Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara announces Videoarte Latinoamericano screening on March 21, Los Tranquilos Mini Concert on March 29, more events

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Los Tranquilos Mini Concert

March 29th

What a better way to end the month than with a mini concert!

MCASB is proud to present Los Tranquilos in concert at the Center Stage Theater! Make sure you grab your ticket before the show has sold out.

There will also be local vendors outside the theater and MCASB will be hosting a reception in the museum before and after the concert.

Buy Your Tickets Here!

Sangre de Nopal Artist
Wendy Cabrera Rubio will present a special showcase this March. Be sure to mark your calendar for these unique events!

Wendy Cabrera Rubio (b. 1993, Mexico)

Her work is characterized by a series of interweaves that transcend the boundaries between high and low culture, image and object, narration and action, through textile and theatrical work or through the historical study of mass culture, especially cartoons and animation. This way, she explores the relationships between aesthetics and ideology present in the mechanisms of image production and distribution. Her processes involve rewriting, reviewing archives, and collaborating with other disciplines. Recurring themes in her work include biotechnology, the resurgence of the far right, and the Pan-American project.

Spanish
Wendy Cabrera Rubio (n. 1993, México) Su obra se caracteriza por una serie de entrelazamientos que trascienden las fronteras entre alta y baja cultura, imagen y objeto, narración y acción, a través del trabajo textil y teatral o a través del estudio histórico de la cultura de masas. Especialmente dibujos animados y animación. De esta manera, explora las relaciones entre estética e ideología presentes en los mecanismos de producción y distribución de imágenes. Sus procesos implican reescribir, revisar archivos y colaborar con otras disciplinas. Los temas recurrentes en su trabajo incluyen la biotecnología, el resurgimiento de la extrema derecha y el proyecto panamericano.

Videoarte Latinoamericano Screening

 

March 21

Wendy Cabrera Rubio is coming to Santa Barbara!

Join us Friday March 21st for a special video screening presented by Wendy Cabrera Rubio
Videoarte Latinoamericano.”

Description:
Artists born during the era of the Free Trade Agreement, amidst financial crises, and under the rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Each of the creators featured here inhabit the rugged landscapes characteristic of the sacrifice zones in the global south. We will move away from the tropical paradise and the fantasy of ancestrally, focusing instead on a critique of hyper-consumption and the fetishization of the concept of nature.

Descripción:
Artistas  nacidos en la época del Tratado de Libre Comercio, en crisis financiera y bajo el régimen del Partido Revolucionario Institucional.  Cada uno de los autores aquí presentes habitan el paisaje agreste propio las zonas de sacrificio del sur global. Nos alejaremos  del paraíso tropical y la fantasía de la ancestralidad en favor de  un crítico del hiperconsumo y  fetichización del concepto de naturaleza.

List of Artists:
Roger Muñoz – ” The palm tree that thought itself”.2016
Antonio Ponce – Compra Atrasada 2024
Oswaldo Aranda – Caminante sobre las Nubes. 2016
Clemente Castor – La sonrisa no cabe en mi rostro. 2025
Ileana Moreno – Encarnaciones Narrativas. 2022
Wendy Cabrera Rubio – Escenario para una genómica nacional. 2021
Chantal Peñalosa –
Sbethlanna Glez – Hors du combat o out of the fight 2015
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Puppet Workshop

 

March 22

¡Les presentamos el Taller de Marionetas con Wendy Cabrera-Rubio!

En el taller interpretaremos personajes históricos y los realizaremos en marionetas de papel maché y fieltro. Realizaremos la construcción psicológica del personaje a partir de un estudio de su representación en medios visuales y realizaremos una obra de teatro colectiva interconectando diferentes momentos de la historia.

We present you the Puppet Making Workshop!

During the workshop we will interpret historic characters and make them into puppets made of paper maché and felt. We will carry out the psychological construction of the character based on a study of their representation in visual media and we will perform a collective play interconnecting different moments in history.

RSVP HERE

Artist Talk & Book Launch

March 22

Join us on March 22nd as we have a sit down chat with Wendy. We will talk about the amazing pieces she has on view right now in the Sangre De Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Contemporary Art.

She will also be launching her new book, Las Aventuras De La Existencia Relativa y otros cuentos/ The Adventures of Relative Existence and other tales and it will be on sale at the museum!

Closing Soon!
H??ng Ngô at MCASB Satellite
Riviera Beach House

March 23

This month we will be saying goodbye to the H??ng Ngô’s: Core Memeory exhibition at the MCASB Satellite at The Riviera Beach House.

Make sure to stop by before the exhibition closes!

Exhibitions On View

Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Contemporary Art is on view at MCASB until April 27, 2025
H??ng Ngô: Core Memory at MCASB Satellite at the Riviera Beach House is on view until March 25, 2025
We look forward to seeing you at the museum!

¡Esperamos verlx pronto en el museo!

Questions/preguntas: hello@mcasantabarbara.org

Help us ensure a successful 2025 today. Please consider making a donation online here or contact us at development@mcsantabarbara.org. Thank you!

¡Ayúdenos hoy en garantizar un 2025 exitoso! Por favor considere en hacer una donación en línea aquí o escríbanos a development@mcsantabarbara.org. ¡Muchas Gracias!

We welcome everyone at our events. Please contact
dgarcia@mcasantabarbara.org for your access needs or special requests.

Todxs son bienvenidxs a nuestros eventos. Por favor póngase en contacto con dgarcia@mcasantabarbara.org para notificarnos de alguna acomodación de discapacidad o solicitud en particular.

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