The ARROZidency program for Filipinx American Artists: England Hidalgo and Lian Ladia (until 9/25/21)
The ARROZidency program for Filipinx American Artists at O. M. France Viana studios proudly presents its inaugural Artists-In-Residence Exhibition
ENGLAND HIDALGO & LIAN LADIA
“The Land Is Too Valuable To Permit Poor People to Park on It”*
*Exhibition title is quoted from a 1970 speech by then San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Justin Herman.
with a preview of upcoming A.I.R.s:
Kimberly Acebo Arteche & Joshua Icban, Cristine Blanco, champoy
August 28 - September 25, 2021
Minnesota St. Project/Gallery 211
1275 Minnesota St. San Francisco, CA
Curators
Erica Wall Executive Director, MCLA Arts & Culture
Malou Babilonia Founder, PUSOD; Babilonia 1808
Special thanks to Minnesota Street Project:
Julie Casemore, Director
Michael Rubel, Director of Facilities and Operations
Lindsay Albert, Director of Programming and Public Engagement
and
Tania Houtzager, Sartle
Charlene Tan, artist
The public is invited to visit, no reservations needed: http://minnesotastreetproject.com/visit
Due to COVID safety precautions, openings with refreshments are suspended. I will be in the gallery on Saturday Aug 28 and Saturday Sept 11 afternoon along with some of the artists and curators.
We would be honored if you would stop by and celebrate with us this new exciting FilAm residency program and our inaugural artists! Please forward to your friends.
About the Artists
Lian Ladia and England Hidalgo were born and raised in the Philippines and are now based in San Francisco. In 2014, they worked on a project for the Helsinki International Art Program with a radio broadcast titled, “When System Fails” which discussed autonomous organizing systems addressing alternatives to how anarchists and punk musicians respond to ecological disasters in Helsinki, Tokyo and Manila. Currently both Ladia and Hidalgo are researching the history of land use in the U.S. with the prime example of the development of the Yerba Buena Center, and the impact of urban renewal to working class and immigrant people in the South of Market. Hidalgo is a printmaker studying at the San Francisco Art Institute who is interested in the sculptural process of printmaking through rubbings. Ladia is a curator who studied at de Appel in Amsterdam and CCS Bard in New York, and who created a video utilizing archives of the YBC development at the San Francisco Public Library. Both artists focus on a racist history that is not in apparent in the public structures of the SOMA or even in the City archives of San Francisco, yet directly speak to the resilience of the Filipino Immigrant community of the SOMA District who have been historically pushed away by urban renewal, yet still organize to this day as a community.
About the ARROZidency
The ARROZidency Artist in Residence (A.I.R.) program awards fully sponsored residencies to local, national, and international Filipinx American artists, writers and curators. Project space residencies are at the studio of O.M. France Viana at Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco.
The ARROZidency aims to
· Promote FilAm cultural visioning and artistic innovation by supporting individuals who impact the Filipino American community and the cultural landscape at large.
· Provide artists with the support and opportunity to take their work to the next level, explore, experiment and innovate on behalf of FilAm culture and consciousness.
· Gather together a network of creative practitioners, thinkers, and cultural professionals to redefine the role and contribution of a FilAm point of view and aesthetic to the broader American cultural landscape.
More on the ARROZidency here.