Opening Celebration for Creando Espacio
Schedule
Wed Jun 16 2021 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA
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Join us for a free opening celebration of a new work of art on our grounds, entitled Creando Espacio.NOTE: This event is free, but an RSVP through the ticket link is required: https://my.montalvoarts.org/1657/1658
Creando Espacio is a participatory art installation by Bay Area based artist, Hector Dionicio Mendoza in collaboration with Amalia Mesa-Bains and Viviana Paredes.
As a child, Mendoza grew up with a great appreciation for the importance of faith, ritual, and alternative healing traditions as practiced by his grandfather, a fifth-generation curandero (shaman). In Mexico as well as Central and South America, the curandera/o plays an important role to many people embarking on the long and challenging journey to El Norte/The North (the United States), providing blessings and protection before they depart in search of a better way of life. Creando Espacio draws on Mendoza’s childhood memories creating an outdoor dwelling that modernizes his grandfather’s healing space in Mexico.
This installation will be on view on the grounds from June 16–November 14. With multiple activations planned over the course of the summer, it will serve as a participatory and meditative space for the community to reflect on their own memories and experiences of migration, connection, placemaking, and family rituals.
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Where is it happening?
Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
