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In the exhibit Cucarachalandia, [Opening reception: Saturday June 15th, 6-9pm] visual artist Maria Cristina "Tina" Tavera collaborates with musician Erick Biard, musician/poet Anaïs Deal-Márquez, poet Gabriela Spears-Rico to create visual, musical and literary art to explore how “La Cucaracha” is reclaimed by Chicano/Mexican artists as a symbol of resilience, resistance and perseverance. Each artist distinctly expresses their reflections on La Cucaracha motif focusing on the working class+migrant culture spanning from revolutionary corridos to contemporary interpretations.
Opening reception: Saturday June 15th, 6-9pm. Music and poetry begins at 7pm.
at the NE SCULPTURE I Gallery Factory, 1720 Madison St. NE, MPLS, MN 55413
Regular Gallery Hours: Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays 12-5pm
or by appt. contact 612-743-6664 or [email protected]
Excerpt from "Bomba" by Gabriela Spears-Rico;
The landlords set off bombs
of overnight pesticides
las tias have to find temporary quarters.
The next morning, our tias sweep up dead cucarachas by the tonelada
shoveling loads of blown off antennas and insect torsos into a recojedor
and then the trash can.
Deep down we know
we will do this again in a few weeks.
We might do this again tomorrow.
They will never perish
this is their land:
Cucarachalandia
They are entrenched into the soil.
Las cuacarachas demand their land back, laminate floor back, concrete crevice homes, everything back, siempre.
Maria Cristina (Tina) Tavera is a multidisciplinary artist whose work examines signifiers determined by our society on how people define themselves and their cultures in everyday life. The work focuses on Latinidad within the U.S. via numerous mediums including printing, sculpture, installation, public art.
Erick Biard is a guitar player from Mexico, his musical influences range from Mexican folk music, Huapango, bolero and ranchera to rock and jazz. The songs included in the performance represent the resilience and strength of the Latino immigrant experience in their journey to this country.
Anaïs Deal-Márquez is a Mexican American writer and artist raised between the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico and the Midwest. Her writing explores home, belonging, migration, and memory. She has performed her poetry at the Loft Literary Center, Pangea World Theater, and the Dakota Jazz Club.
Gabriela Spears-Rico is the daughter of migrant farmworkers, a Mexican Indigenous and Chicana anthropologist and poet. She serves as an Assistant Professor of Chicano Latino Studies at the University of Minnesota. Her poetry is in numerous publications, and she has won many awards including being one of ten Indigenous artists in North America to receive the Radical Imagination Grant from the NDN Collective in 2022.
Special thanks to MRAC for the FY23 Arts Impact for Individuals Grant. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
NE Sculpture, Casket Arts Factory,1720 NE Madison Street #14,Minneapolis,MN,United States
