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ART FOR A CHANGE
July update, 2003.
www.art-for-a-change.com
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IN THIS UPDATE....
 "Reaching to Embrace Art" benefit exhibit
1) - REACHING TO EMBRACE ART
Working to save Art in Los Angeles Schools
 
"He Lives!" Print by Mark Vallen
2) - CHE Y QUE
Self Help Graphics looks at Che in Pop Culture
 
Silkscreen from "Just Another Poster" exhibition
3) - JUST ANOTHER POSTER
Historic Chicano Poster exhibit in Sacramento
 
Chalk Pastel Portrait by Mark Vallen
4) - THE CRY - LIBERATION OF THE SPIRIT!
Group Exhibit celebrating Mexican Independence Day
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REACHING TO EMBRACE ART
Working to save Art in Los Angeles Schools

Reaching to Embrace Art (RtEA) is an important new
philanthropy group in Los Angeles that's dedicated to raising
funds for the dwindling arts programs of the city's school
system. Founded by young Art lovers with an activist approach
towards saving the arts... RtEA believes that "Art and thinking
outside the box is essential to learning." All funds raised by RtEA
will go to the L.A. Unified School District and encompassing
programs that promote youth arts education. RtEA will be
presenting it's first benefit fundraising exhibition this coming
July 12th, 2003 at Inshallah Gallery in downtown L.A.
 
Yours truly, Mark Vallen, will be donating and exhibiting
artworks along with Richard Duardo, Mear One,
John von Hammersveld, and dozens of others. The Artist's
Reception will be from 7 to 9:30 pm, where serious Art buyers
will be able to purchase the works on exhibit (admission $30.00).
After the Reception and Art sale, a party will be held with live
music, Video Art projections, Spoken Word, and Deejays
(admission $10.00). Remember... ALL monies are being donated
to School Arts programs!
 
You can contact RtEA at elizabeth@rtea.org or reach
them by Fax/Voice mail, at: (213) 596-5753. For more info
on RtEA and their July 12th Benefit, visit their website, at:
 
 
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CHE Y QUE
Self Help Graphics looks at Che in Pop Culture
 
Che Y Que is an Art event that focuses on the image of
Che Guevara in popular culture. The show, organized by
East L.A.'s Self Help Graphics, is actually a grand festival
that will feature the works of four Cuban Photographers, an
Art Exhibition, Films, Cuban Music, and panel discussions
on the life of El Che.
 
The Che Festival and Art show opens on Sat., August 9th,
and runs until August 28th, 2003. Yours truly, Mark Vallen,
will be exhibiting and selling a special edition, hand signed Print
made just for this occasion.
 
Dozens of other local Artists will also be showing and selling
their works at the Che Y Que exhibition. Sponsored by Pacifica
Radio's L.A. station, KPFK, this festival is something you won't
want to miss. Self Help is located at, 3802 Cesar Chavez
Avenue (East L.A.). Phone: 323-881-6444.
 
 
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JUST ANOTHER POSTER
Historic Chicano Poster exhibit in Sacramento
 
Just Another Poster: Chicano Graphic Arts in California
is an exhibit of Poster Art created from the late 60's to the
present. Curated by the University of California, Santa
Barbara, in collaboration with the California Ethnic &
Multicultural Archives (CEMA), the Posters deal with
issues like cultural identity, war, repression, immigration,
human rights, and the celebration of heritage.
 
The works of yours truly, Mark Vallen, are included in the
historic exhibition, along with the Prints of Rupert Garcia,
Yreina Cervantez, Richard Duardo, Royal Chicano Airforce,
Self Help Graphics, and many others. There are over 100 works
from 50 different Artists in this groundbreaking show.
 
The exhibit is currently running at the Crocker Art Museum &
La Raza/Galerķa Posada in Sacramento California. The exhibit
runs until September 14th, 2003 (you can purchase the exhibit
catalog book for the show at the Art For A Change website).
For more information about the Just Another Poster exhibit,
visit the Crocker Museum website, at:
 
 
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THE CRY - LIBERATION OF THE SPIRIT!
Group Exhibit celebrating Mexican Independence Day
 
This year the Lankershim Gallery in the NoHo Arts District
of Los Angeles will host a major exhibit honoring El Grito, or
Mexican Independence Day. The group show is the effort of
ARTINO, L.A.'s premiere Latino Arts association. Calling the 
exhibit EL GRITO - ”LIBERACION DEL ESPIRITU! (THE CRY -
LIBERATION OF THE SPIRIT!), the exhibition will focus on the
interplay between Mexico and the United States, past and present
struggles for liberty and democracy, cultural identity, immigration,
and the celebration of heritage... all through the eyes of Latinos
living in Los Angeles.
 
Yours truly, Mark Vallen, will be presenting a number of brand
new Oil Paintings and Prints at the upcoming show.
 
Every September 16th Mexicans celebrate El Grito. However,
the occasion also has great significance for Mexican Americans,
and since it marks one of the world's great anti-colonial struggles

the day also impacts the global community.

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"Art at its most significant is a distant early warning
system that can always be relied on to tell the old
culture what is beginning to happen."
~  Marshall Mcluhan
 
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