Galeria de la Raza

Galería ThanksTaking Office Closure
2024-11-27 00:00 - 2024-11-29 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
We will be closed from Wednesday, Nov. 27th through Friday, Nov. 29th, 2024. We will be back in the office on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

"Cuerpos en Transito" Performance
2024-11-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Balmy Alley, Balmy St, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Galería de la Raza is proud to present a preview of Migratory Identities Series: Bodies in Transit by actress and performance artist Violeta Luna.

Migratory Identities Series: Bodies in Transit/Cuerpos en Transito is a work-in-progress collage of actions, focused on the complex subject of immigration from the southern border of the U.S., its extreme politicization, and gender and institutional violence.

These issues are illuminated with testimonies of women who have had to leave their places of origin in Latin America to migrate to the North to reinvent themselves and make this country their new home.

Women are the fastest growing demographic of displaced peoples. However, they remain largely invisible, or attacked by an extremely dehumanizing misogynistic and anti-immigrant rhetoric, unprecedented in our contemporary times, evoking the worst of the Hitlerian discourse of the 20th century.

Bodies in Transit proposes actions to articulate a response to this toxic rhetoric broadcasted by central power with a poetics of resistance from the peripheries, seeking to affirm collective solidarity, and our deep and shared humanity.

Come experience this timely performance and get a sneak peek of this body of work.

Please note: the performance begins at Balmy Alley off of 24th Street and is followed by a short procession up to Galería’s Studio 24.

Entrance Fee: To support the ongoing work of this project, suggested donations can be made to the Mujeres Unidas y Activas

Creative Team

Concept/performer: Violeta Luna

Dramaturgy: Roberto Varea

Music and Sound design: David R. Molina

Video: Vania Muñoz

Visual art: Juana Inés Luna

Percussionist: Edwin Ayala

Acknowledgements:

We would like to thank all the women from the Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) organization, and Casa Refugiados (CDMX), who with their testimonies have contributed to and inspired the creation of these actions.

Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with the dual mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. Since 1989, MUA has created a safe haven for Latina immigrant women experiencing domestic violence, poverty, and exploitation. With offices in San Francisco and Oakland and a satellite program in Union City, MUA provides a safe space where women can address basic needs and dismantle barriers of low self-esteem, domestic violence, and economic hardship that prevent them from recognizing their own potential to improve their living conditions and circumstances.

Casa Refugiados A.C. is a secular, non-partisan, non-profit civil society organization based in Mexico City, whose mission is to promote the rights of People on the Move (PEM in its Spanish acronym) displaced by violence (refugees, asylum seekers, displaced persons and migrants) with an emphasis on supporting better local integration through humanitarian programs and the animation of respectful and supportive environments, within the framework of the dissemination of a culture of peace based on respect for Human Rights.

Lunada Literary Lounge
2024-11-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Save the date to gather with us under the November full moon for Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕

We invite you to join Galería de la Raza, Friday, November 15 at Studio 24!

Featured poet and artist include Matt Sedillo and DJ Nick Derenzi. Come for the feature, and stay for the open mic lineup! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. Doors open at 7pm!

Art as resistance: Free Block Printing Workshop. Led by ReGen artist Sarai Montes
2024-11-15 16:00 - 19:00 | Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street #8, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
As part of the ReGen Artist Fund, Sarai Montes has been creating a series of multi-colored prints on paper, each one highlighting a woman of color who has participated in the struggle for liberation. Through workshops in collaboration with community partners, Montes will teach printmaking skills to others and encourage community participants to explore art as a tool for resistance.

18+ Open to All Adults (parents interested in participating may bring their children). No printmaking experience is required and all materials will be provided.

Translation will be available on day of workshop for anymonolingual Spanish speakers.

This Clay Too: Exhibition by ReGen artist Victor Saucedo
2024-11-07 08:00 - 2024-11-27 17:00 | Hospitality House’s Window Galleries, 1009 Market St, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Victor Saucedo, one of the ReGen Artist Fund recipients over the past few months has been leading “This Clay Too,” a series of free ceramics workshops in partnership with Hospitality House, funded by Galeria De La Raza. These workshops focused on making ceramics accessible and creating a communal body of work.

“This Clay Too,” will be opening on November 7th and will be on view until November 27th. The show features works created by community members, alongside pieces from invited local ceramic artists. Saucedo’s hope is to build bridges between Hospitality House, Galeria De La Raza, and the greater Bay Area arts ecosystem, fostering new connections and opportunities.

Lunada Literary Lounge
2024-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Save the date to gather with us under the October full moon for Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕

This month we are so excited to feature educator, writer, curator, and artist, Xavi Burgos along with Oakland based DJ Brown Angel! Stay tuned to learn more about our featured artists and join us on Thursday, October 17. Finish off your night and support the local creatives and vendors, Medicine For Nightmares, interdisciplinary artist Amanda Ayala, and Donaji Ceramics.

Come for the feature, and stay for the open mic lineup! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work! Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7:30pm.

Exist & Resist & Indigenize & Decolonize & Free Palestine
2024-09-28 00:00 - 2024-11-22 23:59 | Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Galería de la Raza is proud to present Exist & Resist & Decolonize & Indigenize & Free Palestine, a collection of prints created during community art builds in solidarity with Palestine. These art builds, organized by Dignidad Rebelde, galvanized San Francisco Bay Area cultural workers and artists to create a collective body of work for actions and protests. Exist & Resist & Decolonize & Indigenize & Free Palestine, showcases this body of work to honor the work of these artists and offer a moment of creative resurgence to continue the fight of liberation for Palestine.

Exist & Resist & Indigenize & Decolonize & Free Palestine will be on view from September 28- November 22, 2024. You can visit Galería de la Raza Studio 24 during public hours Wednesday – Friday 12-5pm.

Featured Artists:

Alejandra RubioAlizarin Menninga-FongAlyssa AvilesAmalia Mesa BainsArab Resource and Organizing CenterCece CarpioC. GazalehChucha Marquez Dawline-Jane Oni-EselehElizabeth Blancas Emory DouglasEric NorbergFeiGilda PosadaJackie RomeroJamaa Al-Yad | جمع اليدJesus BarrazaJose “Peps” GarciaJuan R. FuentesLisa JuachonMelanie CervantesNisha SethiPalestinian Youth MovementRen Allahkani Rommy Torrico Sarah FathallahSarai Montes TANZAValeria Olguin

Lunada Literary Lounge
2024-09-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Studio 24, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Celebrate the Harvest Moon with us on Tuesday, September 17 at Lunada Literary Lounge! Hear the work of Oakland based poet, journalist and producer, Maria Esquinca, and boogie with San Francisco DJ, Juan “Wonway Posibul” Amador. Finish off your night and support the local creatives and vendors, Medicine For Nightmares, interdisciplinary artist Amanda Ayala, and Donaji Ceramics.

Come for the feature, and stay for the open mic lineup! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work! Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7:30pm.
