CONTACT: Diane Roby/RED Communications, 415-931-5367

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2008

CONTACT: Diane Roby/RED Communications, 415-931-5367, [email protected] Patricia Rodriguez/MCCLA, 415-643-2775, [email protected]

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) presents exhibition “The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?” Guest curated by Anthony Torres

April 18 - May 24, 2008 MissionCulturalCenter.org

WHAT: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) presents the exhibition “The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?”

WHO: The exhibition, curated by Anthony Torres, features works by Vicente Antonorsi • Adrián Arias • Jose Bedia • Claudia Bernardi • Luis Camnitzer • Victor Cartagena • Rolando Castellon • Enrique Chagoya • Ana de la Cueva • Lewis de Soto • Miguel Farias • Juan Fuentes • Rupert Garcia • Manuel A. Gomez • Matt Gonzalez • Luis Gutierrez • Sylvia Ji • Rob Keller • Geraldine Lozano • Manuel Lucero • James Luna • Manuel Neri • Bernardo Roman Palau • Liliana Porter • Gustavo Ramos Rivera • Claire Rojas • Claudio Roncoli • Raymond Saunders • Robin Savinar • Nahum Zenil

WHERE: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 (MCCLA is ½ block from the 24th Street BART Station, and is wheelchair accessible.)

WHEN: April 18 - May 24, 2008; Gallery hours Tues.-Sat. 10am - 5pm Reception – Friday April 18, 7-10 pm (Reception – $5)

HOW MUCH: Gallery admission – $2-$5 Tuesday - Saturday

INFO: (415) 821-1155, MissionCulturalCenter.org

MORE: A related symposium on “The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?” takes place on Saturday, April 19, 10am-3:30pm, at San Francisco Art Institute (800 Chestnut St., San Francisco). Symposium participants are art historian Gerardo Mosquera, Adjunct Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Alma Ruiz, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Judith Bettleheim, Professor of Art History, San Francisco State University; artist and human rights activist Claudia Bernardi; and Hou Hanru, Director, Museum Studies Program, San Francisco Art Institute. Organized and moderated by Anthony Torres, Independent curator and art critic. For more information visit www.sfai.edu/page.aspx?page=281&navID=579§ionID=4 or www.MissionCulturalCenter.org.

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) was established in 1977 by artists and community activists with a shared vision to promote, preserve and develop the Latino cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of the Chicano, South American, and Caribbean people.

A Non-Profit Community Organization 2868 Mission Street ~ San Francisco, CA 94110 Tel. (415) 821-1155 ~ Fax (415) 648-0933 ~ MissionCulturalCenter.org