A Paper Jam Session April 18, 2008

How Much: FREE

Paper Jam Sessions are an extension of Galeria de La Raza’s Youth Media Project, which is an open lab dedicated to Mission youth and adults as a studio laboratory consisting of lectures and hands on workshops available to the public for free and is taught by professional visiting artists and educators from Galeria’s art education program.

Artist Lecture:
Ana Teresa Fernandez
Through performance-based paintings and video, Fernandez explores the territories that encompass boundaries and stereotypes: physical, emotional, and psychological. Fernandez subverts the typical folkloric representations of Mexican women by changing the protagonist's uniform to the quintessential little black dress, a symbol of American prosperity and femininity and of the Mexican tradition of wearing black for a year after a death. Her paintings portray actual performances where Fernandez takes on the Sisyphean task of cleaning the environment - sweeping sand on a beach, vacuuming a dirt road - to accentuate the idea of disposable labor resources. Her work has been shown at Fondation d'Art Jacmel, Haiti, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico and most resently a solo video exhibition at Queens Nails Annex in San Francisco.
Ana Teresa Fernandez received her Masters of Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Artist Workshop
Joey Brunner
Joey is a graduate of Galeria’s Emerging Educators program and is finishing his architecture degree from The California College for the Arts. He will be conducting a hands-on workshop on 3-D design, which is based on issues of urban space, boundaries and monuments through the usage of maps, electronic media and drawing.

Galería’s Youth Media Project is a mentorship program serving at-risk youth, which aims to strengthen the relation between creative activity, social awareness, and community building. Driven by technological advances and mentorship, this experiential art education program engages youth in the creation of art while examining our local community’s social, cultural and political life. The goals of the YMP are to engage participants in creative activities that explore the significant links between their personal experiences and the larger communities to which they belong. Students can also receive training in building their portfolios for future education.

Official Website: http://www.galeriadelaraza.org