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LATINO ART NOW! 16th Annual Latino Art Auction + Exhibition March 7—April 26, 2014

MACLA, 510 South First Street, San José, CA 95113

Calendar Listing: LATINO ART NOW! 16TH Annual Latino Art Auction + Exhibition MACLA, 510 South 1st Street, San José, CA 95113 Exhibition: March 7—April 26, 2014 Collecting Art Panel: March 25, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Auction: April 26, 2014, 6:00 p.m.; auction starts at 7:30 Exhibition and Panel are free and open to the public Auction tickets are $50 at the door; $40 advance online and $25 for proxy registration Please visit www.maclaarte.org for updated ticketing information. February 3, 2014 (San José, CA)—MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana presents Latino Art Now! 16th Annual Art Auction + Exhibition, from March 5 through April 26, 2014. The auction includes work by established contemporary artists, including Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Luis González-Palma, Erika Harrsch, and Sam Rodriguez. It also showcases prominent Bay Area artists including Viviana Paredes, Consuelo Jimenez-Underwood, Pablo Soto Campoamor, Nora Raggio and Juan Carlos Quintana. This year’s group includes award recipients from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, as well as artists who have exhibited at the SF MoMA, the MoMA, the Venice Biennale, the Palacio de Bellas Artes de México, the San Jose Museum of Art, and the Cantor Center for Visual Arts. These and other artists have generously donated selections from their current work, including paintings, light installations, sculpture, collage, mixed-media work, and photography, reflecting the breadth of visual arts media for which MACLA is known.

The auction welcomes both experienced and first-time collectors and consists of a silent auction at the gallery and a live auction for selected work on April 26, 2014. Auction proceeds support MACLA’s programs in the visual arts, performing & literary arts, youth arts education; and, community development through the arts, which reach over 30,000 people annually. Related Event: Collecting Art Panel March 25, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Free This discussion gives an overview of contemporary Latino art, the contemporary art market, and some perspectives for first-time art collectors. Moderated by MACLA, the panel includes Carmen Castellano (president of the Castellano Family Foundation); Todd Hosfelt (Todd Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco), and artist Tino Rodriguez. Selected Exhibiting Artists (please see our website for an updated list) Rémy Amezcua Jose Arenas Tessie Barrera-Scharaga M. Magdalena Campos Pons Victor Cartagena Carolyn Castaño Veronica Felix Luis Gonzalez-Palma Yolanda Guerra

Rogelio Gutierrez Erika Harrsch Las Hermanas Iglesias Francisco Jimenez Consuelo Jimenez-Underwood Gwen Mercado-Reyes Viva Paredes Juan Carlos Quintana Nora Raggio

Melina Ramirez Daniella Rascón Sam Rodriguez Tino Rodriguez Santos Shelton Pablo Soto Campo Amor Alberto Toscano Paul Valadez

Exhibition Organization This exhibition was organized by MACLA. Presentation is made possible by Arts Council Silicon Valley, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara, a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José, the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, the Castellano Family Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and MACLA donors. MACLA is a participant in the grantee network of Leveraging Investments in Creativity, funded by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is given by the Adobe Foundation, Content Magazine, Southwest Airlines, Oliver & Company, Inc. and Focus Bank. Gallery Information Wednesday & Thursday, 12—7pm, Friday & Saturday, 12—5pm, and by special appointment Free Admission 510 South First Street, San José, CA 95113 (408) 998-ARTE | info@maclaarte.org | www.maclaarte.org About MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana MACLA is an inclusive contemporary arts space grounded in the Chicana/o experience that incubates new visual, literary and performance art in order to engage people in civic dialogue and community transformation. MACLA is located at510 South First Street, San José, CA 95113. For more information about MACLA call (408) 998-ARTE or see www.maclaarte.org Images, l-r: Jose Arenas, Janelle Iglesias, Santos Shelton, Luis González Palma

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