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Golpe Tierra (left to right): Tony Barba, Richard Hildner Armacanqui, Juan Tomás Martínez, Nick Moran.
Madison multimedia company Wisconsin Mujer hosts a weekend of events focusing on Latinx art and artists, viewable on YouTube or Facebook. Kicking off Friday at 7 pm with norteña band Rey y sus Diamantes, the festival also includes music by Golpe Tierra (pictured), WYSO Music Makers students, Angela Puerta and Dana Maya, and DJ Queue, and dance by Ballet Folklorico de Maria Diaz, Francis Medrano and Natalia Hildner. There will also be talks by visual and culinary artists in both English and Spanish. Find the complete schedule here, or see below.
press release: 38 Latino musicians, artists, and culinary lovers come together to present a three day virtual celebration of the arts! We hope to awaken your creative self through music, art, dancing, poetry and cooking. Tune in to our virtual showcase starting on Friday, Oct. 9 - Sunday Oct. 11. Visit our website for the full biographies/schedule: http://bit.ly/
Vaya la pagina de Wisconsin Mujer en Facebook el 9 al 11 de octubre para una exhibición de arte virtual de dos días que celebra a 38 artistas, muralistas, poetas, artistas textiles, pintores, cantantes, bailarines, artes culinarias y los bailarines que nos dan la singularidad de la cultura latina.
"I believe that creative expression empowers people and it can make a powerful contribution in their healing process," says Veronica Figueroa, Muralist and DAMA executive director.
With great pride, Wisconsin Mujer, a multimedia social engagement company, brings you another exclusive curated event with sections for kids, adults, Spanish speakers, and cooking enthusiasts.
In the diaspora of so many titles, there is one label that unites us: Artist! Viva El Arte! ¡Que vivan las artistas! We bring you the best of Latinx, Latino/a, Chicana/o, Hispanic, Centro American, Caribbean, and South American Artists.
Banda Rey y Sus Diamantes, Angela Puerta, Golpe Tierra, WYSLO Music Makers, Madison Poet Laureate Angela Trudell Vasquez, Evelyn Galindo (Painter/pintor), Angelica Contreras (Painter), Richie Morales (Muralist and painter), Rodrigio Carpia (Painter, muralist, and creator), Shadyra Kilfoy Flores (Muralist), Veronica Figueroa (Graphic designer, fine artist and muralist), Araceli Contreras (Visual artist digital/artista digital), Jessica Pankratz (Painter/pintora), Araceli Esparza (poet), Sirena Flores (Muralist and Activist and Influencer), Maria Amalia Wood (Visual and Textile artist), Estrella B. Chavez Galvan (Latina Cook, Cocinera Latina), Sujhey Beisser, (Personal Chef, Cocinera), Yosli (Illustrator, ilustradora), Ballet Folklorico de Maria Diaz, Golpe Tierra (Musical band), Natalia Hilder (Dancer), Francis Medrano (Dancer), Angela Puerta (Musician, singer), and Julieta Alvarez (Photographer).
These events are sponsored by American Family Social and Corporate Impact, Dane Arts, and Madison Arts Commission.
Wisconsin Mujer is dedicated to curating ideas and conversation. We cultivate actions by highlighting the needs of our community by encouraging people to donate to three grassroots agencies, and by connecting hearts through our FREE virtual live events that are broadcast on YouTube and Wisconsin Mujer’s FaceBook.
Schedule:
Friday: Norteña Nite
7 pm: Rey y sus Diamantes es un grupo musical Música Mexicana con temas nuevos propios de la agrupación Norteña, Cumbias, Corridos, y Zapateado etc.
De Temascalsingo, Estado de México a Madison, Wisconsin
Get your steel toe and squeeze your partner tight, we gonna dance tonight.
Saturday:
10 AM Ballet Folklorico de Maria Diaz, traditional Mexican Aztec Dancers will do a Day of the Dead dance
11 AM “Collectivo Synapsis” Artists talk in Spanish: Evelyn Galindo (painter), Angelica Contreras (painter), Richie Morales (muralist and painter), Rodrigo Carpia (painter, muralist, and creator). Moderated by Veronica Figueroa Velez.
2 PM Artist talk in English: (Visual) Shadyra Kilfoy Flores (Muralist), Veronica Figueroa (Painter and muralist), Araceli Contreras (visual artist digital), Julieta Alvarez (photographer), and Jessica Pankratz (painter). Moderated by Natalie Ergas.
6 PM Golpe Tierra bases its sound on the philosophy that, when we come together in music and dance to “beat the earth,” we are truly celebrating the act of community.
8 PM Natalia Hildner draws from her indigenous Andean roots and years of travel to India as a dancer, activist, and teacher to now focus on fighting rape culture through education.
10 PM LatinX Techno Set with DJ Queue: Live Techno set on YouTube and Twitch. Gamer set
Sunday:
10:00 AM Yosi y Dulce talk about their movement and why and how it worked) Mom and kid did art on FB to raise monies for the household). Spanish. Dulce Sanchez is the owner of Paradise Ice Cream on Monona Drive.
11 AM Music Makers (Latino kids performance) Kids will play their instruments and talk about their experiences being part of this WYSO program. Donate to them directly: https://donation.wysomusic.org/give/195729/#!/donation/checkout
2 PM Art and the intersections of our Lives (Artist talk in English): Araceli Esparza, Angie Trudell Vasquez (poet), Sirena Flores (Muralist and Activist and Influencer) Maria Amalia (visual and Textile artist). Moderated by Joe Maldonado.
4 PM The art of gastronomy, Concineras Latinas Speak about their love of Food Event (Latinas cooks speaks on Mexican culinary arts). Moderator: Beatriz Aguilar (Edgewood College). Estrella B. Chavez Galvan (Cocinera Latina, Food Lover), Sujhey Beisser (Cocinera Latina), and Leslie Serrano (Cocinera Latina).
5:30 PM Francis Medrano, dancer
7 PM Angela Puerta, Singer, and Dana Maya y "invitadas" Music and conversation on the challenges of being a Mujer artista. (final performance and discussion)
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