Acción Latina Presents:

PASEO ARTISTICO: “Women of the Resistance”

Saturday March 9, 2024

12:00pm-7:00pm*

Various venues on 24th Street/Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, San Francisco

This March Acción Latina and Paseo Artistico honor “Women of the Resistance” Latinas and women of color from the Mission District whose voices, art and activism contribute to the struggle for freedom and peace in the world. *Events include an Art Exhibit opening by Salvadoran painter Ms. Meg and music performance by Mexican singer and NPR Tiny Desk Concert performer Diana Gameros from 3:30PM-7:00PM at Juan R. Fuentes Gallery.

                                                                     Press Contact Fatima Ramirez: 415-648-1045

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 20, 2024 San Francisco, CA — Acción Latina presents “Paseo Artistico: Women of the Resistance”, a free bilingual community art event Saturday March 9, 2024 in the 24th Street/Calle 24 Latino Cultural District featuring a line-up of Latina artists and women of color whose art reflects solidarity, peace and activism in a time of global conflicts. Inspired by the mural “Women of the Resistance” painted by Lucia Gonzales Ippolito on Balmy Alley to celebrate and highlight women who perhaps don’t make covers of magazines but still make a big difference, the all-day event features a line-up of talented intergenerational women artists in the Mission District.

 Originally intended as an interactive art walk down 24th Street, Paseo Artistico “Women of the Resistance” begins with Golden Thread Theater presenting a drag performance by Mama Ganuush, a Trans Palestinian African drag artist and activist at Brava Theater Cabaret. Performances continue on the hour heading up 24th Street to Balmy Alley for Lucia Ippolito’s mural talk followed by a live musical performance by Las Coronelas trio of Mexican and Mexican-American women Chantel Hernandez, Martha Rodriguez Salazar and Susan Peña co-presented by Community Music Center and Precita Eyes in front of the Women of Resistance mural. The activities move to Evolved SF Gallery for a portrait photography experience with Alexa Treviño. A traditional son jarrocho fandango will take place at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery featuring musical duo “Mujeres Del Son” Evelyn Donaji and Nuria Armenta and guests. Berta Hernandez will present a theatrical performance in solidarity with Palestine “Viva, Viva Palestina!” at Mission Cultural Center. Multimedia artist and dancer Andrea Rodriguez will perform “La Rumba No Para” that tells a salsa love story about growing up in the Mission District at Dance Mission Theater. The Juan R. Fuentes Gallery will host the opening of a gallery exhibit of paintings by Salvadoran artist and Mission Street Vendor Ms. Meg featuring colorful birds of Central America. The evening culminates with headliner Diana Gameros live music performance about her own experience as a Mexican immigrant artist and the solidarity she found sharing her music. Gameros headlines the Encuentritos concert with two other female led bands at Acción Latina.

As always Paseo Artistico is FREE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. This edition of Paseo Artistico is generously supported by Latino Community Foundation Poderarte Grant.

Paseo Artistico is co-presented by 24th Street cultural venues including Mission Cultural Center, Brava Theater, Dance Mission, Precita Eyes Muralists, Community Music Center, Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore, Adobe Books, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, with the additional support of SF Museum of Modern Art. 

PASEO ARTISTICO SCHEDULE March 9, 2024

12PM- Golden Thread Theater presents a drag performance by Mama Ganuush, Trans Palestinian African drag artist and activist - Brava Theater Cabaret, 2781 24th Street

1PM- Las Coronelas - Live Music by Chantel Hernandez, Martha Rodriguez Salazar and Susan Peña - outdoors "Women of the Resistance Mural" by Lucia Ippolito co-presented by Community Music Center and Precita Eyes, Balmy Alley & 24th Street

2PM - Alexa Teviño Visual Art - EvolvedSF Gallery, 3067 24th St.

3PM -  Rasgueo, Canto y Tacón - Son Jarocho Music by Evelyn Donají & Nuria Armenta- Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th St.

3:30PM - Gallery Opening  Ms. Meg paintings - Juan R. Fuentes Gallery, 2958 24th St.

4:30PM - Berta Hernandez “Viva, Viva, Palestina” Teatro en Español theater performance - Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St @ 25th St.

5PM - Andrea Rodriguez “La Rumba No Para” Dance theater performance- Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St.

5:30PM - Encuentritos Concert featuring: Diana Gameros & guests - Acción Latina Patio 2958 24th St.

Paseo Artistico is free for all ages!

More info at www.paseoartistico.org

www.accionlatina.org

As always Paseo Artistico is FREE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. 

Paseo Artistico is co-presented by 24th Street cultural venues including Mission Cultural Center, Brava Theater, Dance Mission, Precita Eyes Muralists, Community Music Center, Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, EvolvedSF and Horizons Unlimited Inc.

Paseo Artistico is free for all ages!

For more info please email paul@accionlatina.org

paseoartistico@accionlatina.org

ARTIST BIOS

 PREVIOUS PROGRAMS

History Matters in the Mission Full show

Click above to see entire show of History Matters in the Mission video from October 23, 2021

History Matters in the Mission (HMM) documents important cultural, artistic and political events in the Mission District based on the archival material from 50 years of El Tecolote Bilingual Newspaper, and interviews with local legendary artists and activists from the early 1970’s including Yolanda Lopez, Michael Ríos, Juan Gonzales, Joan Holden and Carlos Barón. Lead artist and director Paul S. Flores interviewed each local luminary to craft performances as both interpretations and reenactments of important events in The Mission from the 1970’s that still resonate today. Flores collaborated with choreographer Vanessa Sanchez, who also plays Yolanda Lopez, and musician Pedro Gomez, costume designer Jessica Recinos, puppeteer Jonathan Youtt, actress Edna Mira Raia, and Augmented Reality designer Shamsher Virk, to recreate the sounds and looks of the five Mission luminaries whose stories will be performed at different sites along 24th Street in the Latino Cultural District. Each outdoor site and venue will host a 5-10 minutes performance highlighting one of the local legends. Augmented Reality featuring videos, artwork and archival photos from El Tecolote will be available for download through your smartphone.

Paseo Artistico is produced by Accion Latina and co-presenters within the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District art venues including Mission Cultural Center, Brava Theater, Dance Mission, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, Adobe Books, Community Music Center, Precita Eyes, Alley Cat Books, Evolved Sf, SF Day Laborers and Domestic Workers, Loco Bloco and ZERO1

Paseo Artistico is a community collaborative proudly produced and managed by Acción Latina made possible by an Andrew Mellon Foundation grant

Paseo Artistico is managed and Produced by Accion Latina. Our primary community partner is Calle 24

Primary Community venues/partners include: Brava Theater, Precita Eyes Muralists, Adobe Books, Alley Cat Books, Dance Mission Theatre, Mission Cultural Center, Community Music Center, Loco Bloco, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, ZERO1, and Evolved SF.

Please fill out the SURVEY from the event to give us feedback about you and your experience at Paseo Artistico. 

poster design by Chris Cuadrado.

Para más información por favor mande un correo electrónico a paseoartistico@accionlatina.org. O visite www.paseoartistico.org. 

Participatory Application

UPCOMING 2020 PASEOS: Feburary 15, April 11, June 13  

ARTIST PARTICIPATION APPLICATION

Please fill out this info sheet to share your desire to participate in Paseo Artistico and your artist information in order to for us to better understand and support your potential presentation at Paseo Artistico and other 24th Street arts venues. As a Paseo artist, your info will be shared with all the cultural venues on 24th Street/Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. These venues such as Alley Cat Books, Brava Theater, Mission Cultural Center, Adobe Books Dance Mission and more will reference your Mission Artist Application in Data Base from for future opportunities to present and produce work. Hopefully this leads to supporting your artistic sustainability in San Francisco so more people can enjoy your contributions.

DEADLINES:

Application for participation in Paseo deadline is always two weeks prior to Paseo Artistico. All entries must be submitted by 12PM PST.

CONTACT:

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APPLICATION

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CONTACT

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