Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts | |
Location | 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 |
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Coordinates | 37°45′04″N 122°25′14″W / 37.751242°N 122.4205681°W |
Built | 1977 |
Website | https://missionculturalcenter.org/ |
NRHP reference No. | 100005987 |
SFDL No. | 303 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 2020[1] |
Designated SFDL | June 3, 2022 |
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) is an arts nonprofit that was founded in 1977, and is located at 2868 Mission Street in the Mission District in San Francisco, California.[2] They provide art studio space, art classes, an art gallery, and a theater.[3] Their graphics department is called Mission Grafica, and features at studio for printmaking and is known for the hand printed posters. It was formerly named, Centro Cultural de La Mission.[4]
The center's building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 2020;[5] and listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since June 3, 2022.[6]
About
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) provides art studio spaces, art classes, an art gallery, and a theater.[3]
MCCLA is active in the local community with supporting a series of annual events in the neighborhood such as the
The 40th anniversary of MCCLA was celebrated with an art exhibition attempted to expand the communities understanding of Latino experiences, “Here Now: Where We Stand,” (2017), curated by Anthony Torres.
History
The idea of a neighborhood community arts space had been in discussion starting in 1972.[4] In 1976, the Mission Arts Alliance was formed, led by Alejandro Gato Murguia and their first meeting was with the San Francisco Arts Commission.[4] A building was purchased by the city and prior to becoming the arts center, the building was used as a furniture store named "The Shaft".[4] Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) was founded by 1977 by artists and community activists to promote the experiences of Chicano, Central American, South American, and Caribbean people.[2]
Early artists active in the organization included many writers and poets such as Ernesto Cardenal, Nina Serrano, Roberto Vargas, and Raul Salinas.[4][10] They called themselves the Pocho–Che group and they printed many political books and flyers including the Chicano zine El Pocho-Che.[4][11] By 1978, a bulletin arrived from the Sandinista National Liberation Front calling for urgent action and support for the Nicaraguan Revolution.[4] As a result, the leaders started to leave the Centro Cultural de La Mission group to participate in the Sandinista guerrilla offensive, and the new leadership for Centro Cultural de La Mission under Alfonso Maciel changed the direction away from political activities.[4] By 1980 the Pocho-Che group had disbanded.[4]
The graphics and printing department, Mission Grafica, was founded in 1982 by Jos Sances and Rene Castro.[12][13]
Solo Mujeres, an annual exhibition since 1987 at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.[, healing, race, working class women, and disaster recovery.
Notable artists
This is a list of notable artists affiliated with MCCLA.
See also
- Chicano art movement
- List of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area
- List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks
- National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Herrera, Juan Felipe. "Mission Cultural Center, Historical Essay". FoundSF. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ "Weekly List 20201231". National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ Gilbert, Andrew (2022-08-11). "Mayan rulers in the heart of the Mission as cultural center turns 45". Mission Local. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Neighborhood Notes: Mural unveiling on 24th Street this weekend, plus a slew of arts and music". Mission Local. 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
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- ^ a b "Mission Cultural Center turns 40 - Q&A with exhibition curator". El Tecolote. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ "Guide to the Raul Salinas Papers, ca. 1950-1994". Online Archive of California (OAC), California Digital Library. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ Murguía, Alejandro. "Remember Me When You Drink Good Wine (en español: Recuérdame cuando bebas buen vino)". Stanford Libraries. Stanford University. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ Hashe, Janis. "Jos Sances' Great White Whale". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ^ Rossman, Michael (November 1986). "Evolution of the Social Serigraphy Movement In the San Francisco Bay Area, 1966-1986". FoundSF. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ^ "Coatlicue (article), Aztec (Mexica)". Khan Academy. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ Keating, AnaLouise. 2006. “From Borderlands and New Mestizas to Nepantlas and Nepantleras: Anzaldúan Theories for Social Change.” Pp. 5-16 in Re-Membering Anzaldúa: Human Rights, Borderlands, and the Poetics of Applied Social Theory: Engaging with Gloria Anzaldua in Self and Global Transformations (Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge: Volume IV, Special Issue, 2006.) Belmont, MA: Okcir Press (an imprint of Ahead Publishing House).
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