Through Oct. 18 — Santa Barbara City College presents Atkinson Gallery exhibition Xicana/o/x Time and Space

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2023 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA —The Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College is pleased to present Xicana/o/x Time and Space, Curated by Dr. Thomas A. Carrasco, on view Sept. 6-Oct. 18, 2023.

This exhibition presents a timeline through various forms of Chicana/o/x rhetoric (painting, text, film, photography and performance) with an overview of Mesoamerican and Chicana/o cultural traditions. Working at the intersections of rhetoric, literature and Chicana/o Studies, this multimedia, exhibit/performance will explore and present how Chicana/o concepts of time and culture can be read through a Chicana/o lens in ways to nurture and create a historical consciousness.

This exhibition is presented as part of the 7th SUR:biennial, taking place during the Fall of 2023 at sixteen venues throughout Southern California. The SUR.biennial, for more than a decade, has sought to explore the complex notions of globalization and exchange that take place in the ambiguous geographical, cultural, and artistic borderlands between Southern California and the broader South. Each independently curated exhibition showcases recent and newly commissioned works by local and international artists influenced, in one way or another, by the cultures and artistic traditions of Mexico, Central and South America and/or the Caribbean, including their many diasporas.

Xicana/o/x Time and Space
Curated by Dr. Thomas A. Carrasco
Sept. 6-Oct. 18, 2023
?Opening and Performance, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 4-6 p.m.
Featuring Chicano Secret Service (Elias Serna, Susan Carrasco and Thomas Carrasco), Joelle Mendoza

Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Friday: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
And by appointment.For more information contact: Gallery Director, John Connelly jconnelly1@pipeline.sbcc.edu

The Atkinson Gallery website