In the first panel titled "The Califas Legacy Project: The Ancestral Journey/El Viaje Ancestral," Dr. Amalia Mesa Bains states that the early Chicano movement was very patriarchal. After macho vs feminist confrontations, Mesa Bains left feeling that there was so much work to do. During the Q&A, and in response to the issue of racism and sexism, CSUMB Professor Angelica Muro stated that women have not been able to equal male artist engagement.
During the second panel, Dr. Amalia Mesa Bains discusses Cultural Transformation which is the taking of cultural iconography to transform such as in Consuelo Underwoods Tortilla performance on the U.S./Mexico border fence; Societal Healing, in which we find ways to heal ourselves such as in the works of Carmen Lomas Garza to counter childhood experiences discrimination; and The Path Ahead is affected by the ongoing struggles such as Black Lives Matters and Children Caged at the Border, among others.
The second panel also included presentations by Victor Payan and Pocha Peña who discuss concepts of pochismo, negotiating serious issues with humor such as LAFTA, being a professional outsider and the need to be activists as a group not just an individuals who can be ignored. Storytelling is crucial to art activism.
The last panel featured Judith Baca, public artist and founder of the Social and Public Art Resource Center; Kathleen Gallegos, curator and founder of Avenue 50 Studios; and Armando Duron, lawyer, collector and co founder of Chicano Art Collectors Association.
A few more artists mentioned during symposium to add to our lists:
Cruz, Dolores printmaker
Diaz-Infante, Amy www.amydiaz-infante.com
Gallegos, Kathleen (Kathy) curator and founder of Avenue 50 Studios
Leon, Carmen https://museoeduardocarrillo.org/califas-legacy/carmen-leon/
Mendoza, Connie, print, Duron Collection
Moctezuma, Alessandra
Muro, Angelica angelicamuro.info
Peña, Pocha
Prieto, Monique, Duron Collection
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