I’ll be live tweeting this talk and can take questions via @cindymariej .
REDCAT and KPCC’s The Frame present: Hearing Latino voices in contemporary culture
Tuesday, March 3, 8:30 – 10:00pm Location- REDCAT
- 631 West 2nd Street
- Los Angeles, CA 90012
- Map & Directions
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The LACMA itself is a work of art
Even as Latino communities have long been essential parts of our society and culture, it seems that only recently national marketers and political pollsters have noticed that one-sixth of the U.S. population is of Latino or Hispanic heritage. Or that the United States is the second-largest Spanish-speaking country in the world, trailing only Mexico.
This is old news in California, where Latinos constitute nearly 40 percent, and yet the demographic group remains vastly underrepresented in many sectors—including arts and culture institutions. Why is this the case and what can be done about it?
These questions are considered by a distinguished panel of artists and cultural leaders that includes filmmaker Rodrigo García (Albert Nobbs, Nine Lives), LACMA Associate Curator Rita Gonzalez (Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement), writer Jeff Chang (Who We Be: The Colorization of America), Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director Diane Rodriguez, and will be moderated by CalArts President Steven D. Lavine.