVO BOOKS.
Visitors are welcome to shop the 2023 Fall Collection in the MARKETPLACE—including curated Latine and BIPOC literature! From our cafe, you can enjoy a glass of wine, signature cocktail or coffee blend by Esperanza Coffee Collective.
Local Bayview tattoo artist Gabriella Avila will have special edition flash available, first come first serve!
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True Skool will DJ all night! TRUE Skool’s mission is to engage, empower & educate youth, families and communities
through transformative arts and Hip Hop Culture.
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Please also join us all day Saturday for the last day of the exhibition!
About ¡Chicano Power!
Chicanismo didn't come easy. In the 1960’s Brown Berets & Young Lords, alongside and inspired by our Black comrades, embraced being Chicano. It was (and still is) a political act and identity. It was counter culture to call yourself something that racists used as a weapon against you. We have fought for, studied and nurtured being Chicano. We reclaimed it.
Here in Wisconsin, Chicanismo had a home too. The fight for the Roberto Hernandez Center at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee and the Chicano Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was led by Chicano students who laid the groundwork for our history to be taught. In the early 70s, Clementina Castro along with other Chicana community members & ‘Women on Welfare’ founded La Causa DayCare. In the 70s, Vic Vela led the fight for Latine veterans against their deportation after coming back from Vietnam.
Through this exhibition we would like to pay homage to Chicanismo and its defiance. It is a testament to how the Chicano movement has shaped the protections and rights we have today.
How do you see this legacy in Wisconsin today? We are asking YOU to reflect on how resistance, defiance, and heart has shaped our comunidad. This is meant to open up a conversation on Chicanismo not just as an identity but a political statement, a practice and a piece of history.
This exhibit includes 78 art pieces from 27 artists who all answered the following prompts and questions:
What does it mean to be Chicano to you?
Show us your identity.
How has it shaped you?
How does it show up for you?
What keeps you grounded?
How has being chicano had an impact on you?
Show us what being Brown means to you.
This exhibit is dedicated to the memory of José Montoya
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Exhibiting Artists:
Ariana Gutierrez @algutierrez.art
Alondra Arteaga @xlondrxrtexgx
Katie Bedolla @katielamocosa
Mi Salgado @mi.salgado
Elvia Peña Savage
Diego Avila @trashpimp
Brandon Terres-Sanchez @bden.1721
Angela Kingsawan @yenepaherbals
Araceli Esparza
Ruben Rangel @bronxraven2
Dulce Rosas Bucio @nostalgiaxicana
Alexia Jaso @astralexia
Arnoldo garcía @nepantlacomuna
Jonathan Vega @Vega.tiff
Maybelin Garcia Romero @may.sun.jar
Juan Bravo-Lopez @snow_in_mexico
Thomas Romero @th.romer
Jovanny Hernandez Caballero @jovanny.hc
Melissa Lombardo @songofthesunceramics
Rodrigo Santamaria @rojo00
Amanda Kuehne
David Emmanuelle Castillo
Paula Lovo @paulalovo_
Nati Rodriguez @nati._design
Makaila Silva @makoolio
Sabrina Lombardo @nativenationdesigns
José Montoya