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SUMMARY:Here & There\, Then & Now: MexiCali Biennial 20th Anniversary Exhibition & Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The MexiCali Biennial celebrates twenty years of artistic experimentation\, cross-border collaboration\, and cultural exchange with the exhibition Here & There\, Then & Now and the release of the landmark publication MexiCali Biennial: Art\, Actions\, Exchanges Since 2006. \nPresented at the MXCL BNL LAB in Whittier\, the exhibition reflects on two decades of binational programming that has shaped conversations around art\, identity\, migration\, and cultural production across the California–Mexico borderlands. \nLAB HoursSaturdays\, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PMor by appointment \n\nHere & There\, Then & Now brings together selected works\, archival documentation\, and reconstructed projects from past MexiCali Biennial programs. The exhibition offers visitors a rare opportunity to encounter the evolving history of the Biennial through artworks\, installations\, photographs\, and materials that trace the organization’s collaborative and experimental spirit. \nOver the past twenty years\, the MexiCali Biennial has worked with more than 150 artists across a wide range of media including installation\, video\, sculpture\, performance\, and socially engaged practices. Projects have unfolded in museums\, galleries\, public spaces\, private homes\, swap meets\, and community sites across the Californias\, emphasizing accessibility\, dialogue\, and the fluid exchange of ideas across borders. \nParticipating artists include: \nCarlos Beltrán Aréchiga\, Andrew Armstrong\, Pablo Castañeda & Eduardo Kintero\, Carmina Escobar\, Ed Gómez\, Fidel Hernandez\, Luis G. Hernandez\, Rebeca Hernandez\, Albert Lopez Jr.\, Matt MacFarland\, Ruben Ochoa\, Nancy Popp\, Mike Rogers\, Paulina Sanchez\, Jessica Sevilla\, Sergio Teran\, Diane Williams \n\nBook Launch\nCoinciding with the exhibition is the release of the bilingual publication: MexiCali Biennial: Art\, Actions\, Exchanges Since 2006 \nProduced in collaboration with The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum (The Cheech)\, this publication provides the first comprehensive account of the MexiCali Biennial’s twenty-year history. Featuring scholarly essays\, artist–curator dialogues\, and extensive image galleries\, the book documents the evolving themes and artistic contributions that have defined the Biennial since its founding. \nMore than a catalogue\, the book serves as an archive of a transborder art movement and a record of the artists and communities who have shaped it. \nContributors include Amy Sara Carroll\, Amy Pederson Converse\, JV Decemirale\, Guillermo Estrada\, Alejandro Espinoza Galindo\, Maria Esther Fernandez\, Ed Gomez\, Luis G. Hernandez\, April Lillard-Gomez\, Emmanuel Ortega\, Rubén Ortiz Torres\, Rosalía Romero\, Sam Romo-White\, Joaquin Segura\, and Pilar Tompkins Rivas. \nThe publication will be available for purchase online\, at the MXCL BNL LAB and at The Cheech.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/mexicali-biennial-20th-anniversary/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
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SUMMARY:MexiCali Biennial: Then\, Now\, Next Mini-Symposium and LAB Closing event
DESCRIPTION:The MexiCali Biennial presents a miniature symposium dedicated to highlighting scholars’\, curators’\, and artists’ contributions to the retrospective catalog\, MexiCali Biennial: Art\, Actions\, Exchanges Since 2006. This symposium consists of two panels: the first explores the past\, present\, and future of the MexiCali Biennial and border art as a discipline; the second is a discussion on collaborations between border artists and curators within and outside of museums.  \nEach panel will address broader issues and key themes defining contemporary art in both Californias over the last few decades and into the future\, including portability\, site-specificity\, local–global and center–periphery dichotomies\, archives\, surveillance\, border activations\, writing border art histories\, and curatorial strategies for navigating the border. These conversations will examine the MexiCali Biennial’s indelible impact on U.S.–Mexico borderlands art\, as well as the curatorial challenges posed by exhibiting within the distinct contexts of the museum and the physical border itself.  \nThis event is organized in conjunction with the anniversary exhibition Here & There\, Then & Now that is currently on view at the MXCL BNL LAB. This program is made possible in part through the generous support of the Mellon Foundation and California Humanities\, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This is final scheduled event at the MXCL BNL LAB (MexiCali Biennial Lab). \nPROGRAM SCHEDULE \n3:00pm OPENING REMARKS\nEd Gomez (MexiCali Biennial and CSU San Bernardino) \nPanel 1:\n3:15pm BORDER (RE)HISTORICIZATIONS\nModerator:\nArmando Pulido (Huntington Library) \nPanelists:\nRosalía Romero (Pomona College)\nAlejandro Espinoza (Universidad de Baja California\, Mexicali)\nAmy Sara Carroll (University of California\, San Diego)\nLuis G. Hernandez (MexiCali Biennial and SDSU Imperial Valley) \n4:15pm  COFFEE BREAK \nPanel 2:\n4:30pm  ARTIST-CURATOR RELATIONALITY IN/OUT OF MUSEUMS \nModerator:\nSam Romo-White (MexiCali Biennial) \nPanelists:\nEd Gomez (MexiCali Biennial and CSU San Bernardino)\nPilar Tompkins-Rivas (Altamed Art Collection)\nEmmanuel Ortega (University of Illinois\, Chicago)\nIsidro Perez-Garcia (Artist) \nAttendees are encouraged to walk to Poets Gardens/Nixon Plaza (13002 Philadelphia St\, Whittier) for a no-host dinner and drinks.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/mexicali-biennial-then-now-next/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
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