Joint art exhibit<\/p>\n
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, or MACLA, in downtown San Jose and Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga are collaborating on a multimedia exhibit showcasing generational knowledge and stories.<\/p>\n
For \u201cFrom Their Hands to Ours,\u201d five Latino artists use familiar materials in new ways and reimagine traditional crafts to tell their personal narratives, creating a dialogue between the past and present.<\/p>\n
Estefania Ajcipis is a Long Beach artist whose work draws from her Guatemalan upbringing and touches on her relationship with her father to trace a journey of longing, migration and resilience.<\/p>\n
Miguel Arzabe is an Oakland artist who deconstructs paintings and puts them back together in a way that is reminiscent of Bolivian textile practice.<\/p>\n
Rafa esparza from Los Angeles reflects on his Chicano heritage through adobe brick-making, a reference to his father, to explore themes of family, labor and home.<\/p>\n
Edra Soto, a Chicago-based artist, examines diasporic identity and colonial histories that stem from her Puerto Rican migration and extend into her current Chicago community.<\/p>\n
Arleene Correa Valencia, a Napa-based artist, takes her immigrant experience and turns it into visual explorations of belonging and identity.<\/p>\n
The exhibit runs through March 8 at MACLA at 510 S. First St. in San Jose.<\/p>\n
Neighborhood Notes<\/p>\n
CAMBRIAN>>Vitalant is hosting a Dec. 22 blood drive, noon-4:30 p.m., at Cambrian Park Church of the Nazarene. All donors will be eligible to win the Big $20,000 Giveaway. One donor\u2019s name will be drawn to win a prepaid gift card of their choice. Plus, those who donate and opt in to Vitalant Donor Rewards will get a $15 gift card and a mystery item from the rewards store.<\/p>\n