“Hecho en Califas” inaugurates the renovated Boathouse Gallery because it was the proposal that most appealed to AT&T;, the show’s major sponsor, Cano said. A collaborative effort of community-based centers in the Latino Arts Network of California, the show will appear at five other venues in the state–the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose, the Richmond Art Center in Richmond, La Raza Galeria Posada in Sacramento, Arte Americas in Fresno and Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego–after its Los Angeles appearance.
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San Diego artist Richard Alexander Lou curated the show, selecting 31 artists from a pool of 60 recommended by the participating art centers. His intent, as stated in the the show’s catalog, was to illustrate prominent issues that have arisen and changes that have occurred during the last decade of art-making in California’s Latino, Chicano and indigenous communities.
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* “Hecho en Califas: The Last Decade,” Plaza de la Raza, 3540 N. Mission Road, through March 25. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (323) 223-2475.
