WE ARE YOU PROJECT
Join us and our guests from New York/New Jersey for the "WE ARE YOU PROJECT INTERNATIONAL’s “CALIFORNIA EXHIBITION”
Exhibition Dates: Friday, August 2 – 31, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, August 2, 6-9 PM with an Artist’s Talk at 7:00 PM
Poetry Reading: Saturday, August 3rd starting at 2 PM
We Are You Project artists include: José Acosta, Efren Alvárez, Nelson Alvárez, Willie Baez, Hugo X. Bastidas, Josephine Barreiro, Monica S. Camin, Jacqui Casale, Gerardo Castro, Carlos Chavez, Pablo Caviedes, Williams Coronado, Olga Cruz, Laura L. Cuevas, Maritza Davíla, Rosario D'Rivera, Ricardo Fonseca, Fernando Goldoni, Roberto Marquez, Elizabeth Jimenez Montelongo, Hugo Morales, Lisette Morel, Patricio Moreno Toro, Gabriel Navar, Julio Nazario, Raphael Montañez Ortíz, Joe Peňa, Duda Penteado, Marta Sanchez, Mel Ramos, Ana Rivera, Jesus Rivera, José Rodeiro, Rolando Reyna, Sergio Villamizar and Raúl Villarreal.
“WE ARE YOU INTERNATIONAL’s “CALIFORNIA EXHIBITION,” is a traveling art show organized by the WE ARE YOU PROJECT, which is the first comprehensive coast-to-coast artistic overview of the current state of Latino socio-cultural, political, and economic conditions in the 21st Century.
The Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba presented the Inaugural Exhibition for the “We Are You International Project”, with over 400 people attending the opening on March 18, 2012. It continued its tour through various sites on the East Coast. “We Are You International Project” now makes its way to the West Coast at Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, California; its first exhibition outside of the New York/New Jersey hub where it originated. Hereafter, the “We Are You” continues on its international tour, including an event-filled exhibition at the United Nations this fall.
Joyce Gordon Gallery is a commercial fine art gallery located in the downtown district of Oakland California. It exhibits art that reflects the social and cultural diversity of the Bay Area and international artists. The aim of the gallery is to respect the creative pursuits of the individual and seeks to make such work accessible to a broad audience.
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WE ARE YOU INTERNATIONAL’s "CALIFORNIA EXHIBITION"
at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, California
We Are You Project Poetry Reading
Joyce Gordon Gallery - Oakland, Ca. 94612 (Saturday) August 3, 2013…Begins at 2 PM
We Are You Poems read by Poets & Artists
* Elizabeth Jimenez-Montelongo will read:
- Michael Foldes: "We Are You Triptych"
- Pablo Caviedes: "On the Map"
- Alex Lima: "Jornaleros"
- Lilvia Soto: "White"
* Gabriel Navar will read 4 original poems
* Umbelina Guzman will read:
- David Ray: "The Sleepers"
- Steve Barfield: "Borders"
In addition, 2 original poems
* Susannah Israel will read:
- Nilda Cepero: “Caribbean Gypsy”
- Bina Sarkar Ellias: “We Are You”
In addition, 2 original poems
* Dr. Jose Rodeiro will read:
- Duda Penteado: “We Are You”
- Alan Britt: “We Are You” & “Aliens “R” Us”
- Rafael Montañez Ortiz: “Liberty in a Tempest Teapot”
Joyce Gordon Gallery, 406 14th St. (12th St. Bart Exit), Oakland, CA 94612
In the back row from left to right: Umbelina Guzman, Guest, Efren Alvarez, Cristina Velazquez, Elizabeth Jimenez-Montelongo, Gabriel Navar, Susannah Israel, and José Rodeiro. In the front row: Eric Murphy, Joyce Gordon and Lilian Hernandez.
José Rodeiro, Cristina Velazquez and Gabriel Navar doing performance by Rafael Montañez Ortiz
Raul Villarreal addressing the crowd during the opening reception for the We Are You project California Exhibition.
Umbelina Guzman reading poems by David Ray, and Steve Barfield
Jonathan Dejano writing on paperbag for pending reenactment of an original performance by Rafael Montañez Ortiz
Cristina Velazquez the MC of the poetry event
Zita Schmitt reading a poem by Carmen D. Lucca
Susannah Israel reading poems by Nilda Cepero and Bina Sarkar Ellias
José Rodeiro, Cristina Velazquez and Gabriel Navar doing performance by Rafael Montañez Ortiz
Elizabeth Jimenez-Montelongo reading poems by Michael Foldes,
Pablo Caviedes, Alex Lima, and
Lilvia Soto
Opening reception for “WE ARE YOU INTERNATIONAL’s “CALIFORNIA EXHIBITION.”
Opening reception for “WE ARE YOU INTERNATIONAL’s “CALIFORNIA EXHIBITION.”
This film was shot by Rochelle Leininger Ramos (the daughter of Mel Ramos)
Surrounding Pop Art sculpture by Tony Labatt's YELLOW PEACE SYMBOL overlooking Lake Merrit, Oakland. Eric Murphy and Jose Rodeiro peek through; around the work are Raul Villarreal, Carlos Chavez, & Gabriel Navar. In the distance is Mark Di Suvero's "Homage to Charlie Parker."
Joyce Gordon on cover of Ebony Magazine, 2012
art works by Jacqui Casale & Duda Penteado are surrounded by Carlos Chavez, Lillian Hernandez, Jose Rodeiro, Eric Murphy, & Elizabeth Montelongo.
Opening reception for “WE ARE YOU INTERNATIONAL’s “CALIFORNIA EXHIBITION.”
Lilian Hernandez with Roberto Marquez's image
Alan Britt (aka "El Britto") conspiring and choreographing the general Poetry Recital and reenacted-performance of Raphael Montañez Ortiz's WAY Poetry PROJECT Poems in a back alley in an undisclosed location with José Rodeiro, Gabriel Navar, and Charles Hayes.
Efren Alvarez's Game of Hope being played at the Joyce Gordon Gallery.
Raul Villarreal with Rochelle Leininger Ramos
Lorena Ortiz
Eric Murphy with José Rodeiro
Rochelle Leininger Ramos with Ricardo Fonseca
Mr. Harry L. Overstreet, Oakland Architect from Gerson & Overstreet.
with Gabriel Navar, Raul Villarreal, and José Rodeiro next to image by Chilean artist Patricio Moreno Toro.
Eric Murphy, with Gabriel Navar & Ricardo Fonseca infront of works by Sergio Villamizar & Josephine Barreiro
Gabriel Navar with Jose Meza [(the Mexican Muralist, who is building a museum in Mexico)].
Heidi Schmitt & Gabriel Navar infront of painting by Paul Schmitt (1893-1983), famous Depression Era artist. He is Heidi's grandfather.
José Rodeiro with Alejandro Schmitt
((a Civil Engineer involved with the new Bay Bridge project)).
For more pictures of the opening at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, California
please click on the following links: http://www.ricardofonseca.com/WAY_Oakland/